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Hope I'm totally wrong on this, but this game is the backbreaker. Blown call by the 2nd base umpire on Ichiro costs us a run (Ibanez went on to hit a 3 run HR, so do the math). Back to back to back walks including a awful call on Posada to give the NY fagats the lead. Game over, Yankees up 3 now and I'm willing to say they'll hold on. They'll hold on because MLB gave them the biggest joke of a september schedule in baseball. How many times do they play the Royals this year anyway?

MLB gets what they want, the Yankees are in now. Go have a circle jerk NY.
 

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Ive had my eye on the score. What you just said makes it worse.
 

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I think if the M's miss the playoffs they have to look no further then the 9 game losing streak and losing 11 of the last 12. Not to mention they have 35 players on their roster. Things look in chaos in that dugout

Basically they need a sweep against the Tigers to have any hope. Still I think they have done better then most expected.
 

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I think if the M's miss the playoffs they have to look no further then the 9 game losing streak and losing 11 of the last 12.

Basically they need a sweep against the Tigers to have any hope. Still I think they have done better then most expected.
I was thinking that too. They really picked the wrong time to drop a score of games like that.
 

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I had the Under. 2-1 game in bot of 7th, and an F'ng joke of a performance by the Angels Pen. A GD 8 run inning with like 14 walks and errors. Score now 9-2 and my solid under play is shot to hell. Frustrating way to lose a bet sitting in good shape.
 

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I think if the M's miss the playoffs they have to look no further then the 9 game losing streak and losing 11 of the last 12. Not to mention they have 35 players on their roster. Things look in chaos in that dugout

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nah...the 9 game losing streak had NOTHING to do w/ their decline...its all because of a possible bad call to Posada.

btw...I really can't stand scheduling being used as an excuse in baseball...its not like College athletics where you get to choose who you face in your non-conference schedule

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpi?sortColumn=sos

all there is a .02 diff. between SOS...and the diff. between each team is quite nominal...beat the Blue Jays once on the road, and you wouldn't be throwing in the towel.
 
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I had the Under. 2-1 game in bot of 7th, and an F'ng joke of a performance by the Angels Pen. A GD 8 run inning with like 14 walks and errors. Score now 9-2 and my solid under play is shot to hell. Frustrating way to lose a bet sitting in good shape.


I'm in the Same Boat as You !! Thought for Sure the Under was good in the 7th !:puppy:
 

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Yeah, the schedule makers did the M's a big favor by putting that Cleveland game at the beginning of a huge road trip. 4 cities in a week sounds pretty legit to me (Coming off a 3 game series in Seattle). Your telling me the brutal schedule hasn't effected this team? Bullshit.
 

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just because the M's had a rough going doesn't mean the Yankees didn't. Seattle still gets to play a fuckload of games vs. Texas and the A's, two of the worst teams in the AL.


I think Tampa and Baltimore make up for that plus some.
 

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just because the M's had a rough going doesn't mean the Yankees didn't. Seattle still gets to play a fuckload of games vs. Texas and the A's, two of the worst teams in the AL.

Yanks don't get any favors playing Toronto.
I agree but I think M's are losing there confidence.
 

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M's just aren't as good as either the Angels or Yanks. Would like to see them knock the Yanks out but this isn't surprising. Not over yet though
 

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relax guys next week yanks at toronto and at boston for three games each where they could easily go 1-5 and let seattle and detroit back in it... dont blame the umps for the way the m's have played lately, they have nobody to blame but themselves...
 

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Hope I'm totally wrong on this, but this game is the backbreaker. Blown call by the 2nd base umpire on Ichiro costs us a run (Ibanez went on to hit a 3 run HR, so do the math). Back to back to back walks including a awful call on Posada to give the NY fagats the lead. Game over, Yankees up 3 now and I'm willing to say they'll hold on. They'll hold on because MLB gave them the biggest joke of a september schedule in baseball. How many times do they play the Royals this year anyway?

MLB gets what they want, the Yankees are in now. Go have a circle jerk NY.

One of the funnies posts I've seen in awhile. Blaming Seattle's collapse on the schedule? That's a new one. And, yeah, the Yankees get to play the Royals more than any other team. MLB did that favor for them just so they could make the playoffs. And, I bet the Yankees can't wait to face Meche, Bannister, and Greinke. Bums. Gimme a break.

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Hope I'm totally wrong on this, but this game is the backbreaker. Blown call by the 2nd base umpire on Ichiro costs us a run (Ibanez went on to hit a 3 run HR, so do the math). Back to back to back walks including a awful call on Posada to give the NY fagats the lead. Game over, Yankees up 3 now and I'm willing to say they'll hold on. They'll hold on because MLB gave them the biggest joke of a september schedule in baseball. How many times do they play the Royals this year anyway?

MLB gets what they want, the Yankees are in now. Go have a circle jerk NY.

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One of the funnies posts I've seen in awhile. Blaming Seattle's collapse on the schedule? That's a new one. And, yeah, the Yankees get to play the Royals more than any other team. MLB did that favor for them just so they could make the playoffs. And, I bet the Yankees can't wait to face Meche, Bannister, and Greinke. Bums. Gimme a break.

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Don't try and defend the Yankees playing the Royals. Just don't. If the Yankees/Sox had the same schedule the Mariners are going through you'd all be bitching too. It's just frustrating to see this collapse because of fatigue. Maybe the schedule did that or maybe not. Either way, it sucks. I'm sure all of you would agree if your team was going through the same shit. But go ahead, play the internet tough guy and hurl insults, I could give a shit less.
 

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I was going to point out that Seattle's schedule from Aug 7th - 26th (Balt 3, ChiSox 3, Minn 3, ChiSox 3, Minn 3, Texas 4) was about as easy as it gets. If they are facing a tough schedule now its because they were given an easier one earlier. Somehow I'm thinking you dont want to hear that.

It could be argued that the only reason they were able to get into Wild Card contention was the benefit of that easy August. I think the Angels coming into Seattle and sweeping that 3 gamer, all by blowouts was the beginning of the end for the M's. Hard to recover when you make it to within a game or 2 of the lead and get a beatdown like that.

Over the course of 162 games all the missed calls, ups and downs of the schedules, fatigue evens out and the best teams make it into the playoffs. Not trying to pile on, just an observation from someone on the outside.

The M's have a nice team, maybe a year or two away from being World Series threats
 

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Yeah, the schedule makers did the M's a big favor by putting that Cleveland game at the beginning of a huge road trip. 4 cities in a week sounds pretty legit to me (Coming off a 3 game series in Seattle). Your telling me the brutal schedule hasn't effected this team? Bullshit.


That Cleveland game was supposed to be a travel day, they had to make up the game from the first week in the season when they got snowed out in Cleveland and they figured they would do it now on this east coast trip. It really did come back to bite them now though having it scheduled now.

They also did get squeezed on balls and strikes and 2 blown calls on Ichiro. BUT, I think they were already toast before tonight. When they lost those last 2 games to Texas and then swept at home to LA, that is where they missed their chance.
 

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That Cleveland game was supposed to be a travel day, they had to make up the game from the first week in the season when they got snowed out in Cleveland and they figured they would do it now on this east coast trip. It really did come back to bite them now though having it scheduled now.

They also did get squeezed on balls and strikes and 2 blown calls on Ichiro. BUT, I think they were already toast before tonight. When they lost those last 2 games to Texas and then swept at home to LA, that is where they missed their chance.


I'm just thinking why the Cleveland game couldn't have been made up at the end of the year, as in on October 1st, and not in the middle of a huge stretch run. Yeah its only one game, but its another long flight to play against a playoff caliber team when it should be a day off which is a rarity in MLB.
 

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