The stupid roster expansion rules make it much easier to deal with.

 

Good point. They used a record 21 pitchers last night.

Today's O's-Rays game--

 

1 hit combined through the first 4 innings. Hmm, wonder if those bats are a little heavy today?

Rios trying to tag from 2B on Alex Gordon...fail.

Good chance the Wildcard Games are Indians/Rays, Reds/Pirates. The question is, where will they be played?

Loved their celebration and Brandon McCarthy's reaction to it.

 

Yeah, the Dbacks brought them upon themselves with asking the Dodgers not the celebrate on the field. Would have never happened if they didn't make that cowardly request.

Good chance the Wildcard Games are Indians/Rays, Reds/Pirates. The question is, where will they be played?

 

Doesn't matter where the AL one is played, there won't be any fans there anyway.

I'll disagree with you here. I'm sure most people love the celebration, because they aren't Dbacks fans. I guarantee the Tigers win the division and jump in a pool at the cell, people would be going crazy.

 

I found it to be a bit classless.

 

But, it just further underscores the point that baseball celebrations are absolutely ridiculous. Clinch the playoffs? OMG GIANT CHAMPAGNE PARTY LIKE WE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP. Win a wild card play-in game? OMG A GIANT CHAMPAGNE PARTY LIKE WE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP. Repeat up to 3 more times.

 

Win the world series? Same exact party we've already done 3-4 times. It's so silly, every single time.

 

First of all, if there was a pool at the Cell, that would be so awesome I wouldn't care who partied in there.

 

Second, I don't have a problem with the celebration for winning a division title. The baseball season is such a marathon and there aren't that many playoff spots, that its a accomplishment to win the division. Now I agree that we can do without the champagne popping after the LDS & LCS victories.

Good chance the Wildcard Games are Indians/Rays, Reds/Pirates. The question is, where will they be played?

 

Ohio.

Ohio.

 

Yeah, could be. It would be interesting if the Reds and Pirates play a best-of-3 this weekend to see who hosts the game. The season series is tied.

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 3m

 

Manny Machado appears to have suffered a terrible knee injury in the Orioles-Rays game...

 

Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 2m

 

Cart on the field. Trainers are stabilizing Manny Machado's left leg and holding him down. Orioles dugout is despondent, and understandably.

The ratings for the last Astros game? 0.0

 

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseba...er-houston-area

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-he...sources-confirm

 

The Rangers presented a trade proposal to Atlanta of Matt Garza, Joe Nathan and David Murphy for Justin Upton at the trade deadline, which the Braves rejected, sources confirm.

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 3m

 

Manny Machado appears to have suffered a terrible knee injury in the Orioles-Rays game...

 

Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 2m

 

Cart on the field. Trainers are stabilizing Manny Machado's left leg and holding him down. Orioles dugout is despondent, and understandably.

 

Marc Topkin ‏@TBTimes_Rays 9m

 

Looked like an air cast on a Machado's left leg

Rays sweep the Orioles.

 

TB 87-69

Cle 86-70

Tex 84-71

Texas looks like they would have been better off with Peavy instead of Garza.

Marc Topkin ‏@TBTimes_Rays 9m

 

Looked like an air cast on a Machado's left leg

What a shame...

Injury was weird. Not like Melton's where it was an innocent movement and it didn't look like an injury.

 

It was a completely benign movement and the thing just went wiggly. Very weird.

Rios hits for the cycle!

Rios hits for the cycle!

 

Too bad the Rangers are looking at not making the playoffs. What is up with those scrappy Athletics?

Too bad the Rangers are looking at not making the playoffs. What is up with those scrappy Athletics?

 

There's still a very real possibility in the AL that we have a play in game for the play in game

Do you think Jeter's coming back next year? Hard to believe he wouldn't have a Mariono-esque swan song season, but...

Do you think Jeter's coming back next year? Hard to believe he wouldn't have a Mariono-esque swan song season, but...

He has a pretty valuable player-option in his contract worth something like $13 million.

Brittany Ghiroli ‏@Britt_Ghiroli 10m

 

Machado is expected to be at Camden Yards tonight. Buck confirmed his season is done, is optimistic MRI isn't as bad as initially thought.

 

Buck said he's confident Manny will be back by early next year. Waiting on MrI results to be read in next hour or so.

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 4h

 

and congrats 'stros for locking up No. 1 pick 3rd year in row. sorry #fish. consensus pick Carlos Rodon, lhp, is a Miamian

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 4h

 

and congrats 'stros for locking up No. 1 pick 3rd year in row. sorry #fish. consensus pick Carlos Rodon, lhp, is a Miamian

 

The Devil Rays/Rays were the first team in the history of the modern draft to have the #1 pick 2 years in a row. That was 2007 and 2008. The Nationals then had it 2 years in a row in 2009 and 2010. The Pirates stole one in 2011 (taking Gerrit Cole, who's already a monster), and now the Astros are the first to ever have it 3 years in a row.

 

Think about that for a second...in the first 40 years of the Rule 4 draft, no team had ever had the first overall pick two years in a row. In the 8 years since that anniversary, we've had 3 teams get it consecutively, and now the Astros have had it 3 years in a row.

Edited September 24, 201312 yr by witesoxfan