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Saturday, October 01, 2005
Saturday Notes
- The Brewers won their 81st game on Friday, marking the first time since before the 1994 strike they have had that many wins. The team has a bright future with youngsters like Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks and ace Ben Sheets. This is not to detract from the rest of the team, which contains solid players like (fan favorite) Lyle Overbay and Geoff Jenkins, slugger Carlos Lee, and closer, former Angel, Derrick Turnbow. Making it to 81 wins is a big deal for this team, and winning their 82nd will be even bigger if they can get it tomorrow.
- The Angels, Yankees and White Sox won (which means the Red Sox and Indians lost). This means the White Sox have the best record in the AL, the Yankees have won the AL East and are 1 game ahead of the Angels for the no. 2 spot (home field in the ALDS). If the Yankees win their last game, they pick up that no. 2 spot, while if they lose and the Angels win, the Angels get it. The Red Sox are 1 game ahead of the Indians for the AL Wild Card, so the Indians can only make the playoffs if the Red Sox lose and the Indians win. The scenarios: 1) if the Red Sox and Angels win, the Red Sox are the Wild Card (facing the White Sox) and the Angels will host the Yankees (the Angels own the head-to-head tiebreaker 6-4); 2) if the Red Sox win and the Angels lose, the difference is that the Angels will be hosted by the Yankees; 3) if the Yankees win and the Indians win, the Indians and Red Sox will have a 1 game playoff, 3a) if the Red Sox win that, it will be identical to scenario 2, while 3b) if the Indians win, they will go to NY and the Angels will go to Chicago; 4) if the Indians lose, it will be identical to scenarios 1 and 2, depending on how the Angels and Yankees perform. So, the fate of the wild card race is largely in the hands of the Yankees and Red Sox. The Indians game starts an hour earlier, so at some point in the Yankee-Red Sox game, there could be a strong shift in how the teams play (once they know the fate of the Indians).
- Wisconsin clobbered Indiana at home today, 41-24. Wisconsin has now hit 5-0 after not being ranked before the season. This is head coach Barry Alvarez' last season and the teams seems to be trying to make him go out in a bang.
- USC, meanwhile, started out extremely sluggish (which they tend to do) and was down 21-3 at the half at a very good (14th rank) Arizona State team. USC was able to roar back on the strength of its run game and several interceptions to win 38-28.
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