MLB Discussion thread - 50 games to go

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[MikefromOhio]

Here we go....Most teams have 50 or 51 games to go after today's games.....here is how things are shaping up baseball fans....

2006 American League Standings
EAST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	STRK	L10
NY Yankees	65	42	.607	-	36-19	29-23	595	503	Lost 1	8-2
Boston	65	44	.596	1	35-17	30-27	600	540	Lost 1	4-6
Toronto	57	53	.518	9.5	35-23	22-30	574	545	Lost 7	1-9
Baltimore	50	61	.450	17	30-30	20-31	538	618	Won 1	5-5
Tampa Bay	46	65	.414	21	28-26	18-39	492	599	Won 1	4-6
CENTRAL	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	STRK	L10
Detroit	74	36	.673	-	35-17	39-19	579	436	Won 2	7-3
Chicago Sox	65	43	.602	8	34-19	31-24	619	524	Won 2	6-4
Minnesota	64	45	.587	9.5	39-15	25-30	563	493	Won 3	6-4
Cleveland	47	62	.431	26.5	26-29	21-33	594	564	Lost 2	3-7
Kansas City	38	72	.345	36	23-32	15-40	501	661	Lost 3	3-7
WEST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	STRK	L10
Oakland	59	51	.536	-	28-25	31-26	490	485	Won 3	8-2
LA Angels	56	54	.509	3	26-28	30-26	537	515	Won 1	5-5
Texas	56	55	.505	3.5	26-30	30-25	566	547	Lost 1	5-5
Seattle	53	56	.486	5.5	28-28	25-28	510	507	Lost 2	5-5
2006 National League Standings
EAST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	STRK	L10
NY Mets	65	44	.596	-	31-22	34-22	585	498	Won 1	6-4
Philadelphia	53	56	.486	12	27-31	26-25	563	569	Lost 1	7-3
Florida	51	59	.464	14.5	27-27	24-32	511	531	Lost 2	4-6
Atlanta	50	59	.459	15	22-28	28-31	568	560	Lost 3	3-7
Washington	49	61	.445	16.5	26-24	23-37	511	571	Lost 1	5-5
CENTRAL	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	STRK	L10
St. Louis	59	50	.541	-	32-23	27-27	531	530	Won 1	2-8
Cincinnati	57	53	.518	2.5	29-28	28-25	541	562	Won 2	4-6
Houston	53	57	.482	6.5	30-26	23-31	503	520	Won 2	6-4
Milwaukee	52	58	.473	7.5	32-23	20-35	502	580	Lost 1	4-6
Chicago Cubs	46	64	.418	13.5	24-31	22-33	459	567	Won 1	7-3
Pittsburgh	42	69	.378	18	28-28	14-41	501	562	Lost 1	7-3
WEST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	STRK	L10
San Diego	57	53	.518	-	27-31	30-22	501	496	Won 1	4-6
LA Dodgers	55	55	.500	2	31-24	24-31	558	517	Won 8	8-2
Arizona	55	55	.500	2	26-28	29-27	554	559	Lost 3	4-6
Colorado	54	55	.495	2.5	28-26	26-29	502	479	Won 3	7-3
San Francisco	52	58	.473	5	30-28	22-30	507	517	Lost 2	1-9
Glossary
W: Wins, L: Losses, PCT: Winning percentage, GB: Games back, HOME: Home record, ROAD: Road record, RS: Runs scored, RA: Runs allowed, STRK: Current streak, L10: Last 10 games
Standings are updated with the completion of each game.

American League

The Yankees are playing well right now and are winning games when they DON'T play well. Can they keep it up? Boston has struggled a bit this week (David Ortiz is excused from this observation). I would say that the Yankees are still short on pitching, but their lineup will make games really interesting at time. The Red Sox might have the pitching to win it, but they need to get healthy quickly. Toronto is fading in the AL East and Wild Card races. They made a good run at it earlier this year, but they should aim for .500 this year and bigger things next year....

The AL Central is all but wrapped up for Detroit assuming their pitching holds up. I think it will. What remains to be seen is whether or not the White Sox or the Twins can stay in contention for the Wild Card. Currently the Twins are a game back of both Sox, Red and White, who are tied for the lead. If Liriano's arm continues to cause him to miss starts, the Twins might not have the pitching to win it, but they can still make some noise (they play the White Sox 9 more times) and that may go a long way to determining which team, if any, emerges from the AL Central.

The AL West is proving to be a dog fight. Oakland is again proving itself to be a 2nd half team after winning the last 3 games and 8 of their last 10. The Angels had closed the gap but haven't quite been able to overtake the A's. Same goes for Texas and Seattle. As the division leader is nearly 7 games back of the Wild Card leaders, this is a one and done division.

National League

The NL East is over and done with. The Mets have officially run away and hid from the rest of the division. For the rest of the teams within that division, it's Wild Card or bust. Don't tell the Phillies that their management traded away any shot at a playoff appearance this year. Since the trading deadline, they've played .800 baseball (4-1) and have gained a couple games on the Wild Card leading Reds. They aren't out of it by far. Florida is to be commended for hanging around this year. After the firesale, there were many out ther expecting 100 losses from this group of young players. But lo and behold, they are in the wild card race. The Braves are finally going to have their streak of division championships broken. I don't think they have the horses to pull out a Wild Card either, but they have a solid nucleus of young players who are getting tons of MLB experience both last year and this year.

The NL Central is a LOT closer than anyone would have believed at the beginning of the year. The Cardinals are leading, but they have struggled a bit recently, especially with their pitching. Who would have thought that the Red would ONLY be 3 games out (they just lost) in August? Not me and judging from some of the preseason predictions that I remember, no one else thought so either. Cincy is ALSO leading the Wild Card, but it is a very tenuous lead which they may not be able to hold. Their pitching and now their hitting are so streaky who knows what may happen. The Astros still don't have enough hitting to get back into this race, and they are wasting the probable final year of Roger Clemens.

The NL West is just as close as the AL West. The Padres are leading, but the entire division is within 5 games of the leader. Also, it should be noted that all 3 of the non-division leaders in the NL West are within 2 games of the Wild Card.

If I were to pick who wins the Wild Cards in each league, I'd go with the Yankees in the AL (with Boston winning the AL East) and I'd go with whichever team does NOT win the NL West. I think that Cincy's pitching will falter in the final month and a half of the season.

[MikefromOhio]

Have at it!!

[MikefromOhio]

for your lists....

Do you know of anyone else who has a baseball list?

[dfwgator]

"Bless You Boys." - Go Tigers!

[jocon307]

Let me just jump on this thread to say: LET'S GO METS!

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

you're welcome :)

[MikefromOhio]

yeah the reason for this thread is that I received a call from the Phillipines from my uncle who is vacationing there with his wife. He was asking what was going on with the Tigers :)

[MikefromOhio]

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Baseball thread for those of you who are interested.....

[pookie18]

Mega-dittos!!!

[dakine]

Where is the poster (back in May) who said the Tigers were gonna fold?....Silent...




Good thread.....

[MikefromOhio]

I have no idea.....

The Tigers will be tested in the Post Season. They've passed for the regular season.

They have the right manager and a good mix of pitching defense and hitting.

[dakine]

In my best Jim Mora voice:

"Post Season?"



Tigers having a winning record is a successful season...

[inottawa]

Leyland is definitely AL Manager of the Year

[johnny7]

Red Sox just blew a 6-2 lead to fall to TB 7-6... walk-off homer in the 10th.

-- sweet --

[fkabuckeyesrule]

I was listening to the Red Sox - D Rays game over the internet. Sounds like the red soxs blew it. They're announcers said it was the worst lost of the season.

BTW Mike I think I got tixs to the Penn State game. Yippee!!!

[MikefromOhio]

You have a point....

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

[MikefromOhio]

Oh yeah and it isn't even a competition

[MikefromOhio]

Lucky you :)

I had tickets, but I ended up having to give them to my brother because my wife's sister is getting married that very same day and my wife told me that I was banned.

So, in deciding that I did NOT want to sleep on the couch for the next month, my brother will get to go.

[relee]

They're announcers said it was the worst lost of the season.

The Sox left 2 on in the top of the 10th when Manny popped up to end the inning.

[Perdogg]

My calculations, the trend suggests that the for ALCS it will be NY Yankees (103-59) @ Detriot Tigers (109-53) and for NLCS the LA Dodgers (89-73) @ NY Mets (95-67).