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Did you know the first home run hit in MLB history was by Ezra Sutton of the Cleveland Forest Citys on May 8, 1871 against the Chicago White Stockings in the National Association. Sutton hit a second home run in the game to be the player to hit the first and second home runs in MLB history. To go with that the White Stockings later became known as those Lovable Losers from Chicago

Rhino if im not mistaken that was Jeff Kellogg behind the dish. Next to C.B. hes my least favorite umpire. Always inconsistant. He flat gave Burrell a walk in one of his atbats, dont remember what inning but Kazmire painted to fastballs at the knees both called balls. That guy is terrible

Hmmmm, im predicting that the 6 teams will play each team twice, with the 3 best records advancing to the playoffs ;D

Whats everyones prediction? Atlanta, St. Louis?? or by a fluke Houston?? ??? I personaly think Atlanta

You could offer him a contract without a no trade in it but guranteed he would not sign it. I think that may be a standard on every Boras clients' contracts. And rest assured he will get as much money up front plus the incentives I cant stand that guy! But regardless I dont think LA has much of a choice. With little or no offensive production without him, they have to have that run producer.

yes i did

Didn't get to see the game, but did watch the highlights. Was that the old tripple option play that i saw the Rays use for their 4th run? Never thought i would see that executed at the Big League level

Second best forgetting one Albert Pujols. But if I were the Dodgers I would fork out the cash for him, but not on any extended terms. Maybe 3 years at the max.

I dont see where it would benifit a player as young as 5 and 6 years old to play up a division. Im thinking the rule change was made with the older divisions in mind. Like a 14 yr old playing at the 16 17 year old division. Dont push your kids to grow up too fast

called the main number, the guy who answered flatly refused to answer questions and referred me to a 800#. I called this number only to find that it is no longer working

is anyone else having problems getting fema to pony up for their hotel bill? ??? > >

actually "Y'all" is a losely accepted southern contraction for the two words you and all. therefore it should be spelt.. Y'all and not ya'll. ;D

and i heard that Coach might move catcher to pitch, and Parsons to catch. now what chance do you think we have with a left-handed catcher? : isnt a left handed catcher against UIL rules?? ;D

Ban the curveball and other breaking balls until the kids reach 13-14. Let their bodies develop enough to stand up the the strain of throwing such pitches. If you want an off-speed pitch a simple palm ball change up at the younger levels is just as effective if not more effective. That and proper rest can help with these injury rates.

I don't have any problem with the slide, it was a good hard play. He could have come in shoulder down and flattened him . It was good to see a catcher not afraid to try and cover the dish to prevent the score, rather than side step and just allow the run to score. Good play on both sides. No apology needed

i nearly fell out of my chair laughing at this. thanks i needed that

They should really keep Kellogg and C.B. out of these discussions. They have a hard enough time distiguishing strikes ;D

Seems like to me that this Brian guy has some serious personal issues he needs to deal with

Dont get me wrong, I want the game cleaned up just as much as anyone else, but our Congress people are really getting into this "lets bust some ball players" theme. Just think of how much could actually be accomplished if our elected officials put forth the same amount of effort in to solving some pressing issues that face the country like balancing a budget, securing borders, GAS PRICES, things of that nature. Seems to me they are focusing on the wrong things.

The Nasty Boys from the Reds teams. Cool Papa Bell comes to mind as well

Pudge Fisk or Pudge Rodriquez?

I don't think we will be seeing too much of Quentario but i could be wrong there. Im having a hard time believing that Berkman will not be hitting in the 3 hole. I know all the projected lineups have him in the 4 hole, but why don't you want the best hitter on the club to hit 3 hole? Me personally i think i would drop Tejada to the 5 hole. Maybe im way off, i just see it being better with Berkman in the 3 spot. There sure is ALOT more speed at the top of the order now and thats great to see

It looks as though they are using the system they used for the world series tickets.  Put your name in a hat and if your drawn then you get your option to buy a ticket for these games.  There is no doubt the games will sell out, so i think they are doing this to keep some from buying up abundant seating and then resaling them at higher marks.  This obviously will not pretain to season ticket holders as they will still have their seats for the games.

Hey and you know what? My cousin's bestfriend's mother's sister on her father's sides second neighbor also said that Jonny come Lately used steroids, HGH, and doped his blood with oxygen. All this he said she said crap is getting old. The mitchell report by my estimation is going to turn out to be slightly inaccurate, and honestly how can you totally believe ANYONE who has anything to say on this issue?

Time will tell on Valverde. I cannot agree that he is one of the best closers in baseball. True he led the NL in saves last season, lets just hope he is not a flash in the pan type guy. The Astros keep making these 3 for 1, 5 for 1 deals. Hopefully they make some very good draft choices in the next 5 years.