September 22, 2005
Swami Says: Braves - Red Sox World Series!
There are a lot of important issues in the world today, but right now the one weighing on my mind is which major league baseball teams are going to the playoffs. Everything looked so comfortable a week ago with my team, the Braves, seven games out in front and going after its fourteenth straight division title, and with G.M.'s team, the defending World Champions Red Sox, leading its division. Then, after a few bad games, things have changed and nothing is certain. The Braves are barely hanging on and the Red Sox will have to fight to get the wild card position unless it can get back into first. We don't think that Bush is to blame for this situation, and it's nice that baseball can take our minds off of other problems.
Here's the link to the Playoff Race, as we enter the last week of the regular season. In the event of a tie in the AL East, the Yankees won a coin toss Monday and would host the Red Sox in a one game playoff. However, the schedule looks favorable to the Red Sox, which plays seven out of its last ten games at home with the last three games against the Yankees at Fenway. That will be a great series, and I'm pulling for G.M.'s team to make it to the playoffs along with the Braves, who still have their work cut out for them, which includes six games with the Marlins.
Help us pull for our teams, and enjoy the division races and playoffs. If all goes well, we'll have a Braves-Red Sox World Series, and I have tickets! Go Braves! ...and, Red Sox!
Posted by GM Roper at September 22, 2005 10:10 PM | TrackBackI hope the Yank-mes enter the final series up 3 games. Then get swept and lose the playoff game. A replay of last year (just win one of the last 4...one more win...one more win...oh crap, the Sox win!)
Go Red Sox...and I'm not even a fan. I just hate the Yankees.
Posted by Scott at September 23, 2005 05:27 PM
The Braves beat the Marlins tonight. The Phillies also won and moved a game closer to the NL Wild Card. The "magic number" for the Braves is reduced to five.
Boston beat the Orioles tonight but still remain one game behind in the AL-East and for a wild card berth, since the Yankees and Indians also won.
Posted by Woody at September 23, 2005 11:17 PM
Both Atlanta and Boston are in first place in their divisions. Atlanta's "magic number" is 2, and Boston's is 8.
Posted by Woody at September 26, 2005 06:22 PM
It's time to call in the priest to administer last rites to the Oakland A's.
Posted by civil truth at September 27, 2005 12:11 AM
Braves won the NL-East. That's 14 in a row. The rookies are having a great time seeing what it's like. Champagne for everyone!
Posted by Woody at September 27, 2005 10:14 PM
2005 Oakland A's: RIP
Maybe next year we'll have a manager who doesn't channel Gene Mauch.
In the meanwhile...Red Sox, White Sox, and Indians: it's up to you to shut the Yankees out of the playoffs. Go for it!
Posted by civil truth at September 27, 2005 11:34 PM
