Baseball 2013

[Ed Anger]

Go fuck yourself.

[CountDeMoney]

Ugh, even if the Orioles were going to the playoffs--and they won't--it wouldn't be any fun without Machado. 

[derspiess]

So it looks like the NL playoff teams have all been set.  Just needs to be decided who's winning the division and who will be playing in the "win or GTFO" one game playoff.  Cardinals magic number is 4, but there are only 5 games left

[derspiess]

Just saw on ESPN that this is the first time in 37 years the Reds have back to back playoff years

[MadBurgerMaker]

Alex Rios hit for the cycle tonight. 

[derspiess]

I wanna see that.  Matt Holliday got a single, then double, then HR on his first three at bats the other night.  But I didn't get too excited about his chances of completing the cycle, 'cuz he just doesn't do triples

[MadBurgerMaker]

I do too.  The were talking about it in the Sportscenter intro, but are just going over the MNF game still. 

Reading the recap turned up something interesting about guys hitting for the cycle recently.  Rios did it against the Astros, but the last Rangers player to do it was Beltre vs. Seattle last year.  The other two this year (Mike Trout and Brandon Barnes) were also against the Mariners.  What I'm saying is keep an eye on Matt Holliday the next time he plays against Seattle.

[Syt]

 

The Bucs can theoretically still clinch the division, but I guess it'll come down to a final face off with the Reds. The battered, bitter Pirates fan in me says that it'll be a short post season for the team.

[dps]

Ugh, even if the Orioles were going to the playoffs--and they won't--it wouldn't be any fun without Machado. 

That was unfortunate.  I hope he's ready to go 100% for the start of next season, but it didn't look good.  When I first saw it, I thought he'd broken his leg--the way it was flopping around reminded me of when Tim Krumrie broke his leg in the Super Bowl--but apparantly, it's a knee injury.

[derspiess]

The Bucs can theoretically still clinch the division, but I guess it'll come down to a final face off with the Reds.

It will come down to the last day or two.  The Cards are in the driver's seat, but they're only up by 2 games on a couple of teams that are tied for second.  So it will be pretty tight unless the Mets and Cubs do me a favor & both win tonight and tomorrow.

The battered, bitter Pirates fan in me says that it'll be a short post season for the team.

Playoff experience factors pretty hugely in playoff performance, so that's working against them.  On the other hand, everyone thought the Pirates would fall off the cliff in August the way the traditionally have done, and that obviously didn't happen.  So who knows what they're capable of.

[sbr]

The AP is reporting that Machado didn't tear the ACL or MCL, but torn his medial patellofemoral ligament.  They say no surgery and he could be running again in 6-8 weeks.

I really hope that is true.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/good-news-orioles-machado-didnt-223951512--mlb.html

[dps]

Yeah, that's great news if accurate.

[CountDeMoney]

No kidding.  This town's been on needles today like I hadn't seen since Cal Ripken Jr was deciding whether or not to rest a game.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Welp.  Scratch that no hitter.

[derspiess]

Dang.  Wacha just lost his no-hitter on his last would-be out.  that sucks.