Beisbol been berry berry good to me (Running Baseball Thread IX)

Forget Barry Bonds for a minute. Budcrew and mustard, how could you possibly see what's happening these days and still say the Yankees won't make it? I think that's crazy. The Red Sox are clearly in freefall and reminding some of the '64 Phillies. This race is all but over and in the hands of the Yankees, I'm sorry to say.

And forget your bet, mustard. Gambling is against my religion. (After all, I want to remain eligible for the Hall of Fame). However, I still hope you're right while I believe you're dead wrong.

 

Fuck Jock Jones.

 

Forgot the wild card, down only five games with six games left against the Red Sox? They could still win the AL East, which would mean Baltimore (1997) would still be the last team not named "Yankees" to have won that division.

 

Yanks are a dead lock for the playoffs.

 

Well the Eric Patterson Era didn't last very long. Trib is reporting Felix Pie has been called up and will be in Houston tonight.

No more Jock please.

 

I see it as a little of both. Tigers and Indians could play like crap, but unless the Yankees win to do anything with that break, nothing's going to happen. And we all knew the Red Sox weren't going to play .700 ball this season, like they were back in May. They had to slow down at some point, like the Yankees were going to snap out of it at some point.

 

Only July 1, the Yankees were 10 1/2 games out.
They have gone 26-9 since then and are 5 games behind the Red Sox.
Tell me agin how they're not making the playioffs.
They might win the division. They are guaranteed to be the wild card.

 

With six games left against the Sox, I won't dismiss them.

 

With 6 games left against Tampa Bay, 9 games left against Baltimore, 3 games left against Kansas City, 8 games left against Toronto ...


Also: 8 Detroit, 3 Cleveland, 3 LA, 3 Seattle, 6 Boston

That's more than half their remaining schedule (26 of 49) against horsehshit.

 

I'm sure Sox fans assumed the Royals wouldn't win that series at Fenway a couple weeks ago, too.

 

There is bad blood between the Marlins and the Phillies and it showed last night when Rowand was hit by two pitches. He mentioned post-game that he could have retaliated the second time, but let the rookie have a free pass. We'll see what happens tonight.

 

I'm no Yankees fanboy, but I am quite anxious to see Joba Chamberlain.