Quotable: Mets!
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae —
... Hopefully the Phillies can just win out so we can avoid this AMAZING head ache if teams end the season with the same record. [ESPN] ...
Zona update
Breaking Balls —
... because of fear of a rain delay that would limit his use. The D-Backs are switching him with airball Owings, who was slated to pitch tomorrow. It seems like a good plan in terms of match-ups. I realized that I overstated the importance of tonight’s game for the D-Backs. A win brings them to Colorado with only the need to avoid a sweep and stay ahead of the Padres. A loss leaves them in the middle of the wild card fray, but likely still in it if they can avoid a sweep by the Rockies. My head hurts. Read this. ...
Read: NL Tie-Break Scenarios
MetsBlog.com —
... At ESPN.com, Jayson Stark breaks down all of the tie-break scenarios, most all of which include the Mets playing a one-game playoff in Philadelphia on Monday, October 1. ...
Beer nuts: Officers elected among Phils' Value Village
Beerleaguer - Phillies Blog, Baseball News, Trade Rumors & Spirits —
... r wire. Although Dobbs’ 55 RBIs and clutch base hit last night is nothing to sneeze at, Romero has filled the single greatest pound-for-pound void on the entire team: left-handed relief. Before Romero, they auditioned Matt Smith, Fabio Castro and Mike Zagurski. Try imagining any of those failed experiments pitching last night’s eighth inning. Kudos to Gillick for recognizing the need and pouncing on Romero. For finishing runner-up to Romero, Dobbs has been given the honorary title of Value Village Viceroy. Weather: Checking the hour-by-hour forecast, Accu-Weather finds party sunny skies with a shower or thunderstorm lingering, a high near 88 degrees. The most likely time for showers appears to be 5 p.m. and again at 10 p.m., neither considered severe or lasting. Wild Card scenarios: After listening to Howard Eskin and callers mangle the Wild Card scenarios yesterday on the drive home, ESPN's Jayson Stark finally sheds some light on the National League’s possible wacky finish. ...
What's the NL Scenario?
SportsFilter —
According to Baseball Prospectus, there's only a 1-in-3 chance that a team will win the NL wildcard outright. There's a 1-in-20 chance of a four-way tie. A five-way tie is still possible. Worst (or best) case scenario, tiebreaker games could take until Thursday. ...
College Football Picks You Need Not Pay Attention To
The Big Lead —
... Weak college football lineup this weekend, and that’s probably a good thing, since sports fans everywhere will be paying attention to the tense National League pennant races. Another mediocre showing for us last week, as ...
Bad Altitude: This Crazy League
Bad Altitude —
... e dominance. '02 Marlins, not so much. If the Rockies make the playoffs this year, I'm absolutely not going to denigrate their accomplishment even though the Cubs, D-Backs, Phillies, Brewers, Padres, and Mets all look completely terrified to have to play baseball games right now. But, I'm also not going to be having a temporarily down league used as a rationalization for (further) payroll slashes. The Rockies should be trying to build the best baseball team they can. When (if) they reach that goal there shouldn't be a string of qualifiers at the end involving quirky playoff seeds and the Bowl Subdivision. I'm almost terrified to write anything substantive about the team as it presently stands. I'm not so much afraid that I will jinx the team and then get blamed for it. There aren't enough diehard Rockies fans to really cause much of a ripple. Honestly, I just don't want to have to get angry at myself . It's amazing fun when your team is in a pennant race, even a watered-down, ...
The NL Playoff Race... Uh... Stroll... Could Last Until Next Thursday
FanIQ Blog —
... Jason Stark outlines all of the possible tiebreaker scenarios, including the 5-way tie that would take until next Thursday to settle. ...
Clusterf@#k to the NL playoffs — an update
Obscure Sports Quarterly —
... about potential 5-way tie in the NL West, East and the wild card can’t happen anymore. It’s not because the teams moved farther apart from each other — of the 5 involved, only the Mets lost on Thursday. ...
A Neat Tool
Breaking Balls —
... If you’re still reeling from the NL playoff possibilities, I came across this tool, which can visualize any race, divisional or otherwise, going back through history. It would be cool if it could do an x/y plot instead of a simple time graph, but it’s still pretty nifty. ...
The National League, All Knotted Up
wrigleyville23 —
Here are the possible tiebreaker matchups based on coin flips in the National League: ...
The Best Week Ever? Tony Gwynn Jr. is My Hero.
Bugs & Cranks —
... iness. Or, Tony Gwynn Jr s heroics could haunt the Padre franchise for as long as his father carried them. I don t want to leave out Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder and Vinny Rottino either. Thanks for your help in the 11th inning. Redman Walking It takes special and unexpected contributions to get where the Rockies find themselves. The performance of Mark Redman falls under the unexpected category. He wasn t what you d call dominant last night, but he controlled the damage, and watched his offense pile up the run support. It s the Josh Fogg laws of pitching for the Rockies. That Tulowitzki guy hit a Grand Slam too. He s pretty good. Playoff scenarios There could be one game playoffs in the NL East and the NL Wild Card. I can handle the simplicity of that. However, there also remains the possibility that four teams, Colorado, San Diego, NY Mets, and Philadelphia, could all end up with 88 wins. For an explanation on how that plays out, I refer you to ESPN baseball sage, ...
Wild Irony Costs Padres Spot
Friar Forum —
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Zero Hour
The Ballclub —
... are going up against a Marlins team that has little to play for, but they are facing one tough cookie in Dontrelle Willis, who has always been hard on the Mets. Tom Glavine is battle tested, and has proven time and again to be a big game pitcher. But the Mets really have to come out with the same chip on their shoulder that Lastings Milledge spoke about after the game Saturday. Get ahead and keep the foot on the gas, don't let up until the game is over. Because a loss, and it's all moot, and all the bad feelings, and the snide remarks and the collapse is still there. Philly has a tough matchup of their own, with ageless Jamie Moyer taking the mound for them. And that's not even taking into account the Wildcard scenarios, and San Diego and Colorado, and lord knows who else could pop into the picture. ...
Wednesday (Lottery, delivery, tiebreakers) edition: Wha’ Happened?
Randball —
... when compared to the latter . Mostly, though, he is just happy. “Some of my most pressing questions that have been plaguing me for years have found answers!” Seriously, we don’t know how many times over the years Rocket has said, “OK, when are we going to write to Major League Baseball and get answers to this tiebreaker question.” It’s a weight off everyone’s shoulders. *And, finally, ...
