Tuesday sports preview
August 21, 2007
GAME OF THE DAY: New York Yankees at Angels, 7 p.m. Yes, I’m a homer, for picking this as the Game of the Day for the second day in a row.
Monday night’s game was great. The Angels were ahead, then the Yankees were, then the Angels were, then they blew the lead, but won the game 7-6 on a Ryan Budde walk-off hit in the 10th inning. Yes, Ryan Budde, the Halos’ backup catcher since Jose Molina got traded and Mike Napoli went back on the DL. It was his first major league RBI.
Tonight’s probables: Mike Mussina vs. Kelvim Escobar
OTHER BIG MLB GAMES:
Cleveland at Detroit, 4 p.m. The Indians are 1.5 games behind the Tigers for first place. This headline at Let’s Go Tribe didn’t mean what I thought it did.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. The Dodgers, only 2.5 games out of the wild card, begin a stretch of 16 out of 19 games on the road. Logic would dictate this would be bad for the Dodgers, but logic and the Dodgers haven’t really mixed much this season. The Dodgers have a smarter beat writer than your team does.
Milwaukee at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. The Brewers are already asking fans to buy postseason tickets. They’re an awesome 64-61 too, and not even in sole possession of first place.
San Diego at NY Mets, 4 p.m. Why wins are overrated for pitchers, reason #4,258. Chris Young only has nine, with an ERA of 1.93. John Maine has 13, with an ERA of 3.59. Gaslamp Ball looks like it will be having a Q&A up with Sandy Alderson soon. That should be interesting.
Seattle at Minnesota, 5 p.m. I still haven’t gotten used to seeing Jarrod Washburn as a Mariner. And I keep saying the Twins need to start winning to get back into the race. Well, they’ve been losing but haven’t lost ground. Gotta love both central divisions this year.
OTHER SPORTS: Little League World Series on all day on ESPN2. That’s it.
Gilbert
Ben
August 21, 2007 at 2:16 pm
You’ve got to love wins. Maine leads the Mets in wins, but there’s a decent chance he’d be the #4 starter in the playoffs if the Mets get there (He’s been slotted as the #3 or 4 starter all year). And that’s without assuming Pedro gets into the rotation.
Young leads in ERA, ERA+, and WHIP by significant margins, and he’s 3rd in K/9. But as of right now he’s only got 130.2 IP. Regardless, would Young be your Cy Young pick in the NL right now?
August 21, 2007 at 4:25 pm
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