# Baseball - How's your team doing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909 "2006-05-01T02:50:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/261 "2006-09-23T16:35:40Z")
Yankees will have to play a 5 game series with Minnesota. They are pretty tough and can pitch.Save your subway tokens for work.Pitching is the thing in playoffs and Yanks dont have it. Five game series they lose . ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/262 "2006-09-23T16:42:28Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] Yankees will have to play a 5 game series with Minnesota. They are pretty tough and can pitch.Save your subway tokens for work.Pitching is the thing in playoffs and Yanks dont have it. Five game series they lose . [/QUOTE] Wang can keep us in the game against Santana and our Bullpen is better, especially the closer. Your bold predictions are silly. Twins have no one major after Santana and they will be facing Johnson & Moose. The Yankee line-up is at full strength now and will be hard for anyone but Santana to contain. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/263 "2006-09-23T17:17:32Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Wang can keep us in the game against Santana and our Bullpen is better, especially the closer. Your bold predictions are silly. Twins have no one major after Santana and they will be facing Johnson & Moose. The Yankee line-up is at full strength now and will be hard for anyone but Santana to contain. Jim [/QUOTE] By the way, Jim. That’s my dad. You can see that our house is an anti-Yankee stronghold. In a 5 game series against the Yanks, trotting him out the first and third game isn’t beyond the realm of possibilities. It could be fun, that’s for sure. Would you rather have the Tigers or the Twins in the first round? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/264 "2006-09-23T17:25:43Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] By the way, Jim. That’s my dad. You can see that our house is an anti-Yankee stronghold. In a 5 game series against the Yanks, trotting him out the first and third game isn’t beyond the realm of possibilities. It could be fun, that’s for sure. Would you rather have the Tigers or the Twins in the first round? [/QUOTE] On paper, the Tigers, they do not match up well against the Yanks. They do not have Santana. The Twins are the most dangerous team to the Yankees except the Mets. (only because the Angels and Marlins are basically out of it). Jim {Yep, I see the strong line of Yankee Hatred indeed 😉 } ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/265 "2006-09-23T17:58:47Z")
Five game series is a difference. Couple good pitching performances and you can take your subway tickets home. Pitching is proverbially the big post season factor. Dont discount it. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/266 "2006-09-23T18:57:45Z")
[QUOTE=pseudotriton ruber ruber] Trading Abreu and Lidle to the Yankees for, essentially, nothing (nothing useful this season, anyway) was a classic give-up move. Basically, it forced options (which were available all long with Abreu and Lidle on the roster) on Manuel when he could no longer play Abreu and Lidle, which should tell you something about the Phillies’ ineptness in appraising talent. If they thought they were going anywhere this year, they could have acquired some MLB-ready talent for Abreu and Lidle. [/QUOTE] What’s that have to do with my post? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/267 "2006-09-24T23:16:22Z")
The NLWest is getting tight. Dodgers and Padres both won today, with Trevor Hoffman getting the record for career saves and Nomar hitting a walk-off grand-slam. Too bad the Phillies won, too. We missed a shot to move up. Now a 6 game road trip to finish the season, and I’ll bet the whole year rests on the last game. Let me say it now, before I yell it later: Fucking Giants! (There. If they knock the Dodgers out of the playoff, I’ve already vented.) ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/268 "2006-09-25T17:52:35Z")
Just for the sake of throwing rocks at the beehive, I’ll go out on a limb and say that _neither_ of the New York teams will win the Series. zuma, you, me and this keyboard know an A’s/Twins series would be almost hopeless. The A’s just have to look at the Metrodome and they lay down like dogs. I’m hoping for an A’s/Tigers matchup. Not because I think Detroit will be easy; I do respect what they’ve done this year. But I’ve seen the A’s flail against the Twins on too many occasions. I’m liking the way things are playing out in the NL. Padres and Phillies get in, Dodgers stay home. Sounds nice. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/269 "2006-09-25T17:58:00Z")
[QUOTE=Not A Tame Lion] I’m liking the way things are playing out in the NL. Padres and Phillies get in, Dodgers stay home. Sounds nice. [/QUOTE] 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/270 "2006-09-25T19:12:01Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 😛 😃 [/QUOTE] I’m originally from Philadelphia, I live in the Bay Area, and my mom lives in San Diego. What else am I supposed to say? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/271 "2006-10-01T06:48:01Z")
Well, so much for **Lion** ’s wish. Both the Padres and the Dodgers are in. Sunday’s games will decide who is the Division winner and who is the Wild Card. Either way, I’m happy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/272 "2006-10-01T11:02:26Z")
Another SoCal Dopefest to celebrate, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/273 "2006-10-01T22:48:38Z")
After starting the season 25-33, the Twins win the AL Central Division by going 71-33 the rest of the way, catching and passing the White Sox an eventually the Tigers. Joe Mauer becomes the first catcher to lead the Majors in batting average, Johan Santana will probably win the A.L. Cy Young, and Justin Mourneau will get heavy consideration for A.L. MVP. So I guess the team is doing ok. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/274 "2006-10-01T23:52:15Z")
The Padres are officially the NL West champions! Nothing stands in our way this year. The inevitable Padres-Mets NLCS will bring about a fierce rivalry in this household, but eventually my roommate will cheer the local boys on to the world championship. You wait and see! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/275 "2006-10-01T23:55:37Z")
[QUOTE=imthjckaz] After starting the season 25-33, the Twins win the AL Central Division by going 71-33 the rest of the way, catching and passing the White Sox an eventually the Tigers. Joe Mauer becomes the first catcher to lead the Majors in batting average, Johan Santana will probably win the A.L. Cy Young, and Justin Mourneau will get heavy consideration for A.L. MVP. So I guess the team is doing ok. [/QUOTE] Smell 'em! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/276 "2006-10-02T00:20:16Z")
Yanks have homefield throughout and the Tigers in round 1. Got to like their chances. With the Division on the line, good old Kenny Rodgers was given the ball and he did what he always does under pressure, he failed. A’s vs Twins should be a good series, I am leaning towards the Twins winning. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/277 "2006-10-02T00:34:36Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Yanks have homefield throughout and the Tigers in round 1. Got to like their chances. With the Division on the line, good old Kenny Rodgers was given the ball and he did what he always does under pressure, he failed. A’s vs Twins should be a good series, I am leaning towards the Twins winning. Jim [/QUOTE] Let’s be fair here. It was Fernando Rodney that did the failing. Bonderman got a 6 run lead (a shutout) and the 'pen gave it up. Shoulda kept Zumaya in longer. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/278 "2006-10-02T01:11:33Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] The Padres are officially the NL West champions! Nothing stands in our way this year. The inevitable Padres-Mets NLCS will bring about a fierce rivalry in this household, but eventually my roommate will cheer the local boys on to the world championship. You wait and see! [/QUOTE] I appreciate your optimism, but it is groundless. In spite of our dsigusting diplays after clinching, we will take the NL title. Then, watch out Detroit! 😉 Hi, **What Exit?** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/279 "2006-10-02T02:26:07Z")
Tigers = “Royally” pwned Thanks, KC. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909/280 "2006-10-02T02:51:37Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Yanks have homefield throughout and the Tigers in round 1. [/QUOTE] With the loss today, the Tiger’s don’t have the home field advantage in round one. They have the third best record in the A.L., the top two teams(NYY, MN) would have to lose their series for Detroit to have homefield. Finishing the season with five straight losses will do that to ya. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-hows-your-team-doing/354909.md?page=15)