Gameday Discussion for 8/25/10

[Cobb]

Final scores from August 24th:

Oakland 5 Cleveland 0

 

Kansas city 1 Detroit 9

 

Chicago Cubs 5 Washington 4

 

Houston 4 Philadelphia 2

 

St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh 4

 

NY Yankees 11 Toronto 5

 

Seattle at Boston Postponed

 

Florida 5 NY Mets 6

 

Minnesota 3 Texas 4

 

Baltimore 5 Chicago White Sox 7

 

LA Dodgers 5 Milwaukee 3

 

Atlanta 2 Colorado 5

 

Tampa Bay 10 LA Angels 3

 

Arizona 0 San Diego 5

 

Cincinnati 5 San Francisco 16

 

Standings:

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Today's Games:

Kansas City at Detroit (1:05 PM)

 

Seattle at Boston (1:35 PM)

 

Atlanta at Colorado (3:10 PM)

 

Tampa Bay at LA Angels (3:35 PM)

 

Cincinnati at San Francisco (3:45 PM)

 

Oakland at Cleveland (7:05 PM)

 

Chicago Cubs at Washington (7:05 PM0

 

Houston at Philadelphia (7:05 PM)

 

St. Louis at Pittsburgh (7:05 PM)

 

NY Yankees at Toronto (7:07 PM)

 

Florida at NY Mets (7:10 PM)

 

Seattle at Boston (7:10 PM)

 

Minnesota at Texas (8:05 PM) ESPN2

 

Baltimore at Chicago White Sox (8:10 PM)

 

LA Dodgers at Milwaukee (8:10 PM)

 

Arizona at San Diego (10:05 PM)

[Cobb]

Where did the 10-1 lead go?

[Erick Blasco]

Where did the 10-1 lead go?

 

ROCKIES!!!!!!!!!!

 

ROCKTOBER ISN"T DEAD YET!!!!!!!!

Edited August 25, 2010 by Erick Blasco

[Teletopez]

Major momentum shift in Colorado. 10-1 deficit turns into a 12-10 Rockies victory.

 

If the same story doesn't happen in Anaheim, the Yankees have a chance to take a 1 game lead on the Rays in the AL East again.

[Teletopez]

Two 10-1 leads blown on the same day. San Francisco rallied to an 11-10 lead before surrendering a game-tying single. Reds-Giants tied at 11 in the 11th.

[Cobb]

Pathetic.

 

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[Phightins]

Strike out prone, streaky offenses FTW!!!

 

[expletive]. Only two positives from tonight. Roy Halladay was really, really good as usual. Only made 3 bad pitches by my count, but with the way this offense is going, that was more than enough for the Astros to win. Also, the crowd gave Scott Barry hell. Loudest booing I have heard since Scott Rolen's first game back.

 

But [expletive]. I know the first two games were heavily influenced by poor officiating, but the Phillies cannot be losing 3 straight games at home in August to the [expletive]ing Astros.

[Cobb]

Strike out prone, streaky offenses FTW!!!

 

[expletive]. Only two positives from tonight. Roy Halladay was really, really good as usual. Only made 3 bad pitches by my count, but with the way this offense is going, that was more than enough for the Astros to win. Also, the crowd gave Scott Barry hell. Loudest booing I have heard since Scott Rolen's first game back.

 

But [expletive]. I know the first two games were heavily influenced by poor officiating, but the Phillies cannot be losing 3 straight games at home in August to the [expletive]ing Astros.

Miracles do come true.

[Phightins]

They do this a lot. Out of the 5 "main guys" in this lineup, 2 are just off the DL and still searching for their swing, one can't hit for [expletive] with runners on base, one is in a season-long slump, and well, Placido Polanco is really good but he is not the kind of hitter who can carry a team by himself.

 

I think strikeouts are overrated (from a hitting standpoint), but when you have a whole lineup of guys who strike out a ton (with the exceptions being Carlos Ruiz and Placido Polanco), these slumps will happen. It is infuriating, but they do it several times every year.