OoTS 8/30

[Guest PiazzaFan411]

American League Starting Pitchers:

J. Garland, 16-7 (CWS) @ Benoit, 3-4 (TEX) (Game 1 at 5:05 PM)
McCarthy, 0-1 (CWS) @ Volquez, 0-0 (TEX) (Game 2 TBD)
Maroth, 11-12 (DET) @ Lee, 14-4 (CLE)
Kazmir, 7-9 (TB) @ Schilling, 5-6 (BOS)
Lopez, 13-7 (BAL) @ Bush, 3-7 (TOR)
Silva, 8-6 (MIN) @ Lima, 5-12 (KC)
Chacon, 4-8 (NYY) @ Harris, 1-1 (SEA)
Zito, 12-10 (OAK) @ Colon, 17-6 (LAA)

National League Starting Pitchers:

Morris, 14-5 (STL) @ Valdez, 1-1 (FLA)
Tejada, 4-3 (PHI) @ Seo, 6-1 (NYM)
Patterson, 8-4 (WSH) @ Sosa, 9-2 (ATL)
Ortiz, 8-9 (CIN) @ Rodriguez, 8-6 (HOU)
Penny, 6-8 (LAD) @ Prior, 9-5 (CHC)
Maholm, 0-0 (PIT) @ Davis, 9-9 (MIL)
Vazquez, 10-13 (ARI) @ Peavy, 11-6 (SD)
Cook, 3-1 (COL) @ Hennessey, 4-6 (SF)

Best Looking Matchup:



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Worst Looking Matchup:



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Rivalry Game:



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Best Looking Pitcher:



Jon Garland

Worst Looking Pitcher:



Jose Lima

Pitcher with most Pressure:



Jae Seo

He's into a heated conference game against the Phillies. This will be one tough game for Seo.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Great job, but "conference game"?

[seawolf17]

Sounds like someone is already in football mode!

[Elster88]

Florida beat St. Louis 7-6.
Washington beating Atlanta 3-2 in the top of the eighth.
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[Guest Edgy DC]

Todd "The Factor" Hollandsorth just singled off Gary "Inigo" Majewski.

Braves have first and second with one out.

My name's Edgy and I'm rooting for anybody behind my team in the standings. Today's my first time rooting for the Nationals ever.

[Frayed Knot]

I think Met fans should be pulling for the Nats against the Braves also (they won btw).
In addition to the WC race, let's pull 1st place closer back to the pack.


So in the NL:
Marlins win
Mets beat Phils, Nats beat Braves
Houston beats Cincy


In the AL:
Boston scores twice in the bottom of the 8th and once more in the 9th to pull out a 7-6 win vs the DevilDogs. Kazmir & Schilling were the starters and neither one distinguished themselves. The Sox have got to be a bit worried about Schilling at this point. this is no longer just back from his injury.

Mariners up 5-0 on Yanx in the 2nd. Shawn Chacon turning back into a pumpkin maybe following 6 starts of sub-2.00 ERA in pinstripes?

Oakland draws first blood against Anaheim and leads 1-0 in the 4th.
I don't know who to root for in this one - either result helps the Yanx somewhat.

Minnesota wins, Cleveland rained out.

[Frayed Knot]

Barry Zito - 9 IP, 1R, 3H, 2BB & Bartolo Colon - 9.1, 1R, 6H, 1BB
hooked up in a gem tonight.
Still tied 1-1 in the 10th. F-Rod in for Colon.


8-3 Mariners in the 7th.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

The A's win in 11 innings - 2-1.


The MFYs are down 8-3 with 1 out in the 9th.

[Elster88]

I'm realizing with each passing day that I don't give a flying fuck what happens in the American League. It is soooooo nice to be watching my team play "meaningful games" and not to have to make my rooting interest the team that is playing the Yankees or battling them in the standings. Rooting against the Yanks makes me no better than a Yankee fan with an obsession of ripping on the Mets.

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[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Speak for yourself. I like Oakland. It's a reaction to my mother-in-law's bandwagoning interest in the Mariners in 2001.

[Elster88]

I am speaking for myself.

Then again, triple happiness posts are always fun.

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[Guest ScarletKnight41]

True <g>

[Guest PiazzaFan411]

FINAL SCOREBOARD 8/30:

American League:

Chicago White Sox 6 @ Texas Rangers 8 (F Game 1)
Chicago White Sox 8 @ Texas Rangers 0 (F Game 2)
Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Indians (Postponed)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6 @ Boston Red Sox 7
Baltimore Orioles 2 @ Toronto Blue Jays 7
Minnesota Twins 7 @ Kansas City 4
New York Yankees 3 @ Seattle Mariners 8
Oakland Atheletics 2 @ Los Angeles Angels 1

National League:

St. Louis Cardinals 6 @ Florida Marlins 7
Philadelphia Phillies 4 @ New York Mets 6
Washington Nationals 3 @ Atlanta Braves 2
Cincinnati Reds 2 @ Houston Astros 5
Los Angeles Dodgers 3 @ Chicago Cubs 6
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 @ Milwaukee Brewers 0
Arizona Diamondbacks 3 @ San Diego Padres 5
Colorado Rockies 3 @ San Francisco Giants 4

American League Team of the Day:



Minnesota Twins

National League Team of the Day:



Houston Astros

AL Player of the Day:



Jermaine Dye

NL Player of the Day:



Miguel Cabrera

Best Overall Team of the Day:



Best Overall Player of the Day:



Jermaine Dye

Best Come-From-Behind Win:

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mets win Overall Team of the Day without winning NL Team of the Day.

Preparing for the wildcard, I guess.

[Guest PiazzaFan411]

Like I said before in yesterdays OoTS I give out NL/AL ToTD (Team of the Day) differently then OToTD (Overall Team of the Day). The Astros won the NL Team of the day on pitching. I take the regular Team of the day on pitching and fielding. I take the overall team of the day on hitting and baserunning.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Gotcha malotcha.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

411 - would it be possible to make the images in these threads smaller? One or two big pictures are ok, but multiple large pix on this kind of thread make scrolling a hassle.

Thanks.

[Guest PiazzaFan411]

No problem Scarlett I get on that

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Excellent. Thanks :)