Well, The MLB Season Is Coming Rapidly To A Close...

[Lord Jim]

And from my perspective, the results ain't pretty...

The World Champion San Francisco Giants are eight games behind the hated Dodgers, with only 10 left to play...

Their position in the wild card race is even bleaker...

It would take a miracle for the Giants to even make the playoffs this year...(Of course when one looks at their last two World Series Championships, miracles are what the Giants specialize in...)

My other team, The Washington Nationals, are in even worse shape...

7 and a half behind the Lord gimme strength New York Mets with 10 to play...

And no shot at a wild card slot...

In the American League, once again (as my father used to like to say when weaker teams were prevailing over stronger ones) "the cows are killing the butchers"...

The Toronto friggin' Blue Jays are on a strong pace with a 3 game lead with just 10 left to play, to win the AL East...(Over the Mighty Yankees , Red Sox and Orioles)


The Royals have the AL Central sewn up, but the AL West and the race for the wild card slots get kind of complicated....

So assuming neither of my teams make it, in this year of The Cows Killing The Butchers, I will root for the ultimate cow..

I'm speaking of course of The Chicago Cubs, who have a 99.9% probability of making it into the one game Wild Card Playoff...(Hey, the Giants started out that way last year and went on to win it all...)

Here's the link with all the current standings and percentage probabilities:

http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/09/22/mlb-pl ... ic-numbers

I'll be rooting for them all the way...

I really think this could be The Cubs year... *









*Okay, I guess now I have send myself over to stand in the drug testing line...

[Crackpot]

I don't know remember Back to the Future II?

[MajGenl.Meade]

Oh LJ - that's what we Cleveland fans were saying last April 5th

[oldr_n_wsr]

How 'bout those METS!?!?!?
Although they have not been very good these last bunch of games. They need to start picking it up again for the playoffs.
Lets Go Mets.
Been 29 years. My son was 1yo when they last won. He was sleeping on my chest and I was trying not to disturb him while also trying to cheer when the Mets last won it all.

[Guinevere]

Baseball? Are they still playing?

[oldr_n_wsr]

The Red Sox won't be for much longer.

[Big RR]

You're amking the assumption they have been playing this season.

[Sue U]

Yeah, I haven't seen much evidence of the Phils playing baseball since ... let's see, add the six, carry the two .... Like 2012.

#worstteaminbaseball #370season #srslythestinkinmets?

[oldr_n_wsr]

[rubato]

Meanwhile ... Clayton Kershaw has 281 strikeouts and 2 more starts ... could be interesting. He had 9 last night in just 5 innings.


yrs,
rubato

[oldr_n_wsr]

Meanwhile ... Clayton Kershaw has 281 strikeouts and 2 more starts ... could be interesting. He had 9 last night in just 5 innings.


yrs,
rubato

Didn't he get a little pissed on being pulled last night? I only saw a glimpse of the recap.

[rubato]

More than a little.

I can see Clayton's point but then Mattingly needs to think about keeping him healthy for the playoffs.

yrs,
rubato

[Long Run]

Yeah, I haven't seen much evidence of the Phils playing baseball since

Evidence of time flying by -- it was like yesterday that they had the awesome pitching staff (out-dueled by said Giants) and great hitting, a real juggernaut (at least in the eastern media's mind).

[Gob]

Basketball?

[Joe Guy]

It's baseball, mate!

Major League Baseball

[Gob]

Same thing then

[oldr_n_wsr]

How 'bout those METS!!!!!!
And congrats to the Dodgers.
Gonna be coast to coast first round (not counting wild card stuff).

[Sue U]

Yeah, how about those Mets.

Although I think I'm gonna root for the Cubbies in the playoffs (how can you not?).

My bet is that the Cards take the NL championship.

[Lord Jim]

I'm going to root for the Cubs too, but up against The Dodgers, you can definitely count me as a Mets fan

[oldr_n_wsr]

(how can you not?).

I'm a Mets fan, but I will root for the Cubs when they are not playing the Mets.