Pittsburgh Pirates:
year DV DIVS RECD WINP PLC
2008 NL Cent 67-95 (.414) 6 Tampa Bay advances to the World Series
2007 NL Cent 68-94 (.420) 6 Colorado advances to the World Series
2006 NL Cent 67-95 (.414) 5
2005 NL Cent 67-95 (.414) 6
2004 NL Cent 72-89 (.447) 5
2003 NL Cent 75-87 (.463) 4 Florida Wins World Series
2002 NL Cent 72-89 (.447) 4
2001 NL Cent 62-100 (.383) 6 Arizona Wins World Series
2000 NL Cent 69-93 (.426) 5
1999 NL Cent 78-83 (.484) 3
1998 NL Cent 69-93 (.426) 6 Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Satanz *poof*
1997 NL Cent 79-83 (.488) 2 Florida Wins World Series
1996 NL Cent 73-89 (.451) 5
1995 NL Cent 58-86 (.403) 5
1994 NL Cent 53-61 (.465) 3
1993 NL East 75-87 (.463) 5 Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins *poof*

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We here at Big show baseball are the best bloggers ever. This is why while as the world series starts, we ask you this question:

I'm totally drinking right now and I only counted like four Backstreet Boys here. I seem to recall five, who the hell is missing?

Labels: IHateU, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Not Devil Rays

There are only like 4 reasons ever to name a baseball blog post after an overpowered Magic the Gathering card. I forget the other 3 but they have to do with rolling 20 and an elf.

FREE TACOS FOR STOLEN BASES IS BACK:
TACOS

Free tacos on ROCKTOBER 28th (Tuesday) if a base is stolen in games 1-4, if none are stolen until games 5-7 then November 3rd is the taco day. Times are 2:00PM to 6:00PM for your free tacos.


And for the hell of it:

Philadelphia Phillies and the World Series:
1980 Won against Kansas City Royals

1915 Lost to Boston Red Sox
1950 Lost to New York Yankees
1983 Lost to Baltimore Orioles
1993 Lost to Toronto Blue Jays

The AL East circle is almost complete...

Labels: Carl Crawford lets make a deal, IHateU, Philadelphia Phillies, TACO TACO TACO, World Series

My picks for 2008.

AL MVP: Kevin Youkilis, 1B - Boston Red Sox

Youkilis was among the AL leaders in Batting Average (.312), OBP (.390), OPS (.958), SLG (.569), and RBI (115.)

I could have also gone with Chicago's Carlos Quentin but he only played 130 games and his rate stats are not significantly better (.965 to .958 OPS.) Milton Bradley lead the AL in OPS (.999) but he only played 126 games and he did it at DH.

Alex Rodriguez is another possibility (also .965 OPS) but considering it was actually a very average year for him (by his standards) and the Yankees missed the playoffs and he missed 24 games it just didn't make sense to me to pick A-Rod.

Overall it was a weak year for stand out offensive numbers in the AL. No one really stood out from the crowd.

NL MVP: Albert Pujols, 1B - St. Louis Cardinals

This was a much easier decision. Pujols was easily the top offensive player in the NL in 2008. Yes, Chipper Jones had an incredible year but he missed 34 games and Pujols easily bested him in the power department (SLG: .653 to .574.)

Pujols lead the NL in OPS at 1.114 & SLG (.653.) He finished second (to Jones) in Batting Average (.357) & OBP (.462.) He also finished with 37 HR (4th), 44 2B (4th), 116 RBI (4th), and 104 BB (2nd.)

AL CY YOUNG: Cliff Lee - Cleveland Indians

Lee lead the AL in both Wins (22) & ERA (2.54) which makes him a pretty easy choice for the AL Cy Young award. Toronto's Roy Halladay and Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka also had great years but Lee's was better.

NL CY YOUNG: Tim Lincecum - San Francisco Giants

Lincecum certainly lived up to the hype in his second year with the Giants. He finished the year 18-5 with a 2.62 ERA. That's good for 2nd in Wins & 2nd in ERA. He also lead the NL in Strikeouts (265) and Winning Percentage (.783.) He was 3rd in innings pitched (227.)

The New York Met's Johan Santana is the runner up. He lead the league in ERA at 2.53 and innings pitched (234.) He finished second in Strikeouts (206.) Arizona's Brandon Webb did lead the NL in Wins (22-7) but his other numbers are not as impressive (10th in ERA at 3.30) and I think Wins are a very ineffective statistic for judging a pitcher's performance.

AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Evan Longeria, 3B - Tampa Bay Rays

Longoria was a big part of why the Rays made it to the playoffs for the first time. He hit .272 with 27 home runs and 85 RBI. He lead all AL rookies in HR, RBI, OBP, SLG, & OPS.

NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Geovany Soto, C - Chicago Cubs

The Cincinatti Red's rookie 1B Joey Votto lead all NL rookies in BA (.297), OBP (.368), SLG (.506), H (156), HR (24), & OPS (.874.) He finished second in RBI with 84 to Soto's 86.

From the offensive numbers it looks like Votto should be the pick but Soto's offensive numbers are really just barely behind Votto's (OPS .874 to .868 & HR 24 to 23) and because Soto is a catcher and was a big part of the Cubs great season, I think he has to be choice. A good offensive player at the catcher position is a big deal, another good hitting first baseman? Not as much.

Labels: Albert Pujols, Cliff Lee, Evan Longeria, Geovany Soto, Kevin Youkilis, Tim Lincecum