shoot-straight Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 lackey was fabulous. tillman pitched ok after a shakey start. good news is it seems our pitchers are finally getting their act together. we just need to generate more offense. in the end, ill take 2 out of 3 in fenway any day. my o's still have a tough road, and finish the season with the sox at home. i guess thats ok, because the o's actually have a winning record against boston this year. Link to post Share on other sites
Wet Dog Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 The Pittsburgh Pirates have finally clinched a playoff spot! I don't care if they lose the wildcard game or are out in the first round. This has been a long time coming. Go Bucs! Link to post Share on other sites
gunsrus Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Congrats to the Pirates . Link to post Share on other sites
valuman Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 Yea, that's cool. Link to post Share on other sites
gunsrus Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Middlebrooks is back ! Link to post Share on other sites
valuman Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 He sure was last night. Todd, Helton's farewell to Coors Field seemed to go on all night and I almost wonder if Peavy served up that second inning home run ball to him. In other news, the Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs for only the second time since 1995 when the Rays beat them in New York last night. The playoffs are becoming more defined since both the Rays and Indians have won eight of their last ten to put a bit of space between themselves and Texas, while KC has apparently decided they'd rather go hunting and fishing in October than continue to play baseball. In the National league all playoff teams are decided and the only thing left to sort out is which of the top three central division teams is in which playoff position. The Cards' magic number to win the division is down to one and only there's one game difference between the Bucs and the Reds. Boston is playing for home field advantage throughout the playoffs, but you can feel the team's reduction in intensity since they clinched the east. Hopefully that confident expectation of winning every game that got them to this point will return just in time for a run to the world series. Go Red Sox!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Yooper2 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Obviously the Brewers are out of it...but last night's game was probably the most entertaining they have been all season. The Gomez prompted fight along with Lohse's pitching performance made for a good ball game. Link to post Share on other sites
RuffChaser Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I can't wait for these last three games between the Reds and Bucs. Go REDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
quailguy Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I think the Redsox have clinched homefield advantage for at least most of the playoffs. That should be a big help. Link to post Share on other sites
dogrunner Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Tigers looked good in a Shut-out to clinch. Link to post Share on other sites
ep3 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 The sawx might be on the verge of something similar to what the yanks accomplished in the nineties. It all began with developing home grown talent that blossomed at the same time (Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettite, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera). Surrounding them with good clubhouse guys and veteran leaders like Paul Oneill and Scott Brosius. A key trade brought in Tino Martinez to play 1b. They didn't have the highest payroll or any super stars at any given position. The 13 version of the sawx has many similarities. Ellsbury, Pedroia, Middlebrooks, Lester, Bucholtz are all home grown and thriving at the same time. Good complementary players for their positions like Drew and Salty and Victorino. A key trade from the past had brought in big Papi ,when the Twins gave up on him. An astute signing of Napoli has created a buzz saw of an offense that knocks out good pitchers early in games and wears down opposing bullpens. A stellar pen, much like Mo and his counterparts in the late 90's. It all starts with home grown talent and chemistry and not necessarily bloated pay rolls. The sawx tried that and failed and are lucky the dodgers got them off the hook by taking becket, gonzalez and Crawford. This wont be one and done type run Im afraid. Xander Boagarts is a star in the making at SS and they have very promising pitching depth in the minors. Last night many witnessed the end of an era at Yankee stadium. For sawx fans it could be the beginning of a long sustained run atop the AL East. Link to post Share on other sites
valuman Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Great post, ep3. I wouldn't disagree with any of it. Link to post Share on other sites
Runningdog Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 TRIBE!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Krol Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 What a week of baseball ahead... Rangers vs Rays, winner to face the Indians, and then on to my beloved Red Sox on Friday... One of the best playoff scenarios I can remember for some time. Would love to see Terry Francona return to Fenway! Of course, this time, I am hoping he leaves dissapointed ... Link to post Share on other sites
Virgil Kane Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Rangers vs Tribe Should be an excellent game!! Winner goes on to Boston. Virgil Link to post Share on other sites
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