Baseball Fans: Post here when your team will be eliminated from the playoffs

[LynneSin]

I'm guessing my Cincinnati Reds will be eliminated sometime around Memorial Day weekend.

I'm still not sure why I'm a Reds fan since I'm a Philly fan for all the other sports teams. But I've been a fan since 1974 which officially makes me a really old fart.

[reyd reid reed]

1. I'm a Cubs fan

and Pinella and Soriano were on a SI cover about a month ago. So....a month ago?



But hey...it's Opening Day. First pitch in just over two hours so -- right now -- anything's possible.

:woohoo:

[LynneSin]

5. OOOO - you guys are opening in Cincinnati today

Pinella is a great coach - I'm pissed that Marge Schott got rid of him

[reyd reid reed]

7. Yup.

Cincinnati. First pitch at 12:05 p.m., my time. The big tee vee's already set to autotune at 11:30, in time for Leadoff Man.

I don't know enough about Pinella, except to know that he's not Girardi. I wanted Girardi.

:yoiks:

Still....

:woohoo::woohoo:

[liberaldemocrat7]

12. Well I root for the Yankees and the Yankees will make it to the world series.

I have rooted for the Yankees for 50 years since the age of 7. I have watched the Yankees when they played well and played not as well and I'm still here rooting for the Yankees.

The Yankees will make it to the world series this year. They have Pettitte, Damon, Matsui and the gang and they will raise hell this year.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

18. BWA-HAHAHAHA!

I think it's cute that Yankee fans are pinning their hopes on a 35 year old guy that tossed up a 4.20 ERA in the NATIONAL LEAGUE, which is worth about a 5.20 in the AL and a CF who two-hops his throws into the infield.

You know what, just let me know how Carl "Opening Day Starter" Pavano pans out for you guys. :rofl:

[liberaldemocrat7]

35. Vash, I like the red sox, second to the yankees.

The Red Sox have won one world series since 1918.

The Yankees have won 26 world series.

You do the math.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

49. That's nice and all, but rather irrelevant.

You're still pinning your hopes on two washed up players and Carl Pavano as opening day starter.

You do that math.

[bertha katzenengel]

24. Nope -- the Angels will beat them in the playoffs.

Again. O8)

;)

[KitchenWitch]

44. SNAP!

:yourock:

[Yavin4]

22. Marge Schott was Heinous

Okay, who would you rather have sex with? Babs Bush or Marge Schott?

[recoveringdittohed]

68. uff da - NT

[SteppingRazor]

6. Word's coming down the pipeline that Tribune Co. will sell the Cubs...

now that Sam Zell has taken over the company over the weekend.

Just watch. Trib will sell the team, and the team will go to the Series. It's Murphy's Law, baby!

[reyd reid reed]

8. I think I read somewhere

that the guy who owns the Mavericks made the Trib an offer over the winter. Didn't come to anything, though. We'll see. Just imagine if they do it in '08, though. It'd be poetic.

[AllegroRondo]

9. Any team can have an off century.

[reyd reid reed]

10. Nah...*that* takes a special talent.

:eyes:

[AllegroRondo]

13. and a goat, or so I've heard

not that there's anything wrong with that.

[reyd reid reed]

15. Not to mention a black cat

and a fistful of SI covers.

[ganeshji]

33. Every time I say "maybe next year"

Those are the images that flash through my mind. That being said, maybe this is our year. Ah, the unbridled hope of the first week in April!

[reyd reid reed]

83. Yeah. Especially before the first pitch is thrown.

I didn't post the Pinella/Soriano cover, though.

:eyes:

[LynneSin]

14. So **SNAP**

:D

[SteppingRazor]

27. Has less to do with Mark Cuban than the fact that Trib. Co. was just bought over the weekend...

by gazillionaire Sam Zell.

[reyd reid reed]

32. Yeah, but the Cuban offer was months ago...

before all this (although this has probably been in the works for a while), that one might be off the table now -- I dunno. Apparently the team is on the block at the end of the season, though.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070402&content_id=1874516&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[KitchenWitch]

45. Mark Cuban???

If nothing else, Mark Cuban as an owner would be added entertainment for Cubs fans (and I like Mark Cuban).

[RetroLounge]

37. Just changed my Avatar...

Cubs are never eliminated until the first pitch of the season... :rofl:

Maybe I should go to Wrigley this year.

RL

[reyd reid reed]

82. Ooooh....

we match.

:P

[RetroLounge]

87. Life-long Cubs fan here...

Old enough to HATE the Mets... :D

RL

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. NEVER!

Red Sox - 2007 World Series CHAMPS!!

[MissMillie]

63. yep

that works for me

[LSK]

3. October

Go White Sox.

[KitchenWitch]

47. BAH, The Pirahnas will get your White Sox.

[LSK]

51. *update* *revised* Chisox down 5-0 in 1st

So they will be eliminated TODAY!

:grr:

[KitchenWitch]

52. No, 7-2, with the Tribe having 2nd and 3rd with 1 out

[LSK]

53. no, 9-2 dammit!!!

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270402104

:P

[KitchenWitch]

54. I am thinking Ozzie Guillen's head exploded sometime during the second inning

*Clean up in the Home Dugout*

[AllegroRondo]

4. Brewers

Im optimistic, they got some decent pitching this year and a solid infield. So I figure they might actually hold on through August.

[Jimbo S]

56. The Crew will be in the playoffs.

So the answer is "N/A".

[AllegroRondo]

61. Its the best looking team they've had in years

but the central is a tough division.

[Jimbo S]

84. Actually, many consider the division weak this year.

Cubs have ? about starting pitching
Cardinals lose Suppan to Brewers
Astros lose Pettite and Clemens
Reds have good hitting, but just two good starters
Pirates still have a ways to go

[madinmaryland]

11. The Pirates have already been elimated.

:(

I remember the battles in the 70's with the Pirates and Reds, and also the Pirates and Phillies.

[LynneSin]

16. I remember crying my eyes out in 1979 and not eating for 3 days

because we lost to the Pirates in the playoffs. And I hated that fucking "We Are Family" song that was being played all the time

:grr:

[madinmaryland]

17. That was their last great year!!1!!

Now that I am in MD, I love reminding the folks here that we have beaten the O's twice in the World Series. They are still sore about that!!

WE ARE FA-MI-LY!!!!!!1!!!!!
WE ARE FA-MI-LY!!!!!!1!!!!!
WE ARE FA-MI-LY!!!!!!1!!!!!
WE ARE FA-MI-LY!!!!!!1!!!!!
WE ARE FA-MI-LY!!!!!!1!!!!!
WE ARE FA-MI-LY!!!!!!1!!!!!
WE ARE FA-MI-LY!!!!!!1!!!!!

:evilgrin:

[azmouse]

19. My team will be playing in October!

The Dbacks have a great team this year.

[bertha katzenengel]

20. The Halos will be in it. But the Reds:

The Reds -- do you really expect them to do that badly? Why?

[LynneSin]

21. Because everytime I get a glimmer of hope with them - they suck up the season

Best to expect the worst and be pleasantly suprised

[bertha katzenengel]

23. by the way - off topic

There's a guitar shop near my house. They just changed their marquee. Under their specials:

"We have cowbells"

Made me think of you instantly.

[Mrs. Venation]

25. I'm An Orioles Fan

but not a Peter Angelos fan. The O's will be out of it by mid-May.

[av8rdave]

40. I'm an Orioles fan as well...just spent last night in Baltimore, across

the street from Camden yards. I only lived in Baltimore my sr year of high school, but my dad & brother still live there. My brother and I and a couple of friends take a weekend every summer to see Oriole away games somewhere. Looks like the bay area again this year.

Hope they're in it for a while. It's been a long, dry spell.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

50. As a Boston Bruins fan, I have one word for you:

BOYCOTT.

I've been boycotting the Bruins for 10 years now. I consider myself to be a huge fan, but I refuse to participate until the Jacobs Brothers sell the team. It's the only way you can influence change in these things.

[bigwillq]

26. Maybe sometime in 2008

Cause the Yankees go all the way this year! :bounce:

[Strawman]

28. September at the earliest, possibly not at all

The Tigers are loaded with young arms. Bonderman and Robertson are just coming into their prime. I worry a bit about a sophomore slump with Verlander and Zumaya but they should still be really good. I also worry about Maroth but mostly we just need him to be a servicable innings eater. Andrew Miller should have been the first pick overall last year but the 5 teams in front of the Tigers passed because they couldn't afford to sign him. People are raving about his stuff and he might be in the rotation by the end of the season. Will Ledezma would be a 3-4 starter on most teams. He could move out of the bullpen and into the rotation and do well. And Kenny Rogers should be back and rested in July. We may not even need him.

The lineup is better with Sheffield at DH and Casey at 1B all season. We have more contact hitters and more power than last year. Granderson looks like he has cutdown on the strikeouts and could have a breakout year. And there's good depth if any one or two players miss time due to injuries. Infante, Thames, Wilson are all solid backups. I'm not sold on Neifi Perez, but apparently he's had a good spring. He a switch hitter, but his swing from one side of the plate (I think it's left) looks worse than a pitcher's swing to me.

I think Buster Olney picked us to win the World Series. Anything can happen, and there are only 4 spots in each league, but I expect us to be in the race in late September.

GO TIGERS!

[Auggie]

29. Cleveland: September

[HughBeaumont]

71. Both the Browns AND the Indians get eliminated the same time, then.

[Auggie]

73. Looks like it

:rofl:

[HughBeaumont]

76. Ever read the local book "Curses"?

http://www.amazon.com/Curses-Cleveland-Sports-Deserve-Miserable/dp/1598510185/ref=sr_1_1/104-9635260-8650353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175591209&sr=1-1

Probably one of the best rundowns on the bad events/bad luck/bad ownership decisions/bad draft picks that made Cleveland sports teams the decade-after-decade laughingstock they are. After the Browns made it to the playoffs one year, someone wrote something into a PD opinion poll that has stuck with me for years: "I don't think a Cleveland team can win a championship of any kind." Except for the Cavs (and even THEY'RE not immune if they don't get a damned point guard that can score, E-Slow), I believe he's going to be correct.

And the PD's Bill Livingston . . . "we need to get rid of the "Woe Is Us" mindset". You know, Bill? That only goes so far when your now-fired GM (thank GOD) deals a 2007 first round draft pick, which we REALLY could have used on a point guard, for Jiri freaking Welsch. That only goes so far when the Browns pick up a "can't miss" lineman who hasn't seen one DOWN in a Browns uniform in now going on two years and has not had one even GOOD draft pick in six seasons. That only goes so far when you have an Indians GM who doesn't seem to get in all his frugality (read: Cheapness) that the Minnesota Twins path to success (get cheap young hungry players and hope they become a Yankees-caliber team) depends almost 75% on luck, which is a rare commodity in Cleveland to begin with. It's called "give and take". The "rah rah team" crap can only do so much when your owners are doing everything in their power to not field a winner to begin with.

[Auggie]

78. There's an actual book about it? How hilarious.

Thanks for the link HughBeaumont.

Don't get me wrong. I grew up in Cleveland and would like nothing more than to see them win something -- anything -- some day. I've lived in the S.F. bay area now longer than I did in Ohio, and it appears franchise owners here are smarter, hungrier, and more creative than what I witness in Cleveland. There's a greater sense of urgency to win because the competition for fans and attendance is fierce -- two football teams, two baseball teams, basketball, hockey, plus a slew of indoor/outdoor attractions and a year round Mediterranean-type climate. Are Cleveland owners complacent because they know they're the only game in town?

[HughBeaumont]

79. Pretty much, and since the fans refuse to boycott this bad product . .

. . .specifically the Browns, why should they spend the cash? They must figure "Hey, we're still selling out the Stadium year after year . . . why not make some money? They'll come no matter WHAT we put on the field." The only way anything's going to change is if fans stay away. But you know Cleveland fans - they need a place to collectively get drunk at, so why not the football game?

Plus, aside from Dan Gilbert, these owners simply don't have a winner's mindset and historically, never have. Pauper Dolan and Panhandler Lerner's goal isn't to field a "CHAMPION". Their goal seems to be fielding a "competitor". Yeah, you're really going to travel to the moon with THAT notion. And Dolan wonders why the Jake is only half full. Indians fans are smart. Lerner can always count on the collective drunkard salt that are the Browns fans to keep him rich while not improving the team.

At least Dan Gilbert believes with all his might that Cleveland can win a title and he's the only one talking like it. The only problem is that he has a whole lot of Jim Paxson screw-ups to correct and has to do it through free agency and trades since Paxson the Moran gave away/wasted all our damned draft picks (Luke Jackson over Jameer Nelson. Smart.).

[Initech]

30. My Halos will be in it for sure.

I just hope that we don't have another embarrassing play like the '05 series against the White Sox. :grr:

[NightWatcher]

31. the NLCS, as the Braves have done so every year but last

[likesmountains 52]

34. tomorrow...Colorado Rockies...

[azmouse]

36. I'll bet your team won't be in last place in the NLW this year.

That place is reserved for the Giants.

I'm a Dbacks fan. Our teams face each other in just a few hours. Good luck!! :hi:

[evlbstrd]

38. Royals.

Today at 3:10 p.m. CDT.

[KitchenWitch]

48. Gosh I am sorry!

What (other than money) is the malfunction with the Royals general management?

They end up GIVING AWAY their good players.

[evlbstrd]

57. I know.

We now have a new GM. He's upgraded shortstop and pitching. Sweeney now seems to be Permanent DH. We'll see what happens.

[KitchenWitch]

58. Mike Sweeney as permanent DH seems appropriate

He has paid his dues (actually more than his dues, being stuck with the poor management of the Royals).

As a Twins fan, I do know the lean times (Think the late 1970s to the mid 1980s and the mid 1990s to 2000). The Twins during that era sucked pitching mound dirt.

[evlbstrd]

62. It seems lately that fans were stuck with Sweeney.

He's got a huge salary but spends half the season on the DL. And he was always an average First Baseman.

[chieftain]

69. Our Royals look pretty sharp right now. Hope it lasts.

[evlbstrd]

72. I do too.

They've had a few fast starts that pooped out, but beating the Red Sox the way they did today is very encouraging.

[Jimbo S]

85. Hey, want anymore of our castoff pitchers?

de la Rosa
Hendrickson

Now that our prospects are at MLB, we have plenty of others washed up guys we can dump trade to you.

[evlbstrd]

89. Nah, we're good for now.

[Mutley]

39. The Orioles

and they'll be eliminated at the earliest possible time. :P

[av8rdave]

41. Rangers...just before the all-star break

[hfojvt]

42. I became a Reds fan in 1970

so my flatullence is a little bit older. Two things made me a Reds fan. First, that happened to be the name of my little league team, and second the Big Red machine was starting to roll. My little league teams were always very bad. In 1970 I have an article showing that we got beaten by the Astros 18-0. This was saved for posterity because I was mentioned as the only player on my team to get a hit. I did not follow baseball very much though. Except for the all-star game, they were not usually televised. Not like football which I watched every week. I quit playing in 1974 too. Quit playing in my back yard when I was about 14 or 15. I went out to do some hitting and my first shot went sailing over the trees at the back of our yard. I thought 'omigod, I just hit the neighbor's house.' For some reason, they had a picture window in their back yard. So that did not seem worth the risk.

[KitchenWitch]

43. My Twins will either be in the playoffs or eliminated in late September

[charlie and algernon]

65. same with the marlins

either sneak in with the wild card or eliminated mid-late september

[leftofthedial]

46. my team was eliminated when they gave away the ace of their pitching staff

so they wouldn't have to pay him

The Rockies were eliminated from the playoffs on December 13, 2006.

[SaveElmer]

55. Minnesota Twins...ain't gonna happen...

I forsee a 6 Game World Series with the Twins beating the Dodgers...

GO TWINS!!!

[Shakespeare]

59. My As will do what they always do.

Have a mediocre April and May, come screaming back after the all-star break and kick everybody's ass, and then choke in September.

Every. Single. Year. They do this.

[ScreamingMeemie]

60. Tigers are taking their division.

I would still be a Brewers fan, and I'm happy they're doing well, but I'm an AL kind of girl.

[Jimbo S]

80. I (was) an AL fan as well.

I never was a fan of the swtich.

[jakefrep]

64. Indians: October

[Tektonik]

66. I'm a Dodgers fan and I'm still pining for a freeway series

btw any year where the Yankees or Red Sox are out of the playoffs early or not in at all = a good year in my book. Anyways neither of those two teams has a shot versus whoever comes out on top in the three headed monster (or even 4 headed if you include the Indians) of the AL central.

[Jimbo S]

86. I stopped watching ESPN a long time ago

all Yankees, all Red Sox, all the time. :mad:

[recoveringdittohed]

67. Cincinnati Reds - October

Reds to make the playoffs despite their bullpen by committee. Adam Dunn to lead NL in home runs & strikeouts!

[CatholicEdHead]

70. Twins will make it to the playoffs

They will not be eliminated beforehand.

[Scarlett17]

74. My Tigers are going all the way, baby!

:headbang:

[sasquatch]

75. I think you're a Reds fan because you remeber hearing or watching-

the Big Red Machine tear apart baseball while the lovable Ump hating Sparky Anderson poited the way.

[LynneSin]

77. I've been a fan since 74 - you do the math

:eyes:

[northzax]

81. Nationals...

I figure sometime last week should about do it. really, these bums should be playing in Toledo.

[RedStateShame]

88. Alright, Reds fans, what comes first? Reds out of contention, or Griffey injured?

[sasquatch]

93. Griffey injured

and by the way, we're now a Blue state. Isn't that the coolest.

[wildhorses]

90. braves, september

chop or no chop

[Zavulon]

91. Mine was eliminated a couple of years ago when it moved to Washington.

However, if I were to call the Nats my favorite team (I don't), I'd say they were eliminated from the playoffs yesterday by the Marlins.

[maveric]

92. San Diego Padres will be eliminated game 3 of the divisional series...

after a sweep by whoever they face.
The Pads will win the NL West again by 2-3 games over .500 and fall to another playoff sweep.