I was absent from my house, so I kept track of the game on the fly, and for six innings, all I saw were eggs. Both pitchers were throwing gems of a game but Central Illinois hero Jim Thome put a pretty big crack in Nick Blackburn's gem, a solo shot (34) to put the Sox up 1-0, and that was all they needed. Maybe next year, Twins.
W: Danks (12-9)
L: Blackburn (11-11)
S: Jenks (30)
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Look out Hollywood!
Well, it's postseason time again, and the Cubs are going to the party! In fact, we won the Division Title consecutively for the first time since we won back to back World Series. It's been a great seaon, with one of the greatest highlights being Zambrano's No-No against Houston in Milwaukee, the first since Milt Pappas for the Cubs. But one of the saddest developments of the season recently was the Mets failure to make it to the postseason after a promising run, disallowing them one final postseason series at Shea Stadium before demolition. With the Mets falling they gave way to allow the Brewers to earn the Wildcard spot. According to MLB rules, the team with the best record in their conference (Cubs) plays the Wildcard in the first round (Brewers), UNLESS, the Wildcard comes from the same division which would pair the best team with the team with the worst record of conference winners (Dodgers). So we see the Man-Ram, while the Brew Crew gets to try to stop the Rynoceros know as Ryan Howard.
The season was supposed to have ended on Sunday, with all of the postseason matchups set in stone and the teams taking these two days off to prepare for their series, but the White Sox and Twins were unable to pull away from each other. The Twins are holding the lead by a half game over the Sox due to a game that wasn't played between the Sox and Tigers, which is being made up today. If the Sox are able to win, they force a tiebreaker game against the Twins tomorrow, if not, it's curtains for the Crosstown World Series. So, we might know what's going on today, or we might have to wait, either way, it's going to be a great postseason.
Winners & Losers:
Here, I will post winning and losing pitchers from the games played, and also will give random game notes
Game to Watch:
Sox vs. Tigers 1:00 PM CDT- Even the Cubs fans care about this one. It should be good.
The season was supposed to have ended on Sunday, with all of the postseason matchups set in stone and the teams taking these two days off to prepare for their series, but the White Sox and Twins were unable to pull away from each other. The Twins are holding the lead by a half game over the Sox due to a game that wasn't played between the Sox and Tigers, which is being made up today. If the Sox are able to win, they force a tiebreaker game against the Twins tomorrow, if not, it's curtains for the Crosstown World Series. So, we might know what's going on today, or we might have to wait, either way, it's going to be a great postseason.
Winners & Losers:
Here, I will post winning and losing pitchers from the games played, and also will give random game notes
Game to Watch:
Sox vs. Tigers 1:00 PM CDT- Even the Cubs fans care about this one. It should be good.
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