Minnesota Twins vs. Texas Rangers 8/30-9/1

[powerchord86]

Last AB for the Tigers and they're trailing by 3. Man, those friggin A's just refuse to go away. I think that manager out there does a really good job.

The A's are on fire for sure. Denied Scherzer Win number 20.

 

[Nightcrawler]

I'd put money on it. In fact I'll probably put 100 vCash on the Rangers tomorrow..

The Twins lineup is pretty sad and the pitching is as unreliable as it gets.

How do you use Vcash

 

[donaldson79]

The A's are on fire for sure. Denied Scherzer Win number 20.

There's life in Detroit boys.....Balfour is struggling

 

[RevSader]

FUCK YEAH!!!! HUNTER!!!!

 

[Windingmywatch]

Freakin Hunter w/walkoff

 

[donaldson79]

TIGERS WIN....TIGERS WIN

 

[donaldson79]

The Aussie obviously had no control today. His pitch count was 27 with only 13 strikes. His first 6 or 7 pitches were outta the strike zone. Regardless, man was that comeback good to see or what?

 

[RevSader]

They went from being 2 back to 3 back on one swing. Thanks Tor!

 

[dunmysr]

SO GLAD the A's lost, but now I have to listen to Harold Reynolds talk about how great scherzer is, based on this W-L record primarily. Listen, Scherzer is very good, but I just get so sick if hearing about his greatness and using W-L as primary supporting info. Today is a great example, of why that stat should NOT be even a tie breaker with regards to pitcher comparisons. Just my opinion at least, I know other here will disagree.

 

[powerchord86]

There's life in Detroit boys.....Balfour is struggling

Go Torii!

 

[pegasusredleg]

Baseball is such a psychological sport. By Detroit beating the A's on a walk off in the 4th game of this series makes the other three games a lesser impact mentally for the A's. It throws into doubt now the "sure thing" of Balfour coming in to shut the door. Now let's see how the A's batters do against TB. That will be the test to see if this is an aberration or an emerging trend.

 

[The Commish]

Well now... That was a nice surprise. WTG Tigers! Finally.

 

[donaldson79]

They went from being 2 back to 3 back on one swing. Thanks Tor!

Now, com'on Rangers, take advantage of this. Balfour's ERA went from about 1.67 (?) to 2.44. This was his second blown save, and he's now lost 3 with 0 wins too.

Regardless, GO RANGERS. I think we've just received a gift.

 

[powerchord86]

How do you use Vcash

At the top of the page, look for the vBookie button and click on it. That will take you to a list of events for that day to bet on. It's pretty fun.

 

[powerchord86]

I wonder if that Tigers walk-off will take some wind out of the A's sails and slow down their recent surge.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Baseball is such a psychological sport. By Detroit beating the A's on a walk off in the 4th game of this series makes the other three games a lesser impact mentally for the A's. It throws into doubt now the "sure thing" of Balfour coming in to shut the door. Now let's see how the A's batters do against TB. That will be the test to see if this is an aberration or an emerging trend.

It makes me appreciate our sweep of Seattle a lot more because we actually got something out of it instead of losing ground.

 

[Hambombs]

Wow I freakin missed it. FUCK BALFOUR!!!!!!

 

[RevSader]

Wow I freakin missed it. FUCK BALFOUR!!!!!!

We agree on that one. Fuck Grant Balfour so hard! HE and his fake ass tough guy bullshit.

 

[pegasusredleg]

It makes me appreciate our sweep of Seattle a lot more because we actually got something out of it instead of losing ground.

Yeah by sweeping the Mariners we had little satisfaction because all we did was maintain. However, by the Tigers taking the game today, we gained 1/2 game and did not have to do anything for it

Now would like to see the Rangers sweep the Twins and the A's to lose at least one to TB. That will make us 4 games up before the head to head.

 

[donaldson79]

Baseball is such a psychological sport. By Detroit beating the A's on a walk off in the 4th game of this series makes the other three games a lesser impact mentally for the A's. It throws into doubt now the "sure thing" of Balfour coming in to shut the door. Now let's see how the A's batters do against TB. That will be the test to see if this is an aberration or an emerging trend.

Excellent point of view.

This was his 2nd blown save of the year, but the timing really sucks if you're a A's fan. Balfour threw 27 pitches - most of em poorly - so he's unavailable tomorrow for sure.