Board 8 > MLB Stats and Discussion Topic #5: Where the Rays SHINE

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Suck it Cards.

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Holy **** the Cards lost?!?!?! I came home and saw the score in the 9th and I didn't even bother turning on the game because I figured it was over. Now all I need is Bumgarner to pull through for the Giants tonight.. he's been on fire in his last couple starts.

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Wow the Giants somehow aren't done yet. They move to 3 games back with a win tonight...

GOGO 3 way tie for the wild card in BOTH leagues IMO

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I had my hopes all up for a three way tie in the NL Wildcard last year and didn't get it, so both leagues getting one this year would make up for that.

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holy f***ing s*** Matt Moore.

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despite Turner stinking things up it was fun trying to come back


no big loss though since Texas lost too.


most fun thing to see was when I checked the scoreboard of the TB/NYY game in the 4th inning

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From: SHINE GET 64 | #456
despite Turner stinking things up it was fun trying to come back


no big loss though since Texas lost too.


most fun thing to see was when I checked the scoreboard of the TB/NYY game in the 4th inning

And for a while there TB almost looked like it could choke that

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jays finished 11-0 in extras at home. not bad.

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yayyy Toronto

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HA ha Stankess Lose Stankess lets see how you like it

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JaKyL25 posted...
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7005248/three-way-tie-american-league-wild-card-race-cause-logistical-nightmare

So if the Angels were to win the wild card, they could find themselves playing Wednesday in California; Sept. 29 in Boston; Sept. 30 back in California; the opening of the ALDS Oct. 1-2 in New York; then Oct. 3-4 in California -- with no travel days.
-The Rays will have first choice of potential tiebreaker scenarios, because their combined 16-10 record against the Red Sox and Angels was the best head-to-head winning percentage of the three teams. So they would have two options:

• Let the Red Sox and Angels play an elimination game Sept. 29 -- then face the winner of that game Sept. 30 on the road, or

• choose to play two elimination games, the first at home Sept. 29, and the second (if they win) at home again Sept. 30.

The Rays likely would decide to play just once, naturally. So the Red Sox would get the next choice because their 12-14 head-to-head record was better than the Angels' 6-10 record.

Boston would have the choice of playing both elimination games at home or playing the first at home and the second on the road, and clearly would opt for the two home games.


I am so rooting for this nonsense to actually happen, I don't care who comes out of it or how it affects the Tigers.

Ah, but the article fails to address one thing. See, being that they're the furthest back, the Angels would need to be picking up more wins down the stretch than the others. Add to that the fact that the Red Sox, as much as they've been struggling, have owned the Yankees all year (and that the Yankees have pretty much clinched everything there is to clinch--they could have home field advantage for the first two rounds wrapped up by tomorrow if they win the opener and Texas and Detroit both lose), and you've got an interesting scenario.

Let's say that this does happen somehow, and that the Yankees put up only a marginal effort and lose the last two. (Don't ask me how, as both Texas and Detroit are facing the bottom ends of the rotations of bad teams tomorrow--it just does) Texas then loses the second game of their series against King Felix before taking the finale. Meanwhile, the Rays take 2 of 3 from Toronto and the Angels sweep Oakland.

Records:
Texas 91-68
Boston 90-69
Tampa Bay 88-71
Los Angeles 88-71

The Rays and Angels both sweep their final series, while Boston loses 2 of 3. The Angels' final series is against Texas.

Texas 91-71
Los Angeles 91-71
Boston 91-71
Tampa Bay 91-71

Texas and Los Angeles must first play a 1-game playoff to decide the division. Tampa still has the best winning percentage even if Los Angeles is replaced by Texas as the third team (which would happen if LA wins the division), but Texas would be next. Furthermore, it would delay the playoffs even further...

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The NL is just as bad, if not worse, because while the Braves, like the Red Sox, have one team 2 games back and another 3 games back, only one team has clinched its division thus far in the NL as opposed to two. Now, Milwaukee's schedule is soft enough that they probably aren't in danger of getting pulled into a massive tiebreaker scenario, but Atlanta's been struggling and still has another series with the Phillies (although the Phillies have already clinched HFA, so that works in Atlanta's favor), and just like the Angels, the Giants still have another series with the team in front of them.

...correction. The Giants are 3.5 back, and currently losing. So unless they mount a comeback here, they would not only need to sweep Arizona to tie them up, but would also need to sweep Colorado and have LA sweep Arizona.

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sfl-leo-nunez-assumed-name-marlins-092211,0,5089001.story

My father would always accuse Cuban players of being way older than what they listed their age as. "Leo Nunez" is Dominican though.

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Let's go Dodgers!

Not that it really matters, Arizona just needed to beat the Giants once in the upcoming series to clinch, but now well, it's already been said what needs to happen.

Alright, time to end this slide with games against the only team we could beat back in April when we had our other bad stretch. 14-4 here we come.

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oh just noticed I picked up a Street Fighter IV 3D tag on my 3DS as I was leaving Comerica Park

cool beans

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ya go my washington nationals beat those atlanta cowards

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Cashman might want to wait to brag until the postseason ends, but really all he ever needs to do is say "well I didn't sign John Lackey" until Theo wins a pennant/WS again.

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I wouldn't have paid $8 for Lackey let alone 80 million.

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oh please he was a good pitcher with the angels for many years. You guys were all "we're a bomb squad with him now" after you signed him. Maybe not you, but the majority of red sox nation was clamoring over the addition of lackey. Shine bright, old man, you're one of the very few who says he never wanted him.

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Leo Nunez, sooo uh he doesn't exist I see.

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The Sox should thank Toronto

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for what it's worth, i was worried when the sox got lackey

dude won game 7 of the world series as a rookie

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lot of clinching tonight

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Yep, wildcards are the only thing left to be decided.

So, the Phillies have lost 6 straight......resting players for the postseason already?

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From: red sox 777 | #479
So, the Phillies have lost 6 straight......resting players for the postseason already?

Not really. Howard's not playing because of an injury they don't want to needlessly aggravate an injury; ditto for Pence, and you'll see a couple other positions manned by a AAA player depending on the day, and the starters are on stricter pitch counts, but none of that is the problem. The problem is no one on the field looks like they care anymore, making really stupid errors and mental mistakes, and having pretty awful at-bats. They're all just visibly waiting for the postseason to start other than maybe Utley, and it's awful to see because there's no way they just flip back into gear once the season is over.

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rofl boston/atlanta

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The Rays could potentially be tied with us tomorrow.

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the yanks won't doubleheader sweep you guys with nothing to play for/burnett going

so no, they won't be. Yanks have home field wrapped up too I believe... all they need is one win or one texas loss so unless a miracle, it all goes through NY

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Don't even need a win or Texas loss, Yankees have the TB. They didn't have TB over Detroit, but Detroit lost so that's it.

From: Swifticuffs | #483
the yanks won't doubleheader sweep you guys with nothing to play for/burnett going

I wish we would though. Just to prove a damn point and make the season series more respectable.

Man the division would've been a massacre if we could've beaten the Sox with any regularity.

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lol Boston

Lol 5-18 in September(19 if they lose again tonight).

That's almost as bad as the Twins, the Twins.

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EDIT:

Wrong sports topic, whoops!

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http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60436695

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That's a new topic by the way. Can't believe that it didn't even last two weeks

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but this one still has 7 good posts left

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Then use the, now, six remaining to your advantage

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Red Sox vs. Yankees headed into the 12th on MLB Network if anyone cares to see if the Sox can complete the collapse.

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walk off HR from Montero coming up

American Leaguers trying to bunt is amusing to watch.

I can not believe I am rooting for the Yankees to win

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That's the kind of win we needed to salvage the season.

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Go Rangers

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