All-Purpose 2005 Stretch-Run Thread

[Guest cooby]

Yeah, it's called "Cranepool Forum"

[Guest Edgy DC]

Cleveland down 2-0 already. Boston/New York not underway yet.

It's a shame that, at least so it looks, Cleveland's great run will end with such a bad finish.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Bottom of the 8th: White Sox 3, Indians 1.
Bottom of the 4th: Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

If either lead holds up, the Indians are doomed.


Top of the 8th: Phillies 5, Nationals 3.
Bottom of the 6th: Astros 4, Cubs 4.

Nailbiting time in Houston and Philly. If the Phils hang on, and the Cubs win, there's a playoff game tomorrow.

Houston's fate is in their own hands.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Red Sox extend lead to 6-0.
White Sox still up 3-1 and batting in the top of the 9th.

Cleveland needs a miracle.

Astros pull ahead of Chicago in the bottom of the 6th. 5-4, Houston still batting. Philadelphia needs a reversal in that game. They're still up 5-3 in Washington with the Nationals batting in the bottom of the 8th.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Indians lose. They're done. Red Sox are the wild card.

Marlins win, so the Mets finish 83-79 and tied for third place.

If that seems familiar, it's the same way the Mets finished in 1971, my rookie season as a fan. (83-79, tied for third with the Cubs.)

This is the fourth season that the Mets have finished with 83 wins. I think it's their most frequent win total.

Astros still leading. It's 6-4, bottom 8. All of Philadelphia's hopes are hanging on the Cubs scoring at least two in the 9th.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Cubs get runners on second and third with two out, but the rally dies there.

Final score: Astros 6, Cubs 4.

The Phillies are still winning in Washington, but the game no longer has meaning. They're done, Astros go to the postseason.

[MFS62]

Great!
Now we can root against Pettite and Clemens.

At least its something.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

No exciting ties (actually there was a 3-way tie in the AL - Angels Sawx & Yanx - but all were in anyway so things just got settled w/tie-breakers) so no Monday baseball.

Angels won 9 of their last 10 to grab the #2 seed

Cleveland lost 6 of their last 7 - 5 by one run - to miss the playoffs.

Padres got their 82nd win.

Cards only ML team to win 100 (did it today). No one else in the NL won more than 90 !!


But the biggest kick I got today was when I was in the car and briefly (maybe 3 minutes) tuned to the Yanqui game on the radio. This was after the thing was pretty much settled (7-0 or so) so all that was left for Johnny & Suzyn to do was cry about what a "disgrace" it was for Buck to pull his regulars starting about the 3rd or 4th inning against the Angels. 'Oh the shame of it all!'
Sounds like a few somebodies didn't want to get on a cross-country flight right after the game - and miss some kind of scheduled pep rally thingie tomorrow.



So the matchups are:

NYY @ ANA
BOSox @ CHISox

PADRES @ StL
ASTROS @ BRAVES



I've only checked as far as the Tuesday schedule:

1:00 - Pads v Cards (suxx for SD fans, a game at 11AM local time!!)

4:00 - BoSox v ChiSox

8:00 - Yanx v Angels (prime time, always prime time)

[Guest Edgy DC]

So, who do you like in that Padres-Cardinals matchup.

You know, with eight out of 30 teams qualifying for the post-season, a few year in and year out, sometimes the champagne shower seems a little forced. I won't begrudge them or nothing, but, you know, win a pennant or a World Series, then we're talking.

Division series, naah.