I know baseball is often frowned upon in these parts, but since nobody else is posting and I know nobody is reading, well, I can really do whatever the damn hell I want. And since this isn't a blog about poop (at least not directly) then I'mo write me some beeseball posts, biz-nitch.
The Tampa Rays have won the AL East. Go with it. Yes, they are catchable with a 4.5 game lead over Boston, but with about 30 games there's going to have to be a sizable collapse to get it done. Baring that, the AL Wild Card is the only way the defending champs are going to find themselves in the crapshoot that is the MLB playoffs this season. Here's the Wild Card Standings, up to the minute:
1. Boston 75-55
- Chicago WS 75-56 -1.0 (currently AL Central leader)
2. Minnesota 74-57 -1.5
3. New York 70-60 -5.0
One of Chicago or Minnesota is going to win the Central, so Boston only has to concern themselves with the lesser of the two. The Yankees are 9.5 games behind Tampa, so they ain't winn'n shite divisionally speaking this season. If they lose too much more ground they won't make the playoffs at all for the first time in 15 years. The Yankees need to win and they need the Red Sox to lose. So, of course, starting tonight, the Yankees have a three game series at home versus guess who? That's right, Boston!
If the Yankees can sweep they'll pull themselves into contention. If they get swept, well, they're done. Anything in between probably just maintains the status quo, which favors the standings leader, in this case Boston.
If it was just Red Sox/Yankees, the Sox would probably be going into this series looking to take at least one of the three. But, with Minnesota and Chicago applying red hot pokers to their ass-less chaps, the Sox need to keep winning period.
One team playing for their playoff positioning, the other for their season. Throw in the Sox last visit to the Toilet in the Bronx and you've got yourself some driz-ama!
The Tampa Rays have won the AL East. Go with it. Yes, they are catchable with a 4.5 game lead over Boston, but with about 30 games there's going to have to be a sizable collapse to get it done. Baring that, the AL Wild Card is the only way the defending champs are going to find themselves in the crapshoot that is the MLB playoffs this season. Here's the Wild Card Standings, up to the minute:
1. Boston 75-55
- Chicago WS 75-56 -1.0 (currently AL Central leader)
2. Minnesota 74-57 -1.5
3. New York 70-60 -5.0
One of Chicago or Minnesota is going to win the Central, so Boston only has to concern themselves with the lesser of the two. The Yankees are 9.5 games behind Tampa, so they ain't winn'n shite divisionally speaking this season. If they lose too much more ground they won't make the playoffs at all for the first time in 15 years. The Yankees need to win and they need the Red Sox to lose. So, of course, starting tonight, the Yankees have a three game series at home versus guess who? That's right, Boston!
If the Yankees can sweep they'll pull themselves into contention. If they get swept, well, they're done. Anything in between probably just maintains the status quo, which favors the standings leader, in this case Boston.
If it was just Red Sox/Yankees, the Sox would probably be going into this series looking to take at least one of the three. But, with Minnesota and Chicago applying red hot pokers to their ass-less chaps, the Sox need to keep winning period.
One team playing for their playoff positioning, the other for their season. Throw in the Sox last visit to the Toilet in the Bronx and you've got yourself some driz-ama!
In short: me likee.
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