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Frayed Knot Sep 10 2015 09:32 AM

When your team is in the midst of a race it's easy to lose sight of what else is going on in the rest of the league (the 1986 ALCS was great but few in NYC-area know that). But there is some fun stuff going on elsewhere. NL Central: Cards still have MLB's best record but they just lost 2 of 3 to the Cubs and they are less secure on their perch than we are in ours. They've got a 4.5 game lead on the Pirates and 7.5 on the Cubs. Of the two losers in that race still have the WC to fall back on but the new rules make that poor substitute for winning the division. Cards have one series left with each team. Pitt & Cubs have two against each other. NL West: Dodgers have just about sewn up (8.5 game lead) due as much to the Giants falling apart (7-14) as it is to their own hot streak (13-3) 4 head-to-head remain in SF but not until the penultimate series of the year AL East: Jays (26-9 since Aug 1) with a 1.5 game lead heading into a 4-game series in da Bronx with three more next week in Toron'o The loser here still has a leg up on the 1st WC slot but not a guaranteed one so if this turns into a rout (especially for you know who) the rout-ee risks an early vacation. AL Central: Boooooorrrrrrring. Royals with the best record in the AL (by 4 games) and an 11 game lead over 2nd place Minnesota (yes, Minnesota). And how about those last place Tigers? AL West: Maybe the most fun race anywhere as it's coming down to a Texas shoot-out (just what Bud Selig wanted when he strong-armed the Astros to the AL) The ready before anyone expected Astros have a 2-game lead on the Rangers who might be even a bigger surprise given all their early season injuries. Also the Angels are hanging around the fringes - 5.5 behind Houston, 3.5 in back of Texas And Houston has 13 of their next 16 games against those 2 teams starting in Anaheim tomorrow

Frayed Knot Sep 11 2015 03:07 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Teixeira joins Nathan Eovaldi in the Yanx missing the rest of the season category. That means full time work for recent call-up Greg Bird. Their other recent call-up Luis Severino faces David Price tonight in the first of four games vs Blue Jays. Other race games this weekend: Astros @ Angels; Dodgers @ Arizona; Cubs @ Phils x2; Pirates host Brewers, Rangers host Oakland The AL WC race is a train wreck so I don't even want to try and figure that one out.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2015 03:10 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

I have an easier time, and have from the beginning, of accepting the Brewers in the National League than the Astros in the American League. I'm rooting against them; if the Mets get to the World Series this year I'd rather they didn't play the Astros; it wouldn't seem like a World Series. I'd rather see Kansas City or Toronto.

sharpie Sep 11 2015 03:26 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Mets-Toronto would pit the biggest city in the US vs. the biggest city in Canada.

Frayed Knot Sep 11 2015 04:27 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

sharpie wrote: Mets-Toronto would pit the biggest city in the US vs. the biggest city in Canada. And in one city people can take the A train while in the other they take the train, ay.

Ceetar Sep 11 2015 06:08 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Frayed Knot wrote: sharpie wrote: Mets-Toronto would pit the biggest city in the US vs. the biggest city in Canada. And in one city people can take the A train while in the other they take the train, ay. Toronto's close enough for the fantasy of going to an away Mets World Series game. (if I didn't have a 1 year old)

Frayed Knot Sep 11 2015 07:50 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 11 2015 07:53 PM

Jays jumped all over Severino for 5 in the 1st inning. But then Toronto pulled Price after 5 with a 9-2, which then quickly turned into a 9-5 lead courtesy of LaTroy Hawkins. Nearly 3 hours in and they're only to the top of the 7th there. oe: but Russell Martin's 2nd HR of the day makes it 11-5 and hopefully puts an idea of a comeback to bed

Mets – Willets Point Sep 11 2015 07:53 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Hawkins and Colon, keeping me younger than the oldest MLB players.

Frayed Knot Sep 12 2015 07:37 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Didn't have much of an effect on the pennant races (other than to keep Baltimore's slim WC hopes alive - 6 out with 4 teams in the way) but the Orioles hit 2 Grand Slams in the 8th inning last night making them the first team to hit 2 Grannies in one inning since .... ? Why since the 2006 Mets of course - July 16, 2006 in Wrigley. Cliff Floyd off of Sean Marshall, then later Carlos Beltran off of Roberto Novoa (no memory of him) in what turned out to be an 11-run 6th inning. Wright also had a 2R HR. Chris Woodward led off the inning and made the 1st and later the 2nd outs in the inning and was two batters away from coming up again when Ramon Castro ended things with a fly out w/2 on. Mets were trailing 5-2 as the inning started. Went on to win 13-7 Pedro Feliciano 'vultured' the win. Other than that, the Cubs won twice & the Pirates once closing in on the Cardinals who will have two game results today as they finish up yesterday's suspended game (tied 2-2 in the 8th) and then play their regular game vs Cincy. Pitt & the Cubbies are 4 & 6 games out. Would love to see one or both of them drop StL into the WC mess. Astros lose, Rangers win (now just 1.5 games out) and the whole AL WC race tightened up a bit.

Frayed Knot Sep 13 2015 09:44 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Cardinals are losers of 8 of their last 10 including 3 straight to the lowly Reds and are getting blown out in many of these (4 of their recent losses were by 6 or more runs). Probably TLTL for us to catch them for best NL record (7 games behind) but they're suddenly only 2.5 games up on the Pirates and 5.5 on the Cubs. Would love to see them dropped into the WC mix. Houston also in the midst of a losing September (3-7) and are down to a 1.5 game lead over Texas and 3.5 over LAA in what's looking like the best division race coming down the stretch. But the most fun in the AL is that the Yanx dropped a pair Saturday to fall 4.5 in back of the Jays and now the security of the WC suddenly doesn't look as secure as it did a week ago. Still have a 4 or more game cushion from being dropped out of the PS entirely but there are numerous teams just waiting to do so: Minn, LAA, Cleve, Tampa And maybe the best thing about our series with them next weekend is that while they have almost no chance of ruining our season, we could have a big say in trashing theirs. After today's game with Toronto they get TB, then us, then Toronto again at which point things could be getting ugly in the Bronx.

Mets Guy in Michigan Sep 13 2015 11:53 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

And how about those last place Tigers? The talk here is that Tigers Manager Brad Ausmus is getting the ax, and will be replaced by former Met Ron Gardenhire. Ausmus is getting a bit of a raw deal. Tigers let Scherzer walk away, Verlander was hurt early on, Cabrera was hurt mid-season and their second-best player is leading us to the postseason. Seems to me that when you pick a guy with zero prior managing experience, you need to give him a year just to figure out what he's doing. Granted the GM who hired him was pushed out and new GM probably wants his own guy in there. But still seems unfair.

Frayed Knot Sep 14 2015 06:18 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Seems to me that when you pick a guy with zero prior managing experience, you need to give him a year just to figure out what he's doing. Or that if you have a team you think should be contending that maybe you shouldn't pick a guy with zero prior managing experience. See also: Rizzo, Mike - Washington DC The Astros on Sunday won a game a lot like we did -- 3 runs down in 9th on the road, 2-out/none-on -- but did so with much more on the line as their lead is far smaller than ours and they did it against one of the teams hot on their tail. Closer Huston Street for the Angels got the first two hitters but then went: HR, 3B, 1B, 1B, 3R-HR for a five-run 9th (they didn't bother with that whole extra innings stuff). Astros at Rangers for four games starting tonight. 1.5 game lead for Houston. Angels 4.5 back go to Seattle.

Frayed Knot Sep 15 2015 06:36 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Prince Fielder's 2R HR in the 8th beats the Astros and brings the Rangers to within 1/2 game in the AL West and allows them to keep pace with the Yanx for the #1 WC spot (-3.0) Meanwhile the Angels were getting thumped by the Mariners just one day after their 9th inning meltdown in Houston. All of which drops them to 4.5 back, behind two teams, and having to face King Felix tonight in Seattle. In addition to the continuation of the Texas shoot-out, the big game(s) today is a Pitt-v-Cubs Day/Night DH Am definitely pulling for Pitt since they're closer to the Cards (-2.5) and I'd love to see them Birds knocked off their perch. Chicago wins are essentially StL wins at this point.

Gwreck Sep 15 2015 07:54 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Frayed Knot wrote: Am definitely pulling for Pitt since they're closer to the Cards (-2.5) and I'd love to see them Birds knocked off their perch. The heart agrees. The head says Pittsburgh is the more dangerous team for the Mets in a hypothetical NLCS matchup, and I'd rather that the Pirates get stuck (and possibly eliminated) in the Wild Card game.

Ceetar Sep 15 2015 08:02 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Gwreck wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Am definitely pulling for Pitt since they're closer to the Cards (-2.5) and I'd love to see them Birds knocked off their perch. The heart agrees. The head says Pittsburgh is the more dangerous team for the Mets in a hypothetical NLCS matchup, and I'd rather that the Pirates get stuck (and possibly eliminated) in the Wild Card game. just for varieties sake I don't want it to be the Cardinals after we dispatch the Dodgers.

Frayed Knot Sep 18 2015 06:33 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Tough week for Pitt & Houston - Pirates lose 3 of 4 to the Cubs dropping their odds of taking the Central considerably (now 5.0 out) and also weakened their hold on the 1st WC slot as they're just 2 ahead of Chicago. They also lost SS/3B Jung Ho Kang for the season w/a leg injury following a take-out slide, a slide that looked aggressive but clean to me although slider Chris Coughlin did get his leg up a bit. Coughlin's also the guy who took out Posey leading to the plate-blocking rules changes. Dude's gonna get a rep. And after this series the Buccos had to fly to LA to face the Dodgers. By contrast it was a good week for StL who were sweeping the Brewers while the 3rd place Cubs were winning their series giving them a bigger cushion vs both. Cards are at Wrigley this weekend but with a mostly comfy 7-game lead. - Houston suffered a devastating four-game sweep to Texas dropping them with a thud from 1.5 games up to 2.5 back and with a tenuous hold on the 2nd WC (+1.5 over Minn, 2.5 over LAA). And yet despite the huge gain for the Rangers, somehow I imagine the big sports story in Dallas deals with whatever Tony Romo had for lunch yesterday. The two Texas teams have one series remaining next week, but at 4-12 for the season series so far, the Astros can't depend too much on that one. For this weekend: Houston hosts Oakland; Texas hosts Seattle; LAA & Minnesota play each other. Yanx have a 4-game lead over WC #2 and 5.5 & 7.5 over the threat of being dropped entirely. - Giants (-7.5) are just about as dead as the Nationals - and while the Royals have been stumbling lately (6-10 in September) I think their 11 game lead makes them pretty safe

Edgy MD Sep 18 2015 07:14 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Strange, but even though it's an inter league series, I get the idea that the Mets have to go with an A lineup all three three games. That Texas-Houston sweep was remarkable. Barabara Bush must be pissed. First she found out that Jeb was a stoner, and now this.

Edgy MD Sep 19 2015 11:51 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Hey, Cardinals. For Pete's sake, don't piss off the Cubs.

Mets – Willets Point Sep 19 2015 05:29 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Listened to the end of the Red Sox - Blue Jays game on the radio in the car. The whole family got psyched to hear the Sox rally from behind in the ninth inning to win. I was quietly bummed that the Sox win helped the Yankees.

Elster88 Sep 20 2015 12:41 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

St. Louie is the first team to clinch a playoff spot 9/19 - Wildcard

Frayed Knot Sep 21 2015 06:46 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Price & the Jays leading the Yanx 3-0 in the 5th. But with this pitching matchup (Adam Warren for NYY) this was essentially Toronto's 'Gimme' game anyway so they should be putting it away. Should the Yanx manage to 'steal' this one it would really throw that division up for grabs. The big series for this week is Angels @ Astros A lopsided loss for either one of those might knock them out of post-season.

Frayed Knot Sep 21 2015 08:12 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Price's relievers trying hard to blow his game for him. At 4-0 heading into the 8th, Price was gone and the Yanx promptly got a run in and 2-on, tying run at the plate and still no one out. But Brett Cecil K'd Gardner, ARod, then McCann to end the threat.

Rockin' Doc Sep 21 2015 08:19 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Frayed Knot wrote: Price's relievers trying hard to blow his game for him. At 4-0 heading into the 8th, Price was gone and the Yanx promptly got a run in and 2-on, tying run at the plate and still no one out. But Brett Cecil K'd Gardner, ARod, then McCann to end the threat. Brett Cecil is now one of my favorite players.

Edgy MD Sep 21 2015 08:40 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

I was a little disturbed when I learned they were combining George Brett's DNA with Cecil Cooper's to create a designer ballplayer, but it seems to have worked out well.

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2015 08:10 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Dioneer Navarro (one time MFY farmhand) HR's off Andrew Miller to tie the game w/one out in the 9th in Toronto. [crossout:2nkq8s75]First[/crossout:2nkq8s75] HR allowed by Miller this season. Actually 4th HR by Miller. Note to self: don't take the initial word from overly-excited Blue Jays announcers

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2015 08:23 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

And they're going to extras in Toronto. Jays left bases-loaded in both the 8th & 9th, but the Yanx had a runner thrown out at the plate in top-9 so they're going at it both ways here [cue FMan joke here]

Elster88 Sep 23 2015 11:27 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

9/19 - Wildcard 9/23 - Wildcard

Elster88 Sep 24 2015 09:35 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

First division winner. 9/19 - Wildcard 9/23 - Wildcard 9/24 - AL Central

Elster88 Sep 25 2015 10:03 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Blue Jays win and Astros lose so the Jays clinch a postseason spot. If the Giants lose the Cubs will back in to a playoff spot today. 9/19 - Wildcard 9/23 - Wildcard 9/24 - AL Central 9/26 - Wildcard 9/26 - Wildcard Giants lose. All the NL Central teams are locked in.

Frayed Knot Sep 26 2015 10:23 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

The odds of the Yanx missing out of even the WC are almost nonexistent at this point. I was going to suggest rooting like hell for both the Astros and/or Angels, but the problem is that, short of a run-the-table finish by Minnesota [6 full games behind the Yanx] [u:2mmfpqn7]all three[/u:2mmfpqn7] of the AL West contending teams would have to finish ahead of the Yanx. But with six head-to-head games remaining that's all but impossible and the best you can hope for is that two of those three finish ahead and force the Yanx to hit the road of the play-in game. The Astros, who have all but mathematically blown their shot at winning the west (4.5 back) thanks almost entirely to losing five straight to the Rangers in September and 13 of 17 overall, finish with 2 more vs Texas than 3 each with Seattle & Arizona The Angels, sitting just 1/2 game behind Houston, have 2 with Seattle, 3 w/Oakland, and then close it out with 4 in Texas So that means there'll be a minimum of six losses among those teams in some combo or another. In other words: GO TWINS!!!

Elster88 Sep 26 2015 05:08 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

9/19 - Wildcard 9/23 - Wildcard 9/24 - AL Central 9/25 - Wildcard 9/25 - Wildcard 9/26 - NL East

Gwreck Sep 26 2015 06:37 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Giants won, so Dodgers can't clinch today (not that we want them to do that anytime soon).

Elster88 Sep 27 2015 08:15 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

The Cubs can't win the NL Central

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2015 08:54 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

I've been rooting for StL to drop out of the lead in the Central just for the hell of it really. But I'm starting to think that they're in real trouble. They blew a 9th inning lead today to Milwaukee (7 Brewer runs in the 9th). Plus Carlos Martinez just went down for the season, Molina is maybe out of the duration although nobody's saying anything. And while they're talking about Wainwright maybe coming back, the first week of October is a tough time to make your season debut. And of the three teams that might be in a one game play-in game, the Cards would be the ones without the dominant starter for a winner take all game as compared to either Gerrit Cole for Pitt or the Cubs' Jake Arietta. Pitt is losing tonight to the Cubs which would hold the StL lead at 3 games, but those two teams have a 3-game series this week so that could be erased in a hurry.

Elster88 Sep 28 2015 06:18 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Cards-Pirates is on ESPN2.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 28 2015 07:47 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 28 2015 07:51 PM

... and just stopped for about ten minutes while they attended to fallen leftfielder Stephen Piscotty, one of this-year's-model-production-line of surprisingly productive Cardinals-Wayers (along with Grichuk and Tommy Pham). He took a nasty knee to the head from centerfielder Peter Bourjos while the pair converged on a ball in the gap. Bucs now threatening with two on/two out in the same frame.

Zvon Sep 28 2015 07:49 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Good game going on here. 0-0 Bucs

Frayed Knot Sep 28 2015 07:52 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Oh man, the Pirates have left runners on all over the place - [u:26isopxi]13[/u:26isopxi] thru 7 innings so far. They've been issued 8 walks but haven't had enough hits.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 28 2015 08:09 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Frayed Knot wrote: Oh man, the Pirates have left runners on all over the place - 13 thru 7 innings so far. They've been issued 8 walks but haven't had enough hits. That's a big part of the Cards' soft underbelly; they've got, like, three or four regularly-used relievers that top/near 4 walks per 9. Rosenthal and maybe one other guy (ED: Choate) are the only people in the pen with above-average walk numbers.

Frayed Knot Sep 28 2015 08:14 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Yanx lose, Jayz win and are now 5 up in the East with 6 to play. It's all over but the shouting. Even on Yanx radio they're talking about the WC play-in game like it's an inevitability. And that was during the game. But their chances of missing out all together are about as remote. Minnesota -- although winning tonight -- will still be 5 games back even if they hold on and the AL West teams are playing each other so there's virtually no way all three can catch them.

Elster88 Sep 28 2015 08:22 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Frayed Knot wrote: I've been rooting for StL to drop out of the lead in the Central just for the hell of it really. No jinxing here, let's just beat the Dodgers and all other disclaimers. But I'm fine with the Pirates staying in the wildcard spot and then getting shut down by Arrieta. I'd rather the Cubs then beat the Cardinals instead of vice-versa, but that's just my general disdain for them over there in Kansas City.

Zvon Sep 28 2015 08:25 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Bucs over anxious and double flub one for a run, and then Reynolds hits a 2 run bomb. 3-0 Cards

Frayed Knot Sep 28 2015 08:29 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

As much as I've been rooting for the Cards to get caught and dropped into the WC pool, given our records against the Pirates & Cubs this year, it's probably best to have one of them knocked out immediately and then we'd just have to deal with one of the Central teams (once we get past LAD of course). Meanwhile, Rosenthal on for the save but he got bombed yesterday by Milwaukee.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 28 2015 08:30 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

That defense-- terrible all year, even from usual stalwarts like McCutchen-- is their underbelly.

Zvon Sep 28 2015 08:34 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

The Pirates do not want to go quietly.

Elster88 Sep 28 2015 08:41 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

MLB network is showing the Card-Buc game too, but it says the Astros game is up next. I was hoping for the Dodgers-Giants game. The display says "Regional Coverage" so I guess they're showing whatever game is closest to the area that's tuning in.

Zvon Sep 28 2015 08:42 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

That didn't hit him. It hit the ground firts, then maybe hit his toe. Once it hit's the ground it can't be off his foot, right?

Elster88 Sep 28 2015 08:42 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Wow Walker swung at like four pitches out of the zone when it got to 3-2, including the one he struck out on. Fighting off the close ones I guess but it could've loaded the bases if he took one.

Elster88 Sep 28 2015 08:43 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Zvon wrote: That didn't hit him. It hit the ground firts, then maybe hit his toe. Once it hit's the ground it can't be off his foot, right? I think that still counts as a foul, as long as you're in the batter's box. If you're out of the box it's an out.

Elster88 Sep 28 2015 08:44 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Cards magic number is 2.

Zvon Sep 28 2015 08:46 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Elster88 wrote: Zvon wrote: That didn't hit him. It hit the ground firts, then maybe hit his toe. Once it hit's the ground it can't be off his foot, right? I think that still counts as a foul, as long as you're in the batter's box. If you're out of the box it's an out. Wow. thnx. That was a great at bat by Walker but everything after was anti-climactic. Cards win. WHOA, just saw the collision for the 1st time. Yikes!

Elster88 Sep 28 2015 08:49 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Me too. That was brutal.

Elster88 Sep 28 2015 11:34 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Frayed Knot wrote: But their chances of missing out all together are about as remote. Minnesota -- although winning tonight -- will still be 5 games back even if they hold on and the AL West teams are playing each other so there's virtually no way all three can catch them. I hear you. But Houston and California/Anaheim both won too so dare to dream

Mets – Willets Point Sep 29 2015 07:13 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

If the Yankees lose the Wild Card Playoff, we'll suddenly hear lots of people saying that the playoff should be eliminated or made into a best-of-5.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 29 2015 08:16 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

I do think it should be a best-of-three. But if the Yankees get tossed after one game, I won't complain.

Mets – Willets Point Sep 29 2015 08:26 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

I'd actually give the team with the best record in the league a bye to the LCS and make the other four teams play some sort of round robin.

Elster88 Sep 29 2015 08:08 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

I like it the way it is. The message is win your fucking division. Plus adding any games and the already swollen postseason gets too long. Boston won again. A's-Angels is up next on ESPN. I really want to watch Dodgers vs Giants.

Elster88 Sep 29 2015 08:12 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Harold Reynolds is unlistenable on MLB network.

Frayed Knot Sep 29 2015 08:31 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Dodgers load the bases w/no outs vs Bumgarner (1 hit, 1 walk, 1 error) but come away with only one run. Kershaw now dealing for LA in bottom 1

Elster88 Sep 29 2015 10:04 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Kershaw is mowing them down.

Elster88 Sep 29 2015 10:59 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

9/19 - Wildcard 9/23 - Wildcard 9/24 - AL Central 9/25 - Wildcard 9/25 - Wildcard 9/26 - NL East 9/29 - NL West

Zvon Sep 29 2015 11:03 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Kershaw pitches a complete game for the clinch. 1 hit/ 1bb/13k-Great performance I imaging something like this will be impossible for NY to do in the post. Let a pitcher go the distance.

Elster88 Sep 29 2015 11:22 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

The Red Sox, Rangers, and Angels all did their parts to keep the AL wildcard race interesting, but the Astros lost. Houston is now a half game OUT of the last wild card spot, where a little while ago it looked like they would win the division.

Elster88 Sep 29 2015 11:32 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

This is a very mid-to-late-eighties set of playoff teams, especially the National League. Every NL East champ from 84 through 92 is in. Throw in the Dodgers and Royals as eighties teams, with the Blue Jays for a little early nineties flavor. If the Astros make it add them to the list of eighties playoff teams too.

soupcan Sep 30 2015 07:29 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Zvon wrote: Kershaw pitches a complete game for the clinch. 1 hit/ 1bb/13k-Great performance I imaging something like this will be impossible for NY to do in the post. Let a pitcher go the distance. Kershaw throws a 1 hit shutout and retires last 19 in a row throwing just 104 pitches. This guy is not fucking around. Between him and Greinke our boys are not going to have it easy against the Doyers.

Elster88 Sep 30 2015 05:26 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Blue Jays clinch the AL East with a solid beating of the Orioles 9/19 - Wildcard 9/23 - Wildcard 9/24 - AL Central 9/25 - Wildcard 9/25 - Wildcard 9/30 - AL East 9/26 - NL East 9/29 - NL West

Frayed Knot Sep 30 2015 05:40 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

NL Central still (technically) up for grabs as Pitt also won this afternoon Minnesota, also rained out last night and playing a DH today, won the first game to keep themselves still alive. That Tanaka served up a 3R HR in top 1st in da Bronx is good news for the Twinkies as well. And of course there's still the big mess in the AL West to sort out. We may be looking at a Monday play-in game in the AL

Elster88 Sep 30 2015 05:40 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Yankees are down 3-0. Twins have booked a win with one more game to come today. Interesting. Edit: What FK said

Edgy MD Sep 30 2015 06:00 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Just need Seattle and Cleveland to roll over.

Elster88 Sep 30 2015 08:06 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Cards smash the Pirates in game 2. 9/19 - Wildcard 9/23 - Wildcard 9/24 - AL Central 9/25 - Wildcard 9/25 - Wildcard 9/30 - NL Central 9/30 - AL East 9/26 - NL East 9/29 - NL West

Ceetar Oct 01 2015 07:10 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Yankees magic number is 4, but there are only 4 games left. (1 Sox, 3 Orioles) They're 3 up on the Angels, 4 on the Twins. It's murky. Angels play 4 against the Rangers who are in first by 3. The Astros are only .5 up for that second wild card. They have 3 left against old-foe Diamondbacks. The Angels against the Rangers probably means that the Yankees only need to win a couple to clinch, but lots of moving parts.

Edgy MD Oct 01 2015 07:58 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Twins bit the big one last night and went down whining that the Indians don't play the game the right way. How disappointing, Paul Molitor's boys. Angels are my new best friends. Lay down, Texas rangers, lay down.

Frayed Knot Oct 01 2015 10:18 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Ceetar wrote: Yankees magic number is 4, but there are only 4 games left. (1 Sox, 3 Orioles) They're 3 up on the Angels, 4 on the Twins. It's murky. Angels play 4 against the Rangers who are in first by 3. The Astros are only .5 up for that second wild card. They have 3 left against old-foe Diamondbacks. The Angels against the Rangers probably means that the Yankees only need to win a couple to clinch, but lots of moving parts. The Yanx magic number is 2, not 4, at least as far as just making the post-season goes. The MN is just 1 on the Twins who already can do no better than tie them. And 2 wins means neither the Astros nor Angels can catch them and if the Angels do catch them it means the Rangers fall back.

Elster88 Oct 01 2015 12:08 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

If the Yankees with another game they're in.

Zvon Oct 01 2015 08:21 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Yanks one out away from clinching. Up on Boston, 4-1. Yanks get WILD(card)! Boooooooo!

Elster88 Oct 01 2015 10:54 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Texas clinches at least a wildcard by beating California. One more win and they'll win the west. 9/19 - Wildcard 9/23 - Wildcard 9/24 - AL Central 9/25 - Wildcard 9/25 - Wildcard 9/30 - NL Central 9/30 - AL East 9/26 - NL East 9/29 - NL West 10/1 - Wildcard 10/1 - Wildcard

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2015 07:06 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Boston did their best in taking three straight and attempting to hold off the inevitable. Suxx to think that we could have put a bigger dent in their hopes, but we blew it early in the year when they sucked and then again later in the year when we were hot. So now it's all down to the AL West & WC. Rangers just need one win. Houston has a 1 game lead on both the Angels & rarely-mentioned Twins who have won 8 of their last 11 to stay alive. Twins hosting KC Anaheim at Texas Houston at Arizona And it is still possible for the Cubs to pass the Pirates and claim the home field for the WC game. Pitt has a 2 game lead although Cubs have the tie-breaker. Pirates host Cincy. Cubs @ Milwaukee

Mets – Willets Point Oct 02 2015 07:51 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

This must be a big moment for the diehard Yankee fans who haven't seen their team in the playoffs since all the way back in 2012.

Ceetar Oct 02 2015 08:24 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Mets – Willets Point wrote: This must be a big moment for the diehard Yankee fans who haven't seen their team in the playoffs since all the way back in 2012. If it is, you'd think they'd bother to sell out the playoff games that have been on sale for weeks.

Frayed Knot Oct 02 2015 09:09 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

In a fit of sleeplessness last night when I turned on WFAN for an hour or so in the pre-sunrise. Yanqui fans who were chiming in seem divided between those who thought a WC was more than they expected this season given the state/age of the roster and a two year absence, and the ones who fell back on the idea that the players celebrating such a minor achievement after last night's clinching win was beneath the dignity of the pinstripes because anything short of a WS win should be looked at as disgraceful failure.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 02 2015 10:31 AM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Ceetar wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: This must be a big moment for the diehard Yankee fans who haven't seen their team in the playoffs since all the way back in 2012. If it is, you'd think they'd bother to sell out the playoff games that have been on sale for weeks. Do you think there are enough "diehard" Yankee fans to fill a stadium?

Frayed Knot Oct 03 2015 03:56 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Wild back and forth game in Arlington, TX which winds up with Anaheim scoring 5 in the 9th to win 11-10 Both teams blew multiple run leads. 17 pitchers were used. Time of Game = 4:06 Former NYM Joe Smith gets the save. Elvis Andrus singled w/2 out in bottom 9th as the tying run, then got caught stealing by over-sliding 2nd base to end the game (he was safe otherwise). Of all the pitchers used, one-time Brave Jo-Jo Reyes was the winning pitcher for LAA. It was his first MLB appearance since 2011!! He threw one pitch. Bottom line is that's two straight losses for the Rangers who still haven't nailed down the West title. Also (seeing as how these are head to head) two straight wins for the Angels who move to 1/2 game behind Houston for the 2nd WC slot (pending the Astros game later) and everyone moves up temporarily on the Yanx who lost the first one of their rain-induced DH today in Baltimore. Yanx have clinched a tie for the best WC record but can still be caught by the Astros (2 back with 2 games each) who have the tie-breaker edge over NYY for WC hosting privileges. Angels can't catch the Yanx but they can displace Houston. Twins lost and are eliminated. NL is relatively boring compared to all this.

Edgy MD Oct 03 2015 05:17 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Road teams entering the 9th down 4+ runs had lost 1,761 consecutive games until the Angels today.

Frayed Knot Oct 03 2015 08:41 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Pittsburgh getting all they can handle from woeful Cincy. They needed extras to win last night but lost to the Reds today while the Cubbies were winning vs Milwaukee. That race down to one game with one to play and the Cubs holding the tie-breaker - so the home-field for the WC play-in game could flip-flop based on tomorrow's results.

Frayed Knot Oct 03 2015 09:26 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

And it's official, we're headed to LA for the game on Friday. Time of game TBD Houston is about to wrap things up in Arizona (although maybe shouldn't say that in light of the Rangers collapse earlier today). The win will put them one game in back of Texas and one game ahead of LAA IOW, they clinch at least a tie for the WC and could still win the division. The worst they could do is play on Monday to determine their status going forward. Also, with the Yanx losing twice today, the Astros could still steal the #1 WC slot and host the game on Tuesday.

Gwreck Oct 04 2015 04:26 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Texas wins. Clinch division, and clinches Wild Card for Astros. Pirates win. (Cubs also win their 8th game in a row). Wild Card game in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Toronto loses, gives Royals best record in the AL. Rangers will face Toronto in the Division Series. Royals will get the winner of the wild card game. Orioles in a heroic effort, on verge of sweeping Yankees (leading in the bottom of the 8th). Houston loses, though, and will play at MFYs on Tuesday in Wild Card game.

cooby Oct 04 2015 04:34 PM Re: Other Races in Other Places

Pirates are a fun team to watch