The truck left Fenway last Saturday & pitchers and catchers report this Saturday!
Spring is coming!!!
Begin the 2014 MLB trash talk thread!!!
Does anyone remember who won the World Series last year? Oh yeah…it was
THESE GUYS!!!
Who’s brand new manager led them deep into the postseason his first two years?? Matheny. That is all.
GO CARDS!!
That’s if he can remember who he is? He took some many hits as a player…he must have had a dozen concussions back before they tested for them.
Being a Cubs fan, it’d be nice to talk a little trash occasionally. But they are the Cubs after all. Ok, returning to my yearly pit of baseball despair 
Similarly - theDarkSide, is Theo gonna help us at some point ? 
That’s low, man! That’s the whole reason he retired.
Matheny was the leader of the charge to change the “charging the plate” rules. I’m glad he did.
+1, usually I wait until May to lose all hope.
The only thing I am sure of is that the Mariners will not be a contender. Their target seems to be a .499 season. Deep sigh.
We need new ownership.
Here’s some breaking news:
http://www.wmur.com/news/national/Derek-Jeter-to-retire-after-2014/24435798
Hate him because he is a Yankee, but respect him as a player!
Just saw this. Glad I already bought my Sox/Yanks tickets yesterday. He’s one of those guys you love to root against, but you can’t deny what he’s done, and done with class.
Go Sox!
I Need to get one of those shirts – “I love two baseball teams: The Red Sox and anyone who beats the Yankees”
Good success the past ten years but of course it had to be after I left the Boston area…
Baseball…meh. I am a Phillies fan, and the Phillies are looking to have one of the oldest lineups in the major leagues this year. :-[
Bling, bling!! Ring ceremony at Fenway park this afternoon.
Just saw on the news that Tony Gwynn passed away. What a terrible loss for baseball. Seems like he just retired.
What a sweet swing he had.
I remember him playing bit never knew the breadth of his accomplishments. Never more than 40 strike outs in a season for 20 seasons; ESPN says 3 players had more than 40 in April this year! More .300 seasons than Ty Conn and it just went on and on!
It’s a real shame. He was one of my baseball heroes. One of the greatest swings and hitters of all time.
Here’s one that blew me away:
Combined, he had 323 at-bats against Glavine, Smoltz, Maddux, and Pedro, and he struck out THREE. TIMES.
Yeah that’s amazing. And that was the cream of the crop from the mound.
Hey guys, I’m really pleased to have found this thread.
I’m in the UK and was a fan of baseball in my teenage years; though the coverage over here was pretty sparse 25 years or so ago. I used to watch the coverage at the time and enjoyed it without really developing an understanding of the fine detail of the game.
My interest has been re-ignited over the past two seasons or so…I get access to probably 5 or 6 live matches per week these days from my TV provider, and I’ve developed much more understanding of the rules and tactics etc.
A lot of the games start around Midnight/1 am here, so I rarely see those…but there are also plenty that get going around 8 pm, which is great 8)
I noticed Derek Jeters name popped up earlier in thread…he is one of the few player I remember from watching first time around and I nearly fell of my chair last season when I caught a Yankees game, and there he was still playing at top level and playing well by all accounts too!! 
I have plans to come over to the US someday to do a bit of a beer/food trip…and when I make it happen I will definitely include taking in a game…it looks like everyone has such a great time.
Those seats (or are they armchairs/lazyboys) behind home plate look like the place to be…but boy are those an expensive treat!!!
Markpotts,
Definitely catch a pro game if you can, but also look around for all the minor league options. Usually for the price of 1 ticket to the Red Sox, I can get 2-3 tickets and food at a minor league game. The parks are usually on the smaller side so you can get right next to the field. You may even catch the up and coming star or a pro on a rehab start.
Talk in Boston is that Jon Lester is on the trading block. The cardinals looks to be one of the teams interested…does that sound interesting to you Amanda?
That’s a great suggestion, and something I wouldn’t have considered theDarkSide. Thanks