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Idiots who don't understand sports think division titles don't matter if you don't win the World Series.
I really feel sorry for fans like you. You can't enjoy the excitement of competing. It's all about winning. Not just winning but winning it all. Hey only one team wins it all a year. I for one likes to appreciate the excitement of a successful season like last year and not view it as a failure because you didn't win it all.

Personally, I have no time to revel in the Angels celebration of sweeping the Tigers when there's so many quality threads to sift through like: The Angels elimination number; Mathis/Napoli threads; Hamilton updates; Reagins GM W/L record; Matt Adams replacement; and the fluke that was the 2014 Angels!

Everything I've read is the Phillies want to get rid of Howard badly and are wanting to package with another trade chip and are willing to eat a majority of his salary.

1. How the Braves continue to score runs with that lineup is beyond me.
2. That the Tigers continue to score runs with that lineup is no surprise. Cespedes 6 RBIs in 5 innings.
3. Think the Yankees wish they had Greene back yet?

It is indeed early, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating.  The choking with RISP, the black hole that is everybody after Trout...sure, it's going to improve but it sucks to look this bad coming out of the gate.  Joyce is looking like the next Steve Finley, Cron is dreadful so far, and there isn't any relief on the way.  However, Giavotella is looking decent so far, Calhoun had a good game Saturday, and Pujols will get better.  It's not all bleak.

I could have gone not only the rest of this life but the rest of the next without having to see that again. You might warn somebody before posting that horror show. Thanks for nothing.

I could have gone not only the rest of this life but the rest of the next without having to see that again. You might warn somebody before posting that horror show. Thanks for nothing.

I could have gone not only the rest of this life but the rest of the next without having to see that again. You might warn somebody before posting that horror show. Thanks for nothing.

If ever a thread deserved to be deleted, it's this one. If ever an OP deserved to be banned, it's this one. Injecting a child into the Hamilton situation is reprehensible. What the hell were you thinking, dude?

Ethier?

Yep....   I'm sort of in the same boat, GMJ did what a lot of guys have done, worked a fluke season into a retirement contract.   
 
 
To be fair ...  when you've been as awful as he has been with the pedigree he has it's easy to expect there to be more.  Personally, I look at his career numbers in Angel Stadium and I just don't expect much.  

The A. J. Pierzynski Dog and Pony Show has been playing for what? 15 years? And the most remarkable thing about that is the paying members of the audience are all Major League umpires.

I'm afraid all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant - Yamamoto
Let sleeping dogs lie - anonymous
Hi Carl. How's it going buddy? - Scott
We went from 3 1/2 back to 5 games up in 18 days. Oakland has a great team and they could do the same. When the math says Oaklands done then I can relax. Not before.

I'm afraid all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant - Yamamoto
Let sleeping dogs lie - anonymous
Hi Carl. How's it going buddy? - Scott
We went from 3 1/2 back to 5 games up in 18 days. Oakland has a great team and they could do the same. When the math says Oaklands done then I can relax. Not before.

I'm afraid all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant - Yamamoto
Let sleeping dogs lie - anonymous
Hi Carl. How's it going buddy? - Scott
We went from 3 1/2 back to 5 games up in 18 days. Oakland has a great team and they could do the same. When the math says Oaklands done then I can relax. Not before.

I'm afraid all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant - Yamamoto
Let sleeping dogs lie - anonymous
Hi Carl. How's it going buddy? - Scott
We went from 3 1/2 back to 5 games up in 18 days. Oakland has a great team and they could do the same. When the math says Oaklands done then I can relax. Not before.

I'm afraid all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant - Yamamoto
Let sleeping dogs lie - anonymous
Hi Carl. How's it going buddy? - Scott
We went from 3 1/2 back to 5 games up in 18 days. Oakland has a great team and they could do the same. When the math says Oaklands done then I can relax. Not before.

Dang. Close

Fire Mickey Baylor!!!

Fire Mickey Baylor!!!

Tsk tsk tsk. Don't you know that nuns read this site?
But yeah, I agree with the title of this thread.

The only good thing about that play (from my perspective) is that you know Aybar filed that away and will be itching to try it himself.

It's time for a rant. (Warning, long post ahead. Bring chips.)
 
If you follow me on Twitter, you would know I have grown up in Red Sawx nation. So I am accustomed to being surrounded by stupidity. But I would spend every night at Fenway if it meant I never had to come in contact with another Detroit Tigers fan, in person or online. Don't get me wrong, Sawx fans are obnoxious, self-righteous, and entitled and I despise them with every fiber of my being.
 
But let me make this clear: Tigers fans are the worst. Bar none. They are whiny, self-absorbed, and are possibly the most defensive fanbase in all of sports. If Freud were alive today, he would dedicate his entire life's work to the study of the inferiority complex that plagues the city of Detroit.
 
Now, I know what you are thinking. "tdawg, every fanbase has their share of idiots. It isn't fair to judge an entire fanbase based on a select few." And to that I say "shut the hell up you pubish imbecile". First off, I don't know every Tigers fan in existence, that would be impossible. But I grew up in a baseball neighborhood and have met hundreds of fans (mostly Red Sox fans) in person and online. The amount of stupidity that I have endured over the years would drive most men insane. However there has been one constant through all of it: I know a lot of good, intelligent fans. Yes, I know at least a dozen Red Sox fans who are actually pretty fun to talk baseball with. One of my best friends is a Yankees fan and he is one of the most knowledgeable baseball fans I know. I work with a Phillies fan as well, and while she is a casual fan, she is still knowledgeable of the game and their farm system, as well as other players around the league.
 
Admittedly, I don't personally know a fan of every team in baseball. I have however, spent a lot of time on message boards throughout the years, and blogs, and have talked with fans of every team from around the globe. I know a lot of intelligent baseball fans. Guess which fanbase has 0 of them?
 

Getting warmer!
 
I have never, in my 20 years of being a baseball fan, associated with an intelligent, unbiased, non-defensive Tigers fan. Once again, does that mean that the 30 or so fans I've associated with online over the past few years represent the millions of Tigers fans in the world? Yes, yes it does. With the help of HaloThunder, I have calculated that 1 online fan represents 100,000 people, give or take. So 30 x 100,000 = 3 million. That's at least 98% of their fanbase right there. Probably more if you count the hobos.
 
"But tdawg, you are just being silly. Hell, the Angels have their share of stupid fans! Just look at yourself!". This is true. This team has dumbass fans out the butt. But they also have a strong, albeit small, hardcore fanbase that is highly intelligent, rational, and not incredibly buttsore over every little thing. Now, you may be asking for some "evidence". And unfortunately finding evidence of stupid Tigers fans has proven to be extremely difficult.
 
Haha just kidding, it was easy as shit. From the ESPN article about the 2014 ASG comments section, may I provide you with your monthly dose of stupid:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And my personal favorite:
 
 
This is the type of crap I'm talking about. This garbage plagues every ESPN article, every Yahoo article, and has even gotten some shit in Deapspin as well. These people have mental deficiencies that can't be cured. But why? How did this all begin?
 
Well, there's this:
 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/We-hate-Jered-Weaver/102496893183670
 
Guess who started that page? It was started shortly after the Weaver throwing at Avila incident. I mean, how childish can you get? I talked to one guy who used to love Weaver, and he said that what he did was basically attempted murder. No joke. This incident was what I believe to be the downfall of this fanbase. They went from being stupid but just kind of there, to being stupid, and annoying and whiny and the biggest bunch of crybaby man-children to ever disgrace the entire planet. The entire city of Detroit and all of their fans went full retard on that day. Now don't get me wrong, Weaver was a dick during that whole fiasco, but really now? Really?
 
Then comes Trout, and Tigers' fans sphincters tightened up so much you could cut off the circulation of Adam's dick. OH NOES, a player who might dethrone their Miggy (the guy they traded for and didn't develop but act like they did) as the best in the game? The MVP debate the last few years has further shown the lack of intelligence from Detroit's fanbase. I have seen every excuse you could possibly imagine "Well Miggy went to 3rd and was selfless and it's a harder position to play than center so that's why his D isn't as good". "WAR is a completely useless stat and doesn't mean anything" (unless Verlander leads the league in WAR, of course). The list goes on.
 
I could post links to forums, blogs, (I'm pretty sure there's an anti-Weaver Twitter page as well created by the special people up North). But I'll save Chuck the bandwidth.
 
So there you have it. The Tigers have the dumbest, most obnoxiously ignorant fanbase in the majors. You are free to disagree, but I will leave you with one final gem before you hit that post button:
 
 
We are living in dark times people. Dark times.

That was the greatest STFU in the history of STFU-dom.