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The way the Angels are playing now, I think the A's are about to finally hit the wall. 4 game series starts Monday at Anaheim. Then the A's come home for 3 against Baltimore, then hit the road: 3 at Tigers, 3 at Yankees, 4 at Rangers. Now, with the new format, would the Rangers dump games on purpose to the A's trying their hardest to keep the Angels out of October? Strategically, why wouldn't they? This is a potential issue for MLB.

If the Sox go up 3 tomorrow and then immediately piss it away, so help me.... These next 5 days are going to be interesting to say the least. I'm not thrilled with the play of the Sox the last couple weeks, but the division is the division. Just gotta hope for the best the next few weeks.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Sep 8, 2012 -> 10:14 PM) How many games could the sox be up if they just beat the royals more often. We're 4-10 against the Tigers! 7-7 against them, and we're up 8 games after tonight.

Charlotte- Zaleski http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...indaaa_chraaa_1 Winston-Salem- McCray http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...lynafa_wswafa_1 Great Falls- Brennan http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...misrok_grfrok_1

Beat Guthrie and win 3 of 4 against the Tigers, and I'll be back to thinking the Sox are a real playoff team.

Never a doubt.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Sep 8, 2012 -> 12:19 AM) So if both teams go as ^ shown FROM NOW ON, they get to 89 wins? Correct. When I set it up, I had the Sox going 31-23 and the Tigers 33-21 in the final 54 games to tie at 91-71. They were going ok for a while, but neither team is playing very well. The Sox are leading the division with the 7th best record in the AL. The AL Central: Where you can play bad baseball and be treated like a Champion.

Sox vs KC 1-1 (0-2) -1 vs Oak 2-1 (2-1) -1 at Tor 2-2 (3-1) E at KC 2-1 (0-3) -2 vs NY 2-1 (3-0) -1 vs Sea 2-1 (3-0) E at Bal 2-2 (1-3) -1 at Det 1-2 (0-3) -2 vs Min 2-1 (2-1) -2 vs KC 2-1 vs Det 2-2 at Min 2-1 at KC 2-1 at LAA 1-2 vs Cle 2-1 vs TB 2-2 at Cle 2-1 Tigers vs NY 2-2 (2-2) E at Tex 1-2 (1-2) E at Min 2-1 (2-1) E vs Bal 2-1 (1-2) -1 vs Tor 2-1 (3-0) E vs LAA 2-1 (2-1) E at KC 2-1 (0-3) -2 vs Chi 2-1 (3-0) -1 vs Cle 2-1 (1-2) -2 at LAA 1-2 at Chi 2-2 at Cle 2-1 vs Oak 2-1 vs Min 2-1 vs KC 3-1 at Min 2-1 at KC 2-1 89 gets it now. Who wants it?

1 game lead. 5 more times around the rotation. Let's see where we are in 6 days.

And the Angels are very much alive. That was huge for them.

Hang-ging around. Hang-ging around.

Tigers and Angels 2-2, going to the 8th.

25 games left. This team looks like they have about 11 wins left in them. Just don't have enough pitching to rely on. And the hitting is homer or nothing.

Bad loss, but this team is mediocre at best.

A good team wins this game at home every time. Mediocre team in a bad division.

Charlotte only draws 1700 for a playoff game? I know it's the minors, but that seems low for a AAA team.

Charlotte- Carroll http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...indaaa_chraaa_1 Winston-Salem- Bassitt http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...myrafa_wswafa_1 Great Falls- Beck http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?s...grfrok_misrok_1

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 7, 2012 -> 12:52 PM) Haven't been this excited for a 7 game stretch in a long time. Thinking about heading down to Anaheim in my Sox gear to watch the Angels tonight. It's really "put up or shut up" time for the Sox. There's no more complaining about what pitchers we're facing, or anything like that. It's about wins and losses. I don't care how the wins come as long as they do.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Sep 6, 2012 -> 09:58 PM) This is the IL semi. There's a best of 5 (I think, could be best of 7) against the winner of the other semi. Then that winner takes on the PCL champ in a one game playoff. Ah, ok thanks.

Yanks and O's tied with 25 left.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 6, 2012 -> 09:18 PM) Gary Thorne has been great tonight. Playoff like game in Balt A lot of people don't like him. I think Thorne is very good.

Charlotte wins. Take 2-0 lead in best-of-5. Going back to Charlotte for the rest of the series. So I assume they'll win and have to play the PCL champion next week. Delaying more call ups.

Like clockwork: http://twitter.com/KnightsBaseball/status/243896954185216004