Not-So-Obnoxious Baseball Thread

[passedpawn]

Rays are gonna be even further behind after my Rangers beat up on them this week!

mmm yeah right.

 

[beersteiner2345]

Rays are gonna be even further behind after my Rangers beat up on them this week!

I dunno... we are 6-4 in the last 10, while you are 4-6... then again we had a series against Toronto. lol

 

[xsists]

Brewers will be the first team to lock up their division this year. Magic number is 18!! Hoping a sweep of the Cards this week and it will be down to 12..

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

I dunno... we are 6-4 in the last 10, while you are 4-6... then again we had a series against Toronto. lol

Toronto???? They still have a team??? lets talk again in 3 days! Ha

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

So we took 2 of 3 from Tampa. I'll take that all year long. Still 3.5 up on the Angels, ,but we have a tough week ahead, 3 in Boston, then 3 more in Tampa before coming home for an easier stretch.

 

[passedpawn]

So we took 2 of 3 from Tampa. I'll take that all year long. Still 3.5 up on the Angels, ,but we have a tough week ahead, 3 in Boston, then 3 more in Tampa before coming home for an easier stretch.

Our offense took the series off. We are doomed for the playoffs. Your guys were knocking the cover off the ball... looked really good.

 

[Airborneguy]

I want to attach a picture from my phone... Can't figure it out. Best part about going to a Mets game? They suck so bad no one comes and you can sit anywhere. Six rows from 3rd base last night after being 10 rows from 1st. Tickets? $9 each on eBay!

Oh yeah, and Blue Smoke BBQ stands all over the park!

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Brewers had the Cards on the ropes and then let them come into Miller Park and sweep. Suddenly the lead is down by three with three more in St. Louis. This season is not a gimme by any stretch of the imagination. September Swoon?

 

[smakudwn]

Brewers had the Cards on the ropes and then let them come into Miller Park and sweep. Suddenly the lead is down by three with three more in St. Louis. This season is not a gimme by any stretch of the imagination. September Swoon?

Not so sure we can make up 7 1/2 games on u all, but I hope we give it a run. AP is finally hitting, but I'm not sold on our pitching.

One other thing we got out of yesterdays game was that awesome try for the inside the park HR.

I did find this pretty funny though
http://deadspin.com/5836789/yeah-ryan-braun-is-still-hearing-about-his-failed-inside+the+park-home-run-trot

 

[passedpawn]

Not so sure we can make up 7 1/2 games on u all, but I hope we give it a run.

A year or two ago Minnesota did exactly that to Detroit - knocked them out of the playoffs. It happens. September meltdown.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Our offense took the series off. We are doomed for the playoffs. Your guys were knocking the cover off the ball... looked really good.

I thought the first game of the series was a really good game. The second game, we couldn't hit a thing that Hellickson threw. He was on fire! Last night was a different story though. Last night we were pretty dang good.

 

[scrambledegg81]

Well, it looks like you can count SF out of the post-season. Offense just ain't getting it done, even with some amazing pitching like Vogelsong threw today.

*le sigh*

 

[passedpawn]

I thought the first game of the series was a really good game. The second game, we couldn't hit a thing that Hellickson threw. He was on fire! Last night was a different story though. Last night we were pretty dang good.

Well we are back at it today (texas v tampa bay). Hellickson threw yesterday, so you won't be seeing him again (he threw a complete game 4-hitter in 97 pitches!). Today you get Shields

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Well it seems Shields pretty much took care of us too! Dammit!

 

[scrambledegg81]

So with tonight's loss, SF is officially out of the post-season...

 

[Homercidal]

How bout them Tigers?

 

[iaefebs]

How bout them Tigers?

Nice run they've been on. Didn't look too hungry yesterday though. Fister has been pitching awesome and held up the offense though. I know they are due for a 3 or 4 game swoon though. It would be nice to see if they can finish with a better record than whoever takes the West and get home field advantage over whoever get's the wild card. Some very interesting ball to be played yet.

 

[Homercidal]

Here's hoping they can keep it rolling and if they lose, at least lose a single game now and again. I know how you are feeling though. You got the gut instinct that says, "It's coming..." and then before you know it, it's a 4 game skid.

But they have been blowing out and pulling out close wins both. I'm so glad the rest of the pitchign staff has taken it up a notch and the hitters are connecting when they need to.

 

[iaefebs]

Well it's not so much a gut feeling as it is just how baseball play's out through a year. You are going to come into a time when fluke hit's happen, some role player goes on a hitting streak, the other team makes a couple great defensive play's... etc. Right now I am hoping the Indians go on a 3 game win streak against Texas. CWS have a losing record at home and are due to win a few games.. Avila needs a rest, that guy is a human ball magnet behind the plate.

 

[boswell]

Phillies. That is all.

 

[passedpawn]

How bout them Tigers?

Tigs are fantastic. Might want to have cabrera and verlander wear helmets outside the park, wouldn't want anything to happen to them.

Remember when Cleveland was so far ahead? Man, what happened there?

 

[iaefebs]

Phillies. That is all.

Phillies are a great team but I am rooting for the D'backs in the National league. Just because they Have Gibson as Manager with all his ties to Michigan. I always thought that the Tigers should have made Gibby the manager and Trammel the coach when they managed in Detroit. I'm glad to see a little vindication to my theory.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Tigers are really playing good ball right now. They are gonna screw the Rangers home field advantage if they keep it up. Although, we're still not out of the woods yet. Fairly easy schedule coming up, but still...For intensity and pure "nail-biting" baseball, it would be great to be tied with the Angels when we play the last 3 games of the year. But from a "stress" standpoint, I sure hope we have clinched it before then!

 

[iaefebs]

I don't know if anyone else saw the Tiger game tonight. I thought Verlander looked a little sharper . I know he appears to be a lock for the Cy Young but the last couple games he hasn't been in his earlier form. I liked his post game interview, he knows he has some work to do and I think he will be ready for the playoffs...Martinez was awesome again... when will teams learn not to walk Cabrera when Martinez is on deck?

 

[beersteiner2345]

Looks like the D'back's Ian Kennedy is out of it after letting 4 runs go in the first.

At least they still won. UNfortunately my Rays didn't, but the big series is coming up tomorrow. GO RAYS!

 

[scrambledegg81]

Wow...I'll be eating crow for thinking SF was completely out of it after tonight. Atlanta loses, AZ loses, we get 6 games in a row, as well as hit the magic 6 games back.

Anyone care to join the crow BBQ? (Bring beer.)

 

[boswell]

Phillies are a great team but I am rooting for the D'backs in the National league. Just because they Have Gibson as Manager with all his ties to Michigan. I always thought that the Tigers should have made Gibby the manager and Trammel the coach when they managed in Detroit. I'm glad to see a little vindication to my theory.

Phillies magic number is 1 game. Braves fall once again, but this time to the Mets. Clenched the playoff spot already, but what the hey, lets clench the division.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Rangers blew a chance to make it a 4.5 game lead last night. Oh well, the magic number is still 9. Our schedule is pretty easy, at least on paper!

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Ok, magic number is 5, with 10 to play. I am feeling much better now. But won't completely relax until that magic number is down to zero.

 

[iaefebs]

Rangers blew a chance to make it a 4.5 game lead last night. Oh well, the magic number is still 9. Our schedule is pretty easy, at least on paper!

On paper you got an easy schedule...5 games against the Mariners and 3 against the Athletics... but you never know with the expanded rosters, a pitcher is facing guy's he never saw or heard of. These new guy's will make defensive plays that are great or stupid. I'm not sure what is more dangerous a known or unknown. I am not a fan of the September expansion call up.