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MLB: Two weeks left, push to the playoffs
yahoo sports | 09/15/08 | raccoonradio

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!


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: angels; baseball; brewers; cubs; dodgers; majorleaguebaseball; mlb; redsox; whitesox; yankees
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1 posted on 09/15/2008 10:36:41 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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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!


2 posted on 09/15/2008 10:43:31 AM PDT by MNlurker
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To: raccoonradio

bookmark


3 posted on 09/15/2008 10:47:13 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (Sarah Palin: Babies, Guns, Jesus. HOT DAMN!)
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To: raccoonradio

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.


4 posted on 09/15/2008 10:49:42 AM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again. And Always Act.)
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To: raccoonradio

GO RED SOX!


5 posted on 09/15/2008 10:52:03 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
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To: raccoonradio
Love the Dodgers and I'm rooting for them to win the division and make it into the playoffs.

But my team:

Go Halos!

6 posted on 09/15/2008 10:52:27 AM PDT by cdbull23 (What's going on in my brain? Check it out: www.cainsbrain.com)
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To: MNlurker; All

I think this is the second year that Brewers has collapse.. First from the NL Central and now possibly from the wildcard..


7 posted on 09/15/2008 10:53:15 AM PDT by KevinDavis (McCain/Palin 08 Palin/Jindal 12)
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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.


8 posted on 09/15/2008 10:56:00 AM PDT by MNlurker
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To: bootless

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!


9 posted on 09/15/2008 10:56:57 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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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.


10 posted on 09/15/2008 11:05:24 AM PDT by MediaMole
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Ned Yost’s Brewers refining the art of the second half collapse!

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.

11 posted on 09/15/2008 11:06:59 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Gov. Granholm=Garbage)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

GO RAYS !!!... :-) ...It’s going to be a fun few days...


12 posted on 09/15/2008 11:12:09 AM PDT by Mark319 (Obama/Biden...The liberals are going for the throat...)
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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!


13 posted on 09/15/2008 11:30:49 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
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To: KevinDavis

ned yost just fired.


14 posted on 09/15/2008 12:12:57 PM PDT by MNlurker
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To: raccoonradio
As a Yankees fan, I'll have to give the Red Sox a bit of a ribbing by using their typical response to 2nd half baseball: "Next year is our year!" (That said - they have looked pitiful this year...)
15 posted on 09/15/2008 12:21:27 PM PDT by Andonius_99 (There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
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Let's Go Mets!

16 posted on 09/15/2008 12:22:41 PM PDT by CT-Freeper (Said the frequently disappointed but ever optimistic Mets fan.)
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To: MNlurker
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!

Just heard Ned Yost has been fired. Dale Sveum will be interim coach.

http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080915&content_id=3480423&vkey=pr_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil

17 posted on 09/15/2008 12:35:33 PM PDT by jellybean (Write in Fred! - Proud Ann-droid and a Steyn-aholic)
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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.


18 posted on 09/15/2008 12:41:07 PM PDT by MNlurker
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To: MNlurker

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.


19 posted on 09/15/2008 12:52:00 PM PDT by MediaMole
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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...


20 posted on 09/15/2008 1:00:53 PM PDT by MNlurker
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