Big Papi with 499 and 500 tonight! Whooooooooo! Cooperstowwwwwwn!

:D Ortiz

Jays are killing the Yanks in the second game of a doubleheader.

And that's one more for the good guys!

screech...2 questions about Chase Field:

1) The guy behind home plate with the speed gun looks like he says something more than just the speed into his walkie-talkie. Any idea if hes relaying the type of pitch or something as well?

2) There is a window into some dudes office in the corner in right field....who the hell is that and why is it there?

I don't know anything about Chase Field.

Apparently an Orioles fan caught the 500 ball and let him have it. They've now been excommunicated from Birdland, fuck them.

If I had caught it I'd have destroyed it like he did the Camden Yards dugout phone.

.....meant Citizens Bank.

Lowe was super clutch in the ninth... honestly was the type of game Yanks could have clawed back into, and he shut the door on them.

So much for the Yankees taking 3/4 to keep the AL East pennant interesting.

Should be taking some pointers from the Mets right now.

shut the fuck up


I hate the Red Sox but if I caught Papi's 500th HR ball... damn that would be something special

lol excommunicated, fuck off

Screech, does the guy in the right field corner count RBI on one of those new fangled adding machines?

He calculates BABIP, then burns his findings because it's a ridiculous stat.

Well played, Harold Reynolds.

Does career HR count playoffs?

Nope. Those 500 are from regular season games only.

And it looks like Ruben Amaro has once again hacked Screech's account. Guess he's got a lot of time on his hands these days.

Padres currently rumored to be the front runners in signing Red Sox announcer Don Orsillo after this season ends. A few other teams are also interested but Orsillo's been teasing a move to San Diego. Would replace Dick Enberg once his own contract ends after next season.

NESN basically blamed him for why tv ratings are down for Red Sox games while Red Sox management don't care about the growing petition to change the decision made.

He'd be a welcome commodity in the booth. While I respect Enberg and his legacy, he makes a lot o little goofs that I think are just due to him being old. Time for him to hang up the headphones.

I've noticed that since football has started that even though the Jays are in first that I probably care half as much.

<font color=goldenrod>Man, fuck the goddamn Marlins. It's bad enough that all of their players (Dee Gordon especially) celebrate every run like they've won the World Series. But the cocks blatantly beaned Cespedes today. Hate that shit. And the odds aren't likely that the Mets will retaliate tomorrow or anything because the Marlins have nothing to lose and will just hit a Met again or try to start a fight. Not worth risking a player getting injured or suspended down the stretch.</font>

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that's insanity

really hope the Astros win the division

but Texas is a good story too, so many injuries for them this year

I like both teams. Happy that the Astros got themselves out of such a huge hole. 3 years ago I didn't think it was possible. However, they've been over their heads for a while. Teams that hit tons of home runs and, well, not much else usually fade.

Droford! Jake Arrieta is going for his 20th win tonight! How excited are you?

25 Mark Reynolds agree

thirty Helens agree

<font color=goldenrod>Last night was the first time in 9 days that the Mets actually lost ground. But whatever, they're 8.5 games up with 17 games to play (better than the 7.5 games up with 17 to play that the historic choking 2007 Mets were). More importantly, the magic number dropped from 23 to 10 in that span.

I mean, I really only consider it a 5.5 game lead because they wrap up the season with a 3-game series vs. the Nats and, if the division was somehow still on the line by then, it means all hell broke loose in the division. The Mets and Nats combine for 29 games between now and then. I'd really like to think they can arrive at the magic number of 10 before that series.

And yet in spite of there being no logical reason to think this Mets team will choke given how they've played since the deadline, I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a part of me that still worries about it happening especially since the Nats will see very little resistance between now and that last series. :o Life as a Mets fan, I guess. Need to officially clinch to eliminate those ghosts of September past.</font>

Honestly thought Texas was D.O.A. when the season began with all the crap they've been through. And now poof, they're in the mix.

<font color=goldenrod>Mets lose, Nats win, magic number stays put for another night. Baseball Prospectus playoff odds for the Mets drop from 99.9% yesterday to 99.1% today. PANIC CITY.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Mets go 6-7 in their next 4 series, Nats have to go 11-3 to make that last series of the year for the division.

Mets go 7-6 in their next 4 series, Nats have to go 12-2 to make that last series of the year for the division.

Mets go 8-5 in their next 4 series, Nats have to go 13-1 to make that last series of the year for the division.

And in all of these scenarios, the Nats would then also need to sweep the Mets to force a Game 163.

Everything's going to be fine, right? ..............RIGHT???</font> :'(

Take a deep breath Vito. Matt Williams at the helm will almost certainly result in a Mets playoff run.

<font color=goldenrod>I sure hope so. In truth I'm sort of taking this piss out of the fanbase and am not THAT worried yet based on the scenarios listed above. Even if the Nats win tonight, they'll be 7 back. Aka exactly where they were when the Mets finished sweeping them last week and everybody in the media (both NY and Washington) declared the race over.

But if the Mets lose this Subway Series and the weekend ends with the Nats having gained more ground? Then yeah, there's bound to be some uneasiness, if not outright panic.

You'd be hard pressed to find a Mets fan that doesn't worry at least a little bit about a collapse. That will never go away until the Mets can win a division title.</font>

Droford has quit since his Orioles peaked too early.

Did they even peak? I'm shocked he's not here trying to tell yes how JJ Hardy is an all-star.

Jays now have three players with 30 home runs and 100 rbi.

But what about their WAR???

Lets ask a Phillies fan:

http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanag...ensx-large.jpg

Lol what in the world happened there?