Hey George, don't say the O's never did anything for the Sox.:wink2:^&grin We managed to pull one out tonight because the Rays tried to steal 2nd with 2 on and 2 out in the 9th. Wieters gunned him, game over. We actually gained a game. -- Al
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And not that it will effect the NL East race, but the Brave's loss of Heyward for 4-6 weeks could have some serious consequences if he is not back in time for the start of the playoffs or if he is rusty upon his return.
turned the season around after a sticky patch but i guess we will do our usual in the playoffs.
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The NL is a little boring as all the playoff teams are basically set. I suppose the D'backs are technically in it as they are only five games out but I don't see it as a realistic possibility.
Looks more and more like the Dodgers are going to be the team to beat. They have no apparent weaknesses right now. Doing everything well. They also have a winning pitching combo that is perfect for the playoffs, with 3 starting pitchers on top of their game and as good or better than anyone else in the league. Kershaw leads the staff at 13-7 with a 1.72 ERA and has yielded an incredibly low total of only 127 hits in 198 innings. He is headed for the Cy Young Award. Both Greinke and Ryu have 12 wins and sub-3 ERAs. Add in a set-up man and closer each with sub-2 ERAs and this team looks like they are set. I would think anyone who bleeds Dodger Blue is smiling right now. -- Al
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Great point Brad. I think the AL East has the best viewing value the rest of the way as the NL is pretty much set except for some positioning here and there.
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Now you tell us. Puig will only be hitting .340 by October. Boston is coming into LA this weekend. Should be a great series.
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I agree, this series is going to be great. Two storied franchises, both contenders and both filled with talent. Series like this are what make baseball worth watching.
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I think it's safe to say he has affected their season already. They were something like 15 games under .500 and dead in the water when he joined the team. Since then they have won more games in a fifty game stretch than any team since the '42 Cards. And that was playing without Matt Kemp. Puig was second only to DiMaggio in the number of hits in his first month of play. Now they are 23 games over .500 and 10 up on second place Arizona. Hopefully every player on the team adopts his temper and relations with the media. The only downside to the Dodgers is a lack of experience in the playoffs. It's been about 20 years since they were a contender.
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We'll see what happens this weekend, I'll be happy with 1-2 and a 3-3 road trip at this point.
One of the best trades the Red Sox organization ever made was dumping Crawford, Beckett and Gonzalez for a couple of decent prospects.
Unloaded a ton of salary and gave the team a lot of flexibility going forward. Crawford was an awful, awful signing, 20 million a year for him? Wow, what in the world was Theo thinking. All he did while he was here was cry about how much pressure there is playing in Boston; too bad Carl, you should have stayed in Tampa playing in front of 12 people every night.
And Gonzalez has not been the same player since that shoulder surgery, he's not a big bat in the middle of the line up like he used to be in San Diego, he was another cry baby about the pressure of playing in Boston.
And Beckett was toast when he left here, but I'll always be grateful to him for winning game 5 of the 2007 ALCS as the Sox were down 3-1 to the Indians, he pitched his rear end off in that game and got the series back to Boston, where the Sox won the next two and advanced to the World Series, eventually winning their second title in four years.
AND, he pitched one of the greatest games in WS history in 2003, a complete game win in game 6 vs the Yankees, clinching the title for the Marlins, that was awesome, he was just a kid back then..................
One of the best trades the Red Sox organization ever made was dumping Crawford, Beckett and Gonzalez for a couple of decent prospects.
Unloaded a ton of salary and gave the team a lot of flexibility going forward. Crawford was an awful, awful signing, 20 million a year for him? Wow, what in the world was Theo thinking. All he did while he was here was cry about how much pressure there is playing in Boston; too bad Carl, you should have stayed in Tampa playing in front of 12 people every night.
And Gonzalez has not been the same player since that shoulder surgery, he's not a big bat in the middle of the line up like he used to be in San Diego, he was another cry baby about the pressure of playing in Boston.
And Beckett was toast when he left here, but I'll always be grateful to him for winning game 5 of the 2007 ALCS as the Sox were down 3-1 to the Indians, he pitched his rear end off in that game and got the series back to Boston, where the Sox won the next two and advanced to the World Series, eventually winning their second title in four years.
AND, he pitched one of the greatest games in WS history in 2003, a complete game win in game 6 vs the Yankees, clinching the title for the Marlins, that was awesome, he was just a kid back then..................
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I just think there are some players not made for East Coast baseball and those two are perfect examples. Things are a bit more laid back in LA.
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Crawford and Gonzalez are right where they need to be, playing in LA in front of fans who show up in the 3rd inning and leave in the 7th.
Imagine the Dodgers next year with Cano at 2nd; mark that down now in pen too by the way, it's going to happen.
Then the Yankees can put Soriano the butcher back at 2nd next year.
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Cano never struck me as a player who can lead and with this team getting older, he would be under the microscope if he signed a big contract. Better off in California where he can be one of the crowd.
The Angel fans seem a little more intense but not like out here.
The Angel fans seem a little more intense but not like out here.