strummer 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Sosa has declined, but what about Piazza!? This guy is a pop up machine. Talk about decline, Piazza has fallen of the face of the Earth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike546 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Was the Sosa sit down a benching, or a defensive move? EDIT: Not everhbody can be Barry Bonds. Hell, most of the Yankees from the legacy are starting to run down. Bernie defintley is, but hes still productive. I'm not sure about Posada, but I think it just might be an off season for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Sosa has declined, but what about Piazza!? This guy is a pop up machine. Be fair. He also has the rally killer GIDP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 um, I think McCarver and Lewin are kind of sounding ridiculous saying this is a MUST WIN for the Cubs. THEY HAVE TO WIN THIS GAME OR THE SEASON IS OVER!!!Come on they are a .5 up with a full week to play. Yes, it's an important game, but the Cubs are still in it no matter what. Another reason to hate Fox broadcasters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sylvan Grenier Report post Posted September 25, 2004 THAT'S IT FIRE HAWKINS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike546 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Craig Brzail? How is being up .5 with a WEEK to play mean your automatically in? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 and Craig Brazell wins the game in the bottom of the 11th with his first major league homerun off Kent Murcker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 What an ugly and truly hideous game. Give the Mets credit, they didn't give up. Prior was the one bright spot, but as has been the case much this season, it's gone to waste. The possibility of losing two of three to the Mets is quite scary this late in the season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 The unspoken aspect is that this game just saved the Astros' asses for the time being. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Craig Brzail? How is being up .5 with a WEEK to play mean your automatically in? I meant still in the wild card race, not automatically in the playoffs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fairtoflair7 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Heh, at least the young guys are playing for this crappy team. I guess we helped SF/Astros fans today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfaJack 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Fuck this. I knew I shouldn't have taken so much joy in the asskicking the Astros took today. Leave it to the Cubs' bullpen to completely suck all the joy out of baseball today. RYAN DEMPSTER SHOULD BE FIRED FOR WALKING A PAIR OF WEAKASS HITTERS IN THE NINTH INNING. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sylvan Grenier Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Dempster fucked up but it was a shock. Hawkins came in, I started to worry. But he has eight blown saves as a closer, I believe. Not very good, not at all. Jon Leicester should get a shot at closing games, but now's not the time to experiment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 This is when I wished Fox did baseball doubleheaders. After that exciting game, I 'm craving more baseball, especially Dodgers/Giants, and on comes a rerun of Angel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Johnny Pesky has been banned from the Red Sox dugout. Fucking Christ, who was the poor guy hurting? Seriously? He wasn't actually coaching or advising, he was just watching his team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sylvan Grenier Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Johnny Pesky has been banned from the Red Sox dugout. Fucking Christ, who was the poor guy hurting? Seriously? He wasn't actually coaching or advising, he was just watching his team. He was giving steroids to David Ortiz, he's part of the evil NELCO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Dempster fucked up but it was a shock. Hawkins came in, I started to worry. But he has eight blown saves as a closer, I believe. Not very good, not at all. Jon Leicester should get a shot at closing games, but now's not the time to experiment. The blown save is not a good stat to measure Hawkins. He earned four of those as a middle reliever. Middle relievers get credited with a blown save when they give up the tying run in the seventh inning, for example. The save stat in general needs to go, actually. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 and the Giants blow the game open in the bottom of the 8th and lead the Dodgers 9-5. Looks like that was a big loss for the Cubs today, their lead should shrink to a half a game Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 The Angels beat the A's, and the Athletics' lead is back down to 2 games over the Angels. The Rangers stand 2.5 games back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 Let's see Cubs lose, A's lose to the Angels, Giants about to beat the Dodgers. Ugh. If the Rangers win tonight my day is officially ruined. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 The Dodgers' lead is now 1.5 games, and the Cubs lead the Giants by half a game. Tomorrow's games should be very interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cuban Linx 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2004 Texas get it right today, a win over Seattle and back to 2 games out. They cannot afford to lose to the Mariners again, and really need at least 3 from 4 against the Angels, probably a sweep since Oakland by all rights should take care of Seattle in their 4 game series. Ichiro also goes 1-5, down to i think 7 hits away from the record. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2004 Ok. Sunday we've got Chicago @ NY Mets, Kerry Wood vs. Al Leiter. The Cubs lead the wild card race by half a game. Houston battles Milwaukee, Carlos Hernandez vs. Victor Santos. The Astros trail the Cubs by 2.5 games. Seattle battles Texas, Cha Seung Baek versus Ryan Drese. The Rangers trail the A's by two games. The A's battle the Angels, with Mark Mulder battling John Lackey. The Angels also trail the A's in the West by two games. A's/Angels is the Sunday Night game on ESPN2. Dodgers versus Giants, Jeff Weaver versus Brett Tomko. Giants trail the West by 1.5 games, and the wild card by half a game. Finally, the final Yankees/Sox game of the regular season sees Kevin Brown attempt a comback, as he faces Curt Schilling. The game has no real significance in itself, but Brown's performance will be a major postseason factor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike546 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2004 It does actually. Not much, but some. If the Yankees win, its over. They lose, its still possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Staravenger Report post Posted September 26, 2004 Yankees are in the playoffs. They'll either get Oakland (assuming they hold onto the AL West), or suffer facing Minnesota. It doesn't matter, because the Yanks haven't been looking like a championship team this year and I doubt they'll get to the WS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike546 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2004 I don't want to play Minnesota. At all. Let the Sox play Santana. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2004 I can't believe the Cubs lost to the Mets today after being up 3-0. I mean, the Cubs have a gift final 2 weeks playing jobbers like the Mets and Reds (not to mention a Braves team the final 3 games that will be resting people for the playoffs) and yet are trying their damnedest to blow it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2004 Odds, with eight days left in the season..... AL EAST Yankees 98% Red Sox 2% AL WEST Athletics 81% Rangers 10% Angels 9% NL WEST Dodgers 82% Giants 18% AL Wild Card Red Sox 98% Yankees 2% NL Wild Card Cubs 82% Giants 10% Dodgers 4% Astros 3% Padres 1% NL Playoffs (combined odds of reaching either division or wild card) Dodgers 86% Giants 27% Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2004 If the Cubs don't win the Wild Card, they can look back at this series with the Mets, where they only salvage seven runs in the entire series, as the reason why they didn't make it. They've been three-hit today and have looked very lethargic all day. Worse yet, Kerry Wood's horrible first inning is going to be the deciding factor, as all the Mets' runs came there, two of which came from Mets getting hit or being walked with the bases loaded. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2004 Time for Curbed to change his sig. The Fish have been eliminated! Fuck Loria Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
