MLB

 I think you can count the Rays out now. They have shown from the very beginning that they have either 1.)no real desire to win; or 2.) no idea HOW to win. And this past off-season didnt show me anything to the contrary. They like to stick some good talent in their AAA team, which is nice for us Bulls fans, but once the guys move up, it's like they become new players, new, bad players. :-)

Ok we have got to keep this going with opening day only a few weeks away, What is it going to take to win this? Will the Red Sox run away with it all? Where are the Yankees any one care to wager how long their manager last? I am thinking maybe the All-Star game and he will be gone! The Tigers have a chance along with the Cubbies yes I said the Cubs.

Would any babseball fans out there be interested in forming a league, depending on how many we get we can play a season with playoffs.

I like the idea, we need to advertise around the site

Holy Cow - 162 games of chess!

Where do I begin................lol,lol.................just a idea I had if it works it works

Baseball sucks. Look at Bonds, Clemens. Bunch of Cheaters and Druggies. Millions paid to players that bat at the Mendoza line. When Pete Rose cheated, it all ended. It is all about the money, no ethics, no heros, just beer and viagra commercials. And the only reason it all is played at all is for gamblers to bet on. All the games are about betting, steroids and beer. 

Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?  

 First of all, yes, there are some real scumbags in baseball. That is easy to see, but there have ALWAYS been scumbags in baseball. Ty Cobb was regarded as a complete jerk, people were afraid of him and his temper both on and off the field. Babe Ruth? a drunkard, a womanizer, and all around not nice guy. And though I have no evidence, because such evidence is impossible to obtain, I can assure you that there were guys back in the "glory days" of baseball, that put just about anything they could think of in their bodies in order to obtain an advantage over their opponents. But also, there are good guys in baseball today. Albert Pujols, by all accounts, is a good guy, and has never been accused of any type of cheating. Alex Rodriguez, when he is not being influenced by his former agent, Scott Boras, also seems to be a good guy. Why can't he be considered the Joe DiMaggio of today?

Secondly, I love baseball, I often watch more than 100 games a season, and parts of many many more. I have never once betted on a single game. In fact, I've never met anyone who bets on baseball games. In the US, most of the betting is on (American) football and basketball. Betting on baseball, while it does happen, is not nearly at the level of many other sports, so it must be about something more than that.

Lastly, can you name for me please 3 guys that are making millions and are career .200 hitters? Heck, I can't think of one, who is making millions to hit at the Mendoza line? 

 Starting pitcher for the Braves, he had Tommy John's surgery (ligament replacement in the elbow) and missed the entire 2007 season.

As far as the amount  of money they make, I have no problem with it either. They are doing a job that no one else can do. The reason that places like McDonald's can pay someon so little is that they can take basically anyone, and teach them how to be an effecient worker there. To play Major League Baseball (or any sport at the highest levels), takes talent that a person is either born with or not. It cannot be taught. Yes, players can be taught to be better, but in order to succeed at that level, there must be a certian amount of talent to begin with.