Baseball Thread No. 19: The Robin Yount Postseason Tour

Scenarios for tomorrow:

Twins win, Pale Hose lose: Twins win division outright.

Twins win, Pale Hose win: Chicago has to play Detroit. If they beat Detroit Monday, one-game playoff Tuesday in Chicago.

Twins lose, Pale Hose lose: Chicago has to play Detroit. If they beat Detroit Monday, one-game playoff Tuesday in Chicago.

Twins lose, Pale Hose win: Chicago has to play Detroit. If they beat Detroit Monday, Chicago wins division. If Detroit wins, one-game playoff Tuesday in Chicago.

I think.

 

Tribe is starting a rookie sted a CYA winner. Where are Tris Speaker and Joe Wood to place a bet when you need 'em?

 

That makes my head hurt, Zeke.

 

Indians have put up 23 runs this series, and they get to play against their bitch Mark Buehrle on three days rest tomorrow. I'm not counting them out, even if they're running a scrub out there tomorrow.

 

Anyway you slice it, that makes for one hell of an ulcer for Twins and Sox fans.

 

Put it this way. Only the Twins can win the division outright tomorrow by winning while the Sox lose. The best Chicago can do is survive to play the makeup game.

 

Don't feel like digging up the other thread, but now that the Phillies have clinched the division ... who's the NL MVP?

For my money, it's Albert.

He's having the best year of his career (or, at worst, a very, very close second to 2003.)

Probably would have won the batting title if Chipper hadn't gotten injured (and kept his average high by missing games.) As it is, he's at .357, which is phenomenal for a guy with his power. No. 1 in OPS, slugging and total bases. No. 2 in batting, XBH, walks and on-base pct. Third in hits. Fourth in HRs and RBI. Fifth in runs. Sixth in doubles.

Hitting .350 in first half, .366 in second half. 18 homers at home and 18 on the road. Hitting .414 vs. lefties, .332 vs. righties. An incredible 103-53 BB/K ratio.

Dude can flat-out rake.

 

Why, Blood and Guts Santana, of course.

 

And he's doing it all with a messed up shoulder.

 

I heart you.

 

Sorry, Buck, Ryan Howard is the MVP...despite .250 BA and 200 Ks.
What he has done in September is simply carry them to the division title ... 48 HRs, 146 RBI...tearing it up in September.
The Cards could have missed the playoffs without Pujols.

 

Cards wouldn't have sniffed playoff contention without Pujols, though. That counts for something.

Howard can't do anything well except hit for power. (And he can't even do that well, if he doesn't hit it over the wall.)

Pujols is the best player in the league, hands down. Overwhelmingly MOP > a so-so MVP.