Thursday, September 25, 2008

Get Ready for a WILD Baseball Weekend


There are just four days left in the baseball season and there are still MANY things undecided! (Not every team is as fortunate as the Angels, who have been selling division champion hats, albeit very UGLY ones, for several weeks now).
NL UPDATE
The Dodgers are 83-75 and Arizona is 79-79. That means the Dodgers have to lose FOUR straight games while Arizona wins four straight for their to be a one-game playoff Monday night. Of course the Dodgers close the season in SF, you know the Giants would love to sweep them.
The Mets are busy collapsing again in the NL East. The Phillies are 89-70 and have a 1 1/2 game lead on the Mets, who are 87-71. But the Mets are also blowing the wildcard race and are now tied with the Brewers with four games left in the season.
The Cubs have already clinched both the Central Division and home field advantage throughout the NL playoffs.
Who the Dodgers play depends on if the Mets or Brewers win the wild card. The Cubs get to play the wild card team IF it's not from their division, which Milwaukee is. So, if the Mets are wild card the Cubs play the Mets and the Dodgers play the Phillies. If the Brewers are the wild card the Cubs play the Dodgers and the Phillies play the Brewers.
AL
The Angels are 98-60 with four games left, so if they go 2-2 they'll win 100 games for the first time in franchise history. The franchise record for wins is 99, set by the 2002 World Championship team. The Angels also have a two-game lead on Tampa Bay for best record in the league, which brings home field advantage throughout the World Series, since the AL won the all-star game again this year.
Tampa Bay is 96-62 and leads Boston, which already clinched at least a wild card berth, by three games with four to play.
The interesting race is the AL Central. Chicago had a 3 1/2 game lead on the Twins a few days ago, but Minnestota beat them twice already and now the lead is only a half-game and the teams meet again tomorrow night.
The Angels will be playing the Red Sox in the first round, barring a surprise, and Tampa Bay will play whoever wins the AL Central.

1 comment:

Michelle said...

Always down to the wire with the Giants and Dodgers...I love it! I wish I could watch those games!!!!