Down the Stretch - AL Style

[Frayed Knot]

Baltimore has won (1-0)
Yanx are losing (2-1 in the 8th)

No matter the outcome in the Bronx tonight, the AL East is going to come down to game 162 on Wednesday
Both will be night games.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Exciting stuff. Between this Mets rally, the O's 1-0 victory on MLB TV and the MFYs-Bosox in the rain, I'm all buzzy.

[Frayed Knot]

James Shields for the Rays: CG 2-hitter, 0 BB, [u:18utdrua]15Ks[/u:18utdrua] ... and the loss

[Fman99]

Yeah, baby, insurance run for Boston courtesy of a joke home run to right by James Loney.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Loney smashes one off Soriano and it's 3-1 in the 9th.

GO SOX

[Fman99]

And Ibanez ties it up with another joke home run to the same part of the stadium. Stupid crappy Red Sox.

I'm switching to the Mets.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Now that was a joke home run to right.

[bmfc1]

The Ibanez HR isn't even to the warning track at CF, right?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Wow, MFYs load them upo with 1 out but don;t score more and they are also going to xtras.

[Edgy MD]

Someday, players will routinely and publicly speak of YSIII of "That Joke of a Ballpark."

[Frayed Knot]

The difference with this game being played in October? The Yanx have used four relievers so far - and still have [u:34n4ldh1]eight[/u:34n4ldh1] left.

[Frayed Knot]

Yanx go quietly in the 10th
Derek Lowe on for the 11th

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

No rain delay but a bird delay.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I never saw a thing

[Frayed Knot]

You can't get 2-strikes up on Francisco's Cervelli's 1st ML AB of the season ... and then walk him ... and then walk the next guy ... and then give up a game winning P.O.S. single to Ibanez.
All of it, of course, after two were out and nobody on.

Yeah, this season is Valentine's fault.

[seawolf17]

Gah, yuck the Fankees. This always happens.

[Frayed Knot]

Eh, no biggie.
Tonight's result will just make tomorrow's reversal and the need for a one-game play-in to see who goes to the one-game play-in that much more satisfying.

[metirish]

The Ibanez HR was a joke.....even the Loney HR that ended up in the top deck looked like a fly ball off the bat, but it just carried.......David Cone is not all that engaging as a color guy....repeats what has just been said a lot.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

metirish wrote: The Ibanez HR was a joke.....even the Loney HR that ended up in the top deck looked like a fly ball off the bat, but it just carried.......David Cone is not all that engaging as a color guy....repeats what has just been said a lot.

He has moments; he's obviously smart, and not without stories... plus, for a jock, he's surprisingly open to what statistical analysis has to offer. Perhaps, like Ronnie, he just needs a different booth?

[metirish]

Agree, Kay never sets the color guys up(from what I hear last night anyway).....actually, Cone called the Inanez HR , next swing it was gone....

[Frayed Knot]

Oakland downs Texas and they're all tied up out west. One game for Div/WC - 3:35 this afternoon

Rangers have been in 1st place every day since day 4 of the season
Oakland was 13 out on June 30

[HahnSolo]

Little Solo getting ready for school and watching SportsCenter, sees the Ibanez HR highlight and opines:

"That's why I hate that stadium. Cheap home run."

[Guest themetfairy]

You're raising that kid well, Han.

[metirish]

Outstanding Han

[Guest themetfairy]

The A's take an early 1-0 lead over Texas.

[Guest themetfairy]

Texas got that back and more - they're up 4-1 in the third.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Bobby V wrecked his bike in Central Park, will spend last night as Boston mgr in bandages.

[Frayed Knot]

And Oakland has tied it back up 5-5 in the 4th!!

[Frayed Knot]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Bobby V wrecked his bike in Central Park, will spend last night as Boston mgr in bandages.

Will his arm be in a sling to match the one on his ass?

[ashie62]

HAMILTON DROPPED THE BALL!