Banister used a tired out closer who blew the lead last night. Now Kela will not be available tomorrow. Have no idea who will set up and who will close tomorrow. Basically they have Luke Jackson and Bass (where the heck has he been?) Possibly Nick Martinez but have to save him if Hamels cannot go 7.
Quite a predicament.
Angels not in any better shape either.
Maybe Banny needs to go strategic. Start Martinez and use Jackson in long relief. Keep Hamels for division tie breaker.
Having Gallardo starting a division tie breaker is not good news.
Don't know. This is a hard for them to figure out. They are in the playoffs but won't get a break. Banister has to decide what game he wants to put the stake in the ground. Tomorrow or Monday tie breaker. We seem to not be able to beat the Angels so I say push Hamels to Monday. If the Snakes can bail us out great. Hamels starts game 1 of the ALDS.
"For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."---Romans 5:6
down to the wire. Puzzling move by Girardi splitting starters and bench players in both games . The results were predictable . The Yanks lost both. Now instead of resting today they need an all out effort against a Buck Showalter team that refuses to roll over and play dead for any team ,let alone the Yanks .
Here are the relevant possibilities :
If the Rangers and Astros win: Texas (88-74) wins the AL West Houston (87-75) earns an AL wild-card berth
If the Rangers win and Astros lose: Texas (88-74) wins the AL West Houston (86-76) earns an AL wild-card berth
If the Angels win and Astros lose: Texas (88-74) wins the AL West Houston (87-75) hosts LA Angels (87-75) on Monday for AL wild-card berth Houston owns a 10-9 head-to-head edge over LA Angels
If the Angels win and Astros win: Texas (87-75) hosts Houston (87-75) on Monday; winner is AL West champion, loser earns AL wild-card berth Texas owns a 13-6 head-to-head edge over Houston
AL wild-card host:
If the Yankees win: NY Yankees (88-73) will host AL wild-card game Tuesday
If the Yankees lose, Astros win and Rangers win: Houston (87-74) will host NY Yankees (87-74) in AL wild-card game on Tuesday Houston owns a 4-3 head-to-head edge over NY Yankees
If the Yankees lose, Astros win and Angels win: NY Yankees (87-74) will host loser of Monday's AL West tiebreaker between Texas (87-74) and Houston (87-74) because loser will have 75 losses
Worse scenario for the Yanks ,sitting around on Monday not knowing where they have to travel to play a wildcard game. Best scenario ....Wrap up homefield for the wildcard game and watch a play in game Monday.
Don't know. This is a hard for them to figure out. They are in the playoffs but won't get a break. Banister has to decide what game he wants to put the stake in the ground. Tomorrow or Monday tie breaker. We seem to not be able to beat the Angels so I say push Hamels to Monday. If the Snakes can bail us out great. Hamels starts game 1 of the ALDS.
Whatever you do ,save a lefty to start against the Yanks . The Yanks just can't beat them .
#1411. To: tomder55, redleghunter, CZ62, Liberator (#1409)
And here come the Royals.
Error, indeed, is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at once be detected. But it is craftily decked out in an attractive dress, so as by its outward form, to make it appear to the inexperienced more true than truth itselfIrenaeus, Against Heresies
Sitting on the bench twiddling his thumbs, he's only pitched 3 times since the roster expanded. Sounds like Banny doesn't trust him to pitch in certain situations, which would be just about all of them I would have to say...
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Entering Saturday, teams were 975-2 when leading by four runs at any point in the ninth inning.
What does this stat tell you about yesterdays game?
Either the Angels were so lucky they should admit it and want to replay the game or the Rangers don't deserve to be where they are cause they will just rollover and die in the playoffs or play in game...
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
What message are you sending to the team if you decide to do this??
BTA he has already sent the message to certain members of the pen that he doesn't trust them to do their jobs, some of them haven't seen the mound in over a week...
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
Thanks for sending all of the updates yesterday, but you could have kept that last one to yourself... :(
Anyway we had fun and tried all different kinds of hot sauces, salsas, craft beers and hot jerky's. Hot sauces have come a long ways in the last 10 years I remember when they first came out it was all about the heat, flavor wasn't even considered. Now it's quite different some actually have a pretty decent flavor to go along with the heat. They didn't have every single item they carry in the store for trial, if they did we would still be there... I wouldn't be afraid to say they have over 1,000 different hot sauces in the store and over 100 salsas... The image only shows about 15% of what is there...
Anyway one of the best things we tried was something new by this company... http://deceptionsalsa.com/
So new in fact they don't even have it on their website yet but it's Heat index #6 a bacon flavored salsa called "OINK"...
Another item we found we liked was a rub from Spicy Greek and it's for Poultry... http://www.spicygreek.com/products
If I didn't have a corned beef brisket laid out to be smoked today I would make up some chicken and use the Poultry rub on it... :) In fact I better get busy with it or it won't get done before midnight...
Oh by the way something else I ran across recently was "Old Bay" flavored fries in the frozen food aisle. I didn't buy any of them I just decided to do them myself by using fresh cut/sliced fries and deep fried them then sprinkled on the Old Bay. Turned out pretty good... I have a substitute that I use for Old Bay cause I think it tastes better and it contains less salt, it's called Chesapeake Bay Seasoning. I buy it online from a place called the Spice House, prices are better and the spices are fresher than what you buy in the stores. You need to turn the wife on to them I think she would like them, I know your palette would!!!
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
What message are you sending to the team if you decide to do this??
You are right. Knee jerk reaction on my part.
This team has scraped their way through the season to the playoffs, it would seem appropriate they have to claw their way to the ALDS and ALCS the hard way.
The Rangers motto should be "Per aspera ad astra"
"For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."---Romans 5:6