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  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,785
    No SWEEP I'm afraid Cards
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    Robbed by the umpire who dismissed our top RBI/HR Molina.

    Can't win them all. Still best pct in MBL
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,705
    Normal service resumed: D-Backs 1 - 7 Cards
    Cards in Cincinnati at the weekend. Gonna be big.
    COYRedbirds.

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    Cards V Albert tonight
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,705
    Those crazy Mets sweep the reigning World Champs The Giants in San Fran.
    Meanwhile the Cards sweep the Astros (just like old times) in St Louis and are once again atop the NL Central.
    Red Sox and Redbirds the only 2 MLB teams over .600
    All is right with the world.

    .........................Albert who?
  • Carl Leaburn
    Carl Leaburn Posts: 1,117
    Went to my first live game on Saturday and really enjoyed the evening, though it went to 11 innings so was a bit long winded.

    Luckily there was lots of action at the end to keep my interest. Angels were 7 - 3 down batting second in the 9th and managed to score 4 in the last to take it into the extra innings and eventually run out winners.

    Lots of funny looks from the locals as I was wearing my Charlton shirt.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,150
    Lincecum threw a no hitter for the Giants against the Padres last night, long way back from where we are but it's a start...
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    Glad to see the dodgers playing better now. Back to around.
    .500 and in contention in a close nl west. If i had to pick a likely world series and this point would probably go red sox v cards
  • SuperCliveMendonca
    SuperCliveMendonca Posts: 912
    Rays the hottest team prior to the All Star break (9 wins from 10), and now only 2.5 games back from Boston

    All Star game on tonight

    AL starting line up :
    Trout LF
    Cano 2B
    Cabrera 3B
    Davis 1B
    Bautista RF
    Ortiz DH
    Jones CF
    Mauer C
    Hardy SS

    NL starting line up :
    Phillips 2B
    Beltran RF
    Votto 1B
    Wright 3B
    Gonzalez LF
    Molina C
    Tulowitski SS
    Cuddyer DH
    Harper CF

    Very strange not to see Albert in those line ups
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    Albert who? ; - )

    AL beat the NL 3 - 0 so the American league team gets home advantage in the world series.

    Cards still the team with best record but have been poor in last few weeks.

    Seems to be a very level seasoin with few teams over .600 and close races in most divisions.
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  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,328
    Plenty of time for the Braves to blow the divisional like usual
  • DanDavis
    DanDavis Posts: 1,131
    northstandsteve said:

    Plenty of time for the Braves to blow the divisional like usual

    To be fair they are six games clear but haven't been that great at all....the Nats and Phillies have just been very average so far.

    If you look at the last 10 record across all the divisions only Tampa Bay are in any real form. The whole thing is there for the taking this year.

    The All-Star game last night was an utter bore-fest....no atmosphere, little action, even Neil Diamond sounded like he wanted to be elsewhere!

  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,705
    Amazing intro for Mariano in his last All-Star Game and hilarious seeing Prince Fielder so excited to get a triple in the 9th that he tried to "low 5" the 3rd base ump. Otherwise a bit of a non-event.
    Cards and Pirates have to play each other more than a dozen times 2nd half.
    Got to admire the way MLB organises itself so that pretty much every team can get competitive reasonably regularly.....................apart from the Cubs of course ;o)
  • SuperCliveMendonca
    SuperCliveMendonca Posts: 912
    And the Rays sit proudly atop the AL bEast...are currently on real tough road trip - Toronto, Boston, Yanks - have won 6 of 7 so far
    Rays best record in AL, Cards best in MLB
  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 10,773
    I am travelling route from Chicago to Las Vegas, then going up to San Francisco, then down to LA in October between the dates of the 1st and 29th October. Would like to catch a baseball match at some point, but from what I have seen I think this is when the play offs/end of season is. Anyone know if I will get a chance to see a match in that time frame?
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    The regular season ends in late September and then there are a few days off until the play-offs start in early October.

    If you want to catch a game it'll come down to whether you happen to be in town when there's a play-off match scheduled.

    Given that you'll be in three cities with MLB teams...

    In Chicago the Cubs are unlikely to make the play-offs and neither are the White Sox. In SF the Giants might make the play-offs but I doubt it, however the LA Dodgers should get a play-off spot - they are leading their division although it's tight at the top.

    So your best chance is the Dodgers and then you'll have to hope that they are in town at the same time as you and that you can get a ticket.
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,705
    edited August 2013
    Cards on a shocking run - now lost 7 on the spin and another tonight vs the Pirates would represent a 5 game sweep and would put them 3.5 games behind. Next up...Cincin.

    ....thank you and goodnight to ESPN America.
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,705
    Blimey, talk about hot and cold. Cards lose 7 straight and look clueless with the bat, then score 26 in 2 games to go 1/2 game behind the Pirates.
    Game 2 of Cards v Reds series tonight on ESPN (Sky 417 if you have BT Sport) at midnight.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,258
    DBacks plodding along 5-5 in the last 10, no big streaks either way, don't think we'll catch the Dodgers now, will have to look at the Wildcard spots
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,782
    Yanks @ Boston tonight. Fireworks already. Ryan Dempster just deliberately hit A-Rod the A-Hole with a pitch. Both teams got warned so Girardi went mental and got tossed.
    This has been coming. Dempster is the first player to make such a statement on the field about A-Hole's behaviour off it. Good on him. A-Rod is a fucking arrogant corrupt prick.
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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    Hit him for a homer to start comeback though.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,782
    MrOneLung said:

    Hit him for a homer to start comeback though.

    Yeah. Unfortunately he's ended up on top in that battle. Annoying. Red Sox don't look capable of winning this game now.
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,705
    edited August 2013
    Cards back to winning form since Molina's return, thankfully. Big 4-game series starting tonight hosting the Braves (tonight's and Saturday's game live on ESPN).
    COYRedbirds.
  • Stuart_the_Red
    Stuart_the_Red Posts: 1,850
    What a surprise! The Giants lose again. I'm now regret having forked out 400 Dollars for tickets to see them play the Dodgers in September!
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    400 bucks? Wtf are you sitting, in the dugout?
  • Stuart_the_Red
    Stuart_the_Red Posts: 1,850
    Not far away and there will be 4 of us.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    Really enjoying how the dodgers have come right back after a slow start to the season. We now look a certainty for the Play-Offs and are as hot as anyone at the moment.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    Braves and Dodgers look locked on.

    One of Cards, Pirates and Red in the NL central but the other two will be the wild cards.

  • DanDavis
    DanDavis Posts: 1,131
    Braves season in danger of being unraveled by injuries...first Hudson and now Heyward out for the season.
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    Red Sox barely hanging on in the AL East. Looks like it will be tight between us and the Rays for the division. Just great to see the Yanks nowhere in sight. Am hoping once Clay is back fit alongside Peavy, Lester, Doubront and Lackey we will have the pitching to match our offense.

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