AshevilleApp wrote:AL Wild Card is nearly set with Cleveland's loss last night. Tampa and Oakland both two games up on the Tribe with four to go.
That's part of the snooze-fest - besides there being no real races down the stretch, the only one involves the perfect trifecta of markets of Oakland/Tampa/Cleveland. Good teams, no doubt, but not markets that move the needle.
I agree to an extent, and I'm sure MLB brass do as well. But I don't care much about market sizes personally, and was hoping that Cleveland had one last run in them. I'm fond of rust belt teams and the AL Central in general. Doesn't break my heart that they likely won't make the playoffs though. I'm more focused on who the number 1 draft pick is next June.
Minnesota Twins 301 HR in 159 games
NY Yankees 299 HR in 159 games
Twins become first team to hit 300 Home Runs in a season and have 5 players with 30+ Home Runs. Besides Neslon Cruz, can you name the other 4 without looking it up?
Minnesota Twins 301 HR in 159 games
NY Yankees 299 HR in 159 games
Twins become first team to hit 300 Home Runs in a season and have 5 players with 30+ Home Runs. Besides Neslon Cruz, can you name the other 4 without looking it up?
I'm not even sure who Nelson Cruz is. I couldn't name another Twin, let alone any with 30+ HR's. But I did know that the Astros were going to be good.
Minnesota Twins 301 HR in 159 games
NY Yankees 299 HR in 159 games
Twins become first team to hit 300 Home Runs in a season and have 5 players with 30+ Home Runs. Besides Neslon Cruz, can you name the other 4 without looking it up?
I'm not even sure who Nelson Cruz is. I couldn't name another Twin, let alone any with 30+ HR's. But I did know that the Astros were going to be good.
Minnesota Twins 301 HR in 159 games
NY Yankees 299 HR in 159 games
Twins become first team to hit 300 Home Runs in a season and have 5 players with 30+ Home Runs. Besides Neslon Cruz, can you name the other 4 without looking it up?
I'm not even sure who Nelson Cruz is. I couldn't name another Twin, let alone any with 30+ HR's. But I did know that the Astros were going to be good.
Like me trying to name Phillies besides Bryce Harper.
Twins over 30 Home Runs in addition to Nelson Cruz who's 40th was his 400th.
Rosario
Sano
Kepler
Garver
GannonFan wrote:
I'm not even sure who Nelson Cruz is. I couldn't name another Twin, let alone any with 30+ HR's. But I did know that the Astros were going to be good.
Like me trying to name Phillies besides Bryce Harper.
Twins over 30 Home Runs in addition to Nelson Cruz who's 40th was his 400th.
Rosario
Sano
Kepler Garver
I thought that dude retired from the Dodgers decades ago.
GannonFan wrote:
I'm not even sure who Nelson Cruz is. I couldn't name another Twin, let alone any with 30+ HR's. But I did know that the Astros were going to be good.
Like me trying to name Phillies besides Bryce Harper.
Twins over 30 Home Runs in addition to Nelson Cruz who's 40th was his 400th. Rosario
Sano
Kepler
Garver
She was awesome on Jeopardy - knew all the foods that start with the letter "Q".
Nats relief pitcher Daniel Hudson (picked up from Toronto in July) had a heckuva series against the Phillies this week. In 4 games, he pitched 4.0 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, and collected 3 saves.
GannonFan wrote:
I'm not even sure who Nelson Cruz is. I couldn't name another Twin, let alone any with 30+ HR's. But I did know that the Astros were going to be good.
Like me trying to name Phillies besides Bryce Harper.
Twins over 30 Home Runs in addition to Nelson Cruz who's 40th was his 400th.
Rosario
Sano
Kepler
Garver
The Athletics are almost always competitive and ranked 23rd in spending this season
They have been amazing to watch over the past 20 seasons
at one point in 2012 they were 28th in payroll and had the best record in baseball at the all star break
Q: Name something that offends Republicans?
A: The actual teachings of Jesus
Gil Dobie wrote:HR Record Chase is Final,...........
Minnesota Twins 307 HR in 162 games
NY Yankees 306 HR in 162 games
Good one
Twins are toast in the playoffs anyway
Sadly I agree. Just don't see making them making it out of the first round.
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Ivytalk wrote:
Good one
Twins are toast in the playoffs anyway
Sadly I agree. Just don't see making them making it out of the first round.
Actually, they have a better chance in the first round than in the second round because of a best-of-five series. It's a killer round for the higher seeds. Wild Card teams have won 11 of the last 20 ALDS and 11 of the last 20 NLDS.
Twins aren't the Wild Card team but I'm too lazy to look up the #2 vs #3 matchups.
Twins get the Yankees right off the bat. This isn't the Terry Ryan era Twins. This is the Thad Levine/Derek Falvey stat-ball Twins. They took charge in 2016, so we'll see if the outcome changes.
Gil Dobie wrote:Twins get the Yankees right off the bat. This isn't the Terry Ryan era Twins. This is the Thad Levine/Derek Falvey stat-ball Twins. They took charge in 2016, so we'll see if the outcome changes.
They'll have all of America rooting for them. Don't blow this.
Old Dominion has three baseball alumni playing in the playoffs (all pitchers) and all three have been credited with a win in the Divisional Series. (Daniel Hudson - WSH, Justin Verlander - HOU, Ryan Yarbrough - TB)
Those three pitchers combined for a 41-15 record, and 8 saves, during the regular season.
If you do not think these facts are fun, then fuck you.
I thought that dude retired from the Dodgers decades ago.
