Official Wing and a Prayer Playoff Watch Thread

Tyrone Slothrop · Post #1 » by **Tyrone Slothrop** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 10:54 pm

I figured we could have a thread to do scoreboard watching with games involving Oakland/Seattle/KC/Detroit/Cleveland/Yankees, and the frustrations when these teams don't lose every single one of their remaining games (including the ones where they play each other).

Tyrone Slothrop · Post #2 » by **Tyrone Slothrop** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 10:56 pm

Need a big A's win tonight against King Felix. Seattle's our best shot at a team to catch up to, given their tough schedule and the fact we have a series against them.

Not sure who to go for in the Cleveland/Detroit game going on right now... There's the feeling that the Tigers are going to win the Central anyway so the focus should be on catching the Royals, but it might be better to just have teams ahead of us lose since we have to win at a ridiculous clip anyway.

Post #3 » by **Schad** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 12:02 am

Tyrone Slothrop wrote:Need a big A's win tonight against King Felix. Seattle's our best shot at a team to catch up to, given their tough schedule and the fact we have a series against them.

Not sure who to go for in the Cleveland/Detroit game going on right now... There's the feeling that the Tigers are going to win the Central anyway so the focus should be on catching the Royals, but it might be better to just have teams ahead of us lose since we have to win at a ridiculous clip anyway.

Have to go for Cleveland...if they win a Wild Card spot and we come up a game short or something, we can largely write it off as a gypsy curse. The Tigers are still more or less even with the Royals, even if they're the better team.

I'm also torn as to whether Oakland or Seattle is more likely to be caught. We play Seattle, but Oakland is in freefall; given that they're losing to bad teams as much as good, their schedule might not be the determining factor so much as whether they're able to cease soiling their trousers in time.

zilby · Post #4 » by **zilby** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 12:11 am

I'm personally rooting for both AL Central teams to lose. Having one gain ground on the other simply wouldn't be as fitting.

The important games tonight are as follows:

Cleveland vs. Detroit (Currently tied 2-2 bottom 4th)
Boston vs. KC (Currently 2-1 KC)
Oakland vs. Seattle (Starts at 10:10)

Rooting for Cleveland, Boston and Oakland tonight. The A's still have plenty of time to freefall and I want to catch up to Seattle as much as possible. If all three of them lose, we're sitting a nice 3 games out. Still lots of baseball to be played folks.

Michael Bradley · Post #5 » by **Michael Bradley** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 12:12 am

We have to hope for Seattle to be the team to catch only because of the four head-to-head games. If it wasn't for that, it really wouldn't matter which team we gain ground on.

As things stand right now (Oakland, Seattle, KC, and Cleveland have yet to have their games finish), the Jays are 3.5 games back of the 2nd WC and 4 back of the 1st. I think I'd root for Detroit to sweep Cleveland only because I expect the Tigers to win the Central, so letting them beat up the teams close to us in the WC is preferable. No preference on Seattle and Oakland, we just have to be within 3 games of Seattle by the time that 4-gamer starts in 9 days. The Royals are the most likely to freefall, but their pitching, defense, and bullpen might be able to keep them float.

Tyrone Slothrop · Post #6 » by **Tyrone Slothrop** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 12:25 am

**** Rubby De La Rosa not doing us any favours tonight.

Tyrone Slothrop · Post #7 » by **Tyrone Slothrop** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 2:23 am

Indians blow it, and 3 of the 4 teams the Jays are chasing win tonight.

Graham's Cracker · Post #8 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 2:34 am

Tyrone Slothrop wrote:Indians blow it, and 3 of the 4 teams the Jays are chasing win tonight.

The trouble with scoreboard watching this time of year. If we repeat the last 15 games and go 11-4, we'll make it interesting.

There There · Post #9 » by **There There** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 2:58 am

As bad as Oakland continues to play, with a remaining schedule filled with Texas and Philly, you gotta imagine Seattle is the more likely team for the Jays to catch.

Especially since Seattle has two more series against the Angels in addition to the four games against the Jays.

But, that said, Oakland's truly terrible play gives reason to question who is more likely to gain on.

Tyrone Slothrop · Post #10 » by **Tyrone Slothrop** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:22 am

Having Gray, Gregerson, and Rodney on my fantasy team during a tight quarterfinal matchup has made this game incredibly stressful.

Post #11 » by **Geddy** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:32 am

Oakland wins. Still 4 back.

Michael Bradley · Post #12 » by **Michael Bradley** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:27 am

The Jays got about as much help as possible this weekend and blew it.

Royals lost 3/4.
Mariners lost 2/3.
Indians got swept.
Yankees lose 2/3 (still playing the 4th game as I type).

Unfortunately, the Jays lost 2/3 and don't gain any meaningful ground on anyone. Terrible.

Post #13 » by **Geddy** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 4:00 am

Yup, and even though they didn't lose ground they're pretty much out of time to make up 4 games now.

albinorap · Post #14 » by **albinorap** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:00 pm

Any playoff hope?

hyper316 · Post #15 » by **hyper316** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:17 pm

Lateral Quicks · Post #16 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:50 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np9tBI7_nq8[/youtube]

hyper316 · Post #17 » by **hyper316** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:10 pm

the hope is gone when there is no game thread up by first pitch of a series

Randle McMurphy · Post #18 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:35 am

Could have stayed at 3.5, but Robin Ventura and the White Sox remain the absolute worst.

Santoki · Post #19 » by **Santoki** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:15 pm

This is the only sort of playoff thread, so I thought this would go best here. Love the career arc of Bryan Cranston.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18nLV3TZ4pE[/youtube]

T-d0t · Post #20 » by **T-d0t** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:03 pm

Our wing is clipped and our prayer has been denied.