TheKilo

If KG isn't a down low presence I'd like to know who is.

So when the Yankees need to upgrade their bullpen, they cut ties with two of their pitchers? Are JOBA and Britton (who I'd assume they'd call up) really the answer?

http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2007/08/05/1186354023_6990.jpg

Certainly yours for the taking. I thought you meant for the division. They've been in contention for the WC for about a month now. edit - and lol @ how you make RS so pissed off.

HEAD-TO-HEAD AUGUST 8/9 - BOS (69-45), NYY (63-41) BOS +6 8/12 - BOS (71-46), NYY (64-53) BOS +7 8/15 - BOS (74-46), NYY (66-54) BOS +8 8/19 - BOS (76-48), NYY (68-56) BOS +8 8/22 - BOS (78-49), NYY (69-58) BOS +9 8/26 - BOS (80-51), NYY (70-61) BOS +10 8/30 - BOS (81-53), NYY (72-62) BOS +9 9/2 - BOS (83-54), NYY (75-62) BOS +8 SEPTEMBER 9/5 - BOS (85-55), NYY (77-63) BOS +8 9/9 - BOS (87-57), NYY (79-64) BOS +7.5 9/12 - BOS (89-58), NYY (80-66) BOS +8.5 9/16 - BOS (90-60), NYY (82-67) BOS +7.5 9/19 - BOS (91-62), NYY (84-68) BOS +6.5 9/23 - BOS (93-63), NYY (87-69) BOS +6 9/26 - BOS (94-64), NYY (89-70) BOS +5.5 9/30 - BOS (96-66) NYY (90-72) BOS +6 I will update this prediction at the conclusion of every series the two teams complete.

THE NEW YORK YANKEES (61-50) AUGUST 8/6 - 8/9 @ TOR : 2-1 -> 63-51 8/10 - 8/12 @ CLE : 1-2 -> 64-53 8/13 - 8/15 vs. BAL : 2-1 -> 66-54 8/16 - 8/19 vs. DET : 2-2 -> 68-56 8/20 - 8/22 @ LAA : 1-2 -> 69-58 8/24 - 8/27 @ DET : 1-3 -> 70-61 8/28 - 8/30 vs. BOS : 2-1 -> 72-62 8/31 - 9/2 vs. TB : 3-0 -> 75-62 SEPTEMBER 9/3 - 9/5 vs. SEA : 2-1 -> 77-63 9/7 - 9/9 @ KC : 2-1 -> 79-64 9/11 - 9/13 @ TOR : 1-2 -> 80-66 9/14 - 9/16 @ BOS : 2-1 -> 82-67 9/17 - 9/19 vs. BAL : 2-1 -> 84-68 9/21 - 9/24 vs. TOR : 3-1 -> 87-69 9/25 - 9/27 @ TB : 2-1 -> 89-70 9/28 - 9/30 @ BAL : 1-2 -> 90-72 The big thing to look at here is...well, the Yankees dug themselves into a hole the first half of the season that is going to be very difficult to dig themselves out of. The division looks to be out of reach, but I have them as *gulp* a 90 win team. I think this may be a bit conservative (it's who I am, right?), but I'd be shocked if the Yanks ended up with more then 93 wins. Shocked. I will say that the Yankees have underperformed according to their Pythag, in fact,they should be right about where the Red Sox are. Could an ascension to the mean provide the Bombers with a shot in October? I don't think so because while I think Hughes is a fantastic pitcher, I don't think he's the answer this year and I really think it was a risk to trade away Scott Proctor, the one guy who ate innings like it was his job for Torre. Asking this much out of Hughes, Joba, and an inconsistent Mussina and Clemens in the back end of the rotation leaves me with too many question marks to put them at that 93-94 win mark. Their offense will continue to hit, not as well obviously, but I think the series in Cleveland and the two against Detroit make or break their season in terms of the division. They have to make their headway there for the division, but they do have the advantage of having Cleveland and Detroit beat up on each other. Seattle remains interesting but I don't think they have the pitching to get there. Against teams I deem respectable (Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit, LA, Seattle, and Boston), I have the Yankees at a solid .500 (16-16). Against the dregs (Baltimore, TB, and KC), I have them at 14-7. Too little, too late.

THE BOSTON RED SOX (68-43) AUGUST 8/6 - 8/9 @ LAA : 1-2 -> 69-45 8/10 - 8/12 @ BAL : 2-1 -> 71-46 8/13 - 8/15 vs. TB : 3-0 -> 74-46 8/17 - 8/19 vs. LAA : 2-2 -> 76-48 8/20 - 8/22 @ TB : 2-1 -> 78-49 8/23 - 8/26 @ CWS : 2-2 -> 80-51 8/28 - 8/30 @ NYY : 1-2 -> 81-53 8/31 - 9/2 vs. BAL : 2-1 -> 83-54 SEPTEMBER 9/3 - 9/5 vs. TOR : 2-1 -> 85-55 9/6 - 9/9 @ BAL : 2-2 -> 87-57 9/10 - 9/12 vs. TB : 2-1 -> 89-58 9/14 - 9/16 vs. NYY : 1-2 -> 90-60 9/17 - 9/19 @ TOR : 1-2 -> 91-62 9/21 - 9/23 @ TB : 2-1 -> 93-63 9/25 - 9/26 vs. OAK : 1-1 -> 94-64 9/27 - 9/30 vs. MIN : 2-2 -> 96-66 Obviously, the meat of this schedule is against just flat out bad teams. However, there are a few things that should be noted. First, they will be about a .500 team against teams I would call "respectable" in Toronto, the Yankees, LA, Oakland, and Minnesota I have them at 11-14 against those teams from here on out, and that I feel could be construed as a conservative prediction. They have the arms to make every game a game they can win, so don't be shocked if the Sox improve on that mark. Second, against the dregs of the league (CWS, TB, and Baltimore), I have them at a much better mark of 17-9. This may seem a tad optimistic, but they are 5-1 vs TB this year so I feel they can continue a stretch of good ball against them, and I don't think it's unreasonable for them to possibly sweep the ChiSox. I think the key series from here on out are those against Baltimore. If they take care of business against the O's they should be fine. Yankees to follow...

I'm going to make my predictions for every series for the Sox and Yankees for the rest of the season, and make my educated guess as to how the season will end up. Let me preface this by saying I do believe the Red Sox are going to win the ALE this season, because they have a favorable schedule going forward and that the Yankees have really not taken advantage of their soft schedule (losing 2/3 last weekend comes to mind). The Yankees' soft schedule is pretty much over heading into Toronto this week (The Yankees play .450 baseball on the road, and their BA drops about 30 points on the road, and they have scored over 100 runs less on the road in only three fewer games)...but I still think this is a team that should at the very least be in the WC chase til the end, if not win it. I will break down each schedule in following posts, as well as showing where they stand in respect to each other. In a thread Jacko started a few weeks back, I said they had to be at 4 or 5 games come the middle of August to really contend for the division, and if Schilling comes back and is 80% it could be really difficult for the Yankees to make a run even if they got that close. Look at it another way. If we use the Baltimore Orioles as a benchmark and their sub .500 51-58 record), the Red Sox have 16 of their remaining 51 games against teams with a worse record than Baltimore. The Yankees have 6. That +10 advantage, coupled with the +7 in the standings right now, make things REALLY difficult for the Yanks to get back into this thing.

SHUT UP TINA

f*** yeah that was almost an oppo HR.

The Mariners suck at covering bunts.

Nice catch by Manny.

Nice catch by Crisp.

lol Drew's exhausted he hasn't ran that far in months.

Hahahahahaha

http://dugout.progressiveboink.com/archive/b755.html

Almost ran Crisp over.

f*** the Mariners mascot.

I stand by my statement. This game's a laugher if he did it in his last AB. Still, I'll take it. edit - lol the bullfighter thing was great

ATTN Red Sox: score some runs. KTHX

The Sox really left Batista get into a groove.

Cora swinging on 3-1. God I hate that motherf***er.

2-2 asshat.