Scoreboard Watching 2013 (Part 2)

[IABucFan]

Geez. Holliday doubles and Jay scores. I'm perfectly happy for all these pitchers to keep choking in the fifth, it's killed both of them in this game.

I want to throw up right now.

[Salukifan2]

I want to throw up right now.

I wanted to throw up during the top of the inning.

Moral: hang in there. This game changes fast

Also, luckily for the bucs Matheny was dumb enough to leave lynn in

[reds44]

Pirates gon Pirate

[RedlegJake]

Pass the Cards or creep within 2.5 games of the lead....as long as the Reds win tonight they win all the way around, no matter who wins Pirates-Cards.

[kbrake]

Baseball is so much less stressful when you're just rooting for extra innings.

[bucksfan2]

I see what you mean about Atlanta, but my theory is that the top three in the NL Central have so many games left against each other that the wins will do a fair amount of canceling out. Atlanta has no competition in that division.

I guess the way I look at it, each good team has a couple of runs in them. Atlanta was very hot to start the season off and now they are hot as well. Head to head match ups get a lot of pub but unless there is a sweep there is only a little movement in the standings. In the Reds case I think the head to head are important, but no more important than every other game. These next 4 games against the Brewers count for exactly the same as 4 games played against the Cards or Pirates.

[vaticanplum]

I guess the way I look at it, each good team has a couple of runs in them. Atlanta was very hot to start the season off and now they are hot as well. Head to head match ups get a lot of pub but unless there is a sweep there is only a little movement in the standings. In the Reds case I think the head to head are important, but no more important than every other game. These next 4 games against the Brewers count for exactly the same as 4 games played against the Cards or Pirates.

I'm not saying any one game is more important than another. I'm saying that the Central will be battling it out against each other while Atlanta faces a bunch of non-rivals. The fact that there is little movement in the standings in head-to-head matchups is precisely my point. With the schedule as it is, it's harder for any one NL Central team to run away with it.

With the exception of three games against San Diego, Atlanta's entire September is against their division-mates. I expect Washington to get a little hot, but I also expect the Marlins to cool off, so with that in mind, September is potentially a cakewalk for Atlanta. Barring their taking it a little easy (which they may well do), they have the potential to steamroll the division and stay way ahead in the standings.

[Boston Red]

I also expect the Marlins to cool off

Particularly since they are going to shut down Fernadez soon.

[OesterPoster]

Russell Martin with a solo dinger. Tied at 5.

[RedTeamGo!]

I wanted to throw up during the top of the inning.

Moral: hang in there. This game changes fast

Also, luckily for the bucs Matheny was dumb enough to leave lynn in

Are cardinals fans aware of the twitter account @baseballsbestfans ?

My god it's hilarious

[OesterPoster]

I never realized how stress-free baseball is when you're just rooting for extra innings. Whoever mentioned that earlier was dead-on.

[Tom Servo]

Meanwhile last year's World Series champs (San Francisco) are playing last year's NL team with the most wins (Washington) in a game that is almost meaningless. I don't think Washington has it in them to make a real Wild Card run.

[klw]

Are cardinals fans aware of the twitter account @baseballsbestfans ?

My god it's hilarious

do you mean @BestFansStLouis ?
https://twitter.com/BestFansStLouis

[Tom Servo]

Extras!

[OesterPoster]

The Pirates running up additional innings on their already taxed bullpen can't hurt. Nah.