MLB Game Chatter

[Guest Staravenger]

Nice to see Karsay back, but ge gives up a home run on his first pitch.

[the max]

Red Sox sweep the Angels, with a 4-3 win tonight, their 9th consecutive win.

 

Now, the Angels are 4.5 back in the wild card race, and Texas is coming in to town tomorrow, back at least by 5.

 

Pedro starts tomorrow night

Wakefield starts saturday afternoon

Schilling goes sunday afternoon

[Guest Staravenger]

Red Sox sweep the Angels, with a 4-3 win tonight, their 9th consecutive win.

Looks like God kicked me in the ass. I don't remember who it was to, but a few weeks ago when the Yanks were up 11+ games, I said something along the line "There is no way the Red Sox can come back form that. What are the odds of the Yankees losing 11 games and Red Sox winning 11 games? I'd love to see that happen (sarcastic)". And now what is it? a 3.5 game lead in the east? (groans)

[Guest Anglesault]

I'm starting to get nervous. Unless the Yankees can go punch for punch with the Red Sox, there's a somewhat decent chance they catch us. And all those Red Sox games in April that the Yankees didn't even try in will come back to haunt us.

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

Meanwhile, the A's have extended their division lead to 4 games. They are 31-15 since the All Star Break. Analysts are forever criticizing the A's because they aren't built to win in the postseason, whatever that means. Well they kick shit in August and September, so why don't other teams copy what the A's do until the postseason?

 

And the AL East is now the closest divisional race in baseball.

[Guest Anglesault]

And the AL East is now the closest divisional race in baseball.

The Yankees, now that August is over, are finally playing with some motivation. Hopefully the Red Sox fade. If they don't. we're fucked.

 

Although, I do recall a game last year where Boomer had to had to had to win and we did, so this isn't so out of the ordinary.

[Bored]

It's looking more and more like we'll have the same teams in the playoffs for the A.L. and probably the same exact match-ups. I'm not exactly jumping for joy at the chance to see the A's against the Red Sox again.

[Guest Anglesault]

It's looking more and more like we'll have the same teams in the playoffs for the A.L. and probably the same exact match-ups. I'm not exactly jumping for joy at the chance to see the A's against the Red Sox again.

To be fair, the A's can't beat any of those three teams in the playoffs.

[the max]

Although, I do recall a game last year where Boomer had to had to had to win and we did, so this isn't so out of the ordinary.

Yanks problem is that no longer do they have the starter to put out there that can get them that win that they NEED.

[Guest Anglesault]

Although, I do recall a game last year where Boomer had to had to had to win and we did, so this isn't so out of the ordinary.

Yanks problem is that no longer do they have the starter to put out there that can get them that win that they NEED.

I trust Hernandez in that situation.

 

It's also worth noting that Wells was having a bad stretch before that game.

[Bored]

It's looking more and more like we'll have the same teams in the playoffs for the A.L. and probably the same exact match-ups. I'm not exactly jumping for joy at the chance to see the A's against the Red Sox again.

To be fair, the A's can't beat any of those three teams in the playoffs.

Right. Because they were just blown out of the water every time they played. The A's just couldn't compete every year. Uh huh.

 

Anyways I pointed out the Red Sox as that was easily the most heart wrenching of the playoff series losses last season. Blow the 2-0 lead and had great chances to win the each of the final three games.

[the max]

Although, I do recall a game last year where Boomer had to had to had to win and we did, so this isn't so out of the ordinary.

Yanks problem is that no longer do they have the starter to put out there that can get them that win that they NEED.

I trust Hernandez in that situation.

Interesting...

[Guest Anglesault]

It's looking more and more like we'll have the same teams in the playoffs for the A.L. and probably the same exact match-ups. I'm not exactly jumping for joy at the chance to see the A's against the Red Sox again.

To be fair, the A's can't beat any of those three teams in the playoffs.

Right. Because they were just blown out of the water every time they played. The A's just couldn't compete every year. Uh huh.

 

No, they choked. Much better. Hell, they had the Yankees and the Red Sox down 2-0 and couldn't shut the door.

 

Much worse than just getting blown out, IMO.

 

Interesting...

 

He's a big game pitcher.

[Guest Staravenger]

The only starters on the Yankees I have faith in now are Kevin Brown and Orlando Hernandez.

 

Mussina has been in cruise control all season. Leiber is a win-lose-win-lose player (he'll do great one game and suck the next), Javier Vazquez is also a Leiber like player, and Estaban Loaiza has sucked sweaty balls.

 

Not a good sign with only 4 weeks left in the regular season.

[cabbageboy]

No real reason why the A's can't beat any of those three, provided they get a little luck on their side. Especially the Twins, A's have a better record than them anyway (in a better division).

 

This 1926 info is fascinating. I always heard that Lazzeri was the "goat of the 26 Series" but it sounds like Ruth did a bigger screwup.

[Guest Anglesault]

Leiber is a win-lose-win-lose player (he'll do great one game and suck the next), .

For whatever reason, though, lieber has had his good starts when we needed them most.

[Guest Anglesault]

This 1926 info is fascinating. I always heard that Lazzeri was the "goat of the 26 Series" but it sounds like Ruth did a bigger screwup.

FYI, The Yankees and Yankee Fans somehow found it in their hearts to forgive both guys.

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

This 1926 info is fascinating. I always heard that Lazzeri was the "goat of the 26 Series" but it sounds like Ruth did a bigger screwup.

 

The Lazzeri strikeout is always credited to the legend of Grover Alexander. Lazzeri just happened to be there. It's interesting, because the three runs Waite Hoyt allowed were unearned, and came about because of a pair of errors Bob Meusel and Mark Koenig made. If not for those runs, its probable that the Yankees take that series.

[cabbageboy]

Heh, possibly due to them winning two World Series in a row after that 1926 series, including the legendary 27 team that was the most dominant team ever? After taking a look at that PBP I really am baffled as to why Ruth did that, since they were only down 1 run. And what the hell was Meusel doing batting cleanup? Was Miller Huggins on crack?

[Big McLargeHuge]

Schmidt is shit, now. I don't know if it's the pitch calling as our back-up catcher has been behind the plate for his last few starts, or he's tired but 6 runs in 3+ innings and 100+ pitches so far tonight, isn't a good sign.

 

This is getting embarassing. How the Giants are a contending team is beyond me, but ownerships' hope that Bonds and Schmidt are gonna carry this team to the playoffs like last year, isn't working.

 

No bat to protect Bonds, crappy defense, and a pitching staff that goes down the toilet once you get past our Ace should not equal contention, but there they are.

[Guest Anglesault]

And what the hell was Meusel doing batting cleanup? Was Miller Huggins on crack?

I don't have a boxscore from a regular season game, but it could easily be a case of going to the dance with the girl that brought you.

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

Grover Alexander hadn't allowed a baserunner to that point, so its possible Ruth didn't expect his teammates to get a hit off Alexander. As for Meusel batting cleanup, the best explanation would be that Miller Huggins probably didn't want his two lefties hitting back to back. The Cardinals did have an effective lefty, Wild Bill Hallahan, in the bullpen, and Huggins may have been concerned about that. Its worth noting that Huggins used that lineup all series. Unfortunately, we don't have boxscores available for the 1926 season itself.

[Guest Anglesault]

Its worth noting that Huggins used that lineup all series.  Unfortunately, we don't have boxscores available for the 1926 season itself.

That's what I was saying. It's somewhat possible that that was his regular line up.

 

To clear up some confusion, the Yankees didn't have numbers in 26, so Gehrig may not have been the clean up hitter. He was number 4 when numbers were assigned because he was the fourth hitter.

Edited September 3, 2004 by Anglesault

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

Its worth noting that Huggins used that lineup all series.  Unfortunately, we don't have boxscores available for the 1926 season itself.

That's what I was saying. It's somewhat possible that that was his regular line up.

I didn't see your post when I wrote that, but you are right.

[Bruiser Chong]

Agreed on Schmidt. He's been one of the most exciting guys to watch all season, but his last two starts have been embarrassing. Six earned runs allowed in both starts and he doesn't make it past the fifth inning either time. Giants fans better pray he gets it together, because they simply can't afford to have him pitching the way he has the last two times.

[strummer]

Something tells me the Marlins are going to make a serious run at the WC, hopefully the Cubs (when they finally play again) will cool them off.

[Guest Anglesault]

Agreed on Schmidt. He's been one of the most exciting guys to watch all season, but his last two starts have been embarrassing. Six earned runs allowed in both starts and he doesn't make it past the fifth inning either time. Giants fans better pray he gets it together, because they simply can't afford to have him pitching the way he has the last two times.

I pray he does as well. Chris Russo would be unbearable.

[cabbageboy]

Question: Did Gehrig move to the cleanup spot by 27, when they got scary dominant? I always thought of him as the cleanup hitter.

 

The NL wildcard now is really bizarre. The Cubs were expected to contend, Astros are finally playing to their potential, Marlins are the defending champions, and the Giants have Bonds and Schmidt. The only team I can't figure out is the Padres, who really don't seem terribly imposing in any way.

[Cuban Linx]

The Rangers get swept in their three games series with the Twins, finishing in grand fashion by getting shutout. Texas are now a season high 5 1/2 games back both in the division and for the wildcard, and i doubt travelling to Fenway will be much of a cure for their current woes, unless they can get hot again and soon the Athletics look to be pulling away towards another division crown. They still have 7 games against the A's so there's still a slight glimmer of hope they can claw their way back if they can win the vast majority of those and start beating everyone else again, though with their current level of play that's not looking very likely.

[Guest Anglesault]

Question: Did Gehrig move to the cleanup spot by 27, when they got scary dominant? I always thought of him as the cleanup hitter.

I'm almost positive that he did. There's a fairly famous image of that World Series batting practice, with Ruth hitting mamoth home runs, handing the bat to Gehrig, and Gehrig hitting mamoth home runs. He also hit clean up in the World Series games