The 2023 Running Baseball Thread

" ... hiding it in the folds of her belly fat."

Tyson no doubt has a mathematical equation for that.

 

Done.

Sources: D.R. investigating 2nd Franco complaint

 

Two weeks until the big Rays/Orioles four-gamer at OPACY. The Rays have a chance to sweep the Marlins and cut the lead to 1 today. In the interim...

Baltimore: 3 at Arizona, 3 at LAA, 3 at Boston, 3 vs. St. Louis
Tampa: 3 at Cleveland, 3 vs. Boston, 4 vs. Seattle, 3 at Minnesota

Nod goes to the Orioles for the slightly easier schedule -- AZ/CLE is a wash, LAA easier than SEA, STL easier than MIN. I assume the teams will be within one or two games of each other when they meet.

 

Cubs taking two of three from the Brewers and a day off today makes me a content baseball fan for another 24 hours. The Cubs are in good position (for now) in the Wild Card, but a slew of games against all the teams that matter coming up in the next two weeks. I'll be doing a lot of pacing and shouting at my phone.

 

Cubbies are a lot better than anyone really could have expected them to be.

 

Absolutely. There were maddening through much of the first half, but it's ultimately been a fun season of chasing relevance that has enabled me to enjoy many of the players and their performances. It's always a great place to be following a team that might be on the rise again.

I'll edit to add that they could very well fall flat in these last 30 games; the offense has been up and down throughout the season, the starting pitching is hanging by a thread and the pen is overworked (by necessity). But there are relevant games in September, and I'm grateful for that.

 

Rays are off. Series at Miami 2 games only.
I hope we’re in a place where a split is good when the Rays come to town.

 

At this point, it's a long way down to get knocked out of a wild-card spot. I've seen the O's quoted at 95% and higher to reach the postseason.

And yes, you may quote me on that.

 

Well, the Angels did the thing they wanted to do: Giolito, Lopez & Moore all claimed by the Guardians while Renfroe was claimed by the Reds (along with the Yankees' Harrison Bader). Randal Grichuk drew the black egg @Regan MacNeil and has to stay in Anaheim.

 

Good catch. O's are 99.9 percent to reach the postseason. Rays are 99.7. It would take an utter collapse by either to miss out, but damn, I want that first-round bye and not have to deal with a three-game nailbiter with Houston, Texas or Seattle.

 

Me too — after the last month of Rays issues, it’s nice to be able to just focus on the playoff race. Don’t wanna get eliminated in the WC? Easy, just win the division.

 

If you’d told me a two months ago Laureano, Calhoun, Giolito, Moore and Lopez would be on the Guardians….