Yankees - 000 300 003 - 6 10 1***
Red Sox - 000 000 020 - 2 5 0
Mike Mussina (3.47, 124 ERA+) / Daisuke Matsuzaka (2.80, 163 ERA+)
First game of a day-night doubleheader.
The only thing I want today (besides no Red Sox injuries)? No 20th W for Mussina.
***
There are still two undecided playoff spots: the AL Central and the NL Wild Card.
In the AL Central, the Twins are 0.5 GA of the White Sox.
Cleveland/White Sox at 2If the Twins win and the White Sox lose, Minnesota wins the division and heads to Tampa Bay. In any other scenario -- both teams win, both teams lose, White Sox win/Twins lose -- the teams would remain a half-game apart and the White Sox would have to make up a September 13 rainout against Detroit. That game would be in Chicago at 1 PM on Monday. If, after that game, the White Sox are tied for first place with the Twins, they would play Minnesota in another tiebreaker, also in Chicago, on Tuesday. The ALDS against the Rays starts on Thursday.
Royals/Twins at 2
Over in the NL, the Mets and Brewers are tied for the wild card.
Marlins/Mets at 1If Milwaukee and New York remain tied, a one-game playoff would be played in New York on Monday. Both NLDS begin on Wednesday.
Cubs/Brewers at 2
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JoS Contest Updates:
The Red Sox have 94 wins, with two games scheduled for today. The W-L contest tie-breaker is Manny Ramirez's OPS, based on his complete 2008 season. Right now, Manny has an 1.031 OPS (.927 with Boston, 1.232 with Los Angeles). When we weed out the sub-1.000 OPS entries, we are left with:
MBM OPSIt looks like it's between Zenslinger, Rob and The Pita. If Manny decides to hit four dongs or something, SoSock might enter the mix.
The Pita 96-66 1.037
Matt 96-66 1.014
Paul Hadzewycz 96-66 1.012
SoSock 95-67 1.062
Rob 95-67 1.038
MikeT9485 95-67 1.013
Zenslinger 94-68 1.015
Devine 94-68 1.001
In the Yankee Elimination Day contest, we are looking at the first tiebreaker. The Yankees have 88 wins going into today's doubleheader. Our remaining contestants:
NY Last Red
YED Wins Sox Win
Lewis S 0923 89 ALDS 4
Franco B 0923 88 G 162
Chuck C 0923 88 ALDS 4
Zenslinger 0923 88 ALCS 5
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1 – 200 of 301 Newer› Newest»Raining in Boston now. Doesnt look good. =(
Didn't I choose 96-66 too? Must've said something like .900 OPS
Might be seeing another rain delay to start things this afternoon.
Nice ceremony. Started raining, rained throughout, and now the rain has stopped.
So I'm rooting for either team to sweep so I can have a chance at one of these contests?
Fucking marathon in Toronto today. The usual 30 minute drive took 2 hours, 15 minutes and that's only because we made an illegal turn and parked in a garage 5-6 blocks away from where we work.
Fucking runners. I hope they all get cramps.
1. Brett Gardner, CF
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Bobby Abreu, RF
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Jason Giambi, 1B
6. Xavier Nady, DH
7. Robinson Cano, 2B
8. Cody Ransom, SS
9. Jose Molina, C
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
5. J.D. Drew, RF
6. Jason Bay, LF
7. Mark Kotsay, 1B
8. Jed Lowrie, SS
9. Jason Varitek, C
ish: 96 wins, but .986
ish: 96 wins, but .986
Close!
Mets and Marlins playing on TBS and they're delayed until 2:00. I haven't heard any start time for the Red Sox game, but the tarp is off the field. Dice-K's got to warm up, though.
I almost threw a post up onto my blog as a sort of back-up plan if you didn't get on in time.
At one of the various road block-offs, I wanted to yell at a cop: "But I've got a game thread at 1:30!!!"
Ah well, very late for work at noon, but in time for the game!
GDGD switched from "Delay" to "Warmup".
So, here's what would be nice to happen...
No injuries. No 20th win for Mussina. Twins and White Sox both lose or both win, same with Brewers and Mets. Love to see some baseball tomorrow and Tuesday.
They're putting the tarp back on the field.
Ah well, very late for work at noon, but in time for the game!
Hope all is well with the work front. "Why were you late?" "Uh, look outside."
No big deal. There's only one other person and she came in at 9 and dealt with it too. They are a bit more free and easy about such things here than in NYC! Plus I don't think any work has come in yet today.
I'm leaving a while for that show I mentioned in Friday's game thread. Was hoping to catch a few innings before I left.
That's good. The way this is going you'll be able to get a lot of work done.
It rained hard, then stopped, then started raining hard again.
Banner at Shea: "We don't want to say goodbye to Shea today!"
If tomorrow's CHW/DET game is needed, the Tigers will most likely pitch Freddy Garcia.
RS: "But I've got a game thread at 1:30!!!"
Cop: Oh yeah, what blog?
RS: Joy of Sox!
Cop: Well, shit! C'mon guys we gotta get this fellow through! Move it!
Sirens blare; motorcade forms....
He worked out for several clubs earlier this season including the Red Sox and I guess was picked up by Detroit.
"I'm sorry, runners, but I'm going to have you guys to stop so this guy can get through. He's got something a little more urgent today!"
Cop: "Hell yeah! I think Buffy's an idiot, too!"
What's done is done, but had Friday been rained out and the Rays lose today it would have been a crazy tiebreaker scenario for the division with us still having 3 games to potentially make up before the playoffs could start.
Honestly, luckily that didn't happen.
Apparently Dice-K has warmed up once or twice already today, so the rain might pose more problems than just delaying the start now.
Meanwhile, the Marlins/Mets game on TBS is beginning. Yay baseball!
And by beginning, I mean they've just played a 1-2-3 half-inning
Scott Olson against Oliver Perez... Definitely a playoff game at Shea as this is do or die, virtually, today.
If both games are unable to be played, Zen is in the running for both contests!
AB says the Red Sox are hoping to get the game started at 2:30... which is now. But it's not on yet. Shouldn't be too long now.
NESN back at Fenway.
Red Sox have taken the field... Dice-K included!
BASEBALL!
First pitch!
Bastards! just as I get ready to leave.
My friend who is going to the show with me greatly dislikes all sports--yes, even baseball, so I doubt I'll subject him to radio play.
Sliding catch on his knees, Drew makes a great catch!
He gets his legs wet in the first inning!
beautiful for drew. hope he doesn't fuck up his back any more.
My friend who is going to the show with me greatly dislikes all sports--yes, even baseball, so I doubt I'll subject him to radio play.
Driver picks the tunes! That includes baseball!
Dice-K looks good through a half! 1-2-3
Oliver Perez is back out there after trying to catch a ground ball SEED barehanded last inning.
Scoreless in the top of the 3rd.
BEAT THE BIGOT!
Castig: "Here's Jacoby Ellsbury!"
The producer played the very beginning of the Volvo commercial where Lyndon says "Hi"
Pedroia doing his part!
But oh no! FY tried going for second and got gunned down by the Noodle! That's embarrassing.
That helps his batting average, though!
AW FUCK -- Noodle gets an assist
John Sterling probably lauding Noodle's arm, saying the best arm in the world.
Joe Mauer at .329, Pedroia at .326 right now.
CLE 010
CHW 03
KC - 00
MIN - 00
FLA - 000
NYM - 000
Don: Mets and Brewers "in a virtual tie"
No -- AN ACTUAL TIE! They have the exact same record.
CHC - 010
MIL - 00
ESPN will have their only day-game of the season if Chicago needs to play the makeup game with Detroit.
So... MORE BASEBALL! Hopefully.
KC - 00
MIN - 01
This is weird. Watching four other games while the Red Sox game doesn't mean much. Besides Mussina's W-L record.
Perks of Major League Baseball. Youk's "significant other" in the NESN booth promoting... something. That part isn't important.
She didn't sound like she knew how many home runs Youk has hit this season. But it doesn't matter.
Bay's been having a tough go of it lately.
I think she knew. But they asked if she thought he'd hit one today. Maybe she didn't hear the (quite stupid) Q.
Damon's a little busy running over to foul territory.
FLA - 000 0
NYM - 000 0
McCafe?
OHHH PUH-LEESE.
You've never heard of that? They want to be like Starbucks.
The sun is out at Fenway!
No sun here. :( Still rather dark.
O'Brien: "This is a BIG strike zone today. This is a Game 161 or 162 strike zone."
CLE - 010 0
CHW - 030 0
CHC - 010 0
MIL - 000 0
I guess I am carrying this whole gamethread today. 69 comments... I've made 48 of them.
Wow. If the Mets and Brewers require a one-game playoff tomorrow, Jerry Manuel announced the pitcher will be Pedro, on 3 days rest.
That's a lot to ask, innit?
Raining here in NYC. I'm not sure how any of these games are happening.
Pedro's last 4 starts: 7.77
Pedro's last 7 starts: 6.75
KC - 000
MIN - 011
Nick Punto is up with the bases loaded and 1 out.
I'm clueless. What are the Stems' other options?
i would like a thin crust pizza -- with some goat cheese.
Couple of last-day blowouts...
TOR - 011 131 0
BAL - 000 000
CIN - 100
STL - 235
Goat cheese, eh?
Jays building momentum for '09!
fuck yeah. basil, sliced tomatoes, cheese o' the goat -- more than a little on the well done side -- and a big ass bottle of red wine.
shit -- i'm hungry now.
FLA - 000 001
NYM - 000 00
Twins squandered their bases loaded-1 out opportunity.
So far things are looking great for more baseball tomorrow.
There goes the no-walker.
Where was THAT?
Right down the shute.
Special A-Rod strike zone still in effect even though he goes home tomorrow.
HMM. back to a G1 zone?
Case of missed opportunity from Friday night playing out. The unpredictable could actually have happened on Tampa's end.
TB - 000 030 00 - 3 6 0
DET - 003 200 0 - 5 6 0
That means if the Red Sox win these next two games, the Red Sox and Rays will end the season with identical records.
And of course, if the Rays end up losing today.
FLA - 000 002
NYM - 000 00
Perez has been knocked out of the game. That second run was scored via the bases loaded walk.
And there is only 1 out at Shea.
2 out, as Cody Ross popped out to third
Looks a lot darker in New York now. Shea's lights taking significant effect.
Drew grimacing a little bit...
Chances of the Mets winning today are very slim now. Into that dreaded bullpen. Joe Smith taking on Alfredo Amezega with fish on the pond.
fucking blind ump and fucking nady
Amezega hits a chopper right to Smith. Mets get out of a bases loaded jam - but they allow 2 runs.
4 innings played in Minnesota... 2-0 Twins
Remy giving scores, saying "but I don't care about these games at all. ... Why should I care if the Mets get in?
Maybe Don cares. Don's going to one of those cities for TBS.
GDGD's frozen on Nady's first pitch.
Shouldn't the one hour delay have totally effed with the Bigot's head/routine?
My GD has been fine.
TB - 000 030 03
DET - 003 200 0
HIT for Pedroia!
.32719 now!
So the Rays now lead 6-5... So much for having identical records, perhaps.
Jeterian!
FLA - 000 002
NYM - 000 002
CHC - 010 000 - 1 2 0
MIL - 000 000 - 0 1 1
It was a two-run dong by Beltran to tie it up at 2.
Even better than 2-out rallies are no-out rallies.
why does remy always call ichiro "eachy-row"? it annoys me -- same as when buck martinez calls flo "david ORtiz"
BEAT THE BIGOT!!!!!!!!!
C.C. Sabathia's pitched 6.2 innings so far, 1 unearned run, 5 K
be a nice time for that dong that cute girl was a-talkin' about.
How else does one pronounce "Ichiro"?
barn door zone is back.
"each-uhh-row"?
Mauer is 0 for 3... Batting .328
Fucking DP!
Goofy as Remy's pronunciations often are, it's true that both "ee-chee-ro" (with no syllable emphasized) is correct.
Rays get another run and lead Detroit 7-5 in the bottom of the 8th
Troy Percival was pitching in the 8th and was relieved by Trever Miller for the Rays... Hmm.
10-1 Blue Jays leading the Orioles in the 8th
Just resting Dice-K I suppose.
If the Sox had struck back in the bottom of the inning, Daisuke might've had a chance for the win. As it is, he's getting rested.
Glad I'm not a huge Mets fan. Mets fans must be on pins and needles watching this bullpen take over so early.
This is the deciding game for the red jerseys, Castig tells us. Boston is 4-4 so far with them.
OMG Lenny Clarke IS there!!!!
Endy Chavez just saved the Mets' bacon! Hot line drive out to left from Jorge Cantu - it looked like Chavez wasn't gonna get there, but all of a sudden he reached up and made a lunging catch backward toward the wall in full stride.
Can you hear his voice? I just heard someone yell something - sounded like Lenny.
Now the Brewers have a bases loaded, 1 out opportunity against Michael Wuertz.
Corey Hart strikes out swinging... 2 down for the Crew.
MDC warming
CHC - 010 000 0
MIL - 000 000 1
It's all up in the air!
Brewers scored on a bases loaded walk to Craig Counsell
CLE - 010 000 0
CHW - 030 000 2
5-1
CHC - 010 000 0 - 1 3 0
MIL - 000 000 1 - 1 2 1
TB - 000 030 040 - 7 8 0
DET - 003 200 002 - 7 8 0
!!!
First final of the day!
TOR - 10 15 0
BAL - 1 4 2
Toronto ends their season 86-76
Baltimore's final record: 68-93
FLA - 000 002 01 - 3 6 0
NYM - 000 002 0 - 2 3 0
Wes Helms dong to put the Fish up.
Next final...
WSH - 3 9 2
PHI - 8 13 0
Nats finish the season 59-102!
Phillies will go to the playoffs with a 92-70.
That actually means the Nationals clinch the worst record in MLB this year! They had a game cancelled by rain this past week. Seattle is 60-101 right now.
FLA - 000 002 02
NYM - 000 002 0
Another dong!
...Go Cubs!
Onto the 10th in Detroit... Tigers got two more hits but couldn't do anything with them... Still tied at 7
I am watching the Mets game today...for the sake of my younger self and my son-in-law. Very discouraging.
Brewers just won.
CHC - 010 000 00
MIL - 000 000 12
Ryan Braun two-run dong!
Ooops, no, top of ninth for Cubs.
COME ON -- give this a-hole an ND or something!!
Amy, it's the bottom of the 8th in Milwaukee. Cubs can still come back!
Go Mets!
Top 9 now? okay.
This is great stuff. But the Mets HAVE to win now!
Come on, Cubs....
And if the Rays keep losing, I will be even more of a Yankee hater for destroying our chances for the division.
On the good news front, I remembered that I had switched my class on Wed to Thurs because of Rosh Hashanah, so at least I get to see game 1 of the ALDS.
CANADA Kottaras pinch-running for Varitek
Final...
ATL - 1 6 3
HOU - 3 8 1
Braves finish 72-90
As far as I know, the Cubs and Astros are still playing tomorrow. Astros stand at 86-75
CLE - 010 000 00 - 1 9 1
CHW - 030 000 20 - 5 10 1
KC - 000 000 00
MIN - 011 000 0
Close play for Marlon Anderson at first base on a ground ball to second...but called out.
Reyes just hit a ground rule double to right.
Tying run to the plate! Beltran!
I just sponsored Kottaras's BR page. It started off high (as all new pages due no matter who they are) but went down. It was at $60 a few days ago -- at $25 today.
I had some credit at BR because of an earlier snafu so I grabbed it. But now he has to stay in the organization!
Reyes on 2d, Beltran up with two out at Shea.
C.C. Sabathia is pitching the 9th for the Brewers!
Edwin Jackson pitching out of the bullpen for the Rays in the 10th!
Still tied at 7
Ish and I on the Mets game thread.
Luckily it's the bottom of the 8th for the Mets rather than 9th!
Beltran walks!
2 on for Delgado!
Brewers win!
Now Brewers have won. :(
Mauer singled. He's at .329; Pedroia at .327 after that DP.
Imagine if he were to pull ahead, he'd rest for the second game. Otherwise, he'd play?
Final...
CHC - 010 000 000 - 1 4 0
MIL - 000 000 12X - 3 4 0
Sabathia CG on three days rest! Santana did that yesterday. 4 hits given up and no earned runs!
let's go mets!
make the yanks feel worse for not getting to the playoffs.
White Sox win!
They will play tomorrow.
Arthur Rhodes will pitch to Delgado.
Final...
CLE - 010 000 000 - 1 9 1
CHW - 030 000 02X - 5 10 1
Cleveland finishes 81-80
81-81*
Delgado flies out to the warning track in left!
End of the 8th... 4-2 Marlins
Shit. Fly out by Delgado. Mets leave 2 on base.
COKE.
Mussina is done.
Still tied at 7 in Detroit... Top 11th
Just as I say that...
FKR take an 8-7 lead
Johnny Pesky on the radio talking about a lady in the stands who asked "Can I kiss you?" And he said yes, and was bummed because he never got her number!
I'm surprised Jerry Manuel's keeping Ayala out there in the 9th. He gave up those two runs... Just gave up a base hit with 0 out.
Twins have the bases loaded, 1 out, bottom 7th
O'B: "By the way, happy birthday to you - happy belated birthday..."
Pesky: "Thank you. I'm only 27."
pitching change in New York... Ayala out.
KC - 000 000 0
MIN - 011 000 2
4-0!
Pedro Feliciano in there for the Mets. Man on first, 1 out
Castig: "I figured out, Johnny, that you've hit over 13,000 miles of ground balls!"
Pesky: "Well, that could be..."
2 out... Another pitching change for the Mets.
HGH going for the golden shower.
8-7 Rays going to the Bottom of the 11th.
Cantu flies to center... They go to the bottom of the 9th at Shea.
Last Call for Shea Stadium.
Here we go. David Wright starts things off in the bottom of the 9th.
Final...
FKR - 000 030 040 01 - 8 11 0
DET - 003 200 002 00 - 7 10 0
Rays finish reg. season 97-65, and will be assured at least a 1 game better record over Boston.
Tigers will play Chicago tomorrow.
Ground-rule double for Kotsay!
Meanwhile, there's a baseball game in Boston today!
POUND JtC!!!!
frigging tub of goo
Wright really extending the AB...
But he pops out to second.
1 out.
thanks for the base runners you buggy motherfucker.
Now JtC is taken out of the game.
He was only throwing 91 mph.
The New York Mets' season is in the hands of Endy Chavez and Damion Easley.
we need a seriously big mind trick here.
Chavez grounds out to the pitcher.
2 out.
It's up to Damion Easley.
Red Sox pass the 3 million mark for attendance.
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