Monday, May 28, 2007
Baseball update
The Brewers slump continues, but the NL Central is so atrocious it has not mattered. The Brew crew has gone three up and seven down in their last ten and only given up one game on their lead, which is still 6.5 games. Remember the Cardinals won this Quadruple AAAA division with 83 wins last year. Milwaukee was swept in Sand Diego. The Padres are the Clarion’s sentimental favorite in the NL West. They finished the sweep behind the NL leading Cy Young candidate Jake Peavy . (7-1, 1.47 ERA)
The Yankees on the other hand got swept by the Angels. They are teteering on the brink of done. Mike Mussina a Stanford economics graduate laid out the numbers for reporters yesterday. The Yankees would have to go 72-42 from here on, just to get to 93 and 69, which might not even be enough for the Wild Card. The 2006 and 2005 the Wild Card winners had 95 wins a piece, and the year before that the BoSox had 98 wins in the Wild Card slot.
Worse, the Yankees are not only 7.5 games behind the Tigers, but their are six teams between them. Moneyballers, the Twins and the A’s usually find a way to be competitive in the second half of the year. Although, Minnesota is having mounting bullpen injuries this year they still have Morneau, Mauer, and Santana. The Clarion also likes the core of players assembled in Seattle. Might the Mariners have the pitching to hang in the Wild Card race?
Other notes
Future Hall of Famer, Ichiro has a 20 game hitting streak, and .339 average.
Carlos Delgado may be waking up. Scary thought considering the Mets are already playing plus .650 baseball.
Good news for the Phillies fans. Ryan Howard too, may be waking up. In his return from the D.L. Sunday, he hit two, two-run dingers. His average is still down at a lowly .220. His homers coincided with a Phils sweep of the Braves. Don’t look now, but the Phils are not only two games over .500, but two games back of the Braves for 2nd in the NL East, and within hailing distance of the Wild Card, three back of the Dodgers/Padres.
Speaking of the Dodgers, how brilliantly Americana is this...Chavez Ravine has a 3,000 seat all you can eat section. If you are sitting in one of these outfield seats, pig out all you want for a fixed rate $40 game day ticket or as low as $20 for group sales. You even have your whole own designated concession counters, with no registers. Beer, candy and merchandise are sold at separate stands. And, go figure, it’s a hit!
One follow-up note, no discipline for Elijah Dukes out of the Devils Rays organization. Contrast that with the case of the Seattle Mariners pitcher Julio Mateo who the organization has both demoted and suspended.
The Yankees on the other hand got swept by the Angels. They are teteering on the brink of done. Mike Mussina a Stanford economics graduate laid out the numbers for reporters yesterday. The Yankees would have to go 72-42 from here on, just to get to 93 and 69, which might not even be enough for the Wild Card. The 2006 and 2005 the Wild Card winners had 95 wins a piece, and the year before that the BoSox had 98 wins in the Wild Card slot.
Worse, the Yankees are not only 7.5 games behind the Tigers, but their are six teams between them. Moneyballers, the Twins and the A’s usually find a way to be competitive in the second half of the year. Although, Minnesota is having mounting bullpen injuries this year they still have Morneau, Mauer, and Santana. The Clarion also likes the core of players assembled in Seattle. Might the Mariners have the pitching to hang in the Wild Card race?
Other notes
Future Hall of Famer, Ichiro has a 20 game hitting streak, and .339 average.
Carlos Delgado may be waking up. Scary thought considering the Mets are already playing plus .650 baseball.
Good news for the Phillies fans. Ryan Howard too, may be waking up. In his return from the D.L. Sunday, he hit two, two-run dingers. His average is still down at a lowly .220. His homers coincided with a Phils sweep of the Braves. Don’t look now, but the Phils are not only two games over .500, but two games back of the Braves for 2nd in the NL East, and within hailing distance of the Wild Card, three back of the Dodgers/Padres.
Speaking of the Dodgers, how brilliantly Americana is this...Chavez Ravine has a 3,000 seat all you can eat section. If you are sitting in one of these outfield seats, pig out all you want for a fixed rate $40 game day ticket or as low as $20 for group sales. You even have your whole own designated concession counters, with no registers. Beer, candy and merchandise are sold at separate stands. And, go figure, it’s a hit!
One follow-up note, no discipline for Elijah Dukes out of the Devils Rays organization. Contrast that with the case of the Seattle Mariners pitcher Julio Mateo who the organization has both demoted and suspended.
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