2007 baseball season set for a great finish

ctorg · 08-20-2007, 09:33 AM

I was looking at the standings today and marveling at how, really, no team is running away with things. The Mets' 5-game lead in the NL East is the biggest cushion, and it doesn't feel particularly secure. Even the Red Sox, who were running away with things earlier, are now only 4 games up and facing a Yankee team that has more than made up for its first half slump.

Most years, there is at least one division that feels like a lock for a particular team by mid-August. And usually you can kind of tell which division will produce the wild card. Not this year. It seems like many more teams than usual are in the hunt, which should make for a really great September to remember.

When is the last time there were so many tight races going into the stretch run?

mauboy · 08-20-2007, 02:46 PM

I don't remember the year, but I remember when the Cubs and Giants had a playoff game for the playoffs...

The year Brant Brown dropped the last out of the game and eventually losing it and forcing a tie... Man, that was horrible.

mauboy · 08-20-2007, 02:49 PM

Nice, i found a link for the dropped catch. Its pretty tiny. LOL Aww, a good look at the recently passed Rod Beck.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas...wers/cubs.html

Long_Long_Name · 08-20-2007, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by mauboy

I don't remember the year, but I remember when the Cubs and Giants had a playoff game for the playoffs...

The year Brant Brown dropped the last out of the game and eventually losing it and forcing a tie... Man, that was horrible.

Wasn't that 1998, when Sammy Sosa got 66 HR?

eriqjaffe · 08-20-2007, 11:56 PM

This has not been a good season in the slightest.

I may be biased, however.

His Own Bad Self · 08-21-2007, 05:10 AM

Seconded re: the excitement. It has been a great year for baseball, on the field, at least...

dudeosu · 08-21-2007, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mauboy

I don't remember the year, but I remember when the Cubs and Giants had a playoff game for the playoffs...

The year Brant Brown dropped the last out of the game and eventually losing it and forcing a tie... Man, that was horrible.

If you have to play a one game playoff to get to the playoffs, does that count as the playoffs?

Tony M · 08-21-2007, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ctorg

The Mets' 5-game lead in the NL East is the biggest cushion, and it doesn't feel particularly secure. Even the Red Sox, who were running away with things earlier, are now only 4 games up and facing a Yankee team that has more than made up for its first half slump.

Now 5 games up again. As long as the Mets are the only team from New York with a lead I'm happy.

I think it's going to be a great end to the season...

08-20-2007, 09:33 AM	#1
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	2007 baseball season set for a great finish I was looking at the standings today and marveling at how, really, no team is running away with things. The Mets' 5-game lead in the NL East is the biggest cushion, and it doesn't feel particularly secure. Even the Red Sox, who were running away with things earlier, are now only 4 games up and facing a Yankee team that has more than made up for its first half slump. Most years, there is at least one division that feels like a lock for a particular team by mid-August. And usually you can kind of tell which division will produce the wild card. Not this year. It seems like many more teams than usual are in the hunt, which should make for a really great September to remember. When is the last time there were so many tight races going into the stretch run? __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

08-20-2007, 02:49 PM	#3
mauboy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,906	Nice, i found a link for the dropped catch. Its pretty tiny. LOL Aww, a good look at the recently passed Rod Beck. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas...wers/cubs.html Last edited by mauboy; 08-20-2007 at 02:51 PM.

08-20-2007, 11:56 PM	#5
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,731	This has not been a good season in the slightest. I may be biased, however. __________________

08-20-2007, 02:46 PM	#2
mauboy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,906	I don't remember the year, but I remember when the Cubs and Giants had a playoff game for the playoffs... The year Brant Brown dropped the last out of the game and eventually losing it and forcing a tie... Man, that was horrible.

08-21-2007, 05:10 AM	#6
His Own Bad Self All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,221	Seconded re: the excitement. It has been a great year for baseball, on the field, at least...