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[BYH]

That's the other team I claim (born in Pittsburgh, raised in KC). Boy, am I lucky.

 

[Almost_Famous]

I got a bet with BYH about the REds ...

and Cincinnati is now 68-68.
26 games left.
I need to find the original thread with the wager, but I believe I said the Reds would not finish .500. May have been 'not win 80 games.'

Either way, the Reds need to go 13-13 the rest of the way for BYH to win the bet.

Oh, and Cincy is 1.5 out of the wild card race.

 

[Starman]

Long way to go before you can call the Tigers chokers.

Yeah, but they've definitely tiptoed up onto the diving board.

 

[BYH]

I got a bet with BYH about the REds ...

and Cincinnati is now 68-68.
26 games left.
I need to find the original thread with the wager, but I believe I said the Reds would not finish .500. May have been 'not win 80 games.'

Either way, the Reds need to go 13-13 the rest of the way for BYH to win the bet.

Oh, and Cincy is 1.5 out of the wild card race.

I'm pretty sure you said they wouldn't finish .500. Wager is a week away from the board.

Enjoy your vacation!

(And we didn't bet on this, but all's fair since you brought up the Reds, so how are your Angels looking?)

 

[steveu]

Long way to go before you can call the Tigers chokers.

Hey now, I was just referring to one game. lol

 

[Columbo]

Phillies starter Scott Mathieson with a line I doubt we'll see again in our lifetimes:

O IP, O H, 1 R, 1 ER, O BB, 1 K

 

[casty33]

Columbo, please explain that pitching line to me. It must have been an error for the run to be uneared but why was Mathiesson taken out?

Also, who thinks Beltran milks the injury he suffered with that great catch last night? And what do the Mets do now with John Maine for the postseason? Obviously, he has been their best starter but they seem committed to Pedro, Glavine and El Duque for the first round. Where does that leave Maine?

I must also add very classy of Houston fans to cheer Beltran, who they've been booing all year, when he was helped off the field after that catch. Seriously.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

A question of monumental unimportance. Are the Phillies the first team ever to have two different players compile 30-plus game hitting streaks in consecutive seasons?

 

[Fly]

Columbo, please explain that pitching line to me. It must have been an error for the run to be uneared but why was Mathiesson taken out?

It was an earned run, not unearned. I didn't see the game, but one recap I saw said Matheson came out after experiencing pain in his arm on the first pitch to the second batter. He also was charged with a wild pitch so I am assuming with the one K but no IP, it was a strikeout/wild pitch to the first batter who reached. That runner later scored on Chipper Jones' HR. It definitely is a strange pitching line.

 

[spnited]

Long way to go before you can call the Tigers chokers.

but we will be calling them chokers a month from now as jim leyland sits back, lights up a cigarette and watches the White Sox and Twins playing in the postseason.

 

[Almost_Famous]

I got a bet with BYH about the REds ...
and Cincinnati is now 68-68.
26 games left.
I need to find the original thread with the wager, but I believe I said the Reds would not finish .500. May have been 'not win 80 games.'
Either way, the Reds need to go 13-13 the rest of the way for BYH to win the bet.
Oh, and Cincy is 1.5 out of the wild card race.

I'm pretty sure you said they wouldn't finish .500. Wager is a week away from the board.
Enjoy your vacation!
(And we didn't bet on this, but all's fair since you brought up the Reds, so how are your Angels looking?)

At 7.5 out, the Angels are cooked. Oh well. I like to take a chance on an AL West team; last year at the AS break, you may recall it was the Mariners. That worked out well. Good thing I didn't make any wagers on those. But on the Reds and that bullpen, i felt safe.

 

[slappy4428]

Long way to go before you can call the Tigers chokers.

Not as long as it was three weeks ago...

 

[zeke12]

Torii Hunter is making some serious bank right now.

This isn't Beltran-like, but somebody's going to give him a ton of money in the offseason.

 

[Trey Beamon]

Ryan Howard is going bonkers AGAIN -- 2 HR through four innings, now up to 51 for the season.

 

[Columbo]

Ryan Howard is going bonkers AGAIN -- 2 HR through four innings, now up to 51 for the season.

It's going to get very difficult not to give it to him.

 

[Double J]

True. But I can always play the Cubs-haven't-won-a-title-in-98-years card. So I've got that.

BTW, have the Royals made the playoffs since their title run in '85? I couldn't remember if they did in the late 80s or early 90s.

No, but they are the last Missouri team to win the World Series, so there is that.

But they haven't run off 14 straight losing seasons like my Pirates. The MLB record is 16, and is all Pittsburgh's in three years.

It's so nice to be able to come here and feel so much better about my Blue Jays, perennial also-rans that they are. Thanks, everybody.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Howard and Pujols (40th homer), advancing strong cases for themselves today.

 

[zeke12]

Howard with three bombs and coming to bat in the next half inning.

Ho-Lee ****e.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Baseball Tonight just picked its all-football team (FYI, Ryan Freel is Orestes Destrade's starting strong safety).

God help us all.

Did Todd Helton get any mention at QB?

 

[buckweaver]

A question of monumental unimportance. Are the Phillies the first team ever to have two different players compile 30-plus game hitting streaks in consecutive seasons?

The answer is yes. A couple other hitting streak notes ...

Only five times have 30-game hit streaks been compiled in consecutive seasons (including Rollins/Utley):
2002 (Castillo, 35) and 2003 (Pujols, 30)
1998 (Eric Davis 30) and 1999 (V. Guerrero, 31; L. Gonzalez, 30)
1997 (Garciaparra, 30; Alomar Jr., 30) and 1998 (Eric Davis, 30)
1969 (Willie Davis, 31) and 1970 (R. Carty, 31)
1894* (B. Dahlen 42, B. Hamilton, 36) and 1895 (Fred Clarke, 35)
1893* (Geo. Davis, 33) and 1894 (B. Dahlen 42, B. Hamilton, 36)

Three times have there been multiple 30-game streaks in one season:
1999 (V. Guerrero, 31; L. Gonzalez, 30)
1987 (Molitor, 39; Santiago, 34)
1980 (Landreaux, 31; Brett, 30)
1922 (Sisler 44, Hornsby 33)
1894* (B. Dahlen 42, B. Hamilton, 36)

*not in modern era