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For which team?
Red Sox have little chance for either Wild Card or Division Title, while Marlins are tied with Phillies three games behind in NL Wild Card race.
Susie, On some days Giambi and Damon look like they haven't had a clean shave in days. Then again Clemens never shaved on the day he pitched.
I guess they are just testing the limits. As long as they are winning, Management is not complaining.
Root for the Tigers.
Did you see who contributed to Trenton's win?
THUNDER PLAYOFF CENTRAL
The Trenton Thunder Playoff Drive Presented By HESS
MATSUI, HUGHES LEAD THUNDER TO GAME #1 WIN, 3-1
Phil Hughes recorded a Trenton post-season record 13 strikeouts and Hideki Matsui drove in the insurance run in the 7th Inning to help the Thunder to a 3-1 win over Portland in Game #1 of the Northern Division Championship Series on Wednesday.
Guess who the Yankees are rooting for?
West W L Pct GB
Oakland 80 59 .576
LA Angels 75 65 .536 5.5
Torre does it again,
With a eight run lead Torre brings an overworked Proctor in relief of Johnson.
Doesn't Torre trust any other pitcher when his team is ahead by eight runs?
Yankees just have to hope that Randy Johnson pitches this way in the post-season.
Yankees are tied in loss column with Tigers...
NY Yankees 82 55 .599
Detroit 85 55 .607
To add insult to injury (no pun intended), after tonight his favorite team will be nine games behind the Yankees with 22 games to play.
26, No hitter broken up by the Royal that comes from my town.
cdxx, I don't believe that Steinbrenner held Stottlemyre in high esteem.
For Steinbrenner perception is reality.
Susie, Anibel Sanchez was traded to Florida with Jesus Delgado, Harvey Garcia, and Hanley Ramirez for Josh Beckett, Guillermo Mota, and Mike Lowell (Nov. 2005)
Susie, that's not going to make too many Red Sox fans feel good.
Could there be some truth about Mel's effectiveness as a pitching coach.
Post-Stottlemyre:
C Wang 16 5 3.69
R Johnson 15 10 4.94
M Mussina 13 6 3.72
Some notable quotes about Stottlemyre's Met days.
"Mel had this stubborn insistence that Doc had to develop a third pitch, a breaking ball, to make him more effective," Pearlman told me." 'He's striking out too many batters' was his attitude. He didn't seem to understand that the breaking pitches put a lot of strain on a very young arm. You could see the difference right after the '85 season. He was a great pitcher in '86, but he struck out fewer hitters, gave up more hits and more walks, and his ERA climbed sharply."
..."Mel had this thing about strikeouts," said Ed Hearn, the Mets' backup catcher in 1986. "He wanted Ron [Darling] to throw more breaking stuff. He did, and he was never quite as good afterward as he was in '86."
..."Mel just wasn't very good with mechanics," said a former Mets reliever who asked not be named. "If you had a problem with your delivery or if you were trying to work things out after being hurt, you were pretty much on your own."
Susie, The moderators of this board are fair. I find that an poster really has to push the envelope for Excel and/or Matt to intervene.
It was pointed out by 26 that the guy from Ocala moderates a baseball board on another site.
http://www.atomicbobs.com/index.php?board=238
Free speech is allowed there as long as it doesn't conflict with the moderator's opinions.
I guess that's why it averages 2 posts a day. lol
Yanks send best wishes to Lester
BY SAM BORDEN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
KANSAS CITY - It sometimes seems as if the rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox knows no bounds, but there is always a time for perspective. The Bombers sent a bouquet of flowers to ailing Sox pitcher Jon Lester last week, sending along their best for the young pitcher who is being treated for a rare form of cancer.
The flowers were seen in the Sox clubhouse last night. Lester, 22, isn't expected to rejoin the Sox this season as he undergoes treatment for anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
The Yankees are particularly sensitive to such serious health issues since Joe Torre is a prostate cancer survivor and had to miss part of the 1999 season while being treated.
"That kind of thing circumvents all of that (rivalry) stuff," Torre said. "Sure, you can say you don't want this player to play or that player to play when you're facing that team, but the bottom line is that you're talking about a serious issue and all everyone wants is for that kid to get well."
Too little too late for Red Sox.
Susie, Ocala Florida is much warmer in January.
Bull, 50 years too late...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subway_series
Watch ut for the Fish...
Squish the fish? Marlins in playoff hunt By STEVEN WINE,
AP Sports Writer
1 hour, 47 minutes ago
Watching from the bullpen as his teammates mounted a rally, Florida Marlins closer Joe Borowski looked away for one pitch and missed a three-run homer.
"I tied my shoes," Borowski said, "and before you knew it, we were leading 6-5."
The moral of the story: Keep an eye on the Marlins. They have a shot at a playoff berth, and for the first time this season, they also have a winning record.
The homer Monday by Joe Borchard helped the Marlins to their fourth consecutive victory. At 69-68, they became the first club in major-league history to climb above .500 after being 20 games under.
Manager Joe Girardi's team was 11-31 on the morning of May 22 and appeared destined to fulfill pundits' preseason projections of a 100-loss season — or worse.
"That wasn't a fun universe for us to be in," Girardi said. "But we learned a lot in those first 42 games."
The Marlins have since played at better than a .600 pace, second only to the New York Mets in the NL, and they went into Tuesday night's game against Arizona trailing wild-card leader San Diego by only two games.
To recover from such an abysmal start and challenge for a playoff berth is beyond improbable — especially for a team with baseball's youngest roster, puniest payroll and worst attendance.
"It's nothing short of amazing," said Borowski, who stands out among his cherubic teammates because he's a tobacco-chewing 35-year-old. "I don't know how to explain it, and I don't know if I want to try. Sometimes it's better left not trying to figure it out."
One explanation is that the Marlins are winning thanks to precocious pitchers. Their starting staff, consisting of four rookies and 24-year-old Dontrelle Willis, began the week with baseball's best ERA since the All-Star break.
Florida is also relying on rookies to spark the offense. First baseman Mike Jacobs, second baseman Dan Uggla, shortstop Hanley Ramirez and left fielder Josh Willingham have simultaneously blossomed to combine for 73 home runs through Monday.
Rookie right-hander Josh Johnson, who leads the NL with an ERA of 2.99, said he and the other youngsters settled into their roles when the Marlins began winning in late May.
"After that it was, `OK, maybe we belong here. Let's ride this out, play well the rest of the season and see what happens,'" he said.
The question now: Can the Marlins sustain their surge through September? In mid-May, Las Vegas oddsmakers gave them a 1,000-1 chance to make the playoffs. Now it's 12-1.
Florida will host a four-game showdown series beginning Thursday against Philadelphia, another wild-card contender.
"It's pretty remarkable when you look at where we were on May 22," Borchard said. "We're going to see what we're made of."
The drama will play out before some of baseball's smallest crowds. The perennially attendance-challenged Marlins are last in the majors, averaging less than 14,000 fans per home game.
Backup catcher Matt Treanor fumed about fan support during the last homestand, saying people in South Florida "should be ashamed of themselves." But mostly the Marlins shrug off the tiny turnouts.
"On Labor Day, you look out there and go, `OK, we've got 25 or 30 extra people,'" Borowski said. "You make little jokes to lighten it up a little bit.
"Of course you want the support of everybody. You'd hope that everybody would notice what you're doing. But you've got to go out and perform, whether there's one person or 50,000."
When the Marlins won the NL wild-card en route to World Series titles in 1997 and 2003, the bandwagon burgeoned in September. Such a scenario could be repeated this year, and with 16 of the final 26 games at home, it would be crazy to discount Florida and its $15 million roster.
The defense and middle relief may be shaky, but few teams can match the Marlins' rotation, and none can top their youthful zeal.
"These are supposed to be the dog days," Girardi said. "And we're full of energy."
For weeks the rookie manager deflected questions about playoff contention, saying he wanted the team to reach .500 before he addressed the subject.
Now he embraces it.
"Our guys have come a long way," Girardi said. "We're right in the middle of it now. Our players are having a blast. They're relaxed. They enjoy what they're going through. And they're going to learn a lot about themselves."
The Marlins continued their charge into contention even after a rift between Girardi and owner Jeffrey Loria erupted a month ago. Loria has since declined to endorse Girardi, fueling speculation that the potential NL manager of the year may not return next season.
Girardi, under contract through 2008, won't discuss the situation. But he said he's happy in Miami.
"I have a great group of players playing," he said, "and this has been a very enjoyable season for me."
The fun might be only beginning.
Look where Marlins are in Wild Card race...
W L GB
San Diego 70 66 --
Philadelphia 70 68 1.0
Florida 69 68 1.5
This team was 20 games under five hundred earlier in the season.
Giradi has to be NL Manager of the Year, regardles of what the Marlins owner thinks about him.
Yankees have a six run lead in lead in top of the eighth.
So why is Torre using an over-worked Scott Proctor.
Wouldn't it be a good time to see what Dotel can do?
Would you say Ringer?
Ringer is a term with several meanings:
In colloquial English language, it refers to a specialist who is clandestinely brought into a group or team to bolster its capabilities.
Trenton, NJ)- The Trenton Thunder, Double A affiliate of the New York Yankees have confirmed that OF Hideki Matsui is scheduled to make a rehabilitation appearance on September 6th and 7th as the Thunder host the second place team in the Eastern League Northern Division Championship Series.
Is Sheffield not too far behind?
I don't understand why outfield walls use stiff chain-link fencing instead of a more flexible material, such as nylon meshing?
Aaron Rowand and Carlos Beltran both have been victim's of some stadium designer's lack of common sense.
HOUSTON - Carlos Beltran will have an MRI on his bruised left knee today. He hopes it will confirm the original diagnosis that he suffered no ligament or tendon damage while bashing into a chain-link fence Saturday making a game-saving catch.
PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies center fielder Aaron Rowand left Thursday's game with a broken nose and lacerations to the face after crashing into the center field fence to make an over-the-shoulder catch for the final out of the first inning.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the first, Mets right fielder Xavier Nady sent a Gavin Floyd pitch deep to center field. Rowand caught the ball running at full speed with his back to home plate and went face first into the chain-link fence in front of the bullpen.
Free_Nebula, That's why the Yankees have Jeter.
PegnVA, Red Sox are not the same team they were in 2004 (even before their injuries) and Yankees should hold on to win the AL East.
In the post-season anything can happen. As long as the Angels don't make the playoffs, I like the Yankees chances against Tigers, A's and/or White Sox.
Bull, As I previously posted there is less pressure when your team has a comfortable nine game lead in September.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=13094305
A-Rod 2006, Any Coincidence.
April - August: A-Rod struggles offensively and defensively when the Yankees were in a tight race for AL East and Wild Card.
September 2006: With Yankees having a comfortable lead in the AL East A-Rod performs like an MVP.
SSKILLZ1, That's why an MVP is more than one dimensional player.
Beltran play shows how defense wins games.
Bull,Susie... It is a valid point that professional ballplayers do get preferential medical treatment.
While most people have to fight their HMO/Health Insurer for an expensive test, such as an MRI, ballplayers routinely recieve them from everything from a sore shoulder to a sprained pinky.
Has anyone seen Ralph Nader's letter to Steinbrenner?
http://www.nader.org/template.php?/archives/521-Ralph-Nader-writes-George-Steinbrenner-III.html
Boston has great numbers at home (41-25) with sub-par numbers on the road (32-38).
An above five hundred record against the East (31-27)
With losing records against the Central (11-14) and
West (15-20).
Should be interesting to see what they do in the winter.
Interleague play has skewed Red Sox won/loss record.
Taking away their 16-2 record against the National League, Red Sox are 57-61 against American League teams.
26, Chapter 54 hs not explained what we up counting up to?
Retirement or indictment.
skunksyard, Speaking of injuries, who would have thought that the Yankees would be eight games up this late in the season with all the injuries to their key players.
Who said that the Yankees don't have any pitching talent in their minor league system.
J. Karstens
IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA
7.0 6 2 2 1 1 1 3.86
SSKILLZ1, I don't think that the Jets will need your help this year.
Then which football team do you root for?
Typically Mets fans root for Jets and Yankee fans root for the Giants. 26 and Susie being the exceptions.
What's going on with the Red Sox?
Papelbon to undergo M-R-I Monday
By Associated Press
Saturday, September 2, 2006 - Updated: 12:59 PM EST
BOSTON - Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon will undergo an MRI on Monday as he tries to determine what caused the shoulder pain that forced him from yesterday’s game.
Papelbon is hoping it’s just pain from wear and tear or fatigue.
Papelbon left Friday’s game against Toronto after feeling a burning sensation in his shoulder on his 11th pitch.
Susie, From a person the lived through all...
26 Yankee World Championships and 6 Red Sox World Championships.
Boston Red Sox: 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004
New York Yankees: 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000.
Susie, Anyone who receives a dreadful diagnosis will receive extra attention from family, friends and colleagues. You dont't have to a professional ballplayer.
The exception would be for evil people.
Only an illness in a person like Fidel Castro would spark joy amoung his enemies. I guess not too many people would be upset if it was disclosed that Bin Laden had a terminal illness.