MLB

[Booney]

My Yankees are utter rubbish,

Lol what made you pick the Yankees as your team?

Essendon, Norwood, Parramatta.....

[Booney]

Beat the Rangers 8-4 yesterday. 23-10

Bonus right now, MLB TV has the Sox v Rangers game 2 on Free MLB TV today.

Sox 1-0 up v1st

[Booney]

Rangers pile on 7 in the bottom of the 8th to win 13-11. D'oh.

11-6 up with 1 1/2 innings to play. Ouch.

[MatteeG]

Royals hitting remains awesome and the pitching absolute garbage. Coughed up 10 to the Yankees yesterday *Ugh*

[Fluffbag]

My Yankees are utter rubbish,

Lol what made you pick the Yankees as your team?

Followed the Knicks growing up and didn't really have a baseball team. Already followed the Redskins and Capitals but Washington didn't have a baseball team at the time (early 90's) so jumped on the Yankees as they were one of the few sides that got any coverage over here at that time

I wonder how people picked their US teams,

I picked Milwaukee Brewers as I was a fan of Happy Days back in the 80s, then I read about great players like Paul Molitor, Robin Yount, Hank Aaron and also I liked Bob Uecker from Mr Belvedere.

Also one of the most interesting things about Milwaukee is that it's the only American city to elect three Socialist mayors.

[Booney]

And Odor goes ******* BANG! Bautista goes in hard, up they come and BANG. GOLD! ( 3:07 in the attached for the best slow mo )

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/178383998 ... uring-game

[Booney]

White Sox lose two series in a row, Texas and the Yanks, win the first in both lose the next two.

[mighty hounds]

My Yankees are utter rubbish,

Lol what made you pick the Yankees as your team?

Followed the Knicks growing up and didn't really have a baseball team. Already followed the Redskins and Capitals but Washington didn't have a baseball team at the time (early 90's) so jumped on the Yankees as they were one of the few sides that got any coverage over here at that time

I wonder how people picked their US teams,

I picked Milwaukee Brewers as I was a fan of Happy Days back in the 80s, then I read about great players like Paul Molitor, Robin Yount, Hank Aaron and also I liked Bob Uecker from Mr Belvedere.

Also one of the most interesting things about Milwaukee is that it's the only American city to elect three Socialist mayors.

I was a fan of Michael Jordan so i become a Bulls fan. I decided to support Chicago in all the other American Sports but choosing the Cubs over the White Sox just because i liked their colours better .

[JK]

My Yankees are utter rubbish,

Lol what made you pick the Yankees as your team?

Followed the Knicks growing up and didn't really have a baseball team. Already followed the Redskins and Capitals but Washington didn't have a baseball team at the time (early 90's) so jumped on the Yankees as they were one of the few sides that got any coverage over here at that time

I wonder how people picked their US teams,

I picked Milwaukee Brewers as I was a fan of Happy Days back in the 80s, then I read about great players like Paul Molitor, Robin Yount, Hank Aaron and also I liked Bob Uecker from Mr Belvedere.

Also one of the most interesting things about Milwaukee is that it's the only American city to elect three Socialist mayors.

Started following all of them around 8 or 9 years old:

NFL: Cowboys - Next door neighbour was a fan so that's the team I ran with.

NBA: Boston - Sunday mornings waiting for the Footy review show to start would sit through the NBA show that regularly showed the C's and a bloke called Larry Bird. (same reason I became a Liverpool fan)

MLB: Blue Jays, due to visiting Toronto a couple of times .. Kinda like the Red Sox though too because they're from Boston.

[mickey]

NBA: Boston - Sunday mornings waiting for the Footy review show to start would sit through the NBA show that regularly showed the C's and a bloke called Larry Bird. (same reason I became a Liverpool fan)

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You're a Liverpool fan because you watched Larry Bird play with the Celtics??? [emoji1]

My American sports teams came from when my nanna went on an American holiday or 2 when i was young. Brought back hats and t shirts of various teams. Not surprising they were of the more successful/popular teams of the time.

Yankees, Bulls, 49ers and Rangers in the hockey

[Booney]

I was a fan of Michael Jordan so i become a Bulls fan. I decided to support Chicago in all the other American Sports but choosing the Cubs over the White Sox just because i liked their colours better .

You must be about 40 then, hounds?

I too, because of Jordan, became a Bulls fan and adopted Chicago as my teams. The White Sox colours did appeal to me more...

Sox rally at the bottom of 9 to tie up Houston 4-4. Going to the 11th now.

[MW]

NBA: Never followed a team as such, more so followed favourite players around the many teams they were traded too lol
MLB: Only team I ever followed was the Twins only because I am a twin...lame I know. Don't really follow anyone in particular now though.
NHL: No interest whatsoever
NFL: 49ers. Bought a cap back in the early 90s with them on it and never looked back.

[mighty hounds]

I was a fan of Michael Jordan so i become a Bulls fan. I decided to support Chicago in all the other American Sports but choosing the Cubs over the White Sox just because i liked their colours better .

You must be about 40 then, hounds?

I too, because of Jordan, became a Bulls fan and adopted Chicago as my teams. The White Sox colours did appeal to me more...

Sox rally at the bottom of 9 to tie up Houston 4-4. Going to the 11th now.

I was about 10 at the time. Caught the back end of Jordans career

[Booney]

White Sox lefty starter Chris Sale wins his 9th straight game as starter, the first pitcher to do this since 2008 and the first Sox pitchers since 1919.

Holding out the Astros 2-1. The W ends a 4 game losing streak for the Sox, 25-16

3 against the Royals at home and 4 against the Indians at home. Important week for American Central.

Sox 25-16
Indians 21-17
Royals 20-20

Break even or better and the Sox can set up a little buffer here.

[ORDoubleBlues]

:lol:

And Odor goes ******* BANG! Bautista goes in hard, up they come and BANG. GOLD! ( 3:07 in the attached for the best slow mo )

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/178383998 ... uring-game

You're not wrong, that was one of the biggest hit's i've seen for a while.

Bit of a story for a pitcher in that game with Matt Bush (the number 1 overall pick in the 2004 amateur draft) finally making his major league debut on the 7th of May after being signed by the Rangers. He's been in more trouble in the past than you could poke a stick at and while I don't condone things he has done, it is an interesting story for a guy that was originally drafted by the Padres as a short stop

[Booney]

Just a few little issues!

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A few weeks after the Padres drafted him in 2004, Bush was arrested on suspicion of felony assault, misdemeanor trespass, disorderly conduct, and underage drinking, after he allegedly fought with security trying to escort him out of a bar.[18]

In early 2009, Bush was allegedly involved in a drunken assault at a San Diego high school, which was caught on camera. According to witnesses, a drunken Bush beat up a high school lacrosse player with a golf club while screaming, "I'm Matt ******* Bush!", which was recorded on videotape. This led the Padres to designate Bush for assignment following the team's signing of Floyd and then trade him to the Blue Jays.[3][8] Only a month later, he assaulted and berated a woman at a party in Florida, and was released by the Blue Jays for violating a "zero tolerance" agreement.[11]


Mugshot from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.
On March 22, 2012, Bush was arrested and charged with two counts of DUI with property damage, one count of DUI with serious bodily injury, one count of leaving the scene of an accident with an injury, one count of driving with a suspended license, and 2 counts of leaving the scene of an accident with damage to property. In the incident, Bush hit 72-year-old motorcyclist Tony Tufano on the Tamiami Trail (U.S. Route 41) northbound in Port Charlotte, Florida, running over his head as he fled the scene in a Dodge Durango belonging to teammate Brandon Guyer. According to a witness, Tufano survived the incident because he was wearing a helmet.[19] Bush was arrested in North Port, three miles down the road from the accident. He was on the road after getting kicked out of a nearby strip club for trying to climb on the stage. When he was arrested, Bush had a blood alcohol content of .18, more than double the legal limit in Florida.[13] Bush spent the 2012 season housed at the Charlotte County Jail on $440,000 bail (reduced from an initial $1.015 million bond), and pleaded not guilty at his arraignment (via closed-circuit TV from the Charlotte County Jail) on May 21. Bush remains a suspect in two other hit and run accidents further north on the Tamiami Trail in Venice that occurred earlier that day.[20] The following Sunday, Rays general manager Andrew Friedman announced that Bush would never play for the Rays organization again.[21] The Rays placed Bush on the restricted list for the 2012 season, meaning that he was no longer on the 40-man roster, nor did he accumulate service time.[22] He was officially released on October 6.

On December 18, Bush accepted a plea bargain and pleaded no contest to one count of DUI with great bodily injury. He was sentenced to 51 months in prison. As this was Bush's third DUI conviction in 10 years, he was ineligible to drive legally in Florida for 10 years after his release from prison. In the process, Bush turned down a deal that had less prison time (3 years), but with 7 years probation owing to past alcoholism issues.[23][24] The Tufanos filed a $5 million civil suit against Bush, but settled in 2013 for a reported $200,000.[25]

Bush was housed at the Mayo Correctional Institution in Mayo, Florida, as of January 2015.[26] He was released from prison on October 30, 2015.[27]

[Booney]

Sox are on a 6 game losing streak.

Lost to the Royals 4-1,2-1 and won 3-2

Beat the Indians 7-6 then lost 5-1,6-2,4-3.

Then the Royals again 7-5,8-7,5-4 to lose 6 on the tro and drop to 3rd in American Central.

The Indians and the Royals leaping over us.

[MatteeG]

Sox are on a 6 game losing streak.

Lost to the Royals 4-1,2-1 and won 3-2

Beat the Indians 7-6 then lost 5-1,6-2,4-3.

Then the Royals again 7-5,8-7,5-4 to lose 6 on the tro and drop to 3rd in American Central.

The Indians and the Royals leaping over us.

Did you enjoy that 9th inning rally on the weekend Booney?

[Booney]

Sox are on a 6 game losing streak.

Lost to the Royals 4-1,2-1 and won 3-2

Beat the Indians 7-6 then lost 5-1,6-2,4-3.

Then the Royals again 7-5,8-7,5-4 to lose 6 on the tro and drop to 3rd in American Central.

The Indians and the Royals leaping over us.

Did you enjoy that 9th inning rally on the weekend Booney?

No, I did not.

[Jim05]

4 game sweep of the Angels but we are only treading water