I saw the Giants won #63 and breathed a sigh of relief. Too bad they couldn't score for Cain. Would have been nice to see him go out on a win. It is rare to see a player spend his whole career with one team these days, especially a pitcher. -- AlThe Giants got win #63 last night, avoiding the dreaded 100 lose season!
However they could not score any runs for Matt Cain today who made is final appearance before retiring. He got the no decision after he went 5 innings and only gave up 2 hits. Every Giant fan knows that they would not have won three World Series in recent years without him. I for one wish him well with thanks for his contributions.
George, congratulations on the Sox taking the East title. -- Al
Congrats George to you and your Red Sox in winning the AL East title, surely a crazy ride all year for the East but your boys deserve the hard fought crown.
As far as my O's it all comes down to the last day of the season on Sunday!!! will it be the O's or the Jays to take the title of the worst team in the East!!!! both teams are exactly 75-86, with the exact run scoring diff.of a -92!!!!! crazy odds there, but in all seriousness as much as my O's had their ups and downs I'd never thought they would fold like a cheap tent until these last few weeks even back in late August after sweeping the Sox in Boston and only a game out of the WC this team had some magic, but to no avail, after that last series loss to the evil Yanks in Baltimore this team cashed in their chips and walked away, not sure what the future holds for this team??? big contracts with little to show for it, another 14 year rebuild??? why not, wouldn't be the 1st time.
This has been an ugly collapse. After staying in contention all year, I never saw this coming. Thought they might just squeak by and get in or just miss out, but never expected everyone to go in the dumper together. I mean, 7-20 during the crucial month of September? Just awful. No pitching (nothing new there) but the offensive failure surprises me. I guess it shouldn't though, as the O's went through stretches of bad offense this year. In 74 of their games, they scored 3 or fewer runs and in 50 of those, it was 2 or fewer runs. You can't win many games scoring like that, at least not enough. Combined with a SP ERA north of 5, I guess the results were predictable, which makes their staying in the race as long as they did pretty remarkable and a tribute to Buck's managing. Now it is up to ownership to find Buck 3 decent starting pitchers in the off-season to go with Bundy and Gausman, or O's fans can look forward to more frustration in 2018. -- AlCongrats George to you and your Red Sox in winning the AL East title, surely a crazy ride all year for the East but your boys deserve the hard fought crown.
As far as my O's it all comes down to the last day of the season on Sunday!!! will it be the O's or the Jays to take the title of the worst team in the East!!!! both teams are exactly 75-86, with the exact run scoring diff.of a -92!!!!! crazy odds there, but in all seriousness as much as my O's had their ups and downs I'd never thought they would fold like a cheap tent until these last few weeks even back in late August after sweeping the Sox in Boston and only a game out of the WC this team had some magic, but to no avail, after that last series loss to the evil Yanks in Baltimore this team cashed in their chips and walked away, not sure what the future holds for this team??? big contracts with little to show for it, another 14 year rebuild??? why not, wouldn't be the 1st time.
Thanks Al; wasn't easy, came down to game 161, but they got it done.
Farrell for all the abuse he takes is the first Red Sox manager to ever win back to back AL East titles, hard to believe but true.
Their pitching will be lined up now with Sale going in game one; their bullpen with Smith in the 7th, Reed in the 8th and Kimbrel in the 9th is lights out, not to mention Price has become quite a weapon out of the bullpen, like Francoma uses Miller.
If their young players come through this year and don't shrink under the pressure, we'll see what happens, but I'd be stunned if it isn't AAAstros/Indians in the ALCS.
October baseball; there's nothing quite like it....................
George:
Congrats on taking the East.
That is an amazing stat about Farrell, I would have never guessed that one.
-Jason
How can people be upset by success? Some fans will never be satisfied short of going undefeated and even then they will find something to complain about. Morons is right. -- AlThanks Jason; one WS title and three division titles and we've got morons up here who keep calling for his head.
He's also the only Red Sox manager to win three AL East titles as well.
I can't recall a team that lost 4 ace starting pitchers for all or part of the season and could cover the loss. Collins got caught in a no-win situation. If those 4 guys all recover, the Mets are right back in it next season. -- AlMets are taking a beating too. Syndergaard pitched two innings and looked very sharp.
It's Terry's last game; he's resigning after the game. He's the chosen scapegoat for a season that went off the rails which wasn't his fault.