Yes, we will be a playoff team this year

[OH FOY]

Most important Month of Season, do they go down fighting? Just as important as wins.

7 games against 2 Division Leaders, this week will show me a lot.

Edited September 2, 2019 by OH FOY!

[FredLynn]

Most important Month of Season, do they go down fighting? Just as important as wins.

7 games against 2 Division Leaders, this week will show me a lot.

 

It won't show you anything that the team hasn't already shown you this year.

[moonslav59]

It won't show you anything that the team hasn't already shown you this year.

 

That's how I see it.

 

We couldn't win one game vs the Yanks and Rays, and now we have to go 5-2 or 6-1 vs the Yanks and Twins?

 

[kenmeister]

No.

Yes.

No.

Too late. The train has left the station. The non believers will need to take the bus....

 

I've simply moved on to show B: rooting for individual statistics. There's still lots of fun in that.

[OH FOY]

That's how I see it.

 

We couldn't win one game vs the Yanks and Rays, and now we have to go 5-2 or 6-1 vs the Yanks and Twins?

 

 

So you expect about the same next year, and probably year after that.

[Bellhorn04]

That's how I see it.

 

We couldn't win one game vs the Yanks and Rays, and now we have to go 5-2 or 6-1 vs the Yanks and Twins?

 

 

This is just mainly because I will argue about anything, but...

 

You keep referencing the 7 straight losses vs. Yanks and Rays. I get it. That was horrible.

 

But just to balance out the picture a bit, we actually played 14 in a row vs. the Yanks and Rays.

 

In the prior 7 we were 5-2. So 5-9 altogether. Still sucks, admittedly. But it's not shocking to go 5-9 in a stretch of 14 games against tough opponents. Happens all the time.

 

It's just the fact that 7 of the losses were in a row that makes it seem so bad.

[bosoxmal]

As of Tuesday AM

3 September

 

MINN-----85-52

 

CLEVE----80-58

 

TBAY-----81-58

 

OAK------80-58

 

SOX------74-63

 

Rays -----75-62

 

 

Rays have a guy named Phaff (I think) who looks like the next Mookie. Plus, the whole team seems to be getting hits at the right time. Minn has moved comfortably ahead of Vleve, but we’ll bring ‘e, bacj a couple of games starting tonight!

[dgalehouse]

Labor Day marks the traditional start of the stretch drive . In horse racing parlance, this is when they round the final turn and head for home . This is when the horse with the championship pedigree, the championship heart comes roaring up on the outside to overtake the front runners and beat them to the wire .

[notin]

 

Rays have a guy named Phaff (I think) who looks like the next Mookie. Plus, the whole team seems to be getting hits at the right time. Minn has moved comfortably ahead of Vleve, but we’ll bring ‘e, bacj a couple of games starting tonight!

 

I believe you are referring to Tommy Pham, who does have a good power/speed combo like Mookie. But he is also 4 1/2 years older than Betts...

[Maxbialystock]

25 games to go, of which 13 are at Fenway, where the Sox, thanks to weak pitching, are .500 (and 9 games above .500 on the road).

 

The Sox are 5.5 behind the Guardians and 6 behind the Rays for one of the two wild card slots.

 

The next 7 games are all against the two best hitting teams--Twins and Yankees--in MLB who will hit against a patch-together rotation with one good guy, ERod, and the rest (Porcello, Price, Eovaldi, and TBD) problematical. I am not at all saying the Twins and Yankees will smoke the Sox, but am saying that's more likely than the reverse.

[notin]

25 games to go, of which 13 are at Fenway, where the Sox, thanks to weak pitching, are .500 (and 9 games above .500 on the road).

 

The Sox are 5.5 behind the Guardians and 6 behind the Rays for one of the two wild card slots.

 

The next 7 games are all against the two best hitting teams--Twins and Yankees--in MLB who will hit against a patch-together rotation with one good guy, ERod, and the rest (Porcello, Price, Eovaldi, and TBD) problematical. I am not at all saying the Twins and Yankees will smoke the Sox, but am saying that's more likely than the reverse.

 

At the very least, be prepared for a few 4 1/2 hour games with an average of about 9 pitching changes each...

[kenmeister]

25 games to go, of which 13 are at Fenway, where the Sox, thanks to weak pitching, are .500 (and 9 games above .500 on the road).

 

The Sox are 5.5 behind the Guardians and 6 behind the Rays for one of the two wild card slots.

 

The next 7 games are all against the two best hitting teams--Twins and Yankees--in MLB who will hit against a patch-together rotation with one good guy, ERod, and the rest (Porcello, Price, Eovaldi, and TBD) problematical. I am not at all saying the Twins and Yankees will smoke the Sox, but am saying that's more likely than the reverse.

 

If I'm not mistaken, Porcello has been pitching better as of late.

[dgalehouse]

25 games to go, of which 13 are at Fenway, where the Sox, thanks to weak pitching, are .500 (and 9 games above .500 on the road).

 

The Sox are 5.5 behind the Guardians and 6 behind the Rays for one of the two wild card slots.

 

The next 7 games are all against the two best hitting teams--Twins and Yankees--in MLB who will hit against a patch-together rotation with one good guy, ERod, and the rest (Porcello, Price, Eovaldi, and TBD) problematical. I am not at all saying the Twins and Yankees will smoke the Sox, but am saying that's more likely than the reverse.

 

Just have to put all that aside . Find a way to score more runs than the opponent and keep winning.

[harmony]

Yes, but as far as I know, no team has ever passed 2 teams from so far down.

After the games of September 5, 1964, the St. Louis Cardinals were tied with the San Francisco Giants for third place, 8.5 games behind the league leader, needing to pass the Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies for the National League pennant and the only route to the postseason:

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?date=1964-09-05

 

However, the Cardinals, who went on to win the 1964 World Series, had 27 games remaining in the regular season.

 

After the games of September 12, 1995, the Seattle Mariners trailed the California Angels by 6 games in the AL West, and the New York Yankees by a half game in the Wild Card race, with only 13 regular-season games remaining:

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?date=1995-09-12

 

The Mariners finished the regular season tied with the Angels, beat the Halos in a one-game playoff to advance to the postseason, toppled the Yankees in a five-game AL Divisional Series before falling to the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Championship Series.

 

The 2019 Red Sox have remote chances of advancing to the postseason.

[moonslav59]

After the games of September 5, 1964, the St. Louis Cardinals were tied with the San Francisco Giants for third place, 8.5 games behind the league leader, needing to pass the Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies for the National League pennant and the only route to the postseason:

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?date=1964-09-05

 

However, the Cardinals, who went on to win the 1964 World Series, had 27 games remaining in the regular season.

 

After the games of September 12, 1995, the Seattle Mariners trailed the California Angels by 6 games in the AL West, and the New York Yankees by a half game in the Wild Card race, with only 13 regular-season games remaining:

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?date=1995-09-12

 

The Mariners finished the regular season tied with the Angels, beat the Halos in a one-game playoff to advance to the postseason, toppled the Yankees in a five-game AL Divisional Series before falling to the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Championship Series.

 

The 2019 Red Sox have remote chances of advancing to the postseason.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

I don't think the Mariner's example qualifies as "passing 2 teams," but the STL one counts.

 

So, maybe we'll be the second team to do it.

 

It's nice to see us winning more often, but we may need to go 20-5 to have better than 50-50 odds on passing 2 teams.

 

20-5 would be very tough, but then we'd also need 2 teams to do worse than 15-10.

[Slasher9]

Labor Day marks the traditional start of the stretch drive . In horse racing parlance, this is when they round the final turn and head for home . This is when the horse with the championship pedigree, the championship heart comes roaring up on the outside to overtake the front runners and beat them to the wire .

 

love this post.

it has horse racing + Sox going to the playin game. win-win.

[bosoxmal]

love this post.

it has horse racing + Sox going to the playin game. win-win.

Thaml you. The longer it's worth doing, the more fun it will be!

[bosoxmal]

Like watchimg Conrad Man start running as they

Labor Day marks the traditional start of the stretch drive . In horse racing parlance, this is when they round the final turn and head for home . This is when the horse with the championship pedigree, the championship heart comes roaring up on the outside to overtake the front runners and beat them to the wire .

Amd like warching Conrad Man get going as they hit tje roared down the back stretch on a Sat. afyternoon at Suffp;k Dowms/Whoops. that was Conrad Mann (not Conrad Man)

Edited September 3, 2019 by bosoxmal

[bosoxmal]

I'm in a race to 95. 3 months and 8 days. On. Dec 12, I start looking forward to spring training. Not 'till then. Wi;; need the time to enjoy the present.

[dgalehouse]

Like watchimg Conrad Man start running as they

Amd like warching Conrad Man get going as they hit tje roared down the back stretch on a Sat. afyternoon at Suffp;k Dowms/

 

I was thinking more in terms of American Pharoah or Secretariat .

[Maxbialystock]

If I'm not mistaken, Porcello has been pitching better as of late.

 

He has indeed. Only May, ERA 3.34, was better than August, ERA 4.00. But then June was 6.42. So we'll just have to see.

[Bellhorn04]

love this post.

it has horse racing + Sox going to the playin game. win-win.

 

And the gal in your new avatar should be the jockey.

[kenmeister]

Thanks for the info.

 

I don't think the Mariner's example qualifies as "passing 2 teams," but the STL one counts.

 

So, maybe we'll be the second team to do it.

 

It's nice to see us winning more often, but we may need to go 20-5 to have better than 50-50 odds on passing 2 teams.

 

20-5 would be very tough, but then we'd also need 2 teams to do worse than 15-10.

 

In order for this team to go 20-5, Price & Eovaldi suddenly have to start giving us Quality Starts, Porcello & E-Rod have to maintain them, and we have to have enough off-days to allow for a four man rotation most of the time. I do believe our offense is capable of such a run.

[OH FOY]

3-2 Orioles Top of the 6th. Cross everything you got.

 

4-2 Orioles Top of the 9th, end of inning Rays up. I got my Rabbits foot out.

Edited September 3, 2019 by OH FOY!

[OH FOY]

Orioles beat the Rays 4-2, in 1st game.

[Bellhorn04]

Orioles beat the Rays 4-2, in 1st game.

 

On any given day, any team can beat any team.

[notin]

On any given day, any team can beat any team.

 

On what day can my 12yo daughter’s softball team beat the Yankees?

[FredLynn]

Rays lose....but it won't matter.

 

86 wins is what I predicted months ago. I am sticking with it. Had the team not had such an awful start we would be right there where we want to be.

[oldtimer]

Tonight what is happening to us is predictable. We are running out a weakened and underperforming pitching staff against a very good hitting Twins team. I expected the Twins to be able to score a fair amount. I did expect our offense to offer some resistance, something that hasn't been happening as yet. Tough to make up 6 runs.

[Larry33]

Labor Day marks the traditional start of the stretch drive . In horse racing parlance, this is when they round the final turn and head for home . This is when the horse with the championship pedigree, the championship heart comes roaring up on the outside to overtake the front runners and beat them to the wire .

 

Looks like # 22 scratched right out at the gate tonight.