Monday, August 29, 2005

All Important Games

I will say this...Yesterday's game was very needed. That was an old-fashioned drubbing. The pitching looked solid and the offense looked, well, like the offense we are pretty much used to seeing. We are still 2 up in the loss column...

Remlinger is gone and Alvarez has been called up...I don't think this makes us any better but I don't think it makes us any worse.

I just checked the Yankees schedule and they have a fairly easy go of it from this point out. They do have a lot of road games, though...And they play Tampa a fair bit, and they've had a very tough time with them, as well.

Back to us...

Foulke is throwing in the minors...Fine...but...we have Alvarez and Papelbon in our pen...Time for a major league arm to come back up even if not at 100%...

Papelbon should head to the rotation, Arroyo to the pen.

How weird was it that we couldn't block a Yankees' waiver move? Hopefully that trend can continue.

You know what else sucks? Embree is now rounding in to form. His past few outings have been excellent.

2 comments:

  1. Oops...The all important games part...

    Even with the home games I say that we have a tougher schedule than NY...So, we have to beat up on the lesser teams?

    Who would that be?

    Tampa Bay...even though they have been on fire (including a just-concluded sweep of the Angels).

    Baltimore...they always give us fits...

    Toronto...who is still sort of in the hunt...And we'll likely face Lilly twice...

    Aside from those teams we have:
    3 (at Fenway) against the Angels
    4 (at Fenway) against the A's (this could be a wild card battle)
    NY 3 away and then the 3 at home to end the season...

    The good thing about the Yankees series...If we get add a game or two more to our lead with the weaker teams (by the way their schedule looks a ton like our WITHOUT the Angels) then if the Yankees take 2 of 3 in BOTH series they only gain 2 games...

    I am beginning to not like our postseason chances...

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  2. About that, we have to beat the Yankees 4 of 6, and show marked improvement in pitching-number 1 spot to number last. The runs will come.

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