the new baseball thread

[thecreeper]

for the nl wild card, which i've been following the most, i am seeing either houston or florida taking it, though deep down i'm rooting for the phillies to take it. they can't hit decent pitching which will be their downfall, and their relief has been pretty poor this year. but maybe they will. this next few weeks with nothing but in division games will tell a lot about who is going to make it.

i'm also seeing the white sox in the world series, and i'm guessing they will square off with the red sox before then in the divisionals. i'm hoping the yankees get nothing.

as for the NL world series representative...i think it could be the braves, though they definitely are not as strong this year. most likely, the cards seem like a lock once again. but you never know.

[Thorne]

Ive always been a braves fan, but Im not very confident in them making it to the big game. Their bullpen has been horrible lately and they have lots of streaky hitters like furcal and andruw (even though he should be fine, since hes been solid since may with a new swing)... plus their 5 spot is a problem. Someone has to protect Andruw, and they don't have a threatening enough player for that role unless francoeur can stay hot.

[thecreeper]

i dunno man, the braves are looking pretty solid right now.

i've been watching a lot of the phils and it's become obvious that its not their players that are gonna lose it, it's the manager. manuel is an idiot. he pulled his pitcher last night after 5 innings and 59 pitches because the had two people on base. what the hell? he brings in a pitcher with a 6.00 ERA who walks two batters and walks in a run before he has to bring another pitcher in, who is only used for 1/3 of an inning. that's just stupid baseball there. they could have had a close game, but stupid pitching changes really affected the outcome. it's looking less likely that the phils can take the astros out of the wildcard.

[Thorne]

I didnt get to see that game.. was out last night. Those do sound like poorly made changes.

Originally Posted by thecreeper

the manager

Hey, there's one thing the braves do have covered.

I've heard rumors that Brian Giles wanted to play with Atl with his bro, for a discount... which sounds great to my ears... you know anything about this? That and some help in middle relief and we'd start getting alot scarier for next year.