jay@npois.UUCP (Anton Winteroak) (02/13/86)
Which team is the least discussed major league baseball team on net.sport.baseball? My guess is the Texas Rangers, with the San Francisco Giants taking the NL honors. Does anybody out there follow either of these teams. What kind of trades have they made, what stars are they having trouble signing. Are they fixing their big weaknesses?
jon@altos86.UUCP (Jonathan Stern) (02/14/86)
> > Which team is the least discussed major league baseball team >on net.sport.baseball? My guess is the Texas Rangers, with the >San Francisco Giants taking the NL honors. Does anybody out there >follow either of these teams. What kind of trades have they made, >what stars are they having trouble signing. Are they fixing their >big weaknesses? I live in the bay area. Two things happen if you follow the Giants. You get bored. You get cold. I follow the Padres. At least I don't get cold. Baseball shouldn't suspend players, it should make them play in Candlestick. The Giants have changed their front office and made losts of trades. They will still be bad. No one will care. Jonathan Stern ucbvax!dual!vecpyr!altos86!jon
nichols@h.cs.cmu.edu (David Nichols) (02/17/86)
In article <12@npois.UUCP> jay@npois.UUCP (Anton Winteroak) writes: > Which team is the least discussed major league baseball team >on net.sport.baseball? My guess is the Texas Rangers, with the >San Francisco Giants taking the NL honors. I would guess the Astros for the NL. Aside from the stadium problems, the most interesting Giants news I've heard is that they're going to try to move Brenly to first. They have a young catcher that they got from Detroit that they think highly of (Melvin) and they want to let him catch a lot. Brenly may have to platoon with Driessen and both of them may sit if the Giants rush up Will Clark as fast as they hope to. Of course, being in Pittsburgh, my main team is the Pirates. They have a lot of young players that Joe Brown got while being the interim GM. The only move I see Syd Thrift (what a great name) making is possibly trading Rhoden during spring training. Rhoden wants out, and Thrift has promised to try to accommodate him. I heard a rumor of Pena and Rhoden to the Braves for Virgil and two top prospects, but it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. The Pirates have new or good players in every position right now. They don't need more AAA guys that are ready to come up this year. They need to sit back and see which of the current guys is going to make it. Maybe some good AA prospects that will be ready in two years would be good. My guess at the Pirates opening day lineup (against Gooden probably; the Mets open the season here): Joe Orsulak cf Johnny Ray 2b Steve Kemp lf (or RJ Reynolds. I'd bat RJ first or second.) Mike Brown rf Jason Thompson 1b (or Sid Bream) Tony Pena c Denny Gonzales 3b Sammy Khalifa ss Larry McWilliams p (or Rhoden if he's not traded, or just about anyone else) I don't really know what Leyland will do about the #2 and 3 spots. Ray has batted third before. The Bucs would love to see Kemp come back from his shoulder problem, especially since they're paying him $1M/yr. Orsulak, Brown, Gonzales, and Khalifa are all young players. Reynolds and Bream are waiting in the wings for their chance. The pitching staff has people like DeLeon, Bielecki, Tunnell, and Winn trying to make it, with Reuschel, McWilliams, Robinson and Guante being fairly solid. I think we need pitching help more than anything. It should be fun to watch the Bucs this year. I don't think they'll be in last place again, and there are a lot of young players to watch. -- ARPA: David.Nichols@h.cs.cmu.edu UUCP: {seismo,decvax,allegra}!rochester!cmu-cs-pt!cmu-cs-h!nichols
moore1@ihuxi.UUCP (Moore) (02/18/86)
> > Which team is the least discussed major league baseball team > on net.sport.baseball? My guess is the Texas Rangers, with the > San Francisco Giants taking the NL honors. Does anybody out there > follow either of these teams. What kind of trades have they made, > what stars are they having trouble signing. Are they fixing their > big weaknesses? This is the first time I've tuned into this net...usually following football more closely. I would have to put my two cents in for the Seattle Mariners as the least discussed team. Any comments?
glf@ihlpl.UUCP (Greg Fyksen ) (02/18/86)
> > Which team is the least discussed major league baseball team > on net.sport.baseball? My guess is the Texas Rangers, with the > San Francisco Giants taking the NL honors. Does anybody out there > follow either of these teams. What kind of trades have they made, > what stars are they having trouble signing. Are they fixing their > big weaknesses? I'd like to register a vote for the Milwaukee Brewers as being the least discussed team on the net. I've heard that they have made some trades and released some veterans but the Chicago papers don't print much about teams from other cities. Does anybody out there have any info for a former beer town resident thirsting for news about the one time (and one time only) great Brewers? Spring training is here I guess it's time to renew my subscription to TSN!
jeff@utastro.UUCP (Jeff Brown the Scumbag) (02/21/86)
> > Which team is the least discussed major league baseball team > > on net.sport.baseball? My guess is the Texas Rangers, with the > > San Francisco Giants taking the NL honors.... > > This is the first time I've tuned into this net...usually following > football more closely. I would have to put my two cents in for the > Seattle Mariners as the least discussed team. Any comments? No, there is at least one Mariner fan on the net, Baal help us, and I've been watching what little there is to watch about the Mariners. Phil Bradley won his arbitration case (.300, 26HR, 100 runs last year) which is a sure-fire indicator he'll be traded in the '86-'87 off season. The only real question for this Texas-stranded Seattle fan is whether NBC can add to its 7-year streak of not showing the Mariners on TV. The Rangers should keep Seattle out of the cellar again; I agree with the original poster that Texas is the least-mentioned AL team (and probably any major league team) on the net. "I'm a Mariner fan. Short of falling in love with a lesbian, there's no more futile thing a man can do." Jeff Brown the Scumbag {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!jeff jeff@astro.UTEXAS.EDU Astronomy Department, U. of Texas, Austin 78712
jimb@ism780 (02/22/86)
> This is the first time I've tuned into this net...usually following > football more closely. > /* Written 5:50 am Feb 18, 1986 by moore1@inhuxi.UUCP Well, I'm a Cubs fan, moore old buddy, but I can tell you that I've never seen Ekblaw on *this* net. Welcome from sport.foot. -- from the musings of Jim Brunet hplabs/hao/ico/ism780B ihnp4/ima/ism780B sdcsvax/sdcrdcf/ism780/ism780B
nielsen@hplabsc.UUCP (Walter Nielsen) (02/24/86)
> > Which team is the least discussed major league baseball team > on net.sport.baseball? My guess is the Texas Rangers, with the > San Francisco Giants taking the NL honors. Does anybody out there > follow either of these teams. What kind of trades have they made, > what stars are they having trouble signing. Are they fixing their > big weaknesses? I'm almost embarrased to associate myself in any way with the S.F. Giants but I heard the the following - They've hired Willie Mays as a hitting (?) coach (Probably the only thing they've done right in years) They have a new manager Roger Craig who is set on teaching all their pitchers the split fingered fastball. If you believe their hype, they have a new first baseman (?) named Will Clark who is supposedly their answer to the lack of offensive production last year. They've decided to play in CandleStick Park inspite of their owner's much publicized announcement at the end of last season that 'This is the last year we play at the Stick'. Also the only player they have remaining in their staff from the Jack Clark trade (another one the all-time great trade blunders by the Giants) - Jose Uribe. They've traded away Dave LaPoint, argubly their best pitcher to Detroit for Beleunger, gave away David Green to Milwaukee and I can't remember who the fourth player they got was. Frankly I gave up on this team, letting go of Jack Clark, Darrell Evans, Joe Morgan, Reggie Smith and Frank Robinson was the last straw. Previously as bad as they were, they were at least interesting to watch. I thought they had a chance with Frank Robinson as the manager but ... Walter Nielsen ARPAnet: nielsen%hplabs@csnet-relay.ARPA USEnet: {ihnp4,sdcrdcf,ucbvax}!hplabs!hplabsc!nielsen "The only team they have in Northern California is the 49ers".