suck it, flyover!

If only Justin Verlander could clone 5 more of himself. Full rotation and a closer :D

bulldg4life: The Braves interleague schedule is brutal more often than not. But, I still don't understand how they play two series against the Yankees when other teams don't even play 1.

Welcome to the Mets' schedule every year! Ain't it grand?

The Muthaship: Thanks for having us over, Yanks.


Love,
Cincinnati

Worst Yankees team in a decade and they barely get the two wins they got. I wouldn't get cocky.

FreakinB: bulldg4life: The Braves interleague schedule is brutal more often than not. But, I still don't understand how they play two series against the Yankees when other teams don't even play 1.

Welcome to the Mets' schedule every year! Ain't it grand?

Well allegedly, everything changes next year in terms of matchups.

TravisBickle62: The Rays will win the division even if they have to play an 83 year old grandmother using a walker at third base.

First they have to get past the O-o-o-hahahahaha.

Nah, I can't say it.

/Can't wait until 10 years from now when all the "The Orioles haven't _____ since ____" answers are 2012.

The Muthaship: The Bestest: Worst Yankees team in a decade and they barely get the two wins they got. I wouldn't get cocky.

The Reds are marginal at best, and I don't care about baseball really. But, since NYers are 99% assholes, I do enjoy watching them get beat.

It's always been weird to me how people can say this completely unprovoked and still consider us assholes.

FreakinB: It's always been weird to me how people can say this completely unprovoked and still consider us assholes.

I read on the internet that Yankees fans eat their babies.

JohnBigBootay: Why would you care? The Yanks appear to be a .500 baseball team. Not sure why that's a huge disadvantage.

eh, its a little deeper than that. The Yankees actually have a high-ish OBP but an abysmally low RISP, which is the main thing accounting for their losses, which means A) they're generally playing below potential and B) they're getting a fair amount of bad breaks (for example, if Granderson is a half step quicker, the Yankees at the least send Sunday's game into extras).

Not his point though; it IS unfair that division rivals don't have the same interleague opponents, though like I said, supposedly this is being addressed next year as a necessity of year-long interleague.

Harv72b: FreakinB: It's always been weird to me how people can say this completely unprovoked and still consider us assholes.

I read on the internet that Yankees fans eat their babies.

..because our babies are four times as delicious as the babies of other fanbases. This is undeniable fact.

I don't know about putting the Braves ahead of the Dodgers. The Nationals are better than the Yankees. Is there any reason why the Phils are higher than the Mets right now? Also the Madres are too damn high.

Honestly I'm just nitpicking, but I think these rankings are good. I didn't realize the Red Sox had scored 221 runs this season.

Harv72b: FreakinB: It's always been weird to me how people can say this completely unprovoked and still consider us assholes.

I read on the internet that Yankees fans eat their babies.

I was born to Mets fans so I was spared. My cousins and friends weren't so lucky....

The Muthaship: FreakinB: It's always been weird to me how people can say this completely unprovoked and still consider us assholes.

Just an observation. Why would I need provocation to point out a widely known fact?

Sigh...

bulldg4life: But, I still don't understand how they play two series against the Yankees when other teams don't even play 1.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

*deep breath*

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


/Orioles fan
//You gotta plan the hand your dealt son

degenerate-afro: I don't know about putting the Braves ahead of the Dodgers. The Nationals are better than the Yankees. Is there any reason why the Phils are higher than the Mets right now? Also the Madres are too damn high

As much as I hate to admit it, the Phillies' record is not nearly as far out of line with their run differential as ours is. Which means that either we will pick it up going foward and be helped by the fact that we were lucky in the early-season, or we're about to be slammed by that evil biatch known as regression.

FreakinB: It's always been weird to me how people can say this completely unprovoked and still consider us assholes.

Lots of NY and Bos people come down to Camden Yards when their teams are visiting. I've had the pleasure of interacting with Sawx and Yank fans first hand on more than one occasion.

To be fair, there are a fair amount of asshole fans in Baltimore, but they tend to be the type to get drunk and run on the field looking like idiots instead of the type to constantly instigate physical confrontations for no other reason than they are Yankees/Sox fans and are therefor better than you.

degenerate-afro: Lots of NY and Bos people come down to Camden Yards when their teams are visiting. I've had the pleasure of interacting with Sawx and Yank fans first hand on more than one occasion.

To be fair, there are a fair amount of asshole fans in Baltimore, but they tend to be the type to get drunk and run on the field looking like idiots instead of the type to constantly instigate physical confrontations for no other reason than they are Yankees/Sox fans and are therefor better than you.

The reason you get so many Yankees and Red Sox fans at Camden Yards is, quite frankly, it's the cheapest way to see either team even AFTER travel costs are factored in. I can't really speak to the quality of those fans though. Only time I've been to Oriole Park was because I happened to be in B'more anyway, and it was a game against the Rays (back when they were perennially basement), so plenty of seats available.

4NTLRZ: Question for Subby: If AL and NL East teams truly are "categorically better", wouldn't a team from either of those divisions need to hold down first place in said rankings?

Just a thought.

Maybe it's because the top portion of the list aside from #1 is disproportionately East-heavy?

Just a thought.

bulldg4life: degenerate-afro: I don't know about putting the Braves ahead of the Dodgers.

The Braves took 2 out of 3 in LA. Seems reasonable.

IIRC, the two Braves wins were come from behind in the 9th inning and closely contended (1 or 2 runs), while the Dodger win was a blow out.

The Bestest: The reason you get so many Yankees and Red Sox fans at Camden Yards is, quite frankly, it's the cheapest way to see either team even AFTER travel costs are factored in. I can't really speak to the quality of those fans though. Only time I've been to Oriole Park was because I happened to be in B'more anyway, and it was a game against the Rays (back when they were perennially basement), so plenty of seats available.

Yep. Charge your iPod for the drive there and back, great ballpark to watch a game in, they let you move down when nobody shows up, it's cheaper...great to go to Camden Yards.

steamingpile: I'd rather play the orioles than the Yankees, baseball can be all about bad breaks.

I believe his point is that the Orioles face the Yankees more than two series every year. Unless you were intentionally missing the point.

FreakinB: 4NTLRZ: Question for Subby: If AL and NL East teams truly are "categorically better", wouldn't a team from either of those divisions need to hold down first place in said rankings?

Just a thought.

Maybe it's because the top portion of the list aside from #1 is disproportionately East-heavy?

Just a thought.

Either that, or it's a quote FTFA.

/Quotation marks--"How do they work?"
//Not Subby.

steamingpile: degenerate-afro: bulldg4life: degenerate-afro: I don't know about putting the Braves ahead of the Dodgers.

The Braves took 2 out of 3 in LA. Seems reasonable.

IIRC, the two Braves wins were come from behind in the 9th inning and closely contended (1 or 2 runs), while the Dodger win was a blow out.

So a win is only a win if its a blowout in your mind?

No, a win is a win, but a blowout is important in terms of power ranking. If you want to go "a win is a win", then the Dodgers are better than the Braves because they have more wins than the Braves.

I would love to be your bookie "oh you only won by two so I don't have to pay out"

In fact, that's exactly how it works with many sports bets. Sporting bets are generally handicapped. If a team doesn't win by more than a certain point total, the bookie doesn't pay out. Of course there are also cases where a bookie will have to pay out even if a team loses if they cover the handicap.

Sure it's less prevalent in baseball, but baseball is a much harder sport to handicap than Football Hockey or Soccer in general.

steamingpile: I'd rather play the orioles than the Yankees, baseball can be all about bad breaks.

Methinks the laughter was over someone biatching because their team has to play the Yankees in two whole series every year. Hell, the Orioles might have had a winning season or two in the last 15 if they played in a different division.

degenerate-afro: Sure it's less prevalent in baseball, but baseball is a much harder sport to handicap than Football Hockey or Soccer in general.

Soccer is easy--always bet the under.

/Yes, even if it's zero.

Harv72b: Hell, the Orioles might have had a winning season or two in the last 15 if they played in a different division.

Last year's Jays could've won any other division except maybe the NL East.

steamingpile: I got that but I think people are being too optimistic about the orioles unless they got a new owner this year.

I'm still hoping for more than 70 wins.

Gosling: By the way, I've just heard that Aroldis Chapman is now the Reds' closer.

WHY IS HE THE CLOSER?! WHY IS HE NOT IN THE ROTATION?!

...oh wait, Dusty Baker's managing. Of course. The guy has no clue how to run a pitching staff. Ask Wood.

Look at the bright side, his chances of surviving the Dusty Baker effect are far greater when he only pitches one inning. I guess Baker could run him out there every day until he finally breaks down.

Know what would be awesome? If Hiroki Kuroda stopped sucking. That'd be great.

steamingpile: tuffsnake: bulldg4life: But, I still don't understand how they play two series against the Yankees when other teams don't even play 1.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

*deep breath*

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


/Orioles fan
//You gotta plan the hand your dealt son

I'd rather play the orioles than the Yankees, baseball can be all about bad breaks.

How about playing the Yankees Red Sox, Ray and Blue Jays each 20 times a year?