Interesting spate of games yesterday as 6 of them ended in shutouts. LA's Greinke and Detroit's Scherzer did their usual fine jobs but only 2 of the games were complete game shutouts, one by Toronto's Hutchinson and the other by the O's Tillman. Some really well pitched games yesterday. Good to see. -- Al
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At this point, I'm thinking 87 wins is going to take the AL East, it's horrible top to bottom right now.
There is a very fine line between first and last; for example, the Yankees are 1 game out of first. Had then not signed Cy/Jim/Denny/Lefty/Sandy/Bob/Don Tanaka, they'd be in dead last.
The New York media is beyond comical, I don't ever want to hear anyone bashing the Boston media over anything ever again; the New York Media already hired someone to sculpt this guys bust for Cooperstown................
There is a very fine line between first and last; for example, the Yankees are 1 game out of first. Had then not signed Cy/Jim/Denny/Lefty/Sandy/Bob/Don Tanaka, they'd be in dead last.
The New York media is beyond comical, I don't ever want to hear anyone bashing the Boston media over anything ever again; the New York Media already hired someone to sculpt this guys bust for Cooperstown................
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Bad Lincecum is back. The good new is he only gave up 3 runs, the bad news is it should have been 8.
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The AL East and the NL East are both shaking out to be season long dogfights with all the teams lookinig to be capable of remaining in the race. For me, the big surprise is how the NYY's are doing it. They seem to be driven by the outstanding addition of Tanaka and the return to form of Teixeira, who having returned from the DL, is on a tear with 9 Hr's and 20 RBI's in only 27 games. Actually, NY is getting contributions from top to bottom in a line-up that is kind of patched together. Kind of wonder if it can hold up. As George says, it is a wide open race in the Al East, so everyone has a shot. The NL East is the same with the big surprises there being Atlanta, which is winning despite their starting pitching having been devastated by injuries, and the Nats also winning despite being without several key regulars (and despite an underperforming starting rotation) for most of the year. Appears to be another race where everyone could stay close. I still feel that the Nats can pull away here if their injury problems can clear up and the starting pitching starts to do what they are capable of. We'll see. Still 75% of the season to go. -- Al
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That's not the way this works; it's not how any of this works..........:wink2:
Those ads are hysterical. Love it when the old lady uses the disc tray as a coffee cup holder.{sm3} -- Al
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Al:
I heard an interesting discussion on MLB Network. One of the analysts said that there is no way to measure the Nats right now. Their injuries make it almost impossible to tell who they are. He pointed out that most teams with that many injuries would have folded and sunk to last place but the Nats have shown some real grit and determination by not making excuses and staying focused on winning games.
My bet is that all has a lot to do with Matt Williams.
-Jason
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Tigers are laying the wood to the Red Sox again tonight up 6-2, beat them twice already in this series.
They are loaded, 110 wins is not out of the question.
Their one/two punch of Martinez and Cabrera is as good as it gets in MLB right now, it's Ramirez/Ortiz good from 2003 through 2007, maybe better, Miggy is unreal, he rakes like no one in MLB, back to back MVPs, he's won what, three batting titles in a row, just incredible.
Plus they have two of the best pitchers in the AL on their staff and they've solved the back end of their bullpen issues, Chamberlain is their set up man and Nathan is the closer.
Glad to see Chamberlain has landed on his feet in Detroit; I always pull for EX Yankees to do well once they leave Da Bronx and go elsewhere.
They and the A's are the class of the AL about one quarter of the way through the season; the rest of the AL is a bunch of tomato cans................
They are loaded, 110 wins is not out of the question.
Their one/two punch of Martinez and Cabrera is as good as it gets in MLB right now, it's Ramirez/Ortiz good from 2003 through 2007, maybe better, Miggy is unreal, he rakes like no one in MLB, back to back MVPs, he's won what, three batting titles in a row, just incredible.
Plus they have two of the best pitchers in the AL on their staff and they've solved the back end of their bullpen issues, Chamberlain is their set up man and Nathan is the closer.
Glad to see Chamberlain has landed on his feet in Detroit; I always pull for EX Yankees to do well once they leave Da Bronx and go elsewhere.
They and the A's are the class of the AL about one quarter of the way through the season; the rest of the AL is a bunch of tomato cans................
Agree. Detroit is scary good and the A's just seem to field good teams at bargain prices. I don't hold a whole lot of hope for the AL against the Tigers. Their starting pitching is just too good. If they stay healthy... -- Al
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I know the Nats lost last night but Strasburg's curve is simply unhittable.
As a baseball junkie it is a treat to watch a pitcher like that.
As a baseball junkie it is a treat to watch a pitcher like that.
Jason, Strasburg is fun to watch but he can be frustrating to watch, as well. Sometimes makes inexplicable pitch choices that get clobbered (though I guess all pitchers do that) and has a tendency to lose his cool and melt down, though this tendency has lessened this season. He will be a big winner with a little more seasoning and run support.
Last night's loss was almost predictable as the Nats just have too much of their offense on the DL. Fortunately for the Nats, despite their fielding problems, injury problems, and some underperforming from the starting pitchers, the bullpen has been spectacular. Last night's loss, with the 2 runs given up in the 15th inning, broke a string of 27.1 innings of scoreless ball over 8 games by the bullpen. The bullpen ERA is a tick over 2. Nats might be dead in the water without the pen. -- Al
Somehow the Nats have managed to take John Cueto, aka. the best pitcher in baseball, to the woodshed tonight and administer an epic whopping to him and the Reds. Cueto had started the season with 9 straight starts allowing 2 or fewer runs with only 3 starts as short as 7 innings. Nats took him apart (with some help from the Cinncy defense, (4 errors), knocking him out in 5.1 innings, scoring 8 runs (6 earned), and sending his ERA from 1.25 up to 1.86. Doug Fister has done his part by smothering Cinncy on 6 hits and 2 runs through 7. Nats currently lead 9-2 in the bottom of the 7th. Boy did we need this game after last night's 15 inning heartbreaker. Now for the last 6 outs.:rolleyes2::wink2: -- Al
Finally it appears that maybe Chris Davis may be coming around. He doubled his season Hr count tonight, hitting 3 against the Pirates, and driving in 5, in the O's win. If only it is true, it can only be bad news for the rest of the AL East as Cruz continues to slam away as well. Maybe the moribund offense is on the verge of awakening. -- Al
Last night was a tough night for some of MLB's best pitchers. In addition to the Nats beating up Cueto, Verlander lost and the NYY's Tanaka had his winning streak snapped by the Cubs, of all teams. Tanaka had a winning streak of 42 regular season wins, obviously including his Japanese baseball, going back to 2012. -- Al
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Well not only are the O's hitting better but getting healthy, as word comes that Wieters feels great after having some type of Plasma treatment and could return in June and also the Dylan Bundy started throwing without any discomfort, no one really knows much about Bundy but if the kid can get back to where he was before the Tommy John surgery folks will know him soon enough, he's the O's answer to Strasburg if all goes well...Sammy
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Tanaka had to lose eventually but to the Cubs??????????????
More proof that 'Baseball is a funny game' -- The Miami Marlins own the best home record in baseball at 17-6. Miami also owns the worst road record in baseball at 6-17. The best and the worst equals what you might expect, a mediocre .500 overall record and 3rd place in the NL East, right in the middle.:rolleyes2::tongue: -- Al
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And who can blame them, imagine the adrenaline rush those players get performing in front of 47 fans every night, what a shot in the arm that must be for them....................
And you just know that 2/3 of them are either in line at the concession stand or in the bathroom at any given time. I'll bet you hear more chatter in a graveyard. -- Al