Monday, May 23, 2011

126

Just a quick one today, as work beckons. The White Sox won their fifth series out of the last six (the other was a 1-1 split), by Meat Loafing the Dodgers. And in this case, two outta three really ain’t bad since the Good Guys lost the opener and had to take the final two games to preserve their undefeated series streak.

Now if they could win two games in every one of the 36 remaining series, the Sox would wind up with 72 more wins to go with their current 22, for a final record of 94-68. Most years, that’s good enough to get into the post-season, if not win the division. This year, it should be good at least for the wild card. The A.L. West stinks, as going into yesterday’s games, no team in that division had a winning record; the Surprising Indians were the only A.L. Central team on the plus side of the ledger; and the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, and even the Blue Jays (all above .500 before Sunday) are beating up on each other enough that the A.L. East doesn’t project to the Wild Card. So the formula is clear – just win two games every series and make the playoffs.

With the weekend’s results in the books, the Sox cut the Magic Number to 126, but lost ground in the standings, as they again trail Cleveland by 9.0 games. The key to the Tribe’s success has been winning at home, where they’re an absurd 18-4. Two of those losses came courtesy of the Sox and two were to the Rays. Their schedule over the next 20 games includes nine at home against the Red Sox, Rangers, and Twins, and 11 on the road against the Rays, Jays, Yanks, and Tigers. Time for them to cool off and the Sox to heat up. Go Sox!

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