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Frayed Knot Sep 19 2007 02:50 PM

... there's nothing much to talk about. The 4 playoff teams are essentially, even if not offically, set. The Tiggers lost again this afternoon completing a Cleveland 3-game sweep and pushing Detroit 5 out of the WC chase. So the only thing which really remains is the seeding. Boston - 62 losses; 10 games remaining Anaheim - 62 losses 9 remaining Cleveland - 62 losses 9 remaining Yanquis - 64 losses; 11 remaining And the Boston lead which was once 11.5 games (and even more on the Yanx) and 7 as recently as Sept 4, is now 2.5

Johnny Dickshot Sep 19 2007 02:59 PM

They've got be just as brickshitty as we are.

Nymr83 Sep 19 2007 03:06 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: They've got be just as brickshitty as we are. they have the playoffs, if not the division, more locked up than we do.

Frayed Knot Sep 19 2007 08:32 PM

Yanx win - Boston loses - AL East down to 1.5 games Last night Gagne put several runners on - and eventually allowed them to score - during the late innings of a close game and Francona took some post-game heat for NOT bringing Papelbon in to quell the fire. Tonight Timlin loaded the bases and Francona DID bring in Papelbon ... and he promptly gave up a Grand Slam. Both teams have the playoffs pretty much sewn up but losing the division title that looked like a lock from mid-summer til about a week ago seems like it would be a huge ego-blow to Bostonians ... although maybe the fans moreso than the team.

Willets Point Sep 19 2007 08:57 PM

I think in general it's always more to the fans than to the team. If the players had that much angst they'd be on the DL with GI disorders.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 19 2007 09:06 PM

Well there's home field at stake for the players, which ought to count for a lot. This is like a horror movie script for Met and Red Sox fans, one that can only end with a 86 WS rematch.

metirish Sep 19 2007 09:09 PM

I really need to Mets to heat up and the yankees to cool down.....

Edgy DC Sep 19 2007 10:57 PM

I asked a young guy with some ticker device in the men's room the Phillie score and a half dozen guys filled me in on the Yankees. We've got to totally focus on the Mets and let the Yanks carve their own sordid path with destiny.

seawolf17 Sep 19 2007 11:13 PM

Dude, there is no talking in the men's room.

Edgy DC Sep 20 2007 06:14 AM

Did I vioolate another unwritten rule? We were all on line standing there. It's not like anybody had it out.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 20 2007 06:16 AM

You didn't tap anyone's foot or wave your palm, did you? That's really taboo.

HahnSolo Sep 20 2007 07:01 AM

Is it just me, or does it seem the Blue Jays always go balls to the wall against the Red Sox but curl up in the fetal position against the Yankees. Or, maybe I'm blinded by my boiling-over Yankee hatred.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 20 2007 07:06 AM

No, that's entirely true. The Blue Jays have to be one of the most disappointing teams in the universe.

holychicken Sep 20 2007 07:17 AM

Talking very loudly to your friend who is at the urinal to my left while you are at the urinal to my right is certainly a violation of an unwritten rule. I never suffered from a worse bout of stage-fright.

sharpie Sep 20 2007 07:33 AM

Meanwhile the Orioles seem to have given up completely.

Edgy DC Sep 20 2007 07:44 AM

The entire city of Baltimore has given up completely. They need to be relegated.

Frayed Knot Sep 20 2007 07:47 AM

sharpie wrote: Meanwhile the Orioles seem to have given up completely. I caught maybe 5 minutes total of the Yanx/Balt game between innings of the real game last night - but it was still enough to see the O's get caught stealing twice where the runner just gave up and was tagged standing up. Yeah at least one was a missed H-&-R and he would have been out anyway but there was zero effort. As a result, Pettitte held them to 1 run despite allowing around 10 baserunners thru 7. Mariano also gave up a hit & two walks in the 9th but they couldn't push anything across. O's had actually beaten the Yanx 8 of the first 12 this year but have been in free fall for nearly a month now and their one good pitcher, Bredard, has been shut down. Perhaps ironically, their free fall started just as they took the interem tag off the replacement manager.

Frayed Knot Sep 21 2007 08:08 PM

The Yanx drive to the AL East was about to take a Halladay as Roy Halladay was shutting them down and shutting them out 4-0 thru 8 innings. But then a couple of hits combined with a couple of really piss-poor, game-ending plays were NOT made by 2nd baseman Aaron Hill (not sure if they were scored errors) allowed them to tie it so they're going to extras in da Bronx. BoSox are leading their game late.

Edgy DC Sep 21 2007 08:17 PM

That's disappointing to hear. But whatever. Must focus on Mets.

Valadius Sep 21 2007 09:28 PM

Bosox won, 8-1. Toronto and MFYs in the 13th inning.

Frayed Knot Sep 21 2007 09:59 PM

Blue Jays push across a run in the 14th and hold on to the win which should have been theirs 5 innings and 2 hours earlier. Still counts the same in the standings, it just ruined 8.1 stellar innings from Roy Halladay and screwed with his record.

Edgy DC Sep 21 2007 10:01 PM

But gassed the Yankee staff.

Willets Point Sep 21 2007 10:02 PM

"It matters to the Red Sox." - Billy Chapel

Johnny Dickshot Sep 21 2007 10:07 PM

Edgy DC wrote: But gassed the Yankee staff. Yah. No Joba till Monday I think the rules are.

Frayed Knot Sep 21 2007 10:09 PM

They have an early day game tomorrow too.

Willets Point Sep 21 2007 10:17 PM

The Tiggers won too for what it's worth. A nice little day dream: The Yankees go into a colossal collapse,Boston, Detroit, and the Mets all go to the playoffs.

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2007 08:39 AM

Angels had a chance to clinch last night but lost to the Mariners Indians: 62 losses - 9 games to go Angels: 63 losses - 8 games to go BoSox: 63 losses - 8 games to go Yanx: 65 losses - 9 games to go Tiggers: 70 losses - 8 games to go

Edgy DC Sep 22 2007 11:02 AM

Tiggs almost have to win out to have any hope at all, don't they?

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2007 06:42 AM

- Angels lose again to Mariners and again fail to clinch. Magic number = 1 - Indians lose with a chance to clinch. Magic number = 1 - BoSox rally to win on a Julio Lugo HR. They keep their 2-1/2 game lead in the East and clinch at least a playoff spot - Yanx win a totally stupid [u:6bd2e643a8]5 HOUR[/u:6bd2e643a8] / 10-inning game, one in which 2nd baseman Aaron Hill botched a game-ending grounder for the 2nd game in a row. - Tiggers lose Indians - 63 losses, 8 to go Angels - 64 losses, 7 to go Red Sox - 63 losses, 7 to go Yanquis - 65 losses, 8 to go Tiggers - 71 losses, 7 to go Indians, btw, hold the tie-breaker over the Angels for 'top seed' if those two come down to league's best record and the "right" to play the Yanx in the 1st round.

SteveJRogers Sep 23 2007 02:22 PM

Cleveland wins 6-2 to clinch the AL Central. First team to clinch a division in 2007.

Gwreck Sep 23 2007 05:22 PM

Los Angeles (AL) also clinched today.

Valadius Sep 24 2007 01:36 PM

Toronto currently leading the MFYs 4-1 heading into the 9th.

Frayed Knot Sep 24 2007 02:01 PM

Yanx lose to the jays and get rid of the annoying 1/2 game thing they've had with Boston for so long. They thought they were catching a break when they came to the stadium today to discover that AJ Burnett was called away for some family thing and they were facing Jesse Litsch instead -- but Litsch skunked them on 4 hits. So with 6 games to play: Boston 92 - 64 they host Oakland & Minnesota NYY 90 - 66 games at Balt & Tampa Yanx hold the tie-breaker so Boston will have to win the division as a tie makes them the WC just like in 2005 Tiggers sit 5 games back of Yanx at 85 - 71 In the race for league's best record: Native Americans - 63 losses, 6 to play Angels - 64 losses, 6 to play BoSox - 64 losses, 6 to play Yanx - 66 losses, 6 to play

Frayed Knot Sep 26 2007 07:39 AM

BoSox beat Oakland - lead East by 3 Yanx jump out to a 5-0 lead ... then lose 7-6 in 10 on a HR by ex-NYY farmhand Dioneer Navarro Cleveland wins in 12 at Seattle Angles lose to Texas Tigers stay alive one more day Indians - 63 losses, 6 to play BoSox - 64 losses - 5 to play Angels - 66 losses - 4 to play Yanx - 67 losses, 5 to play, tragic number = 3 for division Tiggers - tragic number = 1 for WC

Frayed Knot Sep 27 2007 07:26 AM

The team that insisted for years that celebrating merely clinching the playoffs was beneath them and that only a division championship was worthy of such stuff looked like they were celebrating rather hard last night, complete with champagne and the requisite amount of Torre tears. - Cleveland split a "home & home" DH (both were played in Seattle but the Indians batted last as the "home" team in game 1 as that game was the final make-up from that set that was snowed out the first week of the season) 94 - 64 (4 remaining) Anaheim got their clock cleaned by Texas for the 2nd night in a row: 92 - 67 (3 remain) Boston won big v Oakland: 94 - 64 (4 remain) - Magic number for division = 2 The First Round is all but set in cement: Yanx @ Cleveland Sox vs Angels - most likely starting in Boston So the last question to be settled is one for best overall record which will allow that team to choose the 'more off days - vs - fewer off days' format for round 1 (if you think such stuff matters) and then determine who gets the home-field advantage in certain round 2 match-ups. Yanx: 91 - 67

Frayed Knot Sep 28 2007 09:02 PM

Es-Mets stick it to Yanx, Clinch East for Boston Jay Payton's 3-run triple off Mariano Rivera tied the game in the 9th, then Mel Mora's 2-out, bases-loaded bunt single wins it in the 10th. 1st round is set: Yanx @ Cleveland; Boston hosts Anaheim Best overall record (and choice of skeds) still up in the air. BoSox & Indians tied, Boston holds tie-breaker.