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Glad to hear it. At only 5.5 games back of SD with over a month to play, and considering that both teams are under .500, we can indeed overtake the Pondscum and make it to postseason play. 😀
 
Chris Carpenter pitched 7 and 2/3 innings to earn his 19th victory of the season as the Cardinals pounded the Marlins 6-1. The Cardinals magic number to clinch the NL Central is 17.
 
Last night scores:
In the American League:
Oakland in 12 innings knocked off the Orioles 10-5. The Indians outslugged the Tigers 10-8. The Tigers scored 5 in the 1st inning and then allowed the Indians to take a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the 1st. A long night for the Tigers in Cleveland. The Red Sox waited out a very long rain delay and outlasted the red hot Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10-6. Tampa has the 2nd best record in the American League since the All-Star Break. Texas beat the slumping White Sox 7-5. The White Sox lead in the American League Central is now down to 7 games. With 6 games left against the Indians well that could tighten up even more. The Twins beat the Royals in 10 innings 3-1 and the Yankees who trailed 4-0 at one point beat the Mariners 7-4.

In the National League:
The Cardinals behind Chris Carpenter beat the Marlins 6-1. Carpenter has now run his record 19-4 with an ERA of 2.29. To those who think that Clemens should win the Cy Young award look at those numbers. Carpenter will probably win 24 games. In my opinion, Carpenter is your NL Cy Young winner. The Dodgers moved to within 4 1/2 games of the San Diego Padres, as they jumped out to an 8-0 lead after 2 1/2 innings and coasted to a 9-6 victory. The Diamondbacks also moved to within 4 1/2 games as they beat the Padres 7-5. With the Padres losing their record dropped to 64-66 as they continue to lead the NL West. The Rockies nipped the Giants 2-1 as the Giants failed to gain ground on the Padres.
Scheduled games of importance to the standings today:
In the American League:
The White Sox have a doubleheader in Texas.
Tigers are in Cleveland
Tampa Bay is at Boston
Twins are in Kansas City
The Yankees are at Seattle
The A's play the Angels for 1st place in the West.
In the National League:
The Cardinals are in Florida
The Mets host the Phillies
The Nationals play in Atlanta
Cincinnati is in Houston
The Dodgers are in Chicago to play the Cubs
The Pirates are in Milwaukee
Arizona plays San Diego
Colorado plays San Francisco.
Enjoy the games and we'll talk later.
 
As you noted, the defending NL West Champion Dodgers are just 4.5 games back, with a little over a month to play. Hope springs eternal, especially for me for the Dodgers. 😀
 
milagros317 said:
As you noted, the defending NL West Champion Dodgers are just 4.5 games back, with a little over a month to play. Hope springs eternal, especially for me for the Dodgers. 😀
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I think if the team from the West finishes with less than .500 record then they should not even bother to show up to the play-offs. I mean if you are under .500 after 162 games and you have won your division haven't you embarrassed yourself enough already? 😕
 
I'm sure they would mange to take the field rather than forfeit the opening best-of-5 series. 😀
 
milagros317 said:
I'm sure they would mange to take the field rather than forfeit the opening best-of-5 series. 😀
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The NL West is an embarrassment and a complete joke. I hope that they are swept in that first round to complete a storybook ending.
 
I will have to wait to see who is the NL West winner before I commit myself as to whether I want to see them also win in the best-of-5 series. 😛
 
milagros317 said:
I will have to wait to see who is the NL West winner before I commit myself as to whether I want to see them also win in the best-of-5 series. 😛
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To me it will not matter. If the Dodgers are under .500 or any other team is under .500 and make the play-offs, they should and I will root for them to be swept for being an embarrassment. :ermm:
 
While I understand your point, I do root for the Dodgers under all circumstances. 😀
 
milagros317 said:
While I understand your point, I do root for the Dodgers under all circumstances. 😀
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I appreciate your understanding because I will root hard against the team that finishes under .500 and makes the playoffs. 🙄
 
Imagine how embarrassing for MLB it would be if the team which is under .500 and in the playoffs should somehow get hot (as the Dodgers were in April) and win the World Series. 😛
 
milagros317 said:
Imagine how embarrassing for MLB it would be if the team which is under .500 and in the playoffs should somehow get hot (as the Dodgers were in April) and win the World Series. 😛
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Let's all pray that that does not happen. :wow:
 
If the Dodgers win the NL West at 80-82 or below, then I will pray for it to happen. 😀
 
Meanwhile, AL fans are oblivious to all that, and have a close wildcard race to look at. 😀
 
Both of those races could come down to the last weekend of the regular season. 😀
 
You are probably right. Funny thing is if the Mets are really close the last weekend of the season the Mets are playing the Rockies at Shea for 4 games. So if the Mets are still this close it does tilt in their favor.
 
With an odd number of teams in the NL West and NL East, one team must be playing out of their Division even as the season ends.
 
Milagros, it seemed odd to me for a second that, if the Dodgers do get really hot they will catch the NL West leading Padres before they catch Philadelphia and Florida, currently tied for the lead in the Wild Card race. Then I remembered, it's the NL West! The Phillies and Marlins are REAL teams! :jester:

Being in Chicago though, I don't have any room to talk. I'm sure everyone is aware that the list of teams that have gone the longest without winning a World Series goes like this:

1. Chicago Cubs
2. Chicago White Sox
3. Boston Red Sox

Not one, but BOTH Chicago teams have to be at the top of that dubious list! :sowrong:

Also, a question: It is believed that some of the White Sox players intentionally played bad during the 1919 World Series in exchange for money. Is this still speculation, or has it been proven that they were trying to lose intentionally?
 
CaptainQuantum said:
Milagros, it seemed odd to me for a second that, if the Dodgers do get really hot they will catch the NL West leading Padres before they catch Philadelphia and Florida, currently tied for the lead in the Wild Card race. Then I remembered, it's the NL West! The Phillies and Marlins are REAL teams! :jester:

Being in Chicago though, I don't have any room to talk. I'm sure everyone is aware that the list of teams that have gone the longest without winning a World Series goes like this:

1. Chicago Cubs
2. Chicago White Sox
3. Boston Red Sox

Not one, but BOTH Chicago teams have to be at the top of that dubious list! :sowrong:

Also, a question: It is believed that some of the White Sox players intentionally played bad during the 1919 World Series in exchange for money. Is this still speculation, or has it been proven that they were trying to lose intentionally?
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I guess this means that after tonight when the Mets beat Philadelphia and the Marlins lose to the Cardinals that the Mets and maybe the Astros will be the real teams. What a win last night for the New York Mets. The Phillies on a homerun run by Kenny Lofton and a 2 run jack by Pat Burrell ( his 29th against the Mets in his short career ) gave the Phillies a 3-0 lead before the Mets even came to bat. With 2 out in the bottom of the inning Carlos Beltran hit his 14th homer of the year to make it 3-1. The Phillies scored again in the 2nd inning to give the Phillies a 4-1 lead. It stayed that way until Carlos Beltran knocked in Jose Reyes with the Mets 2nd run in the 5th to make it 4-2. The Mets scratched out a run in the 7th to make it 4-3. In the 8th Urbina walked David Wright and struck out Mike Jacobs. Victor Diaz then drew a walk and with men on first and second and one out Ramon Castro took a 1-0 hanging slider and crushed it into the Pepsi picnic area at Shea Stadium giving Mets fans a reason to think "Why not the Mets." So as 36,505 left Shea last night they know that tonight Pedro who is 13-5 and a 2.77 ERA will try to put the Mets on top in the wildcard race. Those fans left happy as the Mets in a come from behind effort defeated the Phillies 6-4.
 
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