2012 MLB Season

[Don Wassall]

I can't say I'm not enjoying Albert Pujols' struggles. He has yet to hit a home run in 84 at bats so far this season and has just 4 RBIs and an average of .226. His signing with the Angels was treated by the media almost as royally as when LeBron James signed with Miami. I also think Pujols is likely juicing (maybe he's stopped, which would explain his complete lack of power so far), but the topic has been made taboo for serious discussion just as it has with Tiger Woods and the Williams sisters as black sports "heroes" are becoming harder and harder to manufacture, although technically Pujols is "hispanic."

 

[Don Wassall]

Paul Konerko recently hit his 400th home run. Congrats to him. He just turned 36 so he has a chance to get to 500.

 

[Woody]

The very (pretty) white Nationals have been a huge surprise this season due to their phenomenal pitching staff (which is almost all white. Edwin Jackson is pitching well by league standards but is the worst of the bunch).

Needless to say I'm real jazzed about their success I've been a fan since they moved to D.C. and it's been painful.

 

[knightedsoldier5000]

Pujols hitting below .200 now, with 0 HRs and getting booed by the fans.

Cardinal fans wondering if he used HGH:

http://interact.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=882272

 

[Colonel_Reb]

I'm really happy to see this happening to Pujols because there were way too many St. Louis fans who thought he was Mr. Everything. Now they are questioning that and realizing that the picture is a little more complex than that.

 

[white is right]

I'm really happy to see this happening to Pujols because there were way too many St. Louis fans who thought he was Mr. Everything. Now they are questioning that and realizing that the picture is a little more complex than that.

I think Cardinals management is breathing a sigh of relief that Pujols walked and signed with Aneheim. Last year he struggled and this year it looks like the same thing. Maybe he is falling apart in his early 30's like Jim Rice did and many other famous sluggers of the past. I took think he juiced/is juicing.

 

[knightedsoldier5000]

It's getting ugly out there for Fat Albert:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0505-angels-blue-jays-20120505,0,6151141.story

The boos in Angel Stadium could be heard clearly after his sixth-inning strikeout Friday night, and they grew even louder and longer after he grounded out to third base in the bottom of the ninth.

Pooholes given the night off:

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/7894800/albert-pujols-given-day-los-angeles-angels

It gave Pujols, the Angels' No. 3 hitter, a chance to contemplate his .194 batting average and the five RBIs he's had through his first 27 games in the AL.

 

[Jack Lambert]

The very (pretty) white Nationals have been a huge surprise this season due to their phenomenal pitching staff (which is almost all white. Edwin Jackson is pitching well by league standards but is the worst of the bunch).

Needless to say I'm real jazzed about their success I've been a fan since they moved to D.C. and it's been painful.

Yeah, I'm excited about the Nats too. They regularly start 7 out of 8 outfield players, their catchers are usually the only non-whites that start.

All of their infield players are white, as are 3/5 starting pitchers. Their bullpen is all white minus their closer Rodriguez. They only have one non-white outfield player, and he hasn't played much to my knowledge this year. The Nats are definatly a team to cheer for. I'd love to see the Nationals make a huge impact this year.

Tomorrow the Nationals are playing for a sweep of the Phillies. Go Nats!


The Cincinnati Reds are another team for us to cheer for 7/8 field players that start are white.

 

[Truthteller]

Yeah, I'm excited about the Nats too. They regularly start 7 out of 8 outfield players, their catchers are usually the only non-whites that start.

All of their infield players are white, as are 3/5 starting pitchers. Their bullpen is all white minus their closer Rodriguez. They only have one non-white outfield player, and he hasn't played much to my knowledge this year. The Nats are definatly a team to cheer for. I'd love to see the Nationals make a huge impact this year.

Don't forget, the great Mets teams from the mid-to-latter 1980's where fairly white friendly....So much so, that when a clearly washed up George Foster was cut in '86 he told the media he believed the Mets were "racist". At that point, no one cared. I think these Nationals are even more white friendly than those Mets, particularly once Zimmerman and Morse return from injuries. Harper pretty much insures (if he stays in the Majors) that they will have an all white outfield most games.

Why am I bringing up the '86 Mets? Davey Johnson was their skipper at the time and he's now in the Nationals dugout. That's a great sign. Thank goodness they didn't fire him after the 2011 season because they wanted a "younger option"....Actually, the best 'fire' the Nats ever made was when they canned ultra-Caste bufoon GM Jim Bowden, not long after it was revealed the FBI was investigating him for skimming signing bonuses given to prospects from Latin America. Had he stayed, Harper and Zimmerman would probably be their only white position starters. The rest would be Latin players who he stole money from. Bowden is now a writer at ESPN...No surprise, Caste clowns never retire, they merely go to work at ESPN.


Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski could be Bowden's twin brother....in terms of being a Caste-fool.

 

[Don Wassall]

Yeah, I'm excited about the Nats too. They regularly start 7 out of 8 outfield players, their catchers are usually the only non-whites that start.

All of their infield players are white, as are 3/5 starting pitchers. Their bullpen is all white minus their closer Rodriguez. They only have one non-white outfield player, and he hasn't played much to my knowledge this year. The Nats are definatly a team to cheer for. I'd love to see the Nationals make a huge impact this year.

Tomorrow the Nationals are playing for a sweep of the Phillies. Go Nats!


The Cincinnati Reds are another team for us to cheer for 7/8 field players that start are white.

It's quite a pleasant surprise to see an almost all-White Washington team, even more surprising than the Mets' dramatic demographic turnaround. I figured the nation's capitol, with its 80% or so black population and also being the global citadel of the unworkable, totalitarian ideology of "multiracialism," would always be among the blackest teams, ala the Redskins, Wizards, and even the Capitals hockey team with its humorous attempts over the years to force-feed blacks onto the roster. Go Nats!

 

[Don Wassall]

Stop the presses! Albert Pujols actually hit a homerun in his 110th at bat. Some White clown on ESPN breathlessly stated that Pujols "will be hot from here on out." Ah, the true believing Liliputians at ESPN.

 

[Van_Slyke_CF]

I've really been impressed with the skill and athleticism of a couple young white shortstops I've seen this year in Cozart of the Reds and Pastornicky of the Braves.

 

[BM94]

The two biggest suprised this year have been the mets and the nationals two young mostly white teams, myself being a Yankee fan am having a tough time rooting for the mets but it will come

 

[Freethinker]

The Baltimore Orioles sets an AL record yesterday by leading off the game with back-to-back-to-back home runs. The reason I mention this is because the 3 players involved were White athletes, Ryan Flaherty (career 1st), J.J. Hardy and Nick Markakis. Ironically, J.J. Hardy was involved with the last time a game has started off with 3 homers in a row when he was with Milwaukee. It has been done 4 times in the National League.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120510&content_id=30911622&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

 

[Don Wassall]

Kerry Wood looked to be an all-time great when he came up, but injuries really waylaid his career. Mark Pryor was another Cubs pitcher who had great ability but was even more injury prone than Wood.

Kerry Wood retires after 13-plus seasons

Kerry Wood arrived in the majors 14 years ago, a fresh-faced kid with No. 34 on his back, slinging fastballs at 100 mph, delivering breaking pitches that were often unhittable and striking out 20 batters in just his fifth start.

On Friday, he left the game after one final, emotional appearance with the Chicago Cubs.
Fittingly, ''Kid K'' struck out the last batter he'll ever face and retired at the age of 34, ending a career that was eye-popping at times but hampered by injuries.

''I had a blast. I wouldn't trade it in, I learned from the injuries, I learned about my body and what it takes to compete and go out and play every day,'' Wood said Friday after his final game, a 3-2 loss to the White Sox.

''Mentally and physically we get to this point,'' Wood said. ''Every player gets to this point where we don't all get to choose when, we don't all get to have a say in it. But I was fortunate enough to play this game a long time in a great city in front of the best fans in baseball. ... It was time.''

Wood struck out Dayan Viciedo on three pitches, the last one a swing and a miss, in the eighth inning before he was replaced as bench coach Jamie Quirk came to take him out since manager Dale Sveum had been ejected earlier. His teammates joined him on the mound to congratulate him and he left to a rousing ovation. Even White Sox slugger Adam Dunn doffed his batting helmet and clapped for Wood as he stood at first base.

Wood hugged his son as he reached the dugout, then lifted the boy into his arms. Moments later, he came out for a curtain call and waved his cap to the fans.

full article: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cubs-p-kerry-wood-plans-161712153--mlb.html

 

[knightedsoldier5000]

Kerry Wood looked to be an all-time great when he came up, but injuries really waylaid his career. Mark Pryor was another Cubs pitcher who had great ability but was even more injury prone than Wood.

Kerry Wood retires after 13-plus seasons

Kerry Wood arrived in the majors 14 years ago, a fresh-faced kid with No. 34 on his back, slinging fastballs at 100 mph, delivering breaking pitches that were often unhittable and striking out 20 batters in just his fifth start.

On Friday, he left the game after one final, emotional appearance with the Chicago Cubs.
Fittingly, ''Kid K'' struck out the last batter he'll ever face and retired at the age of 34, ending a career that was eye-popping at times but hampered by injuries.

''I had a blast. I wouldn't trade it in, I learned from the injuries, I learned about my body and what it takes to compete and go out and play every day,'' Wood said Friday after his final game, a 3-2 loss to the White Sox.

''Mentally and physically we get to this point,'' Wood said. ''Every player gets to this point where we don't all get to choose when, we don't all get to have a say in it. But I was fortunate enough to play this game a long time in a great city in front of the best fans in baseball. ... It was time.''

Wood struck out Dayan Viciedo on three pitches, the last one a swing and a miss, in the eighth inning before he was replaced as bench coach Jamie Quirk came to take him out since manager Dale Sveum had been ejected earlier. His teammates joined him on the mound to congratulate him and he left to a rousing ovation. Even White Sox slugger Adam Dunn doffed his batting helmet and clapped for Wood as he stood at first base.

Wood hugged his son as he reached the dugout, then lifted the boy into his arms. Moments later, he came out for a curtain call and waved his cap to the fans.

full article: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cubs-p-kerry-wood-plans-161712153--mlb.html

Wood and Prior had the talent to be HOFers, but negro Dusty Baker may well have burned their arms up when he was coaching them and pushing them to the limit so he could try to win it all at their expense.

 

[Don Wassall]

Max Scherzer of the Tigers struck out 15 Pirates today -- all swinging! The all-time Detroit record for strikeouts in a game is 16, held by the semi-great Mickey Lolich, he of the notable 1960s beer gut (though he would be considered downright svelte today compared to most Americans).

 

[Don Wassall]

The poster Labman was watching Justin Verlander's no-hitter through 8 1/3 innings against the Pirates about 10 days ago and told me he thought Jhonnie Peralta didn't even try to make the catch on what became the hit that ended Verlander's bid. I found a YouTube video made from someone's TV set that has the highlights. There's only one shot of the hit; maybe Peralta knew instantly that he couldn't make the play, but he also could have dove and at least made an attempt at it. Fast forward to about 2:20 to see the play.

[video=youtube;cPGBSF3tHFk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPGBSF3tHFk[/video]​

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Don, that video has been taken down, but it wouldn't surprise me if he did something like that, just to ruin the day for his White teammate.

 

[Don Wassall]

Alex Rodriguez tied Lou Gehrig's record for most career grand slams last night with his 23rd. That used to be one of the records talked about that might never be broken. None of the reports I've seen mentioned Rodriguez's admitted steroid use or that there might be an asterisk added to his accomplishment. It's only White players that juiced that get prolonged negative treatment from a CM media that "never forgives or forgets" in their cases. Rodriguez's power "mysteriously" declined at age 32 after admitting his steroids use; he may not make it to pumpkin head Barry Bonds' career homer mark.

Speaking of White stars and negative media treatment, the second (persecution) trial of Roger Clemens for perjury has gone to the jury for their verdict. The jury consists of 8 women and 4 men and is taking place in the District of Corruption. I haven't seen anything about the racial makeup.

 

[jaxvid]

Alex Rodriguez tied Lou Gehrig's record for most career grand slams last night with his 23rd. That used to be one of the records talked about that might never be broken. None of the reports I've seen mentioned Rodriguez's admitted steroid use or that there might be an asterisk added to his accomplishment. It's only White players that juiced that get prolonged negative treatment from a CM media that "never forgives or forgets" in their cases. Rodriguez's power "mysteriously" declined at age 32 after admitting his steroids use; he may not make it to pumpkin head Barry Bonds' career homer mark.

Speaking of White stars and negative media treatment, the second (persecution) trial of Roger Clemens for perjury has gone to the jury for their verdict. The jury consists of 8 women and 4 men and is taking place in the District of Corruption. I haven't seen anything about the racial makeup.

When the Yankees were playing Detroit, the Tigers announcers mentioned that Rodriguez was suffering an alarming drop in his power numbers over the last few years. What could be the reason for that? No mention or comment about his steroid use, it's never brought up and has disappeared down the memory hole as far as I can tell. Absolutely disgusting from the same crowd that would criticize Giambi's every at bat for his steroid use.

In this same game fat boy CC Sabathia managed to waddle off of the mound and field a bunt, the Tigers announcers went on and on calling him a "tremendous athlete". It's no wonder the DWF's are so brainwashed when the caste whoring goes on full time 24-7.

 

[Freethinker]

In more positive news, there were 2 dominating starts last night by our athletes. SF Giants pitcher Matt Cain pitched the franchise's 1st ever perfect game and 22nd in MLB history. He was absolutely dominate striking out 14. It's great Cain is having a fantastic season as he was catching some flack after signing the huge contract and becoming the highest paid right handed pitcher in baseball.

The 2nd fantastic effort was by Met's knuckleballer, R.A. Dickey. Dickey threw a 1 hit (that hit being an infield hit that David Wright couldn't bare hand cleanly), 12 K, no walks, complete game against TB for his MLB leading 10th win. In the process he set the Met's franchise record of 31 2/3 scoreless innings in a row set by Jerry Koosman in 1973. Frustratingly, the streak ended in the 9th inning by an error, 2 pass balls and an rbi ground out. Dickey has success throwing his knuckler at varying speeds with uncanny control. Right now I'd say Dickey is the favorite to start the All-star game but faces a tough challenge from Lance Lynn and Matt Cain.

 

[Riddlewire]

In more positive news, there were 2 dominating starts last night by our athletes.

You don't consider Lynn's 3H 12K performance against the AL Central leading White Sox to be "dominating"?

 

[Freethinker]

You don't consider Lynn's 3H 12K performance against the AL Central leading White Sox to be "dominating"?

I should have mentioned his performance but it slipped my mind as I wrote those up a quick as I could. On any other night, Lynn would have been the top pitching headline but was outshinned by a perfect game and a near no-hitter.

 

[Riddlewire]

Regarding the All Star game, La Russa is returning as the manager of the NL squad. His pitching coaches for the game will be his long-time pitching coach Dave Duncan and current St. Louis pitching coach Derek Lilliquist. It will be interesting to see who they choose as the starter. It has been well established that Duncan hates young pitchers (especially the ones on his own teams), but maybe he has mellowed out in his time off from the game. I have to believe that Lilliquist will push for Lynn. I suspect that La Russa will want the veteran with the strongest arm to start the game. It won't be Dickey. The AL has seen enough knuckleballs from Wakefield over the years that they won't be surprised by Dickey. Of course, timing will play a major role, too. I haven't checked the scheduled starting days for all the top starters in the NL, but I know that La Russa wouldn't push a starter on short rest.
One more thing: I'm guessing FOX will have their say. They will want big names to start. And professional sports are so intertwined with corporate media that it may be their decision, anyway.