Okay, this is nuts. The mighty Mariners, languishing in last after a 0-11 road trip, win two of three from the Steinbrenners and sweep the Red Sox. The White Sox do a little pounding on the Tigers. who are in a bit of a slump, then get pounded on by Cleveland. The Twins are surging. The Brewers are doing some serious winning. The Reds are real competition for the Cardinals. The Marlins have won seven straight. The Braves are doing barely better than the Mariners. Have things gone insane, or is this just baseball?
2006-08-28 02:40:51 · 10 answers · asked by BroadwayPhil 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
What the Red Sox are suffering is not insanity, of course, but injury.
2006-08-28 02:51:18 · update #1
Okay, some sanity has returned: the Brewers have dropped four straight and we get to see an early showdown between the Tigers and the Steinbrenners...On the other hand, A-Rod has turned into "K-Rod" and the Angels fell to the Mariners. Isn't baseball great? (Unless you happen to be an Angels fan or an A-Rod fan.)
2006-08-29 12:11:12 · update #2
You have to expect a certain amount of randomness when you're talking about a sport whose regular season is about 2,500 games long.
You can look at any short stretch and think things are out of whack, but that's why they play a long regular-season. What matters for any particular team is the pattern you see over 162 games, not over a series or a week's worth of games.
2006-08-28 02:54:29 · answer #1 · answered by Craig S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's just baseball. That's why we play the games. Any team at this level can beat any other team on a given day.
2006-08-28 06:06:05 · answer #2 · answered by Brian 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it's just the way it is. Baseball is a game of consistency and if you can't be consistent over the course of the season, you'll never get anywhere.
2006-08-28 03:33:38 · answer #3 · answered by Nestor Q 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ain't baseball great? Just when people think the season is taking it's final shape, things change again!
2006-08-28 02:42:53 · answer #4 · answered by brianwerner1313 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Next time anyone asks you why baseball plays a 162 game schedule...reference your question here.
2006-08-28 03:10:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is one of the reasons I love baseball. Just when you think you have things figured out, weird things happen...really weird things.
2006-08-28 02:57:03 · answer #6 · answered by Bingo's Mommy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's baseball. What did you expect, a Kevin Kostner movie?
2006-08-28 02:52:19 · answer #7 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nice kitty. get ready to pounce kitty. u will be a big tiger soon kitty.
2006-08-28 02:42:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is baseball, and this is why we watch.
2006-08-28 03:15:12 · answer #9 · answered by Pete 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yep, crazy world.
2006-08-28 03:57:28 · answer #10 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋