MLB 2013 season

Sox hitters are just abusing the Yankee staff. Yankees first half, the pitching was outstanding but kept losing game after game because of putrid hitting. They trade for Soriano who in 1 month deserves to be their MVP after re-igniting the offense. Now they can't pitch at all.

Baseball can be maddening at times.

Agenor_sl said:

Baseball can be maddening at times.

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Like when it gets near the end of a season and you are suddenly just getting shellacked by a team you've pretty much owned all year?

Stupid Cards...

Grimmlokk_sl said:

Like when it gets near the end of a season and you are suddenly just getting shellacked by a team you've pretty much owned all year?

Stupid Cards...

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Owned in Pittsburgh maybe. When the Pirates are away from home they are as beatable as anybody else is on the road.

No team is fighting as hard to miss the playoffs as the Rays these last 3 weeks.

dandrools_sl said:

Owned in Pittsburgh maybe. When the Pirates are away from home they are as beatable as anybody else is on the road.

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Yeah it was 3-3 in St. Louis before these last 2 ugly games, which I counted as doing great but isn't some crazy record.

SimSimSalabim_sl said:

No team is fighting as hard to miss the playoffs as the Rays these last 3 weeks.

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They really are shitting the bed. Two weeks ago they were tied for first in the east. If they lose tonight they are 8 1/2 out.

Grimmlokk_sl said:

Yeah it was 3-3 in St. Louis before these last 2 ugly games, which I counted as doing great but isn't some crazy record.

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Not to imply the Cards are any better on the road... It's weird, early in the year they had an insanely good record on the road but since that road trip to Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and Cincinatti started they've been really bad. They also started off the year mediocre at home but have been near to unbeatable there as of late. The Dodgers are really the only team in the NL that has a good record both at home and away. Take away the beginning of their season and they've been amazing, I feel like they will be the team I don't want to face in the playoffs.

Agenor_sl said:

Back to back nights ripping Yankee hearts out. Feels good. What a shit storm the Yankee bullpen has looked awful the past few nights.

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Feels batman.

dandrools_sl said:

The Dodgers are really the only team in the NL that has a good record both at home and away. Take away the beginning of their season and they've been amazing, I feel like they will be the team I don't want to face in the playoffs.

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Not real confident in any of the Central teams against LA or Atlanta. Mid-season I had a lot more faith in the division as a whole.

We might be seeing the beginning of a cooling off for the Dodgers. They're in their first 3-game losing streak since early June. No way they could have kept that winning rate the entire season. If the Reds manage to win tonight, that'd be a sweep! Solid September so far for the Reds. Won 3/4 against the Cards and have an opportunity to sweep the Dodgers tonight. Only 1.5 back!

i think i'm officially buying into the red sox being able to defeat any MLB team in a 7 game series.

Even with Ellsbury out?

Muurloen_sl said:

Even with Ellsbury out?

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yea that hurts for a few weeks. i heard 3.

Unrelated to tonight's game(COLE .45!), this is a Darvish 61mph curveball. I don't think I've seen a batter miss this bad since Randy Johnson vs. John Kruk in the all star game.

Grimmlokk_sl said:

Unrelated to tonight's game(COLE .45!), this is a Darvish 61mph curveball. I don't think I've seen a batter miss this bad since Randy Johnson vs. John Kruk in the all star game.]

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He might have reached it if he had swung an oar...

Congrats on the winning record.

Koji Uehara has to be the signing of the year. He has retired 31 straight batters. I'm not sure how he gets outs, topping out at 87. He must be very deceptive because he's on a run I've not seen out of a closer.

Sox would be lost without him.

Man my Rays fucking suck. I'm about ready to give up on them for the year. Yeah they're still 1.5 up in the WC somehow, but there is absolutely 0 reason to believe they will finish with a better record than ANY of the 4 teams within 3 games of them atm. Their offense is just completely dead. Sometimes its good pitching that gets them, but for the most part they aren't hitting anybody.

supertouch_sl said:

Texas has looked pathetic the last two weeks. On the bright side, this might mean the end of Ron Washington.

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Can't blame them the last two games, you step on the tracks of destiny you're gonna get hit by the train of fate.