Warning!! Danger!! Annual Off-topic Baseball Thread '07!! Beware!!

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

The Cubbies are in first place! The Cubbies are in first place!

Poke fun if you want, and yes, the Brewers have been playing sub-par ball, but the Cubs are really playing well. I think it's a pretty amazing story. I don't know how much can be directly attributed to managing, but it's pretty impressive to see Lou succeeding after the debacle in Tampa.

[ChuckElias]

Jeez, what's going on in the AL Central? I just looked at the standings there and checked out the "last 10" column. Nobody's over .500 in their last 10 games.

Det 2-9
Cle 3-7
Min 4-6
Chi 5-5
KC 5-5

Not good. The only other division that is looking like that is the NL West, but at least they have one team playing well. Arizona is 9-1 in their last 10, taking over first place. Randy Johnson must be helping that rotation a lot!

[mick]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Jeez, what's going on in the AL Central? I just looked at the standings there and checked out the "last 10" column. Nobody's over .500 in their last 10 games.

Det 2-9
Cle 3-7
Min 4-6
Chi 5-5
KC 5-5

Not good. The only other division that is looking like that is the NL West, but at least they have one team playing well. Arizona is 9-1 in their last 10, taking over first place. Randy Johnson must be helping that rotation a lot!

Actually Chuck, the Tigers are 3-8 in their last 10.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by mick

Actually Chuck, the Tigers are 3-8 in their last 10.

D'oh! They're 2-8. Where'd the 9 come from? I must've been looking at the Yankees score. It was 11-9 at the time. As I was listening to the game on my XM, after Dye's monster shot, the Yanks' play-by-play guy says, "And that makes it 13-9". To which Suzyn Waldman replies, "Which is different from 11-9."

With that level of insight, she should be paired with Joe Morgan on ESPN!

[M&M Guy]

Old school math?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Old school math?

Naw, just wimmen getting involved in sumthin' that they know nuthin' about. They should stick to their own sports. You know, like cooking and raising kids.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Jeez, what's going on in the AL Central? I just looked at the standings there and checked out the "last 10" column. Nobody's over .500 in their last 10 games.

Det 2-9

Must be like how A-Rod's 500th home run really could have been his 499th.