Brooksball requested this. Talk about the teams in the Wildcard chase here. ANy games involving them are fair game in here.
Thanks, Castor. I figured it would be fun. No relevant games to follow so far tonight. Mil vs Phi is postponed and Stl vs Pit is delayed.
Maholm had two on and no outs in the top of the 4th then worked his way out of it w/out giving up a run. Anytime Pujols bats in an inning and the Cardinals don't score, that's very good news.
Cardinals got beat up pretty good today. Speaking of the gods being angry with us, apparently they are with every team in the league too. 4 or 5 other games are rained out, lol.
Im just happy that its this time of the year and Im posting in a thread regarding the Astros and playoffs. What a run...
Anybody watching the Mil-Phi game? 3-0 already in the 1st, Parra is struggling. The Brewers will likely have to go to the pen early with a doubleheader slated for tomorrow.
Pat Burrell takes one of the worst routes to a soft liner I've seen all season and it costs the Phillies 2 runs. The route looked like Ike heading west then making its turn north and east. When guys are struggling with the bat like Burrell has been for the 2nd half of the season, it's nice to at least play some decent defense. Mil 2 - Phi 5 heading to the bottom of the 4th
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3585407 So they want to play the Astros-Cubs series in Miluakee as a "neutral field"? Unbelievable. 1 Hour from Chicago in the city of the team that we are chasing for the wild card. Neutral my ass! Screw you MLB if you do that.
MLB wouldn't do it without consent. I'll copy my post from the other thread -- Drayton is on the verge of letting them get away with it, and for that he deserves every bit as much blame, given that he's supposed to be working in this franchise's best interests. Here's the latest quotes from Drayton: "We'd hate to play our game in Houston if there's still lots of suffering in the city," McLane said. "We could get out and play somewhere else." McLane has had dozens of talks with Selig since Thursday. Several neutral sites have been discussed with a preference for domed stadiums, but the Metrodome in Minnesota was ruled out because of college football and an NFL game scheduled there. "We couldn't get to the Rangers," McLane said. "One of the options was to go to Minnesota. We're looking for a domed stadium because of all the rain that is out there. We're trying to deal with all that. Milwaukee is one of the few places that there is a roof. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5999529.html Hope I'm wrong, but it smells like McLane is backing down yet again because he doesn't want to inconvenience Bud Selig. Unbelievable.
They'll sell more tickets if they play in Milwaukee right? Makes sense from a business point of view. Smells like a major sell out move...
I heard about Milwaukee as a possible makeup site but I didn't believe it could possibly be true. Doesn't that stadium often get more Cubs fans than Brewers fans when the Cubs are playing there?
Yup. If Drayton allows that to happen, I don't even know what to say. It's ridiculous that he's even considering it.
So, we could basically end up playing those games at Wrigley II. Wow! How could Drayton possibly be willing to concede to that and how could there possibly not be another more neutral option? If this happens, we would end up playing at least a couple more road games than home games this season. I really hope this doesn't happen and I'm just crying about nothing right now. It would be one thing if we weren't in playoff contention but to take 2 or more home games away from us at this point would be inexcusable.
