fish7718 Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 This years NL East race is one of the closest pennant races I've ever seen. Makes the games 10x more tense and interesting.The NL East race was decided by 1 game in 07 and 08 -_- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted September 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 The NL East race was decided by 1 game in 07 and 08 -_- Great memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trutrojan8 Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 Fun game, I appeared on the Jumbo Tron in like hte 6th or 7th inning haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 (edited) Guess who would have homefield advantage if the season ended today? EDIT: In the National League. Edited September 12, 2010 by Cobb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted September 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Home field is a big deal this year, especially for teams like the Phillies and Cardinals (lulz...so yeah, just the Phillies I guess). The NL team with the best record this season gets to pick between a 7 day NLDS and an 8 day NLDS. An 8-day NLDS means you could get by with a 3-man rotation and nobody pitching on short rest, which would obviously be an advantage for teams like the Phillies with a great top 3 and not-so-great 4s and 5s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Wolf Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 (edited) FixedBack-to-back 163 games to find out the AL Central winner?Don't you remember 2006? September 24, 2006, a victory by the Twins guaranteed that the wild card would come from this division, eliminating the Boston Red Sox of the American League East from wild-card contention, and also ending a three-year streak of wild-card appearances by the Red Sox. The Twins eliminated the White Sox from playoff contention on September 25 and then passed the Tigers on the last day of the regular season to give the Tigers the wild-card slot. This year, there is no drama, but the AL Central usually has 2 or 3 teams battling for first until the last week or less. Edited September 13, 2010 by Lone Wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted September 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 What? I assumed we were talking about this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Wolf Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 (edited) I wasn't. Hence the reason I typed "races". Edited September 13, 2010 by Lone Wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted September 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Tonight, Billy Wagner came pretty close to striking out the side on 9 pitches (he struck out the first 2 batters on 6 pitches and threw strike 1 to the third batter before throwing a ball). This got me thinking about how much this has happened in history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitchers_who_have_struck_out_three_batters_on_nine_pitches Kind of interesting. A bunch of guys you'd expect (Koufax, Pedro, Bunning, Grove, Nolan Ryan, Bob Gibson, Randy Johnson, Rob Dibble, etc), but then you have a bunch of random guys like Brian Lawrence, Ross Ohlendorf, and Brandon Backe. Heh. Kind of obscure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted September 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Also I do not mean at all to be a dick, Cobb... But really, Atlanta? Middle of September, pennant race, and only 18,000 fans show up? Jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted September 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Even worse in Cincinnati. 12,000! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren2ThaG Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 That didn't hit Jeter's hand lmaooooooooooo, hahaha dumb umpiressssss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestle Snipes Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 My Braves have hit a rough patch at the wrong time, now 3 games back, maybe we just need to concentrate on stringing a few wins together and hanging on to the WC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 That didn't hit Jeter's hand lmaooooooooooo, hahaha dumb umpiressssssI would normally defend the ump, commenting on how hard it is to make that call right there at that speed however the sound the ball made when it hit the bat was picked up by the cameras, the ump should have heard that and realized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted September 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 As everybody knows, the Pirates are bad. They have won 15 road games all year and have been outscored by 283 runs. That is '62 Mets and '03 Tigers bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted September 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 I would normally defend the ump, commenting on how hard it is to make that call right there at that speed however the sound the ball made when it hit the bat was picked up by the cameras, the ump should have heard that and realized. I agree with this. The arrogance of umpires is at an all-time high right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted September 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Joe Torre is leaving the Dodgers and Don Mattingly will supposedly take over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Joe Torre would be great for the Mets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted September 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 (edited) Good line for Jason Marquis tonight... 1/3 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 38 pitches Edited September 17, 2010 by Phightins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted September 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Jason LaRue is retiring because of the concussion he received when Johnny Cueto kicked him in the face in that Cardinals-Reds brawl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 *Sigh* Jayson Werth fired his old agent and hired Scott Boras. Some AL East team just got lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Wolf Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 AL Central champs baby! I went to the game, and boy it was one hell of a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Diamondbacks Break Single-Season Strikeout Record OK, so Tuesday night wasn't one big bowl of champagne-soaked clinchers and 20-win pitchers. There were also dubious records to be broken and one of the biggest we've kept an eye on — the Arizona Diamondbacks' "pursuit" of the single-season record for team strikeouts — finally fell at Chase Field in Phoenix. Stephen Drew(notes) (right) and the D'Backs struck out six times to run their season total to 1,403 whiffs. Adam LaRoche's(notes) strikeout in the sixth inning was the 1,400th of the season, which got Jose Hernandez and the 2001 Milwaukee Brewers off the hook as the freest swinging team in history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 BOMBTISTA!!! With 50 today!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren2ThaG Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 BOMBTISTA!!! With 50 today!! Lemme guess he bombed it off........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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