The Dog Days of Summer MLB thread

[Shawn Lutz]

Verlander gets his 16th W for Detroit and Feldman his 15th for the Rangers....

[Shawn Lutz]

too much Halladay sauce for your Yanks lasnt night Tommy? A one hitter....

[atomic charvel guy]

no jeter, no swisher in the lineup, it wouldn't of mattered, Halladay was dealing from the first pitch.

[Shawn Lutz]

Inge's grand slam with the Tigers down 1-3 in the 9th completes the road sweep of Tampa....all come from behind wins

[Shawn Lutz]

20 is the Tigers magic number

[jk2171]

Day/nighter for the Yanks. Got the 1st one, now Burnett on the mound to start the 2nd game. Having a bit of a rough start so far.

[jk2171]

Burnett gets off the snide. Jeter hitless in 2 games, still 3 shy of Gehrig's Yankees record. I heard last night that if the playoffs ended today it'd be Yanks-Tigers in the ALDS. That would be a good series. Maybe Shawn would take some bets?

[atomic charvel guy]

yankees magic number is 16, and 19 for home field advantage.
Have a makeup game at home with the angels coming up, then 3 out there.
would be nice to at least play well against them.
Pena out for the season, that was sad to see yesterday.

[atomic charvel guy]

jeter will break the yankee hits record on this homestand, there's still 9 more games on it.

[atomic charvel guy]

Assuming the Yankees finish with Best Record, they will have the option of selecting:
Playoff Series A:
Game 1- 10/7
Game 2-10/9
Game 3-10/11
Game 4-10/12
Game 5 10/14
OR
Playoff Series B
Game 1-10/8
Game 2-10/9
Game 3-10/11
Game 4-10/12
Game 5-10/14
Selecting Series A allows you to go with three starters and skip Chamberlain. However it also means Burnett would start in game 5.
Selecting Series B means Chamberlain would start in game 4, but Sabathia would go if there's a game 5.

Opinions? I'll take A all the way.

[Shawn Lutz]

Bummer, Tigers closer suspended 3 games for this.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090908&content_id=6853744&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

good thing they start a series with KC instead of Minnesota or Chicago today

[Shawn Lutz]

jeter will break the yankee hits record on this homestand, there's still 9 more games on it.

that dude? he's hitless in 2 ....lol

[atomic charvel guy]

wore a collar yesterday-lol O-Fer............

[jk2171]

Working on a o-fer tonight too.

I would go with with Option B. Chamberlain is usually pumped for big games, and I'd rather have CC starting Game 5 then coming in to keep us close if we're behind.

[Shawn Lutz]

Rangers playing 3 games in 19 hours. A double header tonight and a 12:05 start tomorrow...well, thats if they make it through the twilight of the doubleheader tonight...raining in Cleveland in the 5th with the Rangers up 7-0 but still playing