Done.

[batmagadanleadoff]

The Houston Astros are MLB's first team to be mathematically eliminated from the 2011 playoffs.

[MFS62]

The guys at the Alamo had a better chance of surviving.

Later

[ashie62]

I miss the Astrodome.

[TransMonk]

Houston's been lonely in this thread for a few weeks.

Let's add the Cubs, Padres, Orioles, Twins, Mariners and Royals to this party.

[seawolf17]

I hat this thread, because I know what's coming.

[dinosaur jesus]

seawolf17 wrote: I hat this thread, because I know what's coming.

Yeah. It's like watching the other guys in the waiting room get called in for their cystoscopies.

[TransMonk]

Florida

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

dinosaur jesus wrote: seawolf17 wrote: I hat this thread, because I know what's coming. Yeah. It's like watching the other guys in the waiting room get called in for their cystoscopies.

Brutal day for the tragic number, plummeted 4 digits to 6.

[TransMonk]

Oakland A's
Pittsburgh Pirates

[Guest attgig]

done indeed...

[Valadius]

TransMonk wrote: Pittsburgh Pirates

This one's sad.

[Vic Sage]

what... no pix? i expect clever graphics in this thread.
C'mon, people... chop, chop, we're burning daylight.

[metirish]

TransMonk wrote: Oakland A's

Has Moneyball opened yet?

[TransMonk]

Yup.

I believe Atlanta's 4-1 win over the Marlins this afternoon successfully knocks both the Mets and Nats out before their game is even played tonight.

[Guest attgig]

TransMonk wrote: Yup. I believe Atlanta's 4-1 win over the Marlins this afternoon successfully knocks both the Mets and Nats out before their game is even played tonight.

indeed

[metirish]

Yes, the Mets address officially out.

[Frayed Knot]

metirish wrote: TransMonk wrote: Oakland A's Has Moneyball opened yet?

Sept 23 - aka a week from Friday

[metirish]

metirish wrote: Yes, the Mets address officially out.

huh?, predictive text on a phone...

[DocTee]

Guess I can throw out the betting slip I've been carrying in my wallet for the past six months: Mets to win WS, $20 to win $800.

[MFS62]

The Mets minor league system.
The remaining team, the Savannah Sand Gnats lost 7-3 today, and were eliminated in the SAL championship series 3 games to 2.
Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Astros have guaranteed themselves first pick in the 2012 draft. They've picked first twice before and went for Floyd Bannister (in 1976) and Phil Nevin (in 1992). Perfectly good careers for both of them, but five picks behind Nevin was Derek Jeter, so Houston fans have had to go to bed for 16 years wondering why they don't have the dreamiest team ever.

[Frayed Knot]

HoF pitcher for Detroit Hal Newhouser was Houston's Michigan area scout at that time and *thought* he had the Astros convinced that Jeter should be the #1 overall pick.
But at the last minute they switched to Nevin, supposedly for the more 'sure' projection a college player would provide. Newhouser quit over the snub.