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Astros officially eliminated on August 22. Six years later, I guess things could be worse for the White Sox.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 22, 2011 -> 08:52 PM) I was at SOSH and a lot of the fans there are hoping Cleveland or the Sox win the division simply because they don't want to see Verlander. They better stop hoping and get on their knees and pray. It's almost an incentive to lose the division. That's a major flaw in the playoff system. They really need to make that first round best-of-7. But the first step is to shorten the season by a week...especially if they add another playoff team.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2011 -> 08:18 PM) How is Verlander not the sure-fire Cy Young? At this point, he deserves MVP votes. I was just coming to this thread to basically post the same thing. I'm not big on pitchers winning the MVP, but I would vote for him in this particular year. He's carried that team, and they're going to the playoffs.

My math... The Sox have to go 22-14, including 5-1 vs the Tigers to tie.

Depending on your opinion, there's only one real race left...the NL West. D-backs 69-58 - Giants 68-60 1.5 6 left head-to-head, and even, easy schedules for the rest.

Tigers have 36 left: 6 vs each of the 4 division teams 4 vs the Orioles, A's, and Rays If they can't go 18-18 and finish 86-76 with that schedule, then they got some splainin' to do.

Saladino and Thompson should be interesting to follow next year.

Tigers have this in the bag. Verlander's up next.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 21, 2011 -> 03:30 PM) nice day for valverde to finally blow a save at home Dreaded leadoff walk and an HBP

Viciedo was 2-4 last night. 3-3, 2 HR today. 11 days til the call up.

5-0 Tigers. Lookin' like a sweep. I said it weeks ago...the Tigers will clinch with at least a week left in the season and win 87-89 games.

Rios is batting 4th today.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 20, 2011 -> 06:42 PM) not to sound all delusional, but with the way they responded after getting spanked by the yankees I wouldn't put it past them to put together another 8-2 stretch. Sure they will. The last 10 games of the season when they've already been eliminated.

Somebody should tell Hawk the Sox are under .500. We don't need Tigers/Indians updates every few minuites.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 20, 2011 -> 06:35 PM) So what happened to Carlos? Just tuning in. Running catch coming in. Rolled over on his shoulder. Viciedo batted in the first inning. Ground out. .293

Hawk didn't say anything about the booing. Charlotte is the 1st inning. We'll see if they pinch hit for Viciedo.

Gotta say...booing Rios upon entering the game is pretty tasteless.

Pierre, De Aza, Konerko, Quentin, Ramirez, Dunn, Flowers, Morel, Beckham

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 09:14 PM) Anyone still holding out hope for this year?? The loss last night sealed it for me.

Peavy has 5 quality starts out of 15, plus one good bullpen outing. Just not good enough. Viciedo 1-3, SF

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 08:57 PM) What are the Sox paying him next year, like 18 million? I'd gladly trade him for Zambrano. The thought did cross my mind last week when that stuff was going on. I'd do it, as long as it was for one year. He has a vesting option for 2013 if he's healthy, so probably not.

40 days until this s*** is over.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 08:51 PM) Oh please, he's well below average. Terrible ERA and mediocre innings pitched. He definitely hasn't gotten stronger as the year has gone on. You're right. I was being generous.

Peavy= run of the mill

Kinney's got that valuable World Series experience that we're going to need later on.