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 Post subject: Excuse me ...
PostPosted: Sat May 15, 2004 6:49 pm 
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Red Sox Keep Pace in AL East<p>... but where was I when they started talking about "pennant races" in May?


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 Post subject: Re: Excuse me ...
PostPosted: Sun May 16, 2004 8:59 am 
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by blanp:
[b]Red Sox Keep Pace in AL East<p>... but where was I when they started talking about "pennant races" in May?[/b]<hr></blockquote><p>Phil, it's never too early for Red Sox and Yankee fans to worry about the status of either team or both or to compare the teams. Any baseball team can get "buried" in the standings as easily in April or May as in August or September--just look at the Seattle Mariners, whose season is almost effectively over before Memorial Day.


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PostPosted: Sun May 16, 2004 9:10 am 
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by wordygurdy:
<p>Phil, it's never too early for Red Sox and Yankee fans to worry about the status of either team or both or to compare the teams. Any baseball team can get "buried" in the standings as easily in April or May as in August or September--just look at the Seattle Mariners, whose season is almost effectively over before Memorial Day.<hr></blockquote><p>Obviously I know that. But it's only relatively recently that we have seen daily news stories in May tracking standings.


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It is not just hype when sportswriters talk about the Sox-Yankees rivalry being more intense this season. It really is at a new level. And I think that explains it.


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PostPosted: Sun May 16, 2004 6:13 pm 
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by blanp:

... But it's only relatively recently that we have seen daily news stories in May tracking standings.
<hr></blockquote><p>Yesterday I saw an online site with the MLB standings. It's calculating who'd qualify for wildcard spots if May were late September.


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<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Wayne Countryman:
<p>Yesterday I saw an online site with the MLB standings. It's calculating who'd qualify for wildcard spots if May were late September.<hr></blockquote><p>Sure enough.


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Cub fans learn early not to read MLB standings.


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Wait. As of May 25, both Chicago teams have identical WINNING records (25-18)?
Sorry, I'll shut up. Don't wanna jinx anything.


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