where did this detroit team come from?

[pinche]

All I know is that the Tigers better get it together or they wont even make the playoffs.

[Thestanimal]

I hope they don't...misery loves company!!!

[SleePac]

What a heartbreaker last night.  To come back and take the lead only to have TJ give up some runs!  Oh well.....got all of September left to pick it up again!

[archbishop]

got all of September left to pick it up again!

better start quick, 2 teams within 5, and both teams are proven closers at the end of the season and in the playoffs

[GAMBELL]

I believe the #1 team in the majors right now is the METS!!!!!

[archbishop]

I believe the #1 team in the majors right now is the METS!!!!!

nope, thay have the same wins as the tigers and only 2 more than the yanks

[GAMBELL]

They have 2 less losses.  Mets 84 - 50 win % .627  Tigers 84 - 52 win % .618.   

[archbishop]

They have 2 less losses.  Mets 84 - 50 win % .627  Tigers 84 - 52 win % .618.   

which means the mets has played less games, a little more rest
mets will probably finish with the third best record in MLB, i do however see them in the world series,and depending on who they play, maybe winning

[GAMBELL]

Arch,

They have played 2 less games and they have the same number of wins.  This means the have a better record.  Look at the winning percentage.  Take away 2 games from Detroit (we will say 1 loss and 1 win).  That makes them 83- 51 hence a worse record than the Mets.  If they were in the same division the Mets would be in first place.  Look at the standings in the newspaper or on line.

[pikemaster789]

that was a tough loss for them last night, guess you cant blame anyone for the pulled muscle. It would have put our man on third and sent a winning run in 

[archbishop]

Arch,

They have played 2 less games and they have the same number of wins.  This means the have a better record.  Look at the winning percentage.  Take away 2 games from Detroit (we will say 1 loss and 1 win).  That makes them 83- 51 hence a worse record than the Mets.

yeah, it also gives them 2 more chances to loose more games
also look at the other teams in the NL there is just 2 other teams that are barely over 70 wins, put the mets in the AL with that competition ans schedule and they wouldnt even be a wild card team

[GAMBELL]

yeah, it also gives them 2 more chances to loose more games
also look at the other teams in the NL there is just 2 other teams that are barely over 70 wins, put the mets in the AL with that competition ans schedule and they wouldnt even be a wild card team

What?? If the Yankees, Tigers, and A's  can be division leaders, the Mets could definatally win any division in the AL. 

[archbishop]

What?? If the Yankees, Tigers, and A's  can be division leaders, the Mets could definatally win any division in the AL. 

are you kidding, if the AL teams were over playing that half arsed talent in the NL they would be over 100 wins by now, the yanks, spilt the series with the mets, all close games, except that route when the yanks beat them 16-7, the mets are a product of a weak division, no one but mets fans pick them to win the world series they dont have AL talent, heck they lost all 3 to boston

[GAMBELL]

are you kidding, if the AL teams were over playing that half arsed talent in the NL they would be over 100 wins by now, the yanks, spilt the series with the mets, all close games, except that route when the yanks beat them 16-7, the mets are a product of a weak division, no one but mets fans pick them to win the world series they dont have AL talent, heck they lost all 3 to boston

Wow, you are really talking BS now!  You even said it yourself that you thought the Mets were going to the World Series!   If the Mets are so bad, why did they split a series with the Yankees?  If the Yankees are in this so called eliete AL, they should have swept the Mets???  The Mets have gotten 34 wins from their division.  The rest came from the rest of the NL and some of the AL.  So your statement of a weak division is wrong.  Their is just as much talent in the NL as the AL.  Look at mlb.com league leaders.  The NL has just as many leaders as the AL. 

[archbishop]

the NL has good stats because of a few elite players against mediocre talent
they are the only good "team" in the NL. yes they will go to the world series but come on, look at the other teams, only 3 teams in the NL have over 70 wins, the AL has 8 and probably 9 after tonight over 70 and yes the yanks split with the mets, but the sox swept them, and where are they