The stretch run in the AL/tracker:

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Remaining schedules of the hopefuls...

Baltimore Orioles (93-68):

@TB (1)

New York Yankees (93-67):

BOS (1)

Detroit Tigers: AL Central Winner

Texas Rangers (93-67):

@OAK (1)

Oakland Athletics (92-68):

TEX (1)

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

I omitted the Rays b/c they have too much of an uphill battle. The Angels have a glimmer of hope, considering Oakland's brutal schedule.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

I expect Detroit to overtake the White Sox too

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Ath-a-letics just tied up the Jankees in the 9th...O's beating BoSox in 8th

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Holy shit...Andino just got drilled in the ear by a 95mph fastball...that was scary

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

O's win, Yanks win.

[Reck]

Yankees will win the division.

Only team that will give them a little fight will be Oakland.

Yankees are golden. Minnesota, Toronto, Boston. rolf

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

^
Boston's really bad, but don't think they won't be going full bore in that final series to ruin the Yankees chances at the division.

Couple things noted by the O's broadcast tonight:

-Jim Johnson just set the franchise record for saves (46)
-O's have gone 112 innings w/o committing an error

[AussieFanKurt]

I hope the O's make it over the Yankees purely because it's good to see the underdog succeed

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Randy Wolf just threw the nastiest change-up:lol 67 mph--the batter took a full swing before the ball got there:lol

[Reck]

Well no surprise here. The As are giving the Yankees all they want in this series.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

The O's are in extra innings again...can they make it 16 straight?

[Reck]

The O's are in extra innings again...can they make it 16 straight?

An easy resounding yes.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

The Scorioles do it again:lol

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Wow...Oakland got out of that jam.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Now A's are goin' ham in the 13th...hell yeah, FTY

[Reck]

Like I said, Oakland is the only real threat for the Yankees out of the games left.

[Reck]

Dude, the Yankees are relentless.

Orioles might as well be happy with where they are.

Yankees are motherfuckers. They strike fear in your shit with just their presence.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

wtf just happened? smfh

[Reck]

Yankees went ham. lol

The last 2 As pitchers combined to give 4 hits (1 Homer to Ibanez) and a host of wild pitches that allowed Ichiro to score and then Raul went deep to tie it.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

A's are an inning away from using position players on the mound

[J.T.]

So we want the Skankees to lose this game because Texas can most assuredly hold off Oakland for the West crown right?

[Reck]

Holy shit a rookie mistake might cost the Yankees this game. Wow

[Reck]

That Mesa kid is never going to see the plate on a major league game again.

What a screw up.

[Reck]

Back to back wins for the Yankees.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

So we want the Skankees to lose this game because Texas can most assuredly hold off Oakland for the West crown right?
Yep, but the A's gave it away.

[Reck]

I mean back to back walk off wins btw. lol

[Reck]

Yep, but the A's gave it away.

I think they didn't give anything away tbh.

Yankees lead almost all the way and had that game won in like 3 different occasions and somehow fucked it up.

This was a gift win imo.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

wtf are you talking about? If you have a 4-run lead in extra innings and lose, you gave that shit away. It's not even debatable

[irishock]

Lol

[Reck]

Was that really the determining factor though? They score 4 then Yankees score 4 on the same inning. They went on to play an inning and a half afterwards.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Was that really the determining factor though?
ummmmmmmmmm, yeah? You're a team chasing a playoff spot and you give up 4 runs when all you need is 3 outs.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Remaining schedules of the hopefuls...

Baltimore Orioles (87-65):

TOR (4)
BOS (3)
@TB (3)

New York Yankees (88-64):

@MIN (3)
@TOR (4)
BOS (3)

Chicago White Sox (81-71):

CLE (3)
TB (4)
@CLE (3)

Detroit Tigers (80-72):

KC (4)
@MIN (3)
@KC (3)

Texas Rangers (90-62):

OAK (4)
LAA (3)
@OAK (3)

Oakland Athletics (86-66):

@TEX (4)
SEA (3)
TEX (3)

Los Angeles Angels (84-69):

SEA (3)
@TEX (3)
@SEA (3)

Updated. Insane that the A's can control their own destiny. AL West is gonna be fun as shit to watch down the stretch

[symple19]

I hope the Yankees all die

Go O's

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

O's won the first of their double-header with Toronto today, but are getting hammered early in the 2nd one. Hope they come back

[Reck]

Minessota sucks.

They were primed to at least tie the game and instead didn't even score a single run.

Yankees will probably tag at least 2 runs per inning. lol

[J.T.]

My dad the Yankees fan just called me and to laugh at how Texas was losing to Oakland and Beltre tied it up while we were on the phone #winning

[J.T.]

Also why tf is local tv carrying the Astros game as if Austin has a vested interest in anything Houston does. Outside of the obvious 95% Longhorn fan population, pro team rooting interest here is almost exclusively Dallas in the other sports with a little bit of Spurs fan sprinkled about. Fucking keeping up with baseball on smartphone apps

[Reck]

Yankees win, Orioles split the two games.

Yankees now have a game and a half on the Orioles.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Remaining schedules of the hopefuls...

Baltimore Orioles (90-67):

BOS (2)
@TB (3)

New York Yankees (90-66):

@TOR (3)
BOS (3)

Detroit Tigers (84-72):

@MIN (3)
@KC (3)

Chicago White Sox (82-74):

TB (3)
@CLE (3)

Texas Rangers (92-64):

LAA (3)
@OAK (3)

Oakland Athletics (88-68):

SEA (3)
TEX (3)

Los Angeles Angels (86-70):

@TEX (3)
@SEA (3)
updated

[Reck]

91-66 Yankees.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

O's can tie atop the AL East with a win today...they were 2.5 out a few days ago, so not too shabby.

Oakland was down 4-2 in the 9th and had a crazy win too.

[TIMMYtoZO]

Oakland is going to win that division. Rangers failed to seal the deal. :lmao

[Reck]

O's can tie atop the AL East with a win today...they were 2.5 out a few days ago, so not too shabby.

Oakland was down 4-2 in the 9th and had a crazy win too.

1.5 Actually.

Yankees deserve to be kicked out of first place.

They loaded the bases like 3 times against the Jays today with 1 or less then two outs and totally whiffed.

Sadly, they will get Boston and Orioles will get the Rays on their next series.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

O's win! Tied for the AL East lead.

Baltimore is 72-0 when leading after 7 innings:wow

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Remaining schedules of the hopefuls...

Baltimore Orioles (91-67):

BOS (1)
@TB (3)

New York Yankees (91-67):

@TOR (1)
BOS (3)

Tampa Bay Rays (87-71):

@CHW (1)
BAL (3)

Detroit Tigers (85-73):

@MIN (1)
@KC (3)

Chicago White Sox (83-75):

TB (1)
@CLE (3)

Texas Rangers (92-65):

LAA (2)
@OAK (3)

Oakland Athletics (90-68):

SEA (1)
TEX (3)

Los Angeles Angels (87-70):

@TEX (2)
@SEA (3)

Updated. If the O's can finish off the sweep of Boston tomorrow, then TB can't catch them

[Reck]

Boston is god awful.

Yankees will sweep Boston as well, Os will lose at least 1 game to Tampa and that will be enough.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Remaining schedules of the hopefuls...

Baltimore Orioles (92-67):

@TB (3)

New York Yankees (92-67):

BOS (3)

Tampa Bay Rays (88-71):

BAL (3)

Detroit Tigers (86-73):

@KC (3)

Texas Rangers (92-66):

LAA (1)
@OAK (3)

Oakland Athletics (90-68):

SEA (1)
TEX (3)

Los Angeles Angels (88-70):

@TEX (1)
@SEA (3)

updated...If Oakland holds on and Texas loses tonight, shit gets real

[TIMMYtoZO]

updated...If Oakland holds on and Texas loses tonight, shit gets real

Texas is done. They are losing out. This last loss proved they still have that 2011 late inning World Series magic.

[Jacob1983]

What happens if the Yankees, Orioles, Rangers, A's and/or Angels end up with the same record? I know that baseball is the only sport where teams play an extra game to decide tie breakers but 4 teams or 5 teams all being tied is a lot.

[Flintstones32]

Ties among four teams

The four teams draw lots, as teams A, B, C, and D. On the first day team B plays at team A and team D plays at team C. The next day the winners of these games play each other at the ballpark of either team A or B (depending on who won the game).

according to wikipedia


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_tie-breaking_procedures

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Cespedes with a clutch jack in the 8th...could be the difference maker

[Reck]

Tampa is on a winning streak. Orioles are shit out of luck. lol

Winning 3 straight games against them will take something extra.

Yankees only have to win 2 of 3 but we all know the sweep is in order here.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Dude, I've never seen another supposed Red Sox fan who throats the Yankees the way you do. You're just regurgitating the same shit over and over. Have some pride and jump off the nuts of your most hated rival. ":cryThe Yankees are just too good! snarf, snarf:cry"

If they were so good then their half-billion dollar payroll and superior rotation would be more than enough to hold off a .230-batting lineup with no true Ace in their rotation for the division.

You had similar convictions regarding the Chisox-Tigers race, and we saw how that turned out.

[Reck]

Dude, I've never seen another supposed Red Sox fan who throats the Yankees the way you do. You're just regurgitating the same shit over and over. Have some pride and jump off the nuts of your most hated rival. ":cryThe Yankees are just too good! snarf, snarf:cry"

If they were so good then their half-billion dollar payroll and superior rotation would be more than enough to hold off a .230-batting lineup with no true Ace in their rotation for the division.

You had similar convictions regarding the Chisox-Tigers race, and we saw how that turned out.

I'm not on anybodies nuts, specially the Yankees.

I'm just being a contrarian. You're calling me a bandwagoner when you yourself jumped on the Orioles because they suddenly are in the race. :lol

Just calling it as I see it.

And all that Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, I'm not into that bullshit.

EDIT:

Also check out my latest post on the Chicago-Tigers thread. I'm not just being one sided.

I could give a shit about either team.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

I'm not on anybodies nuts, specially the Yankees.


In this thread alone:


Yankees will win the division.



Yankees are golden.


Like I said, Oakland is the only real threat for the Yankees out of the games left.

This is an especially good one:lol:

Dude, the Yankees are relentless.

Orioles might as well be happy with where they are.

Yankees are motherfuckers. They strike fear in your shit with just their presence.


Yankees went ham. lol

The last 2 As pitchers combined to give 4 hits (1 Homer to Ibanez) and a host of wild pitches that allowed Ichiro to score and then Raul went deep to tie it.


Back to back wins for the Yankees.


Yankees win, Orioles split the two games.

Yankees now have a game and a half on the Orioles.


Boston is god awful.

Yankees will sweep Boston as well, Os will lose at least 1 game to Tampa and that will be enough.


Tampa is on a winning streak. Orioles are shit out of luck. lol

Winning 3 straight games against them will take something extra.

Yankees only have to win 2 of 3 but we all know the sweep is in order here.

I made no bones about jumping the O's bandwagon...fuck yeah I'm pulling for them since they are the local team and my team is long gone from contention. I just don't understand why it's so hard for you to say the same. You obviously live in the NYC area and have pro-Yankee sympathies. Sure, that's incredibly odd for most baseball fans who have a basic understanding of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, but to each his own.

[Reck]

I made no bones about jumping the O's bandwagon...fuck yeah I'm pulling for them since they are the local team and my team is long gone from contention. I just don't understand why it's so hard for you to say the same. You obviously live in the NYC area and have pro-Yankee sympathies. Sure, that's incredibly odd for most baseball fans who have a basic understanding of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, but to each his own.

Those comments were made at the time of each game while being played live. lol

Are you going to sit there and nit pick everything I said?

I'm not denying that I rather have the Yankees win rather than the Orioles. Doesn't mean I want the Yankees to win the world series.

Beside the fact everyone seems to be on the Orioles bandwagon for like two minutes, I have never particularly liked them. Specially after what happened last year with them knocking the Red Sox off playoff contention.

And as far as the rivalry goes, I dont care about that.

Shit that happened in the 20s, 30s. 40s, hell even the 70s have nothing to do with me. This is not a religion or a gang where I should care what the oposite side says or does.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Shit that happened in the 20s, 30s. 40s, hell even the 70s have nothing to do with me. This is not a religion or a gang where I should care what the oposite side says or does.
You mean shit that happened in 2003, 2004, and the fight for the division that's been going on since 1997?:lmao

Do you also root for the Lakers when the Spurs are out? Because that's exactly what it's akin to.

[Reck]

You mean shit that happened in 2003, 2004, and the fight for the division that's been going on since 1997?:lmao

Do you also root for the Lakers when the Spurs are out? Because that's exactly what it's akin to.

First of all I like Baseball, I dont live it.

You really are nitpicking.

In terms of head to head is not even a competition so technically no rivalry there. You will obviously have personal rivals in any sports but the only reason the Yankees and Red Sox are the main rivals is because 1. the media says so and 2, because they happen to be in the same division.

Are you expecting me to take arms because some douchebag yankees fan says he's team is better? Sorry I'm not about that.

Would people give a shit if the Yankees were in another division? I think not.

Rooting for the yankees to win against an equally hated team is not far fetch.

And nope, I wouldn't root for the Lakers if the Spurs were out. I wouldn't mind if they were to win a series against a team I didn't like however. For instance the Thunder or a team that previously knocked out the Spurs.

Do I want the yankees to win a world series? No. Do I want the Lakers to win another championship? No

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

It's cool man, I feel ya. When my teams are struggling i always have the Celtics, Patriots, Seminoles, and Braves to fall back on.

[Pelicans78]

It's cool man, I feel ya. When my teams are struggling i always have the Celtics, Patriots, Seminoles, and Braves to fall back on.

:lol

[Pelicans78]

It's cool man, I feel ya. When my teams are struggling i always have the Celtics, Patriots, Seminoles, and Braves to fall back on.

Its so awesome seeing the Falcons 4-0 right now. Matty Ice is the truth!

I'm hoping the Cards can win back-to-back WS!!

Hornets really don't have a rivalry so I can't use them in this analogy :lol

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

:lol

Real talk, though...Are the Cards your most hated team because of in-state rivalry? The '85 WS is one of the most underrated ever, especially Game 6. Just so happens to be overshadowed by the crazy '86 series. What team do ya'll hate the most in your own division?

[Pelicans78]

:lol

Real talk, though...Are the Cards your most hated team because of in-state rivalry? The '85 WS is one of the most underrated ever, especially Game 6. Just so happens to be overshadowed by the crazy '86 series. What team do ya'll hate the most in your own division?

The Cards are hated, but I hate em a little less since LaRussa and Pujols are gone.

In the 80s, the Yankees were hated due to the rivalry in the late 70s. Still watch George Brett's upper deck home run against Goose in the 1980 ALCS. That was a great rivalry. The Royals spent as much as the Yankees did back then.

In the division, the Twins and White Sox are the two least favorites now. Hate the Twins even though not as much since they suck now. Always hate the White Sox. I hated the Indians in the 90s when they were damn good with Belle, Lofton, Manny, and company.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

the O's manage only 2 hits off Shields but still win. O's only had 29 plate appearances.:wow

[irishock]

Wow. Tie game. I thought the Sox would screw the Yankees out of the division, but they still need to catch the Marlins in losses.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Of course

[irishock]

Jeter double. This one looks done.

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Bailey is a worthless human being.

[irishock]

Sox lose 3-4 in a game with playoff implications.


Heard of this before?

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

Hopefully the ricer has one good game left in him

[Reck]

Hopefully the ricer has one good game left in him

Not.

Talk about your worthless sack of shit pitcher.

That faggot is shot. Send him back to fucking japan or something.

[Reck]

Yankees win their division.