flavum

Teahen batting 7th.

Braun .333 Reyes .331 Kemp .324 Probably not happening. Braun MVP.

Cardinals taking a lead to the 9th. Braves lost. Could be down to 1 game. Cardinals go to Houston. Braves host the Phillies. With the Phils playing bad this week, they'll want to win those games. Wouldn't it be nice if there were two games on Thursday for the last playoff spot, and not some forced 1-game bulls*** they'll be doing in the next couple years.

Thru Saturday: Batting Average: Braun .331 Reyes .330 Kemp .325 Home Runs: Kemp 37 Pujols 37 Uggla 35 Fielder 35 Runs Batted In: Kemp 119 Howard 114 Fielder 114

Red Sox lose. Rays win. 1.5 back. Rangers pass the Tigers in the 2-seed race. Matchups now--- Tigers at Yankees Red Sox at Rangers

Verlander off the hook. Finishes his season 24-5, 2.40 ERA. 28/34 quality starts. 251 innings. 250 strikeouts.

Cards win (Marmol). Braves lose. Atlanta leads by 2 with 4 left.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 24, 2011 -> 01:39 PM) It's not just a season because you know the current season has not been good. The measuring stick is "time in first place" over a DECADE. I love this bunch. It's incredible he felt the urge to speak those words on the record. So insulting to the fans.

GM's should only be judged on playoff appearances. 2 times in 11 years in the biggest market in one of the weakest divisions is awful. Kenny should be out, but Ozzie is a good first step. And I also like that Kenny will be forced to drop payroll. Maybe it will make him resign eventually.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 24, 2011 -> 12:41 PM) So, all of his stats besides one extra base hit show that Kemp has been the superior player, who is on the cusp of accomplishing something that hasn't been done in most of our lifetimes. But Braun's team is in the playoffs and that's it. Braun wins? Um, yeah. Didn't I make that clear? Again, I wouldn't complain if Kemp won. But I think Braun deserves it based on being very cose to Kemp while playing for a playoff team.

Just a comparison-- xbh- Braun 73 Kemp 72 RBIs- Braun 107 Kemp 119 Runs- Braun 105 Kemp 110 OPS- Braun .979 Kemp .987 I just don't think Braun is far enough off from Kemp to keep him from the MVP, playing in more stressful games for a playoff team.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 24, 2011 -> 12:14 PM) It hasn't been done in 44 years. If he does it, he gets the MVP. I wouldn't complain if Kemp got it, but I think Braun deserves it based on other factors outside of three statistical categories.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Sep 24, 2011 -> 11:56 AM) LOL, so you're the "team award MVP" guy My stance on the MVP is if a player is far and away the best offensive player, I would vote for him for MVP no matter what the team did. In the case of Braun, he not only is a money player for a playoff team, he's not far off enough from Kemp to keep him from being the MVP....regardless if Kemp finishes first in all of those three categories.

Thru Friday: Batting Average: Reyes .329 Braun .329 Kemp .326 Home Runs: Kemp 37 Pujols 37 Uggla 35 Runs Batted In: Kemp 119 Howard 113 Fielder 113

Brewers Clinch D-backs Clinch Rangers Clinch Not much left... AL Wild Card- Red Sox 2.5 game lead on TB. Magic Number 4. AL 2-Seed- Tigers and Rangers tied. Tigers hold the tie breaker NL Wild Card- Braves 3 game lead on Stl. Magic Number 3. NL 2-Seed- Brewers 1-game lead on D-Backs. Magic Number 5. D-backs hold the tie breaker.

Oh...and Braves won and Cardinals lost, so the Braves magic number is 3. Looks like the Braves and Red Sox will dodge the close calls.

Brewers clinch the NL Central. Rangers won and can clinch with an Angels loss.... A's lead Angels 1-0, 5th Diamondbacks can clinch with a win over the Giants... Giants lead 1-0, 7th

Even if Kemp won the triple crown, I'd still vote for Braun for MVP.

Soriano homer. 4-1 Cubs. Brewers will clinch tonight.

Braun 3-run homer. 4-1 Brewers. 3 more outs and then they watch the Cubs/Cards in the clubhouse.

Chen in 5 starts this year against the Sox... 3-1, 1.89 ERA in 33.1 innings

Stewart's starting numbers with the Sox... 8 starts...2-5, 6.41 ERA Including a shutout. The other 7 starts, his ERA was 7.96. Not good.

Rays lose. Red Sox magic number is 4. If I'm the Tigers and Rangers, I'm going all out for the 2-seed.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 23, 2011 -> 04:53 PM) And if the Tigers could finish it off in 4, Verlander gets the extra rest. And games 3-4 are likely to be home games right, so Verlander gets to work twice in the opponent's house. The Tigers and Rangers are tied right now for the 2-seed, but the Tigers have the tie-breaker winning the season series. Remaining series: Tigers- vs Bal, vs Cle Rangers- vs Sea, at LAA Tigers magic number is 6.

QUOTE (Cali @ Sep 23, 2011 -> 04:36 PM) Wow. Just heard on PTI that Leyland said Verlander will start Games One and FIVE, but not Four on short rest. No matter what. WOW. Not sure why that's surprising. I like that he's getting ahead of it before the speculation starts when the series already starts. Good move by Leyland.