Wild Card lookout Thread

Post #1 » by **ATL Boy** » Wed Aug 3, 2011 3:36 am

Our lead for the wildcard is very very slim after some struggles as of late, so this is a thread that follows the Giants, D-backs and any other team threatening to dethrone us in the Wild Card now and later on in the season.

Nemesis21 · Post #2 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Aug 3, 2011 4:16 am

D-backs currently up 4-1 on Giants in the 9th.

Nemesis21 · Post #3 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Aug 3, 2011 5:42 am

As of Aug 3, we have a 1.5 game lead over both D'backs and Giants.

ohara · Post #4 » by **ohara** » Wed Aug 3, 2011 12:52 pm

Good news is that they play each other today. So we cannot lose ground to the loser today. :-)

There is a silver lining in every cloud.

Really happy for Kirk Gibson and the success he is having in Arizona. So many people thought he had no chance to do well, and I'm glad he is proving them wrong. You could tell when he played the game that he lived and breathed baseball. They say Star players dont make good managers or coaches. Glad to see he looks like an exception to the rule. He learned so much of the game from Sparky Anderson, who will always be one of my favorite Managers. Hopefully Kirk picked up a great deal of the knowledge Sparky tried to pass on to him.

Post #5 » by **HMFFL** » Wed Aug 3, 2011 9:08 pm

San Francisco has an early 4-0 against Arizona.

Nemesis21 · Post #6 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Aug 3, 2011 9:52 pm

SF up 8-0 in the 7th

ohara · Post #7 » by **ohara** » Wed Aug 3, 2011 11:32 pm

Giants cool the Diamondbacks. So we are 2.5 games up on Arizona in the WC right now. Of course, Philly finished off Colorado, so we are still 8 back there.

Post #8 » by **ATL Boy** » Thu Aug 4, 2011 12:41 am

I'm still worried about the D-Backs, that's a team that plays all 9 innings every game, why can't the Braves be like that.

Post #9 » by **HMFFL** » Fri Aug 5, 2011 12:54 pm

Philly beat San Fran last night.

It can be looked at two different ways, but I like it, because at this point I believe it's going to take a miracle to win the division.

ohara · Post #10 » by **ohara** » Sat Aug 6, 2011 10:26 am

Alright. 3.5 up now as Giants lost. Whew!

Post #11 » by **HMFFL** » Sun Aug 7, 2011 12:58 am

Philly beat San Fran again today 2-1

ohara · Post #12 » by **ohara** » Mon Aug 8, 2011 11:56 am

And san Fran beats Philly by a 3-1 also. Nice.

For the WC, we are now 3.5 ahead of Arizona and 4 ahead of St. Louis. Expect it will be those 2 and ATL fighting for the WC spot. Should be a very exciting Aug and Sept.

Nemesis21 · Post #13 » by **Nemesis21** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 3:30 am

Astros up 9-0 on D'backs in the 6th

Nemesis21 · Post #14 » by **Nemesis21** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:30 am

Astros beat the D'backs, Braves have a 4.5 game WC lead over Cards and D'backs.

ohara · Post #15 » by **ohara** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 10:21 am

Nemesis21 wrote:Astros beat the D'backs, Braves have a 4.5 game WC lead over Cards and D'backs.

A little breating room again. We need more. Blasted Phillies keep winning, so we are not making up ground on them.

Nemesis21 · Post #16 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:21 am

As of 8/9 we still have a 4.5 game lead in WC.

Nemesis21 · Post #17 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:13 pm

Dodgers had a 6-0 lead on Philly in the 3rd, it's now 9-7 Philly in the 7th. :banghead:

Pirates up 8-2 on Giants in the 8th.

Post #18 » by **HMFFL** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:09 pm

I needed Philly to win today anyways.

On the other side, but hey my bills are priority, and the Braves are playing for the WC.

Nemesis21 · Post #19 » by **Nemesis21** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:44 am

As of late night 8/10, Braves have a 5 game lead in WC over San Fran.

ohara · Post #20 » by **ohara** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:24 am

OK. 5 games over the Giants, 6 over the Cardinals