9/9 - 9/15 Game Discussion Thread

[dickey1331]

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Im not sure if Texas can do any worse. This is just terrible.

[SPTO]

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Wow...I thought Texas had today's game sewn up.

Y'know if the Rangers blow their lead (AGAIN!) and miss the playoffs there's going to be calls for Ron Washington's head. I'm not sure if it'll be completely deserved but Washington has always been a guy that's managed to win in spite of some of the strange decisions he makes. He's like the AL version of Dusty Baker.

[l3ulvl]

Re: 9/9 - 9/15 Game Discussion Thread

lol Prince is so slow. Leyland probably should've just used a pinch runner but hindsight is 20/20

[jth1331]

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Man you guys got this all wrong. The Royals are going to storm back, clinch the Central, Indians surpass the Tigers in the biggest choke job ever, followed up by the Orioles somehow pulling it off and winning the 2nd wild card behind the Indians.

I just want some freakin awesome drama coming up baseball after how crappy the NL has been in that department.
I mean, right now 8 teams in the NL will finish below .500. Possibly another team in the Dbacks could make that 9.
Compare that to the AL, 6 teams will finish below .500, no other team seems like they will unless they go on a massive failure here to end the season.

[PhilliesFan13]

Re: 9/9 - 9/15 Game Discussion Thread

The Rays are now tied with the Rangers in the Wild Card with a big 4 game series coming up starting tomorrow with them. I'm currently in Tampa beginning my vacation this week and will be at Tropicana Field tomorrow and Thursday night! Hoping for some exciting baseball from the Rays.

[lonewolf371]

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Man you guys got this all wrong. The Royals are going to storm back, clinch the Central, Indians surpass the Tigers in the biggest choke job ever, followed up by the Orioles somehow pulling it off and winning the 2nd wild card behind the Indians.

I just want some freakin awesome drama coming up baseball after how crappy the NL has been in that department.
I mean, right now 8 teams in the NL will finish below .500. Possibly another team in the Dbacks could make that 9.
Compare that to the AL, 6 teams will finish below .500, no other team seems like they will unless they go on a massive failure here to end the season.

Houston and Chicago soak up a lot more losses than the bottom two NL teams.

[jth1331]

Re: 9/9 - 9/15 Game Discussion Thread

Houston and Chicago soak up a lot more losses than the bottom two NL teams.

Houston - 51-97
Miami - 55-93

White Sox- 58-90
Cubs - 63-85

Not a huge difference in games, 4 and 5 games.

[snepp]

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Josmil Pinto breaking the Rays hearts.

[PhilliesFan13]

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Josmil Pinto breaking the Rays hearts.

That was a tough loss.

[snepp]

Re: 9/9 - 9/15 Game Discussion Thread

That was a tough loss.

And one of just a handful of occasions over the last few months that I actually got excited during a game.

Playing spoiler is all we've got left, even if it is against a team I want to see in the playoffs.

[cardinalbird5]

Re: 9/9 - 9/15 Game Discussion Thread

Man you guys got this all wrong. The Royals are going to storm back, clinch the Central, Indians surpass the Tigers in the biggest choke job ever, followed up by the Orioles somehow pulling it off and winning the 2nd wild card behind the Indians.

I just want some freakin awesome drama coming up baseball after how crappy the NL has been in that department.
I mean, right now 8 teams in the NL will finish below .500. Possibly another team in the Dbacks could make that 9.
Compare that to the AL, 6 teams will finish below .500, no other team seems like they will unless they go on a massive failure here to end the season.

Sorry the NL is top heavy? 5 great teams...well I dk about Reds.

[DamnYanks2]

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The Red Sox tribute to Mariano Rivera was incredible. I would have never expected that. Wow. Hats off to you Boston.

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[Travis40]

Re: 9/9 - 9/15 Game Discussion Thread

Wow...I thought Texas had today's game sewn up.

Y'know if the Rangers blow their lead (AGAIN!) and miss the playoffs there's going to be calls for Ron Washington's head. I'm not sure if it'll be completely deserved but Washington has always been a guy that's managed to win in spite of some of the strange decisions he makes. He's like the AL version of Dusty Baker.

I've hated Wash for awhile now. He should've been gone years ago.

[BunnyHardaway]

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I'm almost banking on the Rangers to blow their lead, they are not playing well and the rest of their schedule does not favor them at all.

3 against the red hot A's, then four against Tampa, and 3 against the Royals.

The Orioles schedule is terrifying. 6 games left against the Red Sox, and a four game series against the Rays.

I really think this is gonna come down to Tampa, NYY, and Cleveland.

The Indians have a creampuff of a schedule coming up, their destiny is really in their own hands.

This is gonna get crazy.

I don't think they have the testicular fortitude to do it, but KC is very alive too, they could really shake it up with Cleveland, and then they play a flailing Texas team, and then it's really breezy after that.

Our schedule could work out to our advantage if we play well. I'd rather have chances to take games directly from them than have to scoreboard watch every night.

[DamnYanks2]

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Our schedule could work out to our advantage if we play well. I'd rather have chances to take games directly from them than have to scoreboard watch every night.

That's very true, anything can surely happen, but playing the Red Sox right now is not a good thing, that offense is on steroids right now. They have to cool off, but that might be the most dangerous team to play right now. I would not want another 6 games with that team right now.