WARNING!! Annual Off-Topic Baseball Thread. Esteemed Members BEWARE!!

[dblref]

I don't care how big a Yankee fan someone might be, there is one guy that you gotta like and admire. Get well real quick, Big Papi.

Yep, as a Yankee fan, I'll take Big Papi any day.

[mick]

3 games in the Big Apple.

• DET are 8-27 in the last 35 meetings.
• DET are 7-23 in the last 30 meetings in New York.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by mick

3 games in the Big Apple.

• DET are 8-27 in the last 35 meetings.
• DET are 7-23 in the last 30 meetings in New York.

That just means the odds are with Detroit getting closer to even, right?

[mick]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

That just means the odds are with Detroit getting closer to even, right?

Tigers are overdue, M&M !
Tigers are only winning 23% of the games with 29% of the payroll.

Team Payrolls
No.	Team	Payroll
1.	New York Yankees	$198,662,180

14.

Detroit Tigers

$82,302,069

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by mick

Tigers are overdue, M&M !
Tigers are only winning 23% of the games with 29% of the payroll.

7.

Chicago Cubs

$94,424,499

So, if Detroit's overdue, what the heck does that make the Cubs?!?!?

Sigh...

[mick]

Originally Posted by mick
Tigers are overdue, M&M !
Tigers are only winning 23% of the games with 29% of the payroll.

Team Payrolls
No.	Team	Payroll
1.	New York Yankees	$198,662,180

14.

Detroit Tigers

$82,302,069

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

So, if Detroit's overdue, what the heck does that make the Cubs?!?!?

Sigh...

Should be 10% more likely to beat the Yankees than the Tigers are, except that the Cubbies play real baseball, ...theoretically.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mick

Tigers are overdue, M&M !
Tigers are only winning 23% of the games with 29% of the payroll.

Geeze, Mick, if you go by payroll, Detroit should be winning or close in their own division. Minny is #19, Cleveland is #25 and KC is #26. The Tigers are only behind the White Sox in their own division when it comes to spending.

http://www.onestopbaseball.com/TeamPayroll.asp

Using salaries only doesn't explain Oakland, or even Cinci who is leading the wild card in the NL. They're #21 and 22 respectively.

[mick]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Geeze, Mick, if you go by payroll, Detroit should be winning or close in their own division.

...Uh, yeah ??!!!?

[ChuckElias]

Oz Ref's latest thread pretty much sums up the Sox at this point, I think: "It's all over". I knew that it would tough with the patchwork pitching staff, but the offense has been horrible lately, too. I disagreed with all the talking heads who were saying the Sox just had to salvage one of the games from that 5-game Yankees series, but it sure looks like they were right. They just seem demoralized. Go Tigers!!