...and the Indians drop out of first

[FirstTimer]

I wondered the same thing when the Reds played them. Not one person in their lineup was hitting over .300 at that point yet they had the best record in baseball. Clearly just a fluke.

Sounds like the 2005 White Sox. I think at one point in the middle of the season they didn't have anyone over .250 or .260. Something absurd like that. Yet they had the MLB's best record.

[Blade]

The indians have had the same offense the phils have so far, but their shitty pitching staff is catching up to them. Our offense is worse than theirs, but our pitching is tops in the league. It was gonna happen soon, might as well be now, although Justin Masterson is their saving grace.

That whole division is worthless.

[Cody]

Do you guys think Sizemore or Pronk will be worth anything at the deadline?

[Buzzman]

WTF have you been watching? Austin Jackson has been batting over.300 the last 30 games. Leyland has already said Magglio and Inge are going to have to earn their way back int the lineup. Hell he even benched Magglio the day after he returned. I know by the end of the year though Magglio will be back at .280 and be a lot bigger contributor than Casper Wells and Andy Dirks. The only thing I would love to see Leyland do is completely cut out Inge and have Don Kelly be the full time starter. Our lineup is not nearly as bad as it seems to be made out to be. Outside of Raburn I have confidence in every single "regular" starter to come up with a big hit.

If our pitching keeps it up though, scoring runs wont be that big of a deal. Right now our worst pitcher is Max Scherzer and hes 8-2. Our bullpen struggled at first but once we called up Furbush everything settled back into the norm. Al Aberquiq (sp?) may be the biggest surprise for our team. Dude is a K machine.

[FedEx227]

Sounds like the 2005 White Sox. I think at one point in the middle of the season they didn't have anyone over .250 or .260. Something absurd like that. Yet they had the MLB's best record.

Bullpen, bullpen, bullpen.

[Warner2BruceTD]

WTF have you been watching? Austin Jackson has been batting over.300 the last 30 games. Leyland has already said Magglio and Inge are going to have to earn their way back int the lineup. Hell he even benched Magglio the day after he returned. I know by the end of the year though Magglio will be back at .280 and be a lot bigger contributor than Casper Wells and Andy Dirks. The only thing I would love to see Leyland do is completely cut out Inge and have Don Kelly be the full time starter. Our lineup is not nearly as bad as it seems to be made out to be. Outside of Raburn I have confidence in every single "regular" starter to come up with a big hit.

If our pitching keeps it up though, scoring runs wont be that big of a deal. Right now our worst pitcher is Max Scherzer and hes 8-2. Our bullpen struggled at first but once we called up Furbush everything settled back into the norm. Al Aberquiq (sp?) may be the biggest surprise for our team. Dude is a K machine.

I don't care what Jackson's batting average is the last X amount of games, the guy simply doesn't get on base very often. He hovers around .300 for his career in OBA. I think a better argument would be, if not Jackson, then who?

And Leyland has turned into a stubborn old coot. It took an injury to not only get Magglio out of the middle of the order, but also out of the lineup. I mean, at least move the guy down. He's been beyond terrible.

Same with Inge. What is he giving you? Try someone else. Leyland has done a bad job this year IMO.

[FedEx227]

Jackson career is actually around .338 OBP. Not good but certainly not terrible.

[FirstTimer]

Bullpen, bullpen, bullpen.

No doubt.

I just remember going to the Cubs/Sox game that year with my buddy who is a Sox fan and laughing the entire game whenever they showed the White Sox hitters stats on the board when they would come up to hit. It was ridiculous.

[FedEx227]

The thing is though, yeah they didn't have high AVG, but they slugged the hell out of the ball they had 200 homers, 4 guys with 20+ homers and 7 with 15+ homers.

[FirstTimer]

The thing is though, yeah they didn't have high AVG, but they slugged the hell out of the ball they had 200 homers, 4 guys with 20+ homers and 7 with 15+ homers.

Yeah.

I think Dye obliterated a ball that day.

I can't think of another at or near 100 win team where their predicted/pythogoram W/L was almost 10 games worse(91-71). Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough but it's crazy.

That team was fun as hell though. The Konerko grand slam in that WS was an awesome moment.

I'd put the Pods HR up there too but Buck's (non emotional) call fucking ruined it.

[FedEx227]

Yeah.

I think Dye obliterated a ball that day.

I can't think of another at or near 100 win team where their predicted/pythogoram W/L was almost 10 games worse(91-71). Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough but it's crazy.

That team was fun as hell though. The Konerko grand slam in that WS was an awesome moment.

I'd put the Pods HR up there too but Buck's (non emotional) call fucking ruined it.

Check out the 2007 Arizona Diamondbacks



Actual W-L: 90-72
Pythagorean W-L: 79-83

[FedEx227]

Yeah.

I think Dye obliterated a ball that day.

I can't think of another at or near 100 win team where their predicted/pythogoram W/L was almost 10 games worse(91-71). Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough but it's crazy.

That team was fun as hell though. The Konerko grand slam in that WS was an awesome moment.

I'd put the Pods HR up there too but Buck's (non emotional) call fucking ruined it.

Fuck Joe Buck the entire White Sox playoff run, fuck Chris Berman too.

White Sox win = The Red Sox quest to repeat as champions has ended.

Buck was especially shit at the end of Game 2 ALCS on Crede's walkoff crying and moaning about the AJ play.

[FirstTimer]

Check out the 2007 Arizona Diamondbacks



Actual W-L: 90-72
Pythagorean W-L: 79-83

[FedEx227]

 

[spiker]

Fuck Joe Buck the entire White Sox playoff run, fuck Chris Berman too.

White Sox win = The Red Sox quest to repeat as champions has ended.

Buck was especially shit at the end of Game 2 ALCS on Crede's walkoff crying and moaning about the AJ play.

I'd give anything to hear Hawk call a World Series victory. It'd probably bring a tear to my eye.