But my team:
Go Halos!
Posted on 09/15/2008 10:36:40 AM PDT by raccoonradio
Let's hear a little baseball chatter here! AL EAST Tampa Bay leads division by a game over Boston with the two teams squaring off in a three game series starting tonight. Yankees are in fourth, a half game behind the Blue Jays--and the last game at Yankee Stadium is set for Sunday night on ESPN. AL CENTRAL/WEST White Sox lead Twins by 1.5 games. Angels clinched the west and lead Texas by a mere 19.5 games.
Curse of Hillary? The Obama campaign reminds me of the Yanks' fortune this year. Down down down
Another close race in the NL EAST where Mets lead Philly by 1 game. In the CENTRAL the Cubs lead Milwaukee by 7.5 games and have a magic number of 7. How about the Commish shifting the Cubs-Astros series to Milwaukee? They were debating that on ESPN... $$ from games being held in the commish's hometown, with many Cubs fans nearby...and games of interest to Brewers fans too, as they fight for wildcard.
In the NL WEST, some guy from Boston (who played for Cleveland before that) has Dodger fans wearing dreadlock wigs and the Dodgers are up by 4.5 games over Ariz. (magic number 10). They'll prob have to win the division outright to get into playoffs-- Milw. leading wildcard so wildcard may well come from Central.
Comments? Play ball!
I was hoping that Ned Yost would be fired at noon today. He wasn’t and the Brewer tailspin will continue...Ned Yost’s Brewers refining the art of the second half collapse!
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The Giants are gunning for second place! :-)
In other news, I’m LOVING watching Tim Lincecum pitch this season - 17-3, just threw a CG shutout, and leads in shutouts and ERA.
And Pablo Sandoval is a BUNCH of fun to watch.
GO RED SOX!
But my team:
Go Halos!
I think this is the second year that Brewers has collapse.. First from the NL Central and now possibly from the wildcard..
If yost isn’t gone from this team (wildcard or not) after this season the brewers will not be getting a season ticket renewal for next year from me...never been more disheartened in a team.
who knows, maybe they’ll get second place (Giants)!
I’m a Red Sox fan from Boston area; this yr I went to two
stadia new to me, Oakland Col. (A’s lost to KC) and AT&T
Park (Giants lost to Ariz). Also saw Giants beat Indians
at Cleveland and went to minor leagues games in Akron OH
(Aeros—AA), Burlington VT (Lake Monsters-A) and Manchester
NH (Fisher Cats-AA)
On my San Francisco trip there was one day, a Friday,
when a friend and I were due to attend the Gilroy Garlic
festival, then go back to SF for the game. I was told
the park would not be as cold as Candlestick was/is so
I figured I wouldn’t bring a coat. Well, it was 90 or so
in Gilroy but I froze at AT&T park!
Cubs-Astros drew more than 23,000 with less than 24 hours notice. It’s better than playing in an empty Tropicana Field.
It wasn’t really fair to the Astros, but they got the ticket revenue.
As for the Brewers — Their next promotion will be a Dr. Henry Heimlich bobblehead.
Try a full season collapse...like the Detroit Tigers : (
$150 million dollar cluster #&@*
Their pitching staff would be comical...if it weren't so pathetic.
GO RAYS !!!... :-) ...It’s going to be a fun few days...
Best part of the season is still ahead!
Rays have been tough this year, i’ll say they’ve earned it. I still hope the Sox take the pennant. We’ll see!
ned yost just fired.
Let's Go Mets!
Just heard Ned Yost has been fired. Dale Sveum will be interim coach.
Desperation? Yes. Will it work? Doubtful. Sometimes change has to be made for the sake of change. I am happier they did it now.
Let the fun begin.
Interesting that they put Sveum in as interim rather than Simmons. The club reassigned Simmons when they fired Yost.
Things must have gotten really ugly in the clubhouse to prompt this move two weeks before the end of the season. They sure were ugly on the field in the past couple weeks.
Simmons only came in on Yost’s request. He never would take interim due to loyalty to him. I wonder if an injured Gabe Kapler now takes over 3rd base coach???
I think the players had shut yost out.
NOt pitching CC on 4 days rest yesterday against a lefty heavy team set the tone...
It’s been a tough season for the Braves.
Like how many games in MLB history have been played at neutral locations?
I know. :( I am a Braves fan too. There have been so many injuries. I am hoping they rebound next season.
Soz win big, 13-5, in virtual tie for first now; T.B.
technically a couple percentage points ahead
A little over a week to go and here’s where we stand:
AL EAST
Tampa Bay leads Boston by 1.5 games and has a magic number of 9. Should the teams finish the season tied, the Rays get the division based on head to head record. Last year at this
time, Boston had an identical record (90-63) but was leading the division.
AL CENTRAL
Chicago leads Minn by 2.5 games; magic number is 7
AL WEST
Angels clinched awhile back
WILDCARD:
Boston leads wildcard with a “magic number” of 2 to get a playoff spot. Minn and Yankees 7.5 back
I believe Angels (best record among div leaders) gets wildcard so if season ended today, Boston v. L.A.,
Chicago v. Tampa Bay
NL EAST
Mets regain lead, by a slim half game over Philly.
Magic number 9
NL CENTRAL
Cubs lead Milw. by 9 games; magic number is 1. They last
won World Series exactly 100 years ago
NL WEST
Dodgers lead Ariz by 3.5 games; magic number is 6
WILDCARD:
Phillies currently lead, with magic number of 7 but they are only 1/2 game back of Mets so that could change.
Brewers 2 games in back of “Wild Card Standings”
and Fla. and Houston are 4.5 games back.
Yankee stadium hosts its final game tomorrow night/ESPN
Let’s talk baseball playoffs!
Oh, I think Cubs have best record among div leaders
so they would play wildcard. Currently that would mean
Chi. by Philly while Mets would get Dodgers
—Instant replay overturned a call for first time ever
last night. I believe it was a Tampa Bay game where a double wound up being ruled a HR instead (hit catwalk?)
—In playoffs, the wild card team never gets the home
advantage. Div leader with best record gets to play the
wildcard. Teams from same division can never play in first round (example: you would not see Tampa Bay v. Boston)
but it could happen in Championship Series.
AL again won All Star Game so again AL has World
Series advantage.
Cubs are about to clinch division I believe. I had it on for a few minutes on XM.
Right now 2 out in top 9th, Cubs up 5-4
Red Sox lose, TB winning I think
Tampa Bay up 6-0 in 6th. I think they can clinch playoff birth with win
Game Channel: game over. Cubs win! Cubs win! (PH Miles
flied out to center) Cubs are now 93-60 I believe...
Milw. losing 4-2...
One week to go.
AL EAST: Rays clinched playoff spot yesterday. Red Sox can
do the same with victory (currently leading Blue Jays 3-0
in 7th) and a Yankee loss, I believe. TB magic number 7
for winning div. White Sox magic number for winning Central
is 6. Angels clinched West.
NL EAST: Phillies lead Mets by a half game/magic number 8
but we’ll see who leads div. after today. Mets lead Atl.
4-2 in the 4th. Phillies play Florida at 4:10 pm
In Central Cubs win! the division. Dodgers lead west by
3.5 games and have magic number of 5. Dodgers play
Giants at 4 ET/1PT. Arizona plays Colo. starting right about now.
Buh bye to Yankee Stadium after tonight. Coverage on ESPN
RED SOX WIN—go to postseason again
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