2007 Unofficial Yankees Wild Card Watch - Talksox

Gom · 06-08-2007, 01:13 PM

Against all grains of logic that I may possess, I still love my team and *believe* they will make the playoffs [believe in this case is purely emotional and devoid of all conventional logic].

Currently, the Yankees are 6.5 games out of the wild card, and I will update [fellow fans, feel free to update it as well] their impossible quest for another playoff appearance. If this is actually attained, knocking the Red Sox out of the playoffs if we make the ALCS should be a cakewalk.

As of today, 6/8/07 here is the Wild Card Race:

AL WILD CARD
Team GB
Tigers -
Mariners 2 ½
Athletics 3
Twins 4 ½
Blue Jays 6
Orioles 6 ½
Yankees 6 ½
White Sox 6 ½
Devil Rays 7 ½
Royals 13
Rangers 13 ½

Three teams down, five to go.

Gom · 06-09-2007, 04:29 AM

We gained a game on Detroit, so now the wild card standings stand as follows:

AL WILD CARD
Team GB
Tigers -
Mariners 1 ½
Athletics 2
Twins 4 ½
Orioles 5 ½
Yankees 5 ½
Blue Jays 6
White Sox 6 ½
Devil Rays 7 ½
Royals 12
Rangers 12 ½

Five down, five to go, 5 1/2 behind the Tigers. LETS GO METS!

Soxfan#1 · 06-09-2007, 01:11 PM

My buddy Yankee fan comes in yesterday and I expect him to admit that they're done.
He brags about gaining 4 games the last few days and he thinks that if the yanks get within 6 by the break, they're gonna get the division.

ARod2212 · 06-09-2007, 01:26 PM

Why would you expect him to admit they are done? This is just about the most optimistic time the Yankees have had all season. The pitching is relatively healthy and the hitting is coming around, and they're winning games in bunches. Now is not the time to be expecting people to be jumping off the ledge.

AlexanderTheGreat13 · 06-09-2007, 01:29 PM

If they get to within 6 games out by the break thats pretty good striking distance. In 2005 they were out 4 games on September 10 and they were able to take a 1 game lead at one point at the end of the season (They eventually tied). So anything is posible.

riverside sluggers · 06-09-2007, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexanderTheGreat13

If they get to within 6 games out by the break thats pretty good striking distance. In 2005 they were out 4 games on September 10 and they were able to take a 1 game lead at one point at the end of the season (They eventually tied). So anything is posible.

In 2005 did the Sox have as good a rotation or bullpen to squander the lead so easily?

ARod2212 · 06-09-2007, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by riverside sluggers

In 2005 did the Sox have as good a rotation or bullpen to squander the lead so easily?

Shit happens. You can't predict what the rotation and bullpen will be like in September.

Gom · 06-09-2007, 04:53 PM

You know, July 1st, 2004, the Sox lost a series to the Yankees (I was at the game when Jeter went headfirst into the stands). The Sox were 8 1/2 games behind the Yankees. From what I remember, the season ended pretty well for the Sox.

Can the Yankees win the division? Not realistically. If they do, I intend to move across the street from ORS and paint my house in pinstripes. Can they make the playoffs? 5 1/2 on June 9th? Absolutely.

yankees228 · 06-09-2007, 04:59 PM

In my opinion the thing that will hurt the Yankees, especially if they don't make any changes, is the bullpen. Besides Rivera and Proctor (sometimes Proctor included), their other relievers have poor control.

**schillingouttheks** · 06-09-2007, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Gom

You know, July 1st, 2004, the Sox lost a series to the Yankees (I was at the game when Jeter went headfirst into the stands). The Sox were 8 1/2 games behind the Yankees. From what I remember, the season ended pretty well for the Sox.

Can the Yankees win the division? Not realistically. If they do, I intend to move across the street from ORS and paint my house in pinstripes. Can they make the playoffs? 5 1/2 on June 9th? Absolutely.

You'd have to move a long way... I don't think Orlando would satisfy your expectations of a city (considering you seem to love big ones like New York).

CrespoBlows · 06-09-2007, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by schillingouttheks

You'd have to move a long way... I don't think Orlando would satisfy your expectations of a city (considering you seem to love big ones like New York).

It would.

It's not a New York, but it is a fairly big city.

Stay away from the OBT.

**schillingouttheks** · 06-09-2007, 05:25 PM

Hahaah, I remember the OBT. Not that I frequented it or anything...

Maybe I have a messed up memory of Orlando. I remember it being fairly big but there aren't any terribly tall buildings...or are there? I forget.

a700hitter · 06-09-2007, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by riverside sluggers

In 2005 did the Sox have as good a rotation or bullpen to squander the lead so easily?

They had a record breaking offense in 2005.

yankees228 · 06-09-2007, 06:24 PM

Oppurtunity for the Mets to get back in the game...

One Red Seat · 06-09-2007, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Gom

You know, July 1st, 2004, the Sox lost a series to the Yankees (I was at the game when Jeter went headfirst into the stands). The Sox were 8 1/2 games behind the Yankees. From what I remember, the season ended pretty well for the Sox.

Can the Yankees win the division? Not realistically. If they do, I intend to move across the street from ORS and paint my house in pinstripes. Can they make the playoffs? 5 1/2 on June 9th? Absolutely.

Your obsession is bordering on pathological. I recommend a 12-step program.