Dbacks vs Marlins Series Thread

[PoolBoy]

i want us to CRUSH byung hung tonight.

 

[Ryanwb]

2 run homer by Micah Owings

 

[Brian in Mesa]

2 run homer by Micah Owings

Woohoo !!

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Wow.

That got ugly very quickly...

:ankiel:

 

[Ryanwb]

Wow.

That got ugly very quickly...

:ankiel:

Yeah he imploded

 

[Ryanwb]

Kim just walked his 6th batter.... whoa

 

[devilalum]

Melvin is such a turd, he should have gone ballistic over that call.

Does anybody wonder why this team seems to have no passion?

 

[Brandon_Webb]

Bomb by Cojack, we have to give him more time.

 

[Lefty]

Way to go CoJack. All tied at four.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Eric Byrnes! Walk off homer!

 

[green machine]

Byrnes goes yard to end it, Dbacks win!

 

[Shzm13]

Eric Byrnes! Walk off homer!

IT WAS AWESOME!!!!


GO DBACKS!!!!

 

[Ryanwb]

Wow!

 

[devilalum]

I don't care what anybody says, without Byrnes this team would have no pulse at all.

 

[Lefty]

That was a great ending! What a difference a week makes. The Diamondbacks are now in first for the wild card.

 

[Shzm13]

MUST re-sign him

 

[mjb21aztd]

Awsome win by the dbacks and hr by Byrnes was sick now lets take care of the braves

 

[Nasser22]

I promised my friend i'd play basketball so I left at 2-4...I keep missing these comebacks! I don't mind though, as long as we win.

 

[Highpointer]

Diamondbacks in first place (for the wild card and the playoffs)

That was a great ending! What a difference a week makes. The Diamondbacks are now in first for the wild card.

That was what I was going to post. After the game, the commentators on TV and radio pointed out that the Diamondbacks are now in second place in the division, but they did not mention that the Diamondbacks are in first place in the wild card standings. That is very important. It doesn't really matter how the Diamondbacks get into the playoffs, whether it is as the wild card or division champion. In the last 10 years eight out of 20 wild card teams have made the World Series, which is a 40% success rate, compared to 12 out of 60 division champions (20%). Four of the last 10 World Series champions (Marlins 1997, Angels 2002, Marlins 2003, and Red Sox 2004) were wild card teams.

Even though the wild card has been in baseball for 12 years, since 1995, it appears that broadcasters are still used to the old way of thinking, where the only way to get into the playoffs was to finish in first place. If the Diamondbacks keep winning, it doesn't matter what the Dodgers do, even if the Dodgers win all of their remaining games. If the Diamondbacks keep winning, then they will make the playoffs and thus have a good chance of going on to win the World Series.

Ken Akerman

 

[MigratingOsprey]

congrats on the sweep - i want to drink heavily now