Important note: this article was written BEFORE Game 163. It has nothing to do with outcome and everything to do with structures. Major League Baseball has one of the longest schedules of any major sport in the world. 162 games leads teams from April to September, from the Tokyo Dome to Dolphin Stadium. At the [...]
Archive for the ‘Division’ Category
Making Sense of it All
Posted: 1st October 2008 by vacant in Brendan Harris, Division, Game Thoughts, Michael CuddyerThere is not much that can be said about the season-ending loss suffered on Tuesday night. Either that, or not much I want to say. The season is over, and the great offseason debate is set to begin. How did we do this year? Who did good? What needs to change? What should we do? [...]
Nothing to Play For? Why The Tigers Won't Lay Down For The Sox
Posted: 29th September 2008 by vacant in DivisionThe Twins and Sox finally got their respective acts together Sunday and beat two of the peskiest teams in recent memory. With nothing to play for but pride, the Indians and Royals tormented the exhausted Sox and Twins in the first two games of three game series, but they couldn’t sustain it into game three. [...]
Twins Take First of Three Key Games
Posted: 24th September 2008 by vacant in Division, Jason Kubel, Ron GardenhireOne team hit six extra base hits, including three bombs. The other just one. The Twins’ top 4 hitters went 2-17. The Twins’ bullpen gave up runs late in the game once again. Given those three facts, the 9-3 result isn’t a shock, what is shocking is that the race for the division is now [...]
Both the Twins and the White Sox have an off-day tomorrow; the Sox shouldn’t have one, but we’ll leave that aside for now. Starting Tuesday, these two rivals both control their own destiny. The next three games are zero-sum games: Win and your opponent loses. No more scoreboard watching, no more threads on forums titled [...]
Just How Much Has Glen Perkins Hurt The Twins?
Posted: 20th September 2008 by vacant in Division, Glen Perkins, StatisticsIn a game where perfection is looked at in such high regard, imperfection is viewed as a plague in baseball. Prior to August 27th, Glen Perkins was a surprisingly good pitcher. Stuck in the middle of a transition from the bullpen, this 25-year old young man sported an ERA of 3.90 to go with an [...]
Build Me Up: The Twins Continue Their Teasing Ways
Posted: 15th September 2008 by vacant in Division, Francisco LirianoFrom Dan Wade, of Bleacher Report. Three factors were in play: it was my last week at work, the Twins would play exactly two more home games before I left the country, and this was my only chance to see Francisco Liriano pitch. Skipping work was not a hard choice. Too bad the Twins had [...]