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Warrior
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Yankees/Astros ALCS is going to be something.
As white hot as the gashouse gorillas have been, the Astros are only 4 games behind them for best record in the AL, Houston plays in a weaker division, so they should be able to make up that ground, it works out to roughly one game per month to make up from here on out.
No problem.
As white hot as the gashouse gorillas have been, the Astros are only 4 games behind them for best record in the AL, Houston plays in a weaker division, so they should be able to make up that ground, it works out to roughly one game per month to make up from here on out.
No problem.
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While only an Astros fan via geography I am pulling for them to win it all because of Dusty Baker.
He is pretty much woven into the fabric of modern baseball. The only thing missing from his resume is winning a ring as a manager.
Dusty seems to be snake-bitten in the post season. He had outstanding clubs here in DC in 2016 (95-67) and 2017 (97-65) yet somehow managed to lose both years in the divisional playoffs. The Lerners decided that Dusty was not going to get the Nats over the hump so replaced him with Dave Martinez, who eventually did get over the hump in 2019, winning the WS. I liked Dusty much better than I do Martinez, but it is hard to argue with the decision that replaced him and got DC a WS title. I wish Dusty all the luck in his bid to get a ring, but something bad always seems to happen to his teams in the post-season. -- Al
Terrific win for the O's tonight, a 5-4 walk-off win v the Angels. Trailing 3-0 after 6, the O's scored single runs in the 7th and 8th. After Ohtani homered in the 9th, the O's were down 4-2 going to the bottom. Angels got the first 2 outs and had 2 strikes on Odor who singled, took 2nd on a WP and 3rd uncontested. Then, with 2 strikes on him, Rutschman doubled Odor home, O's down 4-3. Mullins, with 2 strikes, then singled Rut home and thanks to Trout's futile throw home. was able to take 2nd. Tie game, 4-4. Next, Mancini, with 2 strikes, singled Mullins home for the walk-off win. 4 straight hits with 2 out and 2 strikes on each hitter. It was a wild ride and a very fun game to watch. O's now have won 6 in a row for the first time since 2020, with 3 of their last 5 wins of the walk-off variety. Thay have moved to within 3 games of .500. What heady days these are...^&grin -- Al
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Dare I comment??? Oh well, what the Hell....I can't believe it's July and I'm having this much fun watching the Orioles!!! Playing with house money, team has nothing to lose and if they can play this good after the break....who knows??
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Sammy/Al:
I watched the game last night.
Why not comment and enjoy what Baltimore is doing?
Just a few years ago every team pretty much penciled in a sweep when playing the Orioles.
Now, not so much.
This team is scrappy and confident, fighting until the last out.
I like watching them and I wish them and their fans success.
-Jason
Nice comment, Jason. It really is much more fun when the team you follow is at least competitive, and there have been a lot on non-competitive O's teams of late. We may not be pennant ready, but the O's can administer a bruise or two to the contenders down the stretch. I'm just enjoying the decent baseball coming out of B-more. -- Al
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Hi Jason, a little joke as a few weeks ago the Orioles had a winning streak going and I commented about it and then they lost 4 in a row
so with my comment last night I wait to see what happens today 
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Hi Jason, a little joke as a few weeks ago the Orioles had a winning streak going and I commented about it and then they lost 4 in a row
Sammy:
I get it.
Superstition is as much a part of baseball as balls and strikes.
Best,
Jason
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glad to see the Red Sox tie this weeks series with the NYY's 2-2...
it just proves the Pinstripes can be beat...
I know the series was at Boston...
but hard to believe the Yankees have only lost 9 home games this season...
that's strong!
it just proves the Pinstripes can be beat...
I know the series was at Boston...
but hard to believe the Yankees have only lost 9 home games this season...
that's strong!
Angels are an interesting case of failure. They have, as said above, players such as Ohtani, Rendon, Ward, and everybody's favorite GOAT, Trout, yet they can't seem to win. On May 14 they sat at 23-13 but since then they have gone 15-36 and now sit at 38-49, 11 games under .500, 19 games out of first place, and seemingly DOA in the playoff races, again. Tough to figure the disconnect, year after year. Trout, to his credit, chose to stay loyal to his Angels, but it is costing him in terms of his place in baseball history. He has made it to the playoffs exactly once, in 2014, and has played in just 3 post-season games. Now, his greatness in regular season play is unquestioned, but the lack of post-season play makes it hard to call him one of the GOAT ballplayers, a statement I know is argumentative considering the many GOATS who also lack post-season numbers such as Ted Williams and Ernie Banks, retain their GOAT status. I just find it a puzzle how a team that has such personal can not make the playoffs. The obvious answer is injuries and lack of pitching depth, but there seems to be more to it. At any rate, one wonders how Trout feels, putting up crushing MVP-like numbers year after year, only to be home watching the playoffs, year after year. Maybe the Angels will repay his loyalty and trade him to a contender at some point in his career...right.:rolleyes2: -- Al
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No pitching. Poor situational hitting. Etc. They need a new owner or Artie needs to spend more or wisely. That contract for Rendon was a waste just like the one for Josh Hamilton.
Brad, the Rendon situation is just sad. He was a main reason for the Nats WS run, after a very consistent career run-up to that season, and being one of the most popular Nats ever. Ends up he wanted Cali so no hope for the Nats to resign him. Fans wished him luck, if a bit ticked off he fled town, but he has dropped off the map when every indication was that he would continue to be a very good player. Reminds me of the Nats pitcher Jordan Zimmermann, who had some really good years as a Nat (70-50, 3.32), but wanted to be near home in Minnesota so the Nats had no chance to resign him and he went to Detroit. He completely dropped of the face of the earth there due to injuries and retired after going only 25-41 with a 5.63 ERA in 5 years in Detroit. A completely lost 5 years after leaving DC, and Rendon appears to be following this template. I don't get it. They played well in DC yet went into the toilet when they left.^&confuse -- Al
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Al, he never should have left although I understand the Nats had to sign Strasburg (which hasn’t worked out too well either). Sometimes players need to realize that they have it better where they are playing.
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That ESPN dual broadcast was something.........................ARod and a parade of guests, including Buck Dent and Mike Torrez.
ESPN really has a thing for 1978..................
The Red Sox beat the Yankees in a one game playoff last year.
In 2018, they beat them in the ALDS 3-1 and went on to win the WS.
In 2004, they came back from down 0-3 in the ALCS and beat the Yankees 4-3, then went on to win their first WS title in 86 years.
The Yankees prior to 2004 used to infuriate me as a baseball fan, signing every big name free agent they went after, their stars when they hit free agency decide to stay in New York, they also grab over the hill stiffs and once they put the pinstripes on, they magically revert to form, like there is some magical fountain of youth in monument park.
That is no longer the case; they still get all the big name players they want, I have no doubt Lurch is going to stay in right field for the Yankees, he'll sign some team friendly deal, good for them, good for him, but they still have only won 1 WS title since 2000, then no longer infuriate me.
They've been riding high so far this year, best record in MLB, blitzkreiging their way to a 14 game lead in the AL East.
Their fans invaded Fenway this past weekend, sounded like a game at Yankee stadium, I went Saturday night and last night; funny, they were pretty quiet filing out the ball park the past two nights.
To me, the Yankees were always my older brother Chris; great athlete, beat me at everything as a kid, then as I got older, the worm turned and I feared him no longer, just like the Yankees no longer annoy me.
For myself and **** tons of Red Sox fans, 1978 is dead and buried, it's over, I really don't understand ESPN's hard on for it.
The Red Sox have won 4 WS titles in the past 18 years; in that same window, the Yankees have won 1.
ESPN needs some other shiny object to fixate on.
Really.