September 22, 201114 yr Double 6-6, bases loaded, still one out. Ouch Edited September 22, 201114 yr by flavum
September 22, 201114 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 22, 2011 -> 06:14 PM) Double 6-6, bases loaded, still one out. Ouch Wow. If it wasn't for the bullpen, they would have the WC and might be close to the BrewCrew. Motte had actually been awesome the last month or two
September 22, 201114 yr Willie Harris single and error. 2 runs score. 8-6 Mets. I'm not a Cardinals fan, but damn....
September 22, 201114 yr And that's a Cardinals season. God-like choke by their bullpen. They won't recover from this loss. Somebody prayin' for the Braves.
September 22, 201114 yr lol. Cardinals fans have that '03 Cubs I've just seen a ghost look on their faces.
September 22, 201114 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 22, 2011 -> 06:32 PM) Sometimes it's better just to be bad. It's easier to take. So we can finally give the '11 White Sox credit for something?
September 23, 201114 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 22, 2011 -> 04:12 PM) mlbtraderumors MLB Trade Rumors Leo Nunez not being disciplined for inappropriate behavior per @JCRMarlinsbeat. Was placed on rest list to go to DR & handle personal matter Follow-up 28 year old Leo Nunez is actually 29 year old Juan Carlos Oviedo.
September 23, 201114 yr Matt Moore with 11 Ks in 5 innings against the Yankees. Ladies and gentlemen - meet the AL version of Clayton Kershaw.
September 23, 201114 yr QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 22, 2011 -> 08:31 PM) Matt Moore with 11 Ks in 5 innings against the Yankees. Ladies and gentlemen - meet the AL version of Clayton Kershaw. I saw a stat yesterday that he was the first pitcher to strike out 11 Yankees in 5 IP or fewer. Ever.
September 23, 201114 yr pbannard Preston by Buster_ESPN @Buster_ESPN While you're doing random stats, LAD's Kenley Jansen has recorded 24 of 31 outs this month by strikeout. That's a 20.9 K/9 rate
September 23, 201114 yr http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id...-boston-red-sox They really will do whatever it takes to win in this epic rivalry. New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman admitted Thursday that he feigned interest in Carl Crawford last offseason to drive up the price for the Boston Red Sox to sign the free agent. More From ESPNNewYork.com The Yankees' mission this weekend? Put the hated Red Sox out of their misery and out of the playoffs, writes Wallace Matthews. Story Theo Epstein didn't kick Brian Cashman's butt after all, as it's the Yankees GM who's wearing the AL East crown despite Boston's big offseason, writes Ian O'Connor. Story • Yankees blog | ESPN New York "I actually had dinner with the agent to pretend that we were actually involved and drive the price up," Cashman said. "The outfield wasn't an area of need, but everybody kept writing Crawford, Crawford, Crawford, Crawford. And I was like, 'I feel like we've got Carl Crawford in Brett Gardner, except he costs more than $100 million less, with less experience.' " The rivalry continues on the field Friday night. The Red Sox are clinging to a two-game lead over the Rays in the wild-card standings going into a three-game set in the Bronx against the AL East champion Yankees. It wasn't long ago that the Yankees were looking up at the Red Sox in the standings, but Boston has slumped badly in September after leading the wild-card race by nine games, and Crawford hasn't lived up to expectations. And now it turns out the Yankees didn't even want him. They had put all of their eggs in the Cliff Lee basket this offseason, but Cashman had to scramble when the left-hander chose the Phillies. The GM was even ready to deal top catching prospect Jesus Montero to land Lee. "I wanted Lee badly enough to move Montero," Cashman said. "You take all the players traded when Lee went from Cleveland to Philly, Philly to Seattle, and Seattle to Texas, and Montero would've been by far the best player moved in any of those deals. Hunt For October MLB Who's making a run and who's falling behind? Stay up to date on the playoff push with ESPN.com's Hunt for October. "But now I'm just happy fans have had a chance to get a better feel of why I was hesitant to make that deal. I'm not saying I was right in not doing that deal for Lee; that's to be debated. But the young players we held onto have at least proven they were worthy of the angst as far as including them in a big trade." After losing out on Lee, Cashman signed long shots Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia and hoped that Ivan Nova would fulfill his promise. The young right-hander is 16-4 with a 3.62 ERA. Surprisingly, one could argue that Gardner has had a better season than Crawford. Gardner is batting .261 and leads the league with 46 steals. Crawford never got going in Boston and is hitting .259 with only 18 steals, the fewest he's had since his rookie season. Going into the season, Cashman said Red Sox GM Theo Epstein, who also landed Adrian Gonzalez, "kicked my a-- in the offseason." How does he feel now after winning the division? "What I said was accurate: The Red Sox had a great winter, and I had a bad winter," Cashman said. "But as it turned out, I had a better winter than anybody would've expected, including myself." And it cost the Red Sox. Information from ESPNNewYork.com's Ian O'Connor was used in this report.
September 23, 201114 yr Author "You take all the players traded when Lee went from Cleveland to Philly, Philly to Seattle, and Seattle to Texas, and Montero would've been by far the best player moved in any of those deals. Cashman puts Montero ahead of Smoak? The Mariners didn't.
September 23, 201114 yr jonmorosi Jon Morosi #Reds sign Walt Jocketty to three-year extension through 2014.
September 23, 201114 yr RhettBollinger Rhett Bollinger by BenBadler Span and Valencia out of the lineup because Span rear-ended Valencia on the way to MSP Airport yesterday. #Twins #TrueStory
September 24, 201114 yr Ian Kinsler has some ridiculous stats this year. 27/29 on stolen bases (26 in a row), as well as a 84/71 K/BB ratio
September 24, 201114 yr Rays lose. Red Sox magic number is 4. If I'm the Tigers and Rangers, I'm going all out for the 2-seed.
September 24, 201114 yr Braun 3-run homer. 4-1 Brewers. 3 more outs and then they watch the Cubs/Cards in the clubhouse. Edited September 24, 201114 yr by flavum
September 24, 201114 yr 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
September 24, 201114 yr 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.
September 24, 201114 yr 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.
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