Major League Baseball

[Steve Williams]

The Red Sox imploded

The Phillies and Yanks look good

 

[MylesBAstor]

The Red Sox imploded

The Phillies and Yanks look good

As a Yankees fan, the last team wanted to play in a five game series was the Tigers Verlander had an incredible year. As far as the junior league goes, watch out for the Brewers. I just feel the Phillies achilles heel is their bullpen and esp. closer!

 

[Bruce B]

I'm glad to see the Rays in it. I see that Francona won't be back for the Sox though. Rumor has it he might be headed to the other Sox....

O.T... you know what pissed me off the most. The Mariners have lost about 95 games (again) this year and they had the audacity to send me an invoice for next year's season tickets before the season was even over. That's pretty pathetic.....

 

[Gregadd]

Boston manager fired. Tampa leads Texas 8-0.

 

[jadis]

At the rate the Red Sox were losing like 7 or 8 games straight with the wild card on the line, I figure they would easily lose in the playoffs. And they were blowing leads and letting teams come back and win. The Rays are worthy contenders, a series with the Yankees will be exciting.

 

[Bruce B]

The Rays are worthy contenders, a series with the Yankees will be exciting.

They just had a series with the Yankees...

 

[jadis]

They just had a series with the Yankees...

Bruce, I meant for the American League pennant.

 

[Steve Williams]

Look out for Tampa. They looked great yesterday

 

[MylesBAstor]

And who knows how last night's rainout will affect the Yanks-Tigers series. Both teams wasted their #1 starters because the umps made a bad decision to try and get the game in.

 

[Steve Williams]

That's a very interesting thought. Makes sense

 

[MylesBAstor]

That's a very interesting thought. Makes sense

The other thing about resuming the game at the point where it was suspended tonight! The Tigers lineup was set for a lefty; Nova is a righty. So if they switch players, they lose them I imagine. Not a problem for the Yanks since I believe all the Tiger starters are rightys

 

[Steve Williams]

I rarely follow East Coast American League so what was it that changed Detroit around and makes them a contender

 

[MylesBAstor]

I rarely follow East Coast American League so what was it that changed Detroit around and makes them a contender

Having the Cy Young award winner (Justin Verlander), possible MVP candidate (Miguel Cabrera) the top reliever in the AL in saves (Jose Velarder) certainly helped. But it's also so hard to tell about teams because of the unbalanced schedule. One can make an argument that the AL East is the toughest division (Sox, Yanks, TB, Toronto) and the other divs are much weaker ergo how good is Detroit. OTOH the Tagers (Bill White's name for them ) did win 95 games. On paper, it's a pretty even matchup and anything can happen in a five game series

 

[jadis]

And the Tigers are up 2-1 over the Yankees in a close one tonight. Their pitching is great.

 

[jadis]

Tigers eliminate Yanks in a close one.

 

[Bruce B]

Tigers eliminate Yanks in a close one.

I"m a Tigers Fan!!!

 

[Steve Williams]

Interesting playoffs. I would never have expected to see the Phils or the Yanks out of it

 

[MylesBAstor]

Interesting playoffs. I would never have expected to see the Phils or the Yanks out of it

MLB's biggest nightmare No East or West coast team.

 

[jadis]

Interesting playoffs. I would never have expected to see the Phils or the Yanks out of it

Same here, Steve. I thought either one or both would be in the World Series. But baseball is such an unpredictable game. Sometimes all it takes is one pitcher getting the number of the entire batting order and shutting them out.

 

[Steve Williams]

It's tough with a 5 game opening series as anything can quickly happen