It’s weird how one person can have such an impact on a team, and by one person I obviously mean Evan Longoria. Not to completely disregard what the Rays have done with him out, but since he made his way back this week the Rays have clicked. They’ve won six straight, are in second place in the AL East (5 GB), and hold the top wild card spot. Can never count this team out, remember last season? The most exciting last day ever, when Longo walked off seconds after Baltimore knocked out Boston. The Rays take advantage of other teams mistakes, their losses, and then pounce. They love themselves a playoff push.
Let’s talk some AL West, my favorite. The first place Rangers were hosting Detroit this weekend. Detroit is 2 GB of the White Sox (who took 2 of three at home over Oakland), and are 1 GB of the second wild card spot.I didn’t really watch much of the series, but what I did catch was that the Rangers might not exactly have as easy of a ride this season. The managed to take the series, but they don’t have the pitching. And hey the Angels and the A’s do. The Angels however, don’t have the bullpen. Advantage, A’s. While of course I am pushing for the A’s, I do understand that this group of rookies might not be able to handle the post season pressure. Then again, they’ve already knocked over pre-season predictions by playing over .500 ball and not sucking, so any prediction I make on their part obviously won’t matter. They’re a fun team to watch, period.
My thoughts on the A’s/White Sox Series: It’s really unfortunate to get walked off on. Also blowing leads blow. Up until Sundays game, our defense was killer. It was a tough series to loose, and if Inge ends up on the DL we’re going to be stumped on third base. (Donaldson, Sogie, GREEN!?) What came to my mind after I heard about his injury was “Does having a dislocated shoulder make doing the Bernie any easier?”
What the hell is going on with the Halos? Not that I in anyway care that their faltering, because the totally benefits the A’s (when we win obvs), but homeboys just lost 2 of 3 to Seattle. The game they did win was somehow against King Felix, even though he had five runs to work with. Is their pitching staff going to hold up? They’re 8 GB of the Rangers and 2 GB of the second wild card spot.
Some nifty National League thoughts:
- Hunter Pence finally showed up in SF (joke, get it? I know, I’m not very funny)
- Reds are still red hot (another one, HA) , even though they’re 5-5 in last ten
- What in the world is going on with Colorado? And the NL West!? The other day ESPN (hilarity) was talking about how crappy the AL West was, and that was when both the A’s and Angels had a WC spot. Did they not look into how the NL West was playing? Seriously, one of the worst divisions in my opinion.
- I wonder if the Astros will let me play with them. Poor, poor Astros.
- Totally pulling for the Nationals this season, but I’m not into the announced inning limit on Strausburg though.
All for now I guess, comments and questions are always welcome!
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