September 9, 201213 yr 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.
September 9, 201213 yr AL East: NY 79-61 - Bal 78-62 1 TB 77-63 2 AL Wild Card: Oak 79-60 +1.5 Bal 78-62 -- TB 77-63 1 LAA 77-63 1 Det 73-66 4.5
September 9, 201213 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 9, 2012 -> 08:26 AM) 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. Doubtful. As hot as Oakland can get, no way Texas dumps games like that. We aren't talking about Houston vs. Anahiem.
September 10, 201213 yr http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings Stumbling/bumbling White Sox at 70.9%, more hapless Tigers at only 31.3%, but a lot will change this week, one way or the other. Or not. A's did pass the Sox and are getting closer to being a sure thing, but with Balt, TB and the Angels all playing well, lots of excitement in the final weeks of the season. This will be the second time in the past couple weeks that the Tigers enter a series with the White Sox coming off a 3-game sweep; they also were swept by the Royals Aug. 28-30 before sweeping the White Sox at Comerica Park. Edited September 10, 201213 yr by caulfield12
September 10, 201213 yr Author AL Best Record: Texas Oakland -3½ NY Yankees -4 AL Central: SOX Detroit -2 AL Wild Card: Oakland +1½ Baltimore Tampa Bay -1 LA Angels -1 Detroit -4½ 9/10 Games: DET @ SOX 8:10 OAK @ LAA 10:05 Edited September 11, 201213 yr by HickoryHuskers
September 11, 201213 yr Author AL Best Record: Texas Oakland -3 NY Yankees -4 AL Central: SOX Detroit -3 AL Wild Card: Oakland +2 Baltimore Tampa Bay -1 LA Angels -1½ Detroit -5 9/11 Games: TB @ BAL 7:05 NYY @ BOS 7:10 CLE @ TEX 8:05 DET @ SOX 8:10 OAK @ LAA 10:05 Edited September 12, 201213 yr by HickoryHuskers
September 11, 201213 yr AL East-- NY 79-61 - Bal 78-62 1 TB 77-63 2 AL West-- Tex 83-57 - Oak 80-60 3
September 11, 201213 yr Author I'm looking at the AL East race and thinking that the Yankees are the best matchup for the Sox in the ALDS. Am I crazy?
September 11, 201213 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:09 AM) I'm looking at the AL East race and thinking that the Yankees are the best matchup for the Sox in the ALDS. Am I crazy? yes. but you are also correct
September 11, 201213 yr QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 09:49 AM) yes. but you are also correct Depends a ton on the health of ARod and Tex. When 2-3 of the starting pitchers we're relying on are lefties, if those guys aren't 100%, their lineup loses a lot of its punch against lefties.
September 11, 201213 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:09 AM) I'm looking at the AL East race and thinking that the Yankees are the best matchup for the Sox in the ALDS. Am I crazy? I know the White Sox have struggled against Buck over the years but I like the O's as the best Sox matchup. Edited September 11, 201213 yr by Harry Chappas
September 12, 201213 yr Author AL Best Record/AL West: Texas Oakland -3 AL Central: SOX Detroit -2 AL East: Baltimore NY Yankees Tampa Bay -2 AL Wild Card: Oakland +2 Baltimore/NY Yankees Tampa Bay -2 LA Angels -2½ Detroit -5 9/12 Games: TB @ BAL 7:00 NYY @ BOS 7:00 CLE @ TEX 8:05 DET @ SOX 8:10 OAK @ LAA 10:05 Edited September 13, 201213 yr by HickoryHuskers
September 13, 201213 yr Author AL Best Record/AL West: Texas Oakland -3 AL Central: SOX Detroit -1 AL East: Baltimore NY Yankees Tampa Bay -3 AL Wild Card: Oakland +2 Baltimore/NY Yankees Tampa Bay -3 LA Angels -3½ Detroit -5 9/13 Games: TB @ BAL 12:35 OAK @ LAA 3:35 NYY @ BOS 7:10 CLE @ TEX 8:05 DET @ SOX 8:10 Edited September 14, 201213 yr by HickoryHuskers
September 14, 201213 yr Author AL Best Record/AL West: Texas Oakland -3 AL Central SOX Detroit -1 AL East: Baltimore NY Yankees Tampa Bay -3 AL Wild Card: Oakland +1 Baltimore/NY Yankees LA Angels -3½ Tampa Bay -4 Detroit -5½ 9/14 Games: DET @ CLE 7:05 TB @ NYY 7:05 SEA @ TEX 8:05 LAA @ KC 8:10 SOX @ MIN 8:10 BAL @ OAK 10:05 Edited September 15, 201213 yr by HickoryHuskers
September 14, 201213 yr TieDyers have 10 games away, 10 games home WHITE SOX have 12 games away, 8 games home 1 head-to-head matchup TieDyers have 3 games against playoff contender (A's) WHITE SOX have 7 games against playoff conenders (Angels and Rays) On paper, WHITE SOX have harder schedule. However, we are the WHITE SOX and we control our destiny. Win them all 20-0.
September 14, 201213 yr QUOTE (sunofgold @ Sep 14, 2012 -> 10:30 AM) TieDyers have 10 games away, 10 games home WHITE SOX have 12 games away, 8 games home 1 head-to-head matchup TieDyers have 3 games against playoff contender (A's) WHITE SOX have 7 games against playoff conenders (Angels and Rays) On paper, WHITE SOX have harder schedule. However, we are the WHITE SOX and we control our destiny. Win them all 20-0. Amen. Let's do it White Sox!
September 15, 201213 yr Author AL Best Record/AL West: Texas Oakland -3 AL Central: SOX Detroit -1 AL East: Baltimore NY Yankees Tampa Bay -3 AL Wild Card: Oakland +2 Baltimore/NY Yankees LA Angels -2½ Tampa Bay -3 Detroit -4½ 9/15 Games: SOX @ MIN 1:10 DET @ CLE 4:05 TB @ NYY 4:05 LAA @ KC 7:10 SEA @ TEX 8:05 BAL @ OAK 9:05 Edited September 16, 201213 yr by HickoryHuskers
September 16, 201213 yr Author AL Best Record/AL West: Texas Oakland -2 AL Central: SOX Detroit -1 AL East: NY Yankees Baltimore -1 Tampa Bay -4 AL Wild Card: Oakland +3 Baltimore LA Angels -2½ Tampa Bay -3 Detroit -3½ 9/16 Games: TB @ NYY 1:05 LAA @ KC 2:10 SOX @ MIN 2:10 DET @ CLE 3:05 SEA @ TEX 3:05 BAL @ OAK 4:05 Edited September 17, 201213 yr by HickoryHuskers
September 17, 201213 yr AL East: NY 83-63 - Bal 82-64 1.0 TB 78-68 5.0 AL Wildcard: Oak 84-62 +2 Bal 82-64 -- LAA 79-67 3.0 TB 78-68 4.0 Det 77-68 4.5 Remaining Series: Yankees- vs Tor, vs Oak, at Min, at Tor, vs Bos Orioles- at Sea, at Bos, vs Tor, vs Bos, at TB Rays- vs Bos, vs Tor, at Bos, at Sox, vs Bal Angels- vs Tex, vs Sox, vs Sea, at Tex, at Sea A's- at Det, at NY, at Tex, vs Sea, vs Tex Very tough schedule for Oakland, but they made it this far. Orioles too...they're in good position, but I have a feeling the Angels aren't done. It would be great if the Yankees missed the playoffs in the first year of 2 wild cards. Edited September 17, 201213 yr by flavum
September 17, 201213 yr Author AL Best Record/AL West: Texas Oakland -3 AL Central: SOX Detroit -2 AL East: NY Yankees Baltimore -1 Tampa Bay -5 AL Wild Card: Oakland +3 Baltimore LA Angels -2½ Tampa Bay -4 Detroit -4½ 9/17 Games: DET @ SOX 2:10 BOS @ TB 7:10 BAL @ SEA 10:10 Edited September 18, 201213 yr by HickoryHuskers
September 17, 201213 yr Author Baseball Prospectus just updated their Playoff Odds Report. AL Central: Sox 68.0%, Detroit 32.0% AL East: Yankees 82.0%, Baltimore 17.0%, Tampa Bay 1.0% AL West: Texas 87.5%, Oakland 11.9%, Angels 0.6% Wild Card: Oakland 77.6%, Baltimore 42.8%, Angels 32.8%, Tampa Bay 16.1%, Yankees 13.5%, Texas 12.3%, Detroit 3.5%, Sox 1.4% Total playoff (Div+WC) percentage change in last 7 days: Baltimore +33.8% Oakland +22.3% Sox +10.0% Yankees +6.8% Detroit -6.5% Angles -26.1% Tampa Bay -40.3% Edited September 17, 201213 yr by HickoryHuskers
September 18, 201213 yr Author AL Best Record/AL West: Texas Oakland -3 AL Central: SOX Detroit -3 AL East: NY Yankees Baltimore -½ Tampa Bay -5½ AL Wild Card: Oakland +1½ Baltimore LA Angels -3 Tampa Bay -5 Detroit -5½ 9/18 Games: OAK @ DET 7:05 TOR @ NYY 7:05 BOS @ TB 7:10 SOX @ KC 8:05 TEX @ LAA 10:05 MLBN BAL @ SEA 10:10 Edited September 19, 201213 yr by HickoryHuskers
September 18, 201213 yr Author Updated Baseball Prospectus Playoff Odds Report. AL Central: Sox 81.6%, Detroit 18.4% AL East: Yankees 77.7%, Baltimore 22.1%, Tampa Bay 0.2% AL West: Texas 88.6%, Oakland 11.0%, Angels 0.4% Wild Card: Oakland 78.9%, Baltimore 51.6%, Angels 28.8%, Yankees 18.5%, Texas 11.3%, Tampa Bay 7.0%, Detroit 3.2%, Sox 0.7% One-day total (Div+WC) percentage changes: Baltimore +12.9% Sox +12.8% Oakland +0.9% Yankees +0.7% Angels -4.3% Tampa Bay -9.1% Detroit -13.9% Edited September 18, 201213 yr by HickoryHuskers
September 18, 201213 yr That would be nice Hibbard. We have to get over the Royals curse....and then survive the series out in LA, only lose 2/3 at worst, not getting swept. Edited September 18, 201213 yr by caulfield12
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