The comeback

[heatwave31]

Dumb Fuck!
I commented on it.
And, how many games did the Jays play in NL parks this month?
You know, with no DH

How many did the Yankees play in NL parks - you know, with no DH?

do you think that may have something to do with that OB% stat?

I know you are new to baseball, math and english...but I will help you out

ummm they played 3 games in NL parks this month. so those 3 whole games contributed to them not scoring runs? let me know cus they got shut out yesterday too you know.. with a DH and all.
oh and the NL park the yankees played in is COORS not helping your argument any.

 

[CowboyB]

So the Cardinals were total failures last year since they didn't reach the world series? I agree. What an embarassment.

The Cardinals were failures because they failed to win 1 game out of 3 against the Giants. They weren't total failures because they didn't spend close to 200 million and end up in last place much like that embarrassing joke named the Red Sox did.

For them to make it as far as they did after losing the best player in the game, the best manager in the game, and the best pitching coach in the game, while losing Chris Carpenter to injury and Waino struggling to recover from his, we were happy for the ride they gave us.

 

[redseat]

I haven't followed the NBA in 10 years, but there's no way Miami loses, short of LeBron breaking his leg or some shit...

Easiest bet out there.

and the NBA LOVES LeBron

 

[PeteNYC]

The Yanks are Averaging 5 runs per game over the last five games!
"Their offense is clicking"

And that is with 3 games in NL park! Wow, who knew

 

[Mike Oxlodge]

You mean Chris Carpenter The Warrior.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Come on man. You haven't been right all year!

And as far as the Heat losing?

Haven't they won something like 47 of their last 50 or some ungodly number?

They have the best player by far, which is the biggest single determining factor in all basketball games...and if all else fails? The league wants Miami to win.

No chance they lose this year.

I don't recall making too many predictions other than the Celtics rolling over the Knicks...

And I overestimated what Paul Pierce had left in the tank. It happens. The Knicks were every bit as bad as I expected them to be. I just thought the Celtics would have an answer for it. They didn't.


I don't recall discussing the NBA landscape much beyond NYYFan's relentless Rondo stupidity.

And I still think the Heat would beat Memphis.. But Memphis could definitely win if their role players outplayed Miami's role players.

Miami hasn't been tested yet.

 

[Village Plumber]

Did you notice the Yankees are in first place yet?

Yes, but it's not really noteworthy to me where they are in the standings on May 14th

Especially with 3 other teams in the division who are within striking distance

 

[cerealboi]

The Cardinals were failures because they failed to win 1 game out of 3 against the Giants. They weren't total failures because they didn't spend close to 200 million and end up in last place.

For them to make it as far as they did after losing the best player in the game, the best manager in the game, and the best pitching coach in the game, while losing Chris Carpenter to injury and Waino struggling to recover from his, we were happy for the ride they gave us.

Lot of words when you could have used "failure" just as easily. I guess "chokers" would have worked as well.

 

[heatwave31]

And even when Wade WAS still a superstar... Tony Allen has given him fits for years...

LMAO.. fits when wade was averaging 30 on the celtics in series. fits. lmao

 

[Rock Strongo]

and the NBA LOVES LeBron

snoogins


did you say a few pages ago lebron james cant play defense?

 

[PeteNYC]

ummm they played 3 games in NL parks this month. so those 3 whole games contributed to them not scoring runs? let me know cus they got shut out yesterday too you know.. with a DH and all.
oh and the NL park the yankees played in is COORS not helping your argument any.

It's only early May - call me when the month ends!

The Yankees awful, horrific offense is now averaging during their awful, horrific run exactly what the Jays "coming together offense is".

The more you post, the more I win!

 

[CowboyB]

You mean Chris Carpenter The Warrior.

Word, self.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

2011 Cardinals won the World Series. Patriots haven't done that since they got caught cheating.

 

[CowboyB]

Yes, but it's not really noteworthy to me where they are in the standings on May 14th

Especially with 3 other teams in the division who are within striking distance

BWHAHAHA but the Jays standings are more noteworthy to you?

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

I haven't followed the NBA in 10 years, but there's no way Miami loses, short of LeBron breaking his leg or some shit...

Easiest bet out there.

Agreed. I'm of the opinion Lebron is the greatest player ever, based on his ability to play and defend all 5 positions on the floor.

I agree Memphis could be their best test, but at the end of the day, when someone puts a scare into Miami, like the Bulls did in Game one, or the Celtics last season, it's almost as if they say "ok, time to play now"

 

[Lord Scalious]

Scal - good long Down like post (whatever happened to that guy)

But, it's not cause it never happened, it's because this Jays team is exactly what I said they would be
Injured
HR or nothing
Bad Starting pitching
Bad Clubhouse
Melky is awful
Reyes isn't playing a whole season
Johnson "has all the potential" in the world but has been a failure for his career and cant get healthy.
Bautista is a HR machine with a lifetime OB% of .300
Their middle relief is awful

Despite Heat wanting me to say "the blue jays suck and the yankees rule just because", I have given examples and issues from day one. And 90% of them have been realized already - and it's EARLY in the season.

So, this team is NOT winning the Division.
And, even a WC is a failure for Heat, not the team. Heat was humping them like the 27 Yankees for two fucking months.

Orioles in the middle of July...when they were around 500?

Orioles were a Bad OBP team, with a terrible starting rotation at that point.

Is it impossible for the Blue Jays to be 500 at the All star break?

Just Saying.

Improbable..not impossible

 

[heatwave31]

Heat - last friday when "you have nothing, can't defend this team now, they are horrible"
Was that part of the offense coming around or was it after they were 1 pitch away from a perfect game? Or, after they scored 3 runs on Saturday?

Wait - it must be teh 12 they put up on Sunday.

1 Game is a trend but 110 years of MLB numbers are not!

what i was upset about last week was that they blew a chance to win in tampa. the type of loss that should not happen. get a good game from your number one starter. score runs off of price who they don't hit very well and lose in extra's. the offensive part of that game is what i am proud of.. again what's your point

 

[CowboyB]

Lot of words when you could have used "failure" just as easily. I guess "chokers" would have worked as well.

I don't like to use the word choke because it takes away from what the Giants were able to accomplish.

 

[Rock Strongo]

FYI snoogins

Careful with those drinks; tougher standard for drivers may be on way - CNN.com


Careful with those drinks; tougher standard for drivers may be on way


Washington (CNN) -- A decade-old benchmark for determining when a driver is legally intoxicated -- the 0.08 blood-alcohol content rate -- should be lowered to 0.05, reducing the amount a motorist can imbibe before being presumed to be drunk, federal safety officials said Tuesday.
At a meeting in Washington, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all 50 states lower the threshold to reduce the nation's drunk driving death toll, which has plateaued at about 10,000 deaths a year. A vote on the recommendation is expected to take place at 11:30 a.m.
Lowering the rate to 0.05 would save about 500 to 800 lives every year, NTSB staff members said, and is a crucial part of the board's attempt to eliminate drunken driving in the United States.
Under current law, a 180-pound male typically will hit the 0.08 threshold after drinking four drinks in an hour, according to an online blood alcohol calculator published by the University of Oklahoma.
That same person could reach the 0.05 threshold after two to three drinks in an hour, according to the calculator. (Many factors besides gender and weigh influence a person's blood alcohol content level. And many states outlaw lower levels of inebriation when behind the wheel.)
The NTSB will also consider numerous other actions Tuesday as part of its "Reaching Zero" plan to eliminate alcohol-related driving fatalities.
The board will consider recommending that states vastly expand laws allowing police to swiftly confiscate licenses from drivers who exceed the blood alcohol limits. And it is pushing for laws requiring all first-time offenders to have ignition locking devices that prevent cars from starting until breath samples are analyzed.
All NTSB recommendations are advisory and do not carry the force of law. But the independent agency is influential on matters of public safety, and its action could spur action from like-minded legislators and transportation departments across the country.
Board members -- meeting Tuesday on the 25th anniversary of the deadliest drunken driving highway tragedy in the nation's history -- said something is needed to jolt states into continued drunken driving reforms.
In the early 1980s, when grassroots safety groups brought attention to the drunken driving crisis, many states required a 0.15 blood alcohol content rate to demonstrated intoxication. But over the next 24 years, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and other groups pushed states to adopt the 0.08 standard, the last state falling in line in 2004.
The number of alcohol-related highway fatalities, meanwhile, dropped from 20,000 in 1980 to 9,878 in 2011, the NTSB said. In recent years, about 31% of all fatal highway accidents are attributed to alcohol impairment, the board said.
But most of the decline in highway deaths occurred in the first decade, the board said.
"We're still seeing improvement but not nearly as much," said Robert Molloy, a supervisory transportation specialist for the board. "Things are still being done but not at the same intensity."
Safety board officials say they know a fight for a 0.05 standard will not be easy.
"I think 0.05 is going to come. How long it takes to get there, we don't know. But it will happen," Molloy said.
Said board staff member Jana Price: "I think eventually you'll see more and more people acknowledging that .05 is high risk. Most countries in the world are doing it. I think it's just a matter of time, but it's not something that will very likely happen overnight."
The NTSB said even very low levels of alcohol impair drivers. At 0.01, drivers in simulators demonstrate attention problems and lane deviations. At 0.02, they exhibit drowsiness, and at 0.04, vigilance problems.
The current 0.08, which universal among states, is not universal among drivers. Commercial drivers are deemed to be intoxicated if they have a 0.04, and there is zero-tolerance for drivers 20 and younger.
The safety board is expected to recommend to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it provide financial incentives to states to implement the changes.
At Tuesday's meeting, the safety board is also expected to champion so-called administrative license suspension or revocation, in which police confiscate a motorist's license at the time of arrest if the driver exceeds a blood alcohol limit or refused to take the content test. Some 40 states already use the administrative tool, which the safety board believes is effective because it is swift and immediate.
It also will encourage more widespread use of passive alcohol sensors, which police can use to "sniff" the air during a traffic stop to determine the presence of alcohol. If the sensor alerts, it is grounds for more thorough testing.
In December, the board encouraged more research into a technology that it believes could help meet that ambitious goal.
The Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety would passively test drivers through either touch or breath, prohibiting a driver from operating a car if alcohol is detected.
The American Beverage Institute has opposed mandatory use of the detection system, saying it would make responsible social drinking before driving "a thing of the past."
"If this technology is successfully implemented in all cars, it will be nearly impossible for drivers to have a glass of wine with dinner without worrying whether their cars will start," the institute's Sarah Longwell said in December.
"I think we need to remember, we're talking about tens of thousands of people dying. We need to do things to change that," Molloy said. "The idea that there's an OK drunk driver out there -- that 'Hey, they're just having a good time in a restaurant' -- needs to be something in the past."

 

[obxyankeefan]

runs scored this year


Yankees 164 runs in 38 games for 14th place

Blue Jays 154 runs in 39 games for a 3 way tie for 20th place