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Surprises; Surprises half way...
Topic Started: Jul 9 2006, 01:30 AM (362 Views)
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What are your top three biggest surprises of the 2006 season so far here at the half way mark? These can be teams or players doing well or having suckfests, bad choices by players or managers, or whatever. Just anything that blew your mind and surprised the crap out of you.

Mine:

3. Young pitcher Fransico Liriano of the Twins going 10-1 before the All-Star break.

2. Jose Lopez barely making the Mariners out of Spring Training and coming back to be an All-Star. Also, Joe Mauer's crazy hitting.

1. The Detroit Tigers going crazy with wins, and the Atlanta Braves not being able to buy a win for their lives.

And I know I missed one or two... It's hard doing this late at night. So I reserve the right to be wrong here. :P
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I really can't think that well now, it's 2:30 in the east and I've got to go to bed. I don't agree with Lopez but Mauer, the Tigers, and Lirianno have all been huge surprises.
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The thing you have to know about Lopez is that he almost didn't even make the team out of Spring Training. He almost lost his roster spot to the liked of Fernandeo Vina. I mean it was dang close. For him to come back and make the All-Star game is awesome.

And this is more of an opinion thing, not a voting thing. :)
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Liriano for sure..
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#1 Definitely the season the Tigers are having.

#2 If you had told me the Yankees starting OF would be Melky, Bernie, and Kevin Thompson (or whoever decides to play RF for the day) - and that the Yanks would be holding steady in 2nd in the AL East with that combo - I wouldn't have believed it.

#3 The Cincinnati Reds - I love how they're playing!
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Crushed Optimism,Jul 9 2006
01:40 AM
The thing you have to know about Lopez is that he almost didn't even make the team out of Spring Training. He almost lost his roster spot to the liked of Fernandeo Vina. I mean it was dang close. For him to come back and make the All-Star game is awesome.

And this is more of an opinion thing, not a voting thing. :)

It's only awesome for a Mariner fans, because a lot of us don't really care for Lopez.

Anyways:

3. Braves in 4th place 13 games back.

2. Liriano 10-1 1.83 ERA 102 Strike outs in 88 innings.

1. Tigers having the best record in baseball/Joe Mauer hitting .383
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Red Sox having a lil rookie be their best player!

Yankees sustaining an injury at every position(except Catcher), and only being 2 out

Joe Mauer

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For me, it has to be the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers are the best thing to happen to baseball this year.
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Crushed Optimism,Jul 9 2006
02:40 AM
The thing you have to know about Lopez is that he almost didn't even make the team out of Spring Training. He almost lost his roster spot to the liked of Fernandeo Vina. I mean it was dang close. For him to come back and make the All-Star game is awesome.

And this is more of an opinion thing, not a voting thing. :)

I like Lopez and all but I'm not going to say this is a big surprise because I knew before the season that he was a very talented guy. It's obvious he's better than Vina and things turned out the right way.
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PAUL KONERKO 14,Jul 9 2006
08:26 AM
It's only awesome for a Mariner fans, because a lot of us don't really care for Lopez.

Wow. Well next time you tell me something about the fricken White Sox I'll say I don't care.

Learn to keep your mouth shut.
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Crushed Optimism,Jul 9 2006
11:12 AM
Wow. Well next time you tell me something about the fricken White Sox I'll say I don't care.

Learn to keep your mouth shut.

Yeah that was a pretty dumb comment.... unlike most of you guys, I follow every team and player so I like to hear about anyone on any team.
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So the Marlins aren't a midseason suprise? Most people thought we'd lose 100 games and were in WC contention. I think they should be a suprise too.
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Marlinschamps03,Jul 9 2006
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So the Marlins aren't a midseason suprise? Most people thought we'd lose 100 games and were in WC contention. I think they should be a suprise too.

Hey I said that would lose less than 100 and come in 4th place before the season started.
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-The NL West race being so tight, first to last is 4.5 games?

-Cincinatti Reds being so good

-Chicago Cubs being so bad
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Yep. I almost forgot about the Yankees. Having that many injuries and still competing... It's amazing. Makes me wonder what they would be like if the whole team was healthy.
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2002NLChamps,Jul 9 2006
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-Chicago Cubs being so bad

Excuse me? :blink:
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the tigers werent a surprise, let me show you a quote from another board...
okay i couldnt find it, but i predicted them going to the ws, before they even played a game :)
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Looking at their pitching before the season, no one could havbe predicted them to win a world series.
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-Indians being like 13 games out when many had them right behind the White Sox in the Division

-Tigers team ERA being the best in the MLB

-Kenny Rogers being one of the best Free Agent pick-ups
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Wow. Well next time you tell me something about the fricken White Sox I'll say I don't care.

Learn to keep your mouth shut.

It's a forum, we could say what we have on our minds.
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