Baseball Season 2012

[Barry Izbak]

Once again as our football season draws to an exciting close with the Albion chasing promotion again, the evenings are getting lighter, the days warmer and its time to look forward to another great baseball season.

Indeed due to MLB's version of the 39th (and 40th and 41st) game, the 2012 MLB season is already underway as the A's and Mariners have split the first two games, not in Oakland or Seattle, but on the other side of the Pacific - in Japan!

This time last year I was excited - but not even I would have dreamed that The St Louis Cardinals would be World Series Champions seven months later.

This year with La Russa and Pujols gone, the atmosphere is less optimistic even than a year ago. Nonetheless you never know.

Last Year was a Albion/Cardinals Champions double

This season both to make the Play-Offs ?

Which teams also have a following on here ?

Its always good to hear from optimistic Cubs fans early in the year

 

[Stat Brother]

I have to be a Washington fan, only because I listen to Tony Kornheiser's radio show podcast (Washington local radio)
Which means I know:-

Steve Strasberg will throw well but not a full season, a year after his Tommy John surgery.
Bryce Harper will see out the bulk of the season in AAA
I did know something else but have forgotten it
The Natnals will be THE team of 2013

I hope this helps.


Oh and the game in Japan kicked off at 3:15 am local time, but couldn't be seen anyway as there was a blackout.
And we think the FA is inept.

 

[Bwian]

Blue Jays

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Backing the Mets - the perennial under-achievers. Great stadium, plenty of fans just not that good on the field! They will have to pay out about $160 million in the coming years to settle the Bernie Madoff case which doesn’t exactly help.

Hate the Yankees

 

[chud]

Go Phillies! Great Pitching but we cant hit!!!

 

[dje shoreham]

My brother in law, a Chicago man , is always optimistic at this time of year. Early excitment at Wrigley Fields and then after a few games acceptance that it is not going to be their season. Ive been there a couple of times - really enjoyable. Anybody know if Cubs have a chance this year?

 

[Monty]

Lets go Giants, Lets go!!

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Red Sox Nation x 1

 

[damo1971]

I follow Yankees

Simple reason the only baseball ground I have been to was the old Yankee stadium and was able to walk on the actual diamond, near second base.

 

[John Bumlick]

Cardinals fan here.

 

[Lewes' best seagull]

With The Angels splashing out ridiculous amounts of money on Pujols and CJ (judas!) I can't see the Rangers winning the division this year.

But then I said that last year

Gutting to lose out two years in a row though.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Tampa Bay Good team, hard division / conference whatever with both the Yankees and Red Sox. Still we tend to make the play-offs ahead of one of them and been lots of exciting seasons recently

 

[Hotchilidog]

Mariners for me, enjoyed yesterday, but not this morning. Don't follow baseball as much as gridiron or basketball but will make the effort this year. Will also keep an eye on the Nats as they are the Washington team and who wouldn't hope that the Cubs could finally do something.

 

[ShandyH]

Hi Nigel, Tampa Bay Rays here. Hopefully see you again soon. Think I saw you in Liverpool. Slightly lost track of where the Rays are on the player front though. It's been a while since I was there.

 

[wakeytom]

I want to follow a team, I am a cowboys fan as love my NFL so who is my obvious choice?

 

[ShandyH]

I want to follow a team, I am a cowboys fan as love my NFL so who is my obvious choice?

Texas Rangers? Good team. Or Tampa Bay Rays. You're more likely to head there, let's face it!

 

[johnhammond]

Mariners for me too, although I'm slightly jaded after the last couple of years.

 

[Trelford Mills Guide Dog]

Come on you Dodgers ! (oops nearly wrote Doggers).

 

[Raphael Meade]

Got some money down on the Angels to win things this year.
Think they've strengthed a pretty decent team very well...

Can't wait to see Pujols and Wilson in action down there in a few weeks!

 

[DavePage]

BLUE JAYS good young side getting better. world series in the next two years, preferably both