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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 4, 2013 -> 06:45 AM) At the end of the day, the playoffs are all that matters. Absolutely, but a streak like this is a good sign. They are handling the pressure really well, and I can't see any teams looking forward to playing them in the playoffs.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 3, 2013 -> 08:25 PM) Hopefully Oduya does better in the playoffs this year than last year. As good as he has been in the regular season, he was awful vs. Phoenix. Yeah, I don't think he was completely in sync with the rest of the team, compared to where he is at this year, especially with Hammer.

This has been a very exciting run, they haven't lost in regulation in the regular season for 344 days. Hawks are also something like 31-2-7 since the Oduya trade. I just hope they can keep this up and stay this dominate thru the playoffs.

Glad Dunn sat out again this year or he would've had another "worst" record. Last year it was batting average and this year it was K's. He also qualified for 50% TTO: http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2012/10/3...comes-milestone

This will be the 19th biggest September collapse in history (based on Playoff odds): http://www.coolstandings.com/collapses.asp?i=1&sn=2012 The only bigger collapses for the team were in 1996 and 1907.

Based on playoff odds 2 weeks ago, actually one of the worst all time.

3 game lead with 16 games left, huge win.

Everyone is waiting for the Orioles and A's to fade. They look legit.

89 days in first place with a Division lead of 3.5 games or less, that is amazing.

Allow 6 runs in the 9th inning and still win.

All it takes is one bad start for any of these guys to drop out of contention.

14-5 vs NYY, TEX, and TB this season is pretty amazing. Now we just need to figure out how to beat KC.

Its amazing to see so many people writing him off when he is almost having an identical season to the one he had last year. I don't think his numbers will fall off that much. His power numbers may have dipped, but he is a pretty consistent hitter in general. The only thing stopping him from surpassing Frank is if he decides to hang it up after next season. He will probably end next season around 440.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 04:05 PM) Where? on Twitter

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 07:32 PM) Great post Furthermore, you could say we didn't hit enough: 140 ABs in series (so far) 31 Hits total 10 HR 21 Runs (16 scored via HR) So 21 hits did not leave the yard (67%), and we scored 5 runs (almost 25%) without a HR. We only hit one HR every 14 ABs. Must be the Paulie injury.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 07:24 PM) So, I'm concerned the Sox are only scoring via the homer Only 10 HR's in the series and 5 in this game. Not too many. They do have 1 hit other than a HR tonight, so not all the hits are HRs.

QUOTE (Cali @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 07:23 PM) Random, but when did Rios start going by Alex? They used to call him Alexis didn't they? Earlier in his career? They were calling him Alexis as a prospect in 2003-2004: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?id=1638235 and http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...p&c_id=null Then as Alex in 2005: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/Tor...29/1018240.html

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 15, 2012 -> 11:09 PM) Looks like we'll be facing FISTER, SCHERZER and SANCHEZ in Detroit (dodge the V bullet). On pace to be FLOYD, LIRIANO, SALE for us. That would be great. Expected WL (as of 15AUG) EAST NYY 97-65* TB 88-74* BAL 64-53 CENTRAL SOX 90-72* DET 86-76* WEST TEX 93-69* LAA 86-76 OAK 85-77

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/huntforoctober

Thanks for keeping this current. I do have one recommendation. To make it cleaner, could you just do a single AL standings with the GB's relative to the Sox position, because in reality, that is all we care about? Something like this: AL Standings *TEX 67-46 +5.0 *NYY 67-47 +4.5 *SOX 62-51 -- TB 62-52 -0.5 BAL 62-53 -1.0 --------------- OAK 61-53 -1.5 DET 61-54 -2.0 LAA 60-55 -3.0 BOS 57-59 -5.5 *Denotes Division Leader I would rather know we are 1.5 games ahead of the 1st non-playoff team than Oakland being 0.5 out of the last wildcard spot.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 7, 2012 -> 04:51 PM) http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thornma01.shtml He's 4-7 this year. That's losing 7 games alone. and 3 Blown saves.

Bench AJ, no HR!

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 6, 2012 -> 11:30 AM) This underscores a few things about this season that aren't immediately apparent from the regular standings: 1) The AL is chock full of teams that can play very competitive baseball for an extended stretch of the season. For the last several weeks, it seemed as though the Sox were either: playing a contender, playing a team hovering around .500, or playing a road series at a division opponent that was going to potentially give us trouble. Even though Cleveland has lost 9 in a row, they obviously played very good baseball through the end of July. Even Seattle and Minnesota have been playing better ball of late, as these standings indicate. KC has obviously slipped (they way they usually do midseason), but that's not really a surprise. There really aren't any "easy" stretches to anyone's schedule recently, and the fact that our Sox have gone through it as one of the best teams is truly remarkable. 2) Contrary to what I've heard many pundits say (Detroit just can't seem to get anything really GOING for an extended stretch), the Tigers have been the second best team in the AL since late June, just behind the A's, and our White Sox have hung RIGHT WITH THEM. That's very encouraging for our long term prospects. 3) The A's series is IMO one of the most important series this month. If you asked me to pick 4 games I'd like to win of these 6, I'd choose to lose 2/3 to the Royals and sweep the A's. If we can do some damage to their fragile playoff psyche, we might send them into a tailspin that renders the second WC out of the Tigers/Sox loser. Although we'd certainly prefer to win the division, it would be nice to have that as a safety valve. 1) The AL has less bad teams this year compared to the NL. There are 10 teams with realistic playoff hopes. 2) I think what most are talking about is that the Tigers have been really streaky. During that stretch, they were 6-5-1 in series, and during the same stretch, the Sox went 9-2-1, yet we had a worse overall record. Interleague play also hurt us when we only went 6-9. We split with NYY and have beat LAA and TEX during that stretch, which shows we can beat those teams in a series. 3) I would never sacrifice a Division win over a non-Divisional win. Either way, they both count towards AL wins for the WC. That almost seems like a defeatist attitude. I don't see Oakland as a threat. Just like the Orioles, they have won a bunch of Extra Innings and 1-run games. Eventually that will correct itself. They have great pitching, but the worst offense in the league. I would say the two 4-game series are more important. Both are away vs WC teams as well. We can't afford to split or lose those series, because a series loss is 2 games, not one like a 3-game series. So @TOR and @BAL seem to be more important.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 5, 2012 -> 03:44 PM) Royals come to town feeling good about walking off the Rangers. Sox have to go 4-2 this week, minimum. Hopefully the Tigers go 3-4 or worse. 3 game lead a week from now would be nice. For the Tigers, that would be a split with NY and 1-2 at Texas. That is probably the best they will do because I don't see them winning 3 of 4 against NY or winning 2 of 3 in Texas. We get 6 at home, 3 vs KC, day off, then 3 vs OAK. 4-2 should be the low end, I am hoping for 5-1 with Detroit going 2-5.

Great win considering Greinke vs Humber matchup and the fact that Dunn/Konerko combined 1-9 at the plate. Santana and Haren for the next two seem like favorable matchups for us. Great way to start the series. LAA pitching has allowed 34 runs in August already.