2024 Major League Baseball season (Page 12 of 91)

Pitching Big Guy, pitching is what they've lacked for so long. They've been good offensively in the past, but never could hold a lead. This year is different and who knows what will happen? But I'm not going to tempt any fate here by making any predication.

Roy

Trust me that loss the Cards had will come back to haunt them.  Atlanta has to play the now hot Nationals and Strasburg will be pitching.  Don't think the Phillies will be much of a problem as they are laying low and resting starters.

Angela, I'm very sorry to hear of your loss and extend sympathies to you and yours. yeah, my parents forced me to watch LW every Sat night at 6PM. and now uh, in his famous accent, here's uh Sissy and uh Bobby, or something like that. Well I feel sure that Andrew will be looking down on all and still pulling for his Phils. No doubt if they do make it to the WS you can bet your last dollar I won't be pulling for the AL team. See you Mon in hot Lanta, tell Charlie to rest em all.

Tres

Do or die as they say Tres. Those Redbirds have always been our nemesis too.
Wait 'till next year cry the vanquished, except next year here looks rather dismal as well. I hope our departed slugger makes it in to the playoffs. A. Gonzalez has carried the Sox and earned his keep. He sure put up the numbers to justify the ginormous contract!
Rick

I don't care who's side you were on tonight, but that was THEE most entertaining night of baseball I've seen in many moons. The Cards were the only team to run away with their game. The other 3 were nail biters right down to the wire. First game to end was Phil/Atl, extra innings and a heartbreaking loss for ATL, and I sat through it with Dan Uggla's Mother, sister, & brother in law. They took it well and BTW, there all over the Cards the rest of the way having a lot of friends in St. Louis and Dan's Mom told me she wished Daniel had signed with the Cards instead of the Braves. What can you say about the cellar dwellers from Baltimore....FANTASTIC finish and the look on all those Sox fans faces, absolute disbelief, like the curse has been reinstated. At least nobody had to watch Papelbon the goat do his jig this time around!!! Finally, the hottest team in baseball, Tampa. Do the Yankees really wanna face them again??? On to the playoffs!!!

                                                                                                           Go Cards! ARF! ARF!

                                                                                                           J Dawg

Can someone please explain to me why, seeing as how there are 30 teams, the Dodgers and Nats both finish the season having played one game less than all other teams and finishing on an odd number of games? Makes no kind of sense to me.

Commiserations to the north-east, I understand that no one has ever blown a lead like the Red Sox have during September. As for the WS, I don't mind as long as it ain't them damn Yankees. 

the Atlanta Constitution this morning reads, "COLLAPSE COMPLETE". stayed up for all of it, that was a hairy ending to all 3 games. The Braves just could not beat the Phils even one game, so what would the postseason been like? same as it ever was, same as it ever was. Braves hitting decline is what ruined our september, maybe Boston's as well. I cannot and will not pin it on Freddie Gonzalez, he did all he could minus JJ and Tommy in the rotation. On to next year, that's what we always say now. They are getting drug through the dirt on ATL sports talk shows, unwarranted imo.
I think there should be a "playout" game between ATL and BOS, the loser would be crowned MELTDOWN KINGS 2011. Hats off to Tampa, what a comeback......did the Yanks throw that one away on purpose???

Tres

I'm with you dawg, if you are a baseball fan and your heart wasn't pumping hard last night, you have ice in your veins.    Check this out, it says it all.  And I was happy to hear Bryan Stow was making some progress.
http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/09/29/b … n-america/

Tres, part of me was thinking strategically we'd be better off losing to the Braves, I'd rather face you than St. Louis.  Cards LaRussa paid Charlie Manuel a compliment for playing to win when he could have taken an easier path.  My son thinks absolutely, the Yankees threw the game away, I hadn't really thought of that until he mentioned it.  He feels the Red Soxs would have done the same thing if things were reversed, they hate each other.