Opening Day Scores N Stuffs

(Note: Normally I do these at the end of a postgame recap, but we don't have one of those today)

Yankees and Blue Jays and Colorado at St. Louis were both postponed.

Mets beat Marlins 7-2. Santana made his debut and did not allow a hit until the fourth inning.

Indians beat White Sox 10-8. Once again, Sabathia shows strike outs don't necessarily mean you'll have a good start. See Igawa, Kei for details. Also, Cleveland scored seven in the second, but the White Sox tied it by the eighth.

Dodgers beat Giants 5-0 in Joe Torre's Dodger blue debut. Barry Zito is apparently San Fransisco's #1 starter. I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

Ray beat Orioles 6-2 with James Shields starting in place of Scott Kazmir. My fantasy team mourns.

Nationals beat Phillies 11-6 with five in the top of the ninth. The Nats are now 2-0, but remember, it's not how you start...

Royals beat Tigers 5-4 in eleven. Miguel Cabrera had a home run, but Detroit has some serious bullpen issues, as had been said before.

Brewers beat Cubs 4-3 in ten. Game was scoreless until the ninth.

Diamondbacks beat Reds 4-2. Reds had three hits the entire game.

Rangers over Mariners, 1-0 in the sixth, Twins and Angels tied at two in the fifth and Braves over Pirates 4-2 in the top of the fifth.

Astros and Padres play later tonight.

Postseason Scores and Stuffs, 3 October 2007

The Rockies beat the Phillies 4-2, in Philadelphia. The Rockies are more or less the one team no one wants to play right now; and Jeff Francis had a great game, making only two mistakes.

Chase Utley had four strikeouts, more or less the opposite of 'clutch'.

Cole Hammels did not pitch that poorly for Philadelphia, but one bad inning in the second cost them dearly. Philadelphia allowed just two hits outside of that inning, a home run and a base hit in the ninth.


Boston beat the Angels, 4-0. The Angels played like they're hurting, and Beckett was...well, let's just say he brought back some very unpleasant memories of 2003.

However, the unpleasant memories of Beckett are not nearly as unpleasant as the memories of Ortiz...and that he went 2-3 makes me very, very unhappy.


One more game to go, but I probably won't stay up for the entire thing. I'll either edit that into this post or put something up tomorrow morning.

[EDIT]: The Cubs/Diamondbacks game is the most exciting game of the day. A one-one tie into the seventh, Arizona pulled two ahead with a home run and a RBI.

Now, it's top of the ninth, Chicago up at bat, one on and two out, Soriano up...might as well stay awake to see how this one ends!


Side note: I know there are some that disagree with me, but I'm actually enjoying the TBS coverage. It's no-nonsense, and the announcers aren't afraid to be critical of the teams. I didn't so much enjoy the rehashing of 2004, but what else would you expect in a Boston game?

Also, the game breaks mid-innings are much more enjoyable than commercials.

Scores and Stuffs

It's amazing. I can spend four hours in a car, just driving, and afterwards be completely beat.

I plopped myself down in a kitchen chair and I haven't moved since about 10 PM, except to get a glass of water.

Anyway, just because the Yankees didn't play today (or the Red Sox), doesn't mean that everyone else had an off day.

Baltimore beat Texas 6-3 in 10, scoring five in the 10th. How the Orioles--whose team members didn't even try to slide while base-stealing in New York--have won any game at all is much past my grasp of understanding.

Kansas City beat the Chicago White Sox 3-0. The Royals are a game up on the Chi Sox in the loss column. The idea that the Royals, a team that was supposed to lose 100 games this year, could finish ahead of the 2005 World Series Champions is almost beyond comprehension.

The Angels lead Seattle 9-4 in the seventh. The Angels are likely to officially end Seattle's AL West hopes this weekend. It was a nice ride for the Mariners, but they more or less decided the ship they were sailing on was the Titanic, and acted appropriately.

Houston beat St. Louis 18-1, scoring all but four of their runs in the sixth inning and after, which would lead one to believe that St. Louis's bullpen is taking lessons from Boston.

Atlanta beat Milwaukee 3-1, as the Brewers have not been doing themselves any favors of late. The Cubs were off, so Milwaukee now trails by 1.5 games in the division.

The Mets lost to Florida 8-7 in 10, and all of a sudden the Mets seem to have decided that the Yankees really are the better team in New York City. Ahead of Philadelphia by seven games on September 12th, their lead is now down to 1.5 (the same in some other supposedly 'done' division), and they are in danger of missing the playoffs entirely.

The Phillies beat Washington 7-6, as Washington has apparently decided they would rather see Philadelphia win the NL East.

San Diego beat Pittsburgh 6-3, as the Padres seem to have finally reclaimed their winning ways of 1998 (World Series notwithstanding).

Colorado beat the Dodgers 9-4. Get this: The ROCKIES have 81 wins. Let me say this again. The Rockies have 81 wins. They will finish above .500, barring a complete and utter collapse. They might be trailing a little too much to take the NL Wild Card now, but watch out in 2008.

...I cannot believe I am saying things like that!

Cincinnati beat San Francisco 4-2, but both cities have long stopped following baseball and started following football. Cincinnati has no luck, though, does it? I mean, the Reds and the Bengals? At least for San Francisco the 49ers had guys like Joe Montana and Steve Young...



I will eventually get my bum off this chair, but I'm tired and falling asleep here seems like a wonderful possibility...

This OURS for the Taking

On September 10 2005 the Yankees were five games out of first place.

On September 10 2007 the Yankees are five games out of first place.

Make sure you read that carefully.

The Yankees are in control of their own destiny. A-Rod is itching at Ruth, Mantle and Maris.

What say we get the rings and the single season non-'roid HR record back where they belong, in the Bronx?

Scores and Stuffs from Around the League--many games still in progress, I will update as they end.

Tampa Bay beat Boston 1-0, Scott Kazmir out-dueling Curt Schilling. Yankees fans everywhere are celebrating for a number of reasons, but Tampa Bay fans should be celebrating just as well: They just won a game 1-0. Tampa. Won a game. Had a shut-out. Won by one. In Boston.

As for fans in Boston...well...I'm sure they'll think of something.


Detroit beat Toronto, 5-4 in the ninth. Toronto was up 4-1 in the ninth when their pitcher gave up two runs and then promptly walked the bases loaded for Magglio. At that point, I guess, the outcome was pretty much given.

If giving Magglio the MVP means A-Rod get a ring, I won't complain.

Minnesota beat Kansas City 4-2. It's kind of odd: Minnesota is under .500 but Toronto is not... Kansas City has now lost six straight.


National League:

The Brewers lost to Pittsburgh, 9-0, and the Cubs beat St. Louis in a game with HUGE NL Central implicatons 12-3, so Milwaukee and the Cubs are once again tied for the NL Central lead, and St. Louis is beginning to fade.

The Mets eked out a win over Atlanta, 3-2, as they seem to have officially decided that they'll show up in October.

Philadelphia beat Colorado 6-5 in ten, meaning that they're not going to go away quite yet.

In the ultimate of meaningless games, Washington beat Florida 5-4. Florida is currently the only NL team eliminated from division contention. Boston fans will be interested to know that Will Mo Pena had two home runs tonight.

Again, multiple games are still in progress and I will update as they end.