Yes, we will be a playoff team this year

[Bellhorn04]

I'm staying here. Not traveling to Oakland or Tampa. I think those each might be the least exciting city on each coast...

 

Oakland ain't far from San Fran though.

[notin]

Oakland ain't far from San Fran though.

 

... which will be a city with no post-season baseball...

[OH FOY]

7 game Play-off this week. 3 with the Twins 4 with the Yanks. This week we'll see if the Sox are going down fighting.

Keep the Rally Caps on, and buckle up.

[moonslav59]

7 game Play-off this week. 3 with the Twins 4 with the Yanks. This week we'll see if the Sox are going down fighting.

Keep the Rally Caps on, and buckle up.

 

We need a 100% reversal of what happened the last time we played a must win 7 game stretch.

[devildavid]

Can't quite give up yet. Still within striking distance.

[dgalehouse]

I could be wrong , but I think it's actually a good thing that there are three teams we are chasing . We just have to catch any two of them , not any particular two .

[Bellhorn04]

I could be wrong , but I think it's actually a good thing that there are three teams we are chasing . We just have to catch any two of them , not any particular two .

 

Correct.

[moonslav59]

Come on. Having to pass 2 teams is twice as hard as catching one.

[Bellhorn04]

Come on. Having to pass 2 teams is twice as hard as catching one.

 

I thought he meant chasing 3 teams and having to catch 2 of them was better than chasing 2 teams and having to catch both.

[moonslav59]

I thought he meant chasing 3 teams and having to catch 2 of them was better than chasing 2 teams and having to catch both.

 

Okay, yes, I misread that. My bad.

 

It should be easier to catch 2 of 3 teams than just 2. Needing 2 of 3 teams to tank a little bit is better odds than needing 2 of 2.

[dgalehouse]

Okay, yes, I misread that. My bad.

 

It should be easier to catch 2 of 3 teams than just 2. Needing 2 of 3 teams to tank a little bit is better odds than needing 2 of 2.

 

Still time to get on board . The train hasn't left the station yet . Saving a seat for you .

[kenmeister]

But honestly, teams don't really feel like champions until they are champions.

 

Even late last season and into the playoffs, if you go through the threads here you'll find that a lot of people were very worried about our rotation coming through, because none of them had any postseason success. (Plus Sale's health was iffy.) A lot of people thought Houston would take us if we got that far.

 

There's a feeling on a championship team that they'll find a way to win, and you are disappointed when they lose. We've had championship feeling teams that didn't actually win a championship; 1995 and 2003 for instance. Last year's team had it in spades; people are going to worry of course but that doesn't take away from the fact that the team inspired hope every game. 2013 definitely had that swagger as well. I was one of the pessimists then too but they definitely had that 'it'.

[harmony]

Okay, yes, I misread that. My bad.

 

It should be easier to catch 2 of 3 teams than just 2. Needing 2 of 3 teams to tank a little bit is better odds than needing 2 of 2.

The 2007 Colorado Rockies needed to pass all three teams -- the Cubs, Dodgers and Phillies -- because only only one Wild Card slot was available in 2007.

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?date=2007-09-01

 

The 2019 Red Sox need to pass only two teams because the league now has two Wild Card slots.

Edited September 2, 2019 by harmony

[moonslav59]

The 2007 Colorado Rockies needed to pass all three teams -- the Cubs, Dodgers and Phillies -- because only only one Wild Card slot was available in 2007.

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?date=2007-09-01

 

The 2019 Red Sox need to pass only two teams because the league now has two Wild Card slots.

 

How far behind 2 of the teams were they with 24 to go?

[harmony]

How far behind 2 of the teams were they with 24 to go?

Moving the goal posts to 24 games to go, the 2007 Colorado Rockies were only one game behind the two teams the Rockies needed to pass to grab the Wild Card slot:

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?date=2007-09-04

 

The 2019 Red Sox could advance to the postseason but their chances are slim.

[moonslav59]

Moving the goal posts to 24 games to go, the 2007 Colorado Rockies were only one game behind the two teams the Rockies needed to pass to grab the Wild Card slot:

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?date=2007-09-04

 

The 2019 Red Sox could advance to the postseason but their chances are slim.

 

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

[harmony]

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

Your subjective Sunday question -- Has it ever been done when down this much from 2 teams with so few games to go? -- was answered with pertinent information rather than the called-for yes/no response.

[OH FOY]

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

 

Always a first time. That's how I'll look at it.

Edited September 2, 2019 by OH FOY!

[moonslav59]

Always a first time. That's how I'll look at it.

 

Nobody ever came back from 3-0 until we did, but this is even harder.

[Bellhorn04]

Nobody ever came back from 3-0 until we did, but this is even harder.

 

I wouldn't say that.

[Bellhorn04]

Rays just won. Cleveland plays the ChiSox later.

[OH FOY]

There is plenty of time if the Sox don't make it to tell everybody I told you so. See I said they wouldn't make it.

Thats not any fun, more fun to see if they could make it at very tough odds.

[Bellhorn04]

There is plenty of time if the Sox don't make it to tell everybody I told you so. See I said they wouldn't make it.

Thats not any fun, more fun to see if they could make it at very tough odds.

 

Let's face it, the I told you so game is a very popular one with sports fans.

[OH FOY]

We play the Rays 4 games, wish they lost, but we do play them.

[OH FOY]

Let's face it, the I told you so game is a very popular one with sports fans.

 

True.

[Slasher9]

Still time to get on board . The train hasn't left the station yet . Saving a seat for you .

 

No.

Yes.

No.

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

[Bellhorn04]

No.

Yes.

No.

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

 

Ah, you know what the non believers say when things turn out better than expected: 'I'm happy to be wrong.'

[moonslav59]

No.

Yes.

No.

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

 

It's no.

 

No.

 

No

 

I'll walk.

[Slasher9]

Ah, you know what the non believers say when things turn out better than expected: 'I'm happy to be wrong.'

 

Yup. And if the Sox don’t make it we will get an entire offseason of “I told you”....

[moonslav59]

Yup. And if the Sox don’t make it we will get an entire offseason of “I told you”....

 

Never from me.