Now that all four American League playoff participants have been determined, the last real drama (Sox/Yanks AL East race still in the balance, to be sure) to be milked from the season comes down to Saturday's Red Sox/Twins contest. Tim Wakefield takes the mound for the Sox needing a fairly dominant performance to carry yours truly to a come-from-behind victory over Teejay Boylington and shift the requisite brace of microbrews my way. Bet standings as of this moment:Wakefield:
ERA - 5.20
WHIP - 1.39
BAA - .270
Clemens:
ERA - 4.18
WHIP - 1.31
BAA - .261
By my admittedly challenged math, Wake needs to go 8 or more innings and allow 3 or fewer baserunners by hit or walk for me to pull out the improbable victory (7 perfect innings would also suffice). If his recent efforts are any indication, I'm well and truly boned.
Although my point still stands - the Yankees paid $18m for 99 innings of essentially league-average production. Kudos for that, then. And, yes, I'm bitter.
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I like how you whine and want to change the rules now when the contest is almost over. Nice work.
Rob's getting quite the whiner reputation over the last couple of weeks.
Weeks?
Richie Weeks?
hey, i admitted to being bitter. and my good friend mr. lester was the one who suggested the rule change.
also, hi geoff! eat a dick! ;)
Teejay has narrowed the gap considerably this year -- you know, the one between him and the rest of the fan base of the New York Yankees.
Just because you're embroiled in the most horrendous regular season collapse ever, no need to bring your negativity over here.
But as to me and my fellow Yankees fans, we've got the worst postseason collapse ever all covered, thank you very much.
As for your Mets, I sent Rob a text last night alluding to my theory on this - all you Mets fans would be wise to buy into this.
The Mets are about to mimic what many folks would call the most famous Friday-Sunday in history. Stay with me here...and avoid the lightning bolts as you go.
Today would be the Mets Good Friday, which ironically isn't very good for the Mets or the guy they are mimicking...in fact, as far as many are concerned, the Mets, like my boy Jesus, are dead on this Friday, with St. Louis hammering in the final nails (how am I doing so far with this? a tad much you say?). They're buried in a tomb of mental mistakes and bullpen mishaps.
Well, you know what Mets fans, I'm here to tell you that three days from now the Mets, just like my boy Jesus Christo, are rising from the dead and winning the NL East.
So let it be written, so let it be done...
I'm not sure whether I believe in that story or not, but I know for a fact Shawn Green doesn't.
And that is why he will be left off the playoff roster.
So, after the disaster that was last season's TV viewing, I am still fully prepared for half the shows I watch/like to get canceled, but why not mention three new shows that have promise, at least in this guy's opinion:
Chuck (NBC) - I'll admit it, I was surprised how much I enjoyed the pilot. Here's betting it lasts longer than Bionic Woman at least.
Life (NBC) - Cop show with an interesting twist. Stars the guy who played Dick Winters in Band of Brothers.
Dirty Sexy Money (ABC) - Thought this show would blow and I'd never watch another episode after the pilot. Something about the ensemble cast of fucked-up characters will have me coming back next week.
wow - teej. i had no idea that's where you were going last night. i've been puzzling over your text since i got it. even when you referenced jesus in your reply, my mind went to 'the big lebowski' and not the holy trinity. nicely played, sir.
It was very hard to convey all that in a text, and of course I hate actually calling people, so I'm sure you were indeed quite confused.
By the way, my wife now mocks me mercilessly for texting my "BFF rob" each and every night.
If, and yes it's a big IF, but if the Rockies sweep the Diamondbacks to win the NL West that would be 14 wins in a row to end the regular season. That's got to be some sort of record, right?
if it's any consolation, my wife does the same to me. chicks don't understand baseball drama at all.
Jesus Quintana? That creep can roll.
Stop fucking around Mariano Rivera...
Stupid Orioles.
melvin mora is a beautiful man
This Notre Dame game just got real interesting...
...well, that didn't last very long.
Based on some shoddy math, all hell breaks loose if the following occurs:
Phillies win
Mets win
Rockies win
Padres lose
I'm off to figure out who would play who and when/where they would play in this unheard of tiebreaking scenario...
I hope you didn't bother. Because Tom Glavine didn't.
I hope Tom got himself out of the city immediately after the game, because I'm guessing there might be one or two people looking to cause him serious harm.
Probably. It's not 100% fair, but that's NY for you. He wasn't even all that terrible if you look pitch by pitch and what fell in for hits -- the fact that there was zero room for error makes his uncanny implosion that much more emphatic.
But wow, did he crap himself.
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