Comments on: Down the stretch they come

By: chris in fairfield

chris in fairfield — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:16:23 +0000

i’ll tell ya what you do now …

1.watch football .
2.trade farnsworth
3.put joba , ian kennedy and hughes in the rotation with moose and wang .
4.TRADE FOR JOHAN SANTANA ( anybody but joba and hughes )
5.resign mo rivera , posada , abreu , molina , a-rod and minky .

By: bob in az

bob in az — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:22:50 +0000

hey doesn’t anyone remember the baseball guru (make that booboo) steve phillips making a prediction that seattle’s pen clinches it for them over the yankees in the wild card?

By: BuffaloHead

BuffaloHead — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:03:24 +0000

Classic Murray Chass math…Yankees are 26-27 against the East this year…You have them going 15-7 “down the stretch”..against all AL East teams…”Our take: Theyâ€™re in. The schedule is easy”..... lol classic

By: Drive 4-5

Drive 4-5 — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:11:15 +0000

Did anyone see Keith Law’s column about Phil Hughes on ESPN’s website?

I think his analysis of Hughes was pretty much right on the money. It’s too bad he had to show his bias and say the big story of the game was the umpiring. Granted, the umpires stunk. But to write about that game and not once mention Alex Rodriguez??? I don’t think he or Crasnick ever want to talk about Yankee fans as being unreasonable.

By: Klev

Klev — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:02:13 +0000

Re Prime Time on NBC—give the new show “Life” a chance. Stars Damian Lewis, who was Capt/Maj Winters on HBO’s Band of Brothers. Weds nights at 10:00 pm. Plays a cop with a unique outlook on life….

By: Michael T

Michael T — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:54:38 +0000

Rob-

The Yankees were the Wildcard in 1997, finishing 2 games behind the Os (remember when they were actually good)?

That was also the year of the heart-breaking, 8th-inning homer by Sandy Alomar off Mo.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:28:53 +0000

Mel,

I don’t think Keith Law was ever an MLB scout. He wrote for Baseball Prospectus and then was hired by the Blue Jays (I assume to do statistical analysis) before joining ESPN.

By: rob

rob — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:16:26 +0000

WOW. That is a very impressive statistical table you put together Bobcat. Nice job with that. I agree, I don’t see any reason why the Yankees won’t finish strong and take the division based on your findings.

By: Bobcat

Bobcat — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:10:53 +0000

When trying to extract a “trend” for prediction purposes from the YTD results of this season, I would tend to rely on the data from 7/2/07 forward (the beginning of the home series vs. the Twins). Since that time, the Yankees are 26-11 at home and 14-10 on the road (combined 40-21).

Given those results, and realizing they are playing some teams that have given them difficulty in the past, I would still tend to be optimistic when projecting upcoming results.

During the period from 7/2/07 forward, the Yankees’ results vs. the teams they still have on their schedule is as follows:

vs. KC … 6-1 (3 games remaining)
vs. Tor .. 5-2 (7 games remaining)
vs. Bos .. 5-1 (3 games remaining)
vs. Bal .. 3-3 (6 games remaining)
vs. TB … 7-4 (3 games remaining)

Total .. 26-11 (22 games remaining)

It is not inconceivable that the Yankees record over the remaining games will be 15-7 or 16-6.

I created an excel table that lays out the game schedule and predicted pitching matchups over the rest of the season. I’ll try to post it here in a later post if anyone is interested.

By: rob

rob — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:07:24 +0000

I agree with Don Vito. I have zero doubt that the Yankees take the division. Until the win it, the Yanks are still the champs – for something like 15 straight years for that matter. Boston will fold, trust me, they always do.