Frayed Knot

Giants win ... and therefore win the west. LAD lead starting to slip but that doesn't matter anymore. Yanx have a runner on 2nd with one out

Yanx, who have one hit thru 8, are heading to bottom 9 (in Bronx) still in a scoreless tie.

He tattooed his heart?!?

The Mets Win! (the race to finish their game first among the simultaneous start times). Thaaaaaa ... Mets WIN!!!!!

It's 5:45, and it's getting late early for some hopefuls Nats 5 - BoSox 2, Top 7 Padres 4 - Giants 11, Top 8 Rays 0 - Yanx 0, Bottom 8 Blue Jays 12 - Orioles 2, Top 7 Angels 7 - Mariners 2, Mid 6 Brewers 1 - Dodgers 7, Bottom 7

The scoreboard operator apologizes for taking a nap right through the 4:45 update So now, at 5:15 Nats 5 - BoSox 1, Top 6 Padres 1 - Giants 9, Top 7 Rays 0 - Yanx 0, Mid-7th Blue Jays 11 - Orioles 2, Bottom 5 Angels 6 - Mariners 2, Top 5 Brewers 1 - Dodgers 6, Bottom 6

At 4:15 Nats 2 - BoSox 0, End of 3rd Padres 1 - Giants 2, Bottom 4 Rays 0 - Yanx 0, Top 5 Blue Jays 5 - Orioles 1, Bottom 3 Angels 4 - Mariners 2, Top 3 Brewers 1 - Dodgers 0, Bottom 4

Been a while since we dedicated a thread to just one day of non-NYM baseball, but what better time than now. Your 3:45 time check: Nats 1 - BoSox 0, Bottom 2 Padres 0 - Giants 0, Bottom 3 Rays 0 - Yanx 0, Bottom 3 Blue Jays 3 - Orioles 0, Bottom 2 Angels 3 - Mariners 0, Top 2 Brewers 0 - Dodgers 0, Top 3

That's former WFAN'er Dave Sims bringing it on the Seattle broadcast.

Picture this scenario: Giants lose today while the Dodgers win; then they lose the division/WC game to LAD, then lose again to the Cardinals. THAT would be the most ill-timed three game (four I guess including Saturday) losing streak EVER! 106 wins and get bounced before the real action even starts.

First thing we could use is one those hit thingies I've heard so much about.

Giants lose in extras today Can no longer win 108 and still haven't sewn up the division. LAD needs two wins and a SFG loss on Sunday to force a one-game face-off to determine division winner/WC team

And the four-way tie remains a possibility! [NYY loses, BOS loses, TOR wins, SEA wins Sat & Sun]

No 1st inning HRs. Break out the champagne.

=G-Fafif post_id=79085 time=1633207330 user_id=55]MFYs lose.

Giants & Dodgers both win on Friday. SFG clinches at least a tie for the division and needs to sweep the weekend to reach 108 wins. It's one thing when the 98 win '85 Mets jumped up to 108 wins, but I believe several pre-season predictions had the Giants' O/U number below .500 (and they were sub-.500 in 2020) Safe to say that few if any saw this coming.

After giving up two in top 9, the Ysnx came back with two of their own but left the tying and winning runs on base. So tonight's results make this weekend a whole lot more interesting.

And things just got a bit more interesting. The Yanx rally in the 9th falls one run short The Sox win, the Jays win, and the M's are pending

Here's a good game plan: let's see how many GiDPs we can hit into!!

8th inning scores: Rays 2 - Yanx 1 Sox 4 - Nats 2 Jays 6 - Orioles 4 (was 6-0)

6th inning scores of note: Yanx down 2-1 Sox up 4-0 Jays up 3-0 Seattle starts later

Two 100+ game winners, same year/same division (in the division era) 1980: NYY - 103 (Lost in ALCS); BALT - 100 (No Playoff Soup for You!) 1993: Braves - 104 (L NLCS); SFG - 103 (No Playoffs) 2001: Mariners 116 (L ALCS); A's - 102 (L ALDS) ... both to the same team 2018: Boston - 108 (W WS); Yanx - 100 (L WC) 2021: SFG - 105 and counting (?); LAD - 103 and counting (?)

The Padres collapse this year was even worse than ours. The Mets peaked at 11 Games over.500 back in mid-June. They fell to a low of 9-under and now sit at -7 5.5 up on the Braves as of 6/16, 10.5 behind now The Pads also fell 20 games to .500 but that's all just since August 10th!! They peaked at +17 on that date and are currently at 3-under From 2.5 & 6.5 behind LAD & SFG to now 25.0 & 27.0 67-49 (.578) thru Aug 10, 23-46 (.333) since

Giants gave up three in the 1st on Thursday night ... and came back to win anyway on a walk-off infield single in the 9th. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Wilmer doubled in the 9th and scored the winning run ... well, actually his pinch-runner did. Wilmer can't be trusted in those sort of scenarios. Dodgers romped over everyone's favorite NL West punching bag these days, the Padres. So SFG goes into the final weekend up by two games with a chance both to clinch the division (magic number = 2) and to reach 108 wins. They'd be the first NL team to win that many games in a season since ... well, you know. Dodgers, meanwhile, need a sweep/swept situation in order to win the west. Or they'll take one where they play two games better than SFG and force a Play-off game to avoid the Play-in game. LAD could conceivably win 106 games this season and get sent home after Game #163. They went 19-7 during September ... and lost 1.5 games to the Giants. LAD hosts Milwaukee this weekend in what must be an odd series for the Brews trying not to show too many of their hole cards. Giants get the reeling Pads, also at home. StL has already announced that 64 y/o Adam Wainwright will start the WC game

=Fman99 post_id=78904 time=1632998957 user_id=86] I really don't like to generalize, but I'm gonna throw this out there. Feel free to dispute this. Anyone who's ever broken their hand punching a wall is a fucking dumbass.