Many seem to think that Earl Morrel threw that game against the Jets....but.....Who knows for sure???....Colts were 13-1 that year....Shula should have pulled Morrel earlier than he did....but Unitas was hurting.
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Many seem to think that Earl Morrel threw that game against the Jets....but.....Who knows for sure???....Colts were 13-1 that year....Shula should have pulled Morrel earlier than he did....but Unitas was hurting.
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Hey Al, the O's take 2 out of 3 from Yanks then repeat that against the Rays!! not a bad week and all on the road which seems to be a better place for the O's to play?? we have a long homestand and sub 500 teams coming to Camden Yards, this is where we need to win and catch the Yanks, 6 and a half out isn't much esp. with the Yanks hurting, the Wild card thing is a neat race but the AL East title would be a dream come true to win...Sammy
Good week for the O's. Against all odds, the O's been getting some real good starting pitching. Chen has been a savior. This next 10 game stretch at home against Seattle, KC, and Boston is going to be real big. O's must do well because the rest of the month is tough. The O's must use this home stretch to launch their push. Don't want to have to play Detroit, Texas, Chicago and NY while desperate for wins. I wish the O's offense would wake up and find some consistency.:redface2: The O's have a hard road with the September schedule, with only a mid-month 3 games series against Seattle being even remotely a break. Every other game is against winning and/or dangerous teams. -- Al
Both the O's and Nats went to extra innings last night so I had to wait till this AM to discover that the O's won and are now only 4.5 games behind the NYY's, and have tied Oakland for the last wildcard spot. O's continue their surprising season. Also, the Nats won, have pushed their NL East lead to 4 games over the Braves, and now own MLB's best record. The DC/Baltimore area isn't used to this. It is more fun to be a winner, for a change. -- Al
Nats fever sort of having a run in DC area. Redskins actually have a news rival, at the moment.:wink2: Redskins still the big name/game in town but they are being forced to share space with the Nats on the local news shows and in the newspaper. I have no illusion as to who is most popular but at least the Nats are on the radar screen, a not unimpressive achievement in the land of the Redskin. Nats keep winning and are showing no signs of weakness in the starting pitching. Even if Strasburg gets shutdown, John Lannan is in the wings to step in to his spot, or even Wang, if he ever gets healthy and regains form. One small warning flag is that Tyler Clippard, the current closer, is showing some signs of being tired. He has pitched a lot in the past two seasons and as a result, he has become less effective since the All-star break, but not yet to the point of panic. Even if he has to be rested/used less, there is Drew Storen, last seasons super-closer, ready and waiting to move back to the closers spot. So, keeping fingers crossed, all looks real good as of 8/9/12, with a four game lead over Atlanta, and the rest of the NL East sinking like the Titanic. A MLB playoff contender in DC, who would have bet on that in April? Maybe just a few of us that followed the team and watched ownership and management build this team, but even we are a bit stunned.:wink2:^&grin^&cool -- Al
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Hi Al, no doubt good times in the mid -atlantic sports area
, our O's swept the Mariners to stay close to the Yanks as well as Wahington playing great ball, plus football starting up as well, days like this I really miss not living closer to home, oh well, I have digital recording so I will not miss any of it...Sammy
, our O's swept the Mariners to stay close to the Yanks as well as Wahington playing great ball, plus football starting up as well, days like this I really miss not living closer to home, oh well, I have digital recording so I will not miss any of it...SammyNats are the first team to 70 wins, and with 49 games remaining, they are now 70-43, 27 games over .500. Pretty remarkable for a DC MLB team. I don't know for sure but I think the last time a DC team was this many games over .500 was sometime back in the early 1930's. The Nats have been in DC since 2005, ie., this is season eight, and their 70 wins are more wins than they posted in four of those years. Their DC franchise record for wins is 81, posted in their first year here, 2005. This will be the first DC team to post a winning record since the old Senators (Texas Rangers, now) posted an 86-76 record in 1969. Prior to that, you have to go back to 1952, the season before I was born, to find a winning record of any sort (78-76). Forgive me for gushing, but this is unfamiliar territory for me, as a DC fan. There is an outside chance that the Nationals could beat the Senators city win record of 99 wins, set in 1933. That goal, and the goal to make the playoffs, are both reachable. Admittedly, the playoffs are the real goal here. As good as this team is, I think I will go back to crossing my fingers and praying, as there are still 49 games to go. -- Al
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Al,
The Nats organization did a great job building a team through the draft, and your team should be a contender for at least the next 3-5 years. I wish you much success with them.:smile2:
Thanks, Louis. Much appreciated. This is a team built to last several years. It is very young. Of the 5 outstanding starting pitchers, one is 28, three are 26, and one is 24. There is also proven big-league starting pitcher John Lannan, (currently in the minors because there is no rotation spot , at present, on the Nats) and he is only 27. Barring injuries, they could dominate for years. All the key relief pitchers are under 30, as well. All of the key position players are under 30, with the exception of MVP candidate Adam Laroche, who is 32 and outfielder Michael Morse, who is 30. The cornerstone players are Zimmerman (3b), 27; Espinoza (2b), 25; Desmond (ss), 26; Bernadina (of), 28; and Harper (of), 19. The catchers are only 27 and 28, as well. This team should hang together for a while, although we all know how baseball is and how life has it's own agenda. It shapes up to be a fun ride during this window of opportunity. -- Al
So far, so good, for the O's on their current 10 game homestand. They have gone 5-2, with Boston due in for the last three games. The O's have their best pitchers lined up, Chen, Gonzalez, and Tillman, for the Sox. Essential to take 2 of 3 to keep closing on the NYY's and Tampa and stay in the wildcard race. The O's just won't go away and their remarkable record in 1-run and extra inning games keep them close. They are 12-1 in extra innings and 23-7 in 1-run games. Tough to shake a team that can win the close ones. -- Al
The Nats and Braves are in a dog fight in the NL East. Both teams are red hot over the last 25 games. The Nats have posted a 19-6 record and the Braves a 17-8 record with an end result of the Nats having a 4 game lead. Nats can't pull away and the Braves can't gain. Should stay interesting. Neither team shows any sign of slowing down but it's obvious that they can't stay this hot forever. -- Al
The homestand for thr O's ends tonight. They are currently 7-2 but are trailing in tonights game with the Sox. If they lose, they end the stand with a great 7-3 record and yet gain 0 games on the NYY's in that span. Thanks to a really lousy showing by their bullpen today, the NYY's lost to Texas, leaving the O's a last shot at gaining a game, but it doesn't look like they will take advantage. The O's will have to do it against winning teams, on the road. Tall order, but the O's haven't faded and don't look like they will. -- Al
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I watched the Red Sox/Orioles game last night to see Clay pitch as he is our ace at this point and he was pretty much lights out.
That said, even though the Orioles lost, I have to give them credit; their fielding is God awful, their team batting average is close to last in the AL, not to mention I wouldn't know any of those guys if I fell over them, I mean seriously, who are these guys, yet they lead in the wild card race with about 6 weeks to go.
All I can say is they must either hit a lot of home runs or win a lot of one run games.
Well tonight as the Bataan death march of a Red Sox season trudges on, it' off to the Bronx to face the Yankees.
My only hope Sunday night is Beckett puts one in Swishers earhole, then when the Yankees drill someone in return and both benches are warned, he plants another one in Teixeiras ear hole.
That is all.
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That would be pretty interesting George, but at this point in Beckett's pitching ability I don't think he put one in anybody's earhole even if his share of the clubhouse rally brewski's and bucket of Popeye's Fried Chicken depended upon it.
On a sadder note, do you really think Johnny Pesky passed away from "natural causes" or did he ask Jerry Seinfeld to put a pillow over his face to end it all as the pain of watching his beloved Red Sox this season was just too much for him to bear.
Why Elaine ..... what are YOU doing here? :tongue:
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Great point; he'd try to drill someone and miss.
I see Swisher hit a home run already tonight.
Awesome.
Poor Johnny, the last time I saw him he looked pretty bad, imagine being involved in baseball for over 70 years, incredible really.
Love the Seinfeld reference too..............
...........And now the Grandyman hits a 300 foot bomb to right in the middle of monsoon.....................and now the corpse of Russell Marin just hit a 299 foot bomb to right as the Yankees go back to back.
Yeah Louis; Fenway is smaller than Yankee stadium................:rolleyes2:, give me an effing break.........
You are right, George. There aren't any names in the line-up and their starting pitching is a matter of the latest AAA call-up and Chen. But they are 23-7 in 1-run games and 12-1 in extra innings. They are a hard team to shake off and put away. So far. -- Al
Home run Derby in NY tonight. Jeter goes deep to tie the game and become the tenth Yankee with double figure home runs. Homers to the right of them, homers to the left of them... -- AlGreat point; he'd try to drill someone and miss.
I see Swisher hit a home run already tonight.
Awesome.
Poor Johnny, the last time I saw him he looked pretty bad, imagine being involved in baseball for over 70 years, incredible really.
Love the Seinfeld reference too..............
And now the Grandyman hits a 300 foot bomb to right in the middle of monsoon.....................and now the corpse of Russell Marin just hit a 299 foot bomb to right as the Yankees go back to back.
Yeah Louis; Fenway is smaller than Yankee stadium................:rolleyes2:, give me an effing break.........
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That pretty much explains it.
12-1 in extra innings, incredible really.
Hey get this; the Yankees just scored a run without hitting a home run.
5 runs, 4 home runs...............
Captian intangibles hit one tonight too, a dying duck to left that would have clunked off the green monster.
But it's a home run in Yankee Stadium naturally.......
Just looking at the Nats team pitching stats, and they have some really impressive numbers being racked up. First and foremost is their MLB leading ERA of 3.27. This is impressive enough, but on looking at the staff as a whole, it is a tad misleading. The Nats are carrying 12 pitchers, the standard 5 starters and 7 relievers, just like most other teams. Of these 12, 9 have ERAs under the team ERA. One starter is at 3.29, one starter is at 3.74. One relief pitcher, a recent return from the DL, with 10 innings pitched, has an ERA of 5.23, which will come down as he gets back into game shape. Five of the six other relief pitchers are all under a 3.00 ERA. The sixth is at 3.21. It has been a long time since I have been able to enjoy a pitching staff like this, a staff that doesn't have an ERA of 4.5 to 5 runs a game. I almost feel like it's the late 60's again, if only there would be a complete game every now and then.:wink2:^&grin. What a joy it is to be able to run 5 starting pitchers to the mound and not have an ERA of 4.5 to 5 in sight. ^&grin I can only hope it lasts long enough to get to the WS. A long way to the WS yet, but even the possibility of the WS has been a dream for a long time here in DC. Maybe this is the year where it all comes together in DC, thanks to a spectacular building program, a great manager, a good bunch of hitters and fielders, and an outstanding group of pitchers. Fingers crossed.^&cool -- Al
I see that the Angels are imploding. For a team that has playoff expectations, a 5-12 August isn't going to get it done. And there have been some ugly losses of late, including blowing an 8-0 lead to lose 10-8 last night. Their whole current series against the Rays has been a disaster of epic proportions. Going into the final game today, the Angels have yielded 29 runs in the 3 losses, while scoring 11, 8 of those in the loss last night. It appears that, looking at this month's scores, their pitching has totally collapsed, giving up an average of 7.2 runs per game in August. Tough to win with that kind of pitching. Weaver is the only starter with more wins than losses. Although the Angels are not dead in the Wild Card race, being fourth, 3.5 games out, they are trending in the wrong direction. Hard to understand with pitchers like Haren, Santana, and Wilson. Should have been a fantastic starting staff. Along with the addition of Superman Pujols, this team should have been one of the best. One of the season's biggest surprises/disappointments. -- Al