Hello everybody! Been awhile, huh! I've completely changed my outlook on this blog. I'm changing it around to make it suit what exactly I want it to be. From now on, every day, I will be giving everyone my prognostications of results from every important game in the sports world that day, whether it be hockey, baseball, football, basketball, NASCAR, golf, or even tennis or UFC. Today is one of those rare September days when the only important games at hand are baseball games. Usually, it would be baseball accompanied by NFL or college football.
Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox:
In a way, you could say that the Orioles urgency to get wins quick is declining, due to the fact that both the Texas Rangers and the Tampa Bay Rays, both holders of the final AL wild card spots, are falling apart at the seams. 2 weeks ago, I had left the Orioles for dead. I thought that the one big slide had knocked them out of the wild card race for good. It turned out that every team in the AL other than the Boston Red Sox came sliding with them. And speaking of those Red Sox, that's who the O's play tonight. The O's do need to keep on winning, and tonight looks like a matchup that they could stay in all game long. Scott Feldman is the starter for Baltimore tonight, and he has been solid for the past 2 months. If anything, Feldman has been the biggest reason they've stuck in the wild card race. On the other side, Ryan Dempster gets the call, and he has actually been just as solid as Feldman, but only for the past month. We all remember how he plunked Alex Rodriguez, and the ensuing events. But in the games after that, he has been light's out, with his climax coming in his last game, in which he had 7 Ks and 1 earned run. In the end, however, I have Baltimore winning 4-2. Dempster always seems to come back down to earth immediately after an impressive start. With Feldman, you always know what you're going to get. Probably 2 to 3 earned runs. That is all the O's will need tonight.
Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals:
Earlier today, the entire country was rooting for the Nats to get a home win after the horrendous shooting in DC yesterday. They delivered, in walk-off fashion. And tonight might just be their second big win of the day, as they're trying to hunt down the Cincinnati Reds for the final NL Wild Card spot. The young Tanner Roark, who is 6-0 for The District, will be pitted against the mediocre veteran Freddy Garcia for ATL. Yeah, Washington will pound Garcia tonight, winning 8-3 in my humble opinion. The good folks in DC will be watching the scoreboard close to see if the lowly Houston Astros can somehow knock off the Reds, so the Nats can bring the NL Wild Card race to within 3.5 games.
Texas Rangers at Tampa Bay Rays
Just to show how pitiful the Texas Rangers pitching staff still is, Alexi Ogando will be pitching the first 1/3 of the game for them. He's coming out of the bullpen, and Nick Tepesh is 'slotted' to get the next 1/3 of the game. With this odd format that Ron Washington has come up with, the Rays are once again favorites coming into tonight, as they have Jeremy Hellickson on the mound, who has been great his past two games. Yes, the Devil Rays win 6-3 tonight, giving the CLEVELAND INDIANS a shot to take the final AL Wild Card spot, and KANSAS CITY ROYALS a shot to become possibly only 1.5 games back of the spot...
Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals
In what will be the most important game of the evening, I believe, the Injuns, who have been having hot and cold offensive strokes lately, will take on Yordano Ventura........
"Who is Yordano Ventura????????????"
He is the Royals top pitching prospect, and has had a terrific year for his Triple A team in Omaha. He's starting for the injured Danny Duffy. It should be a very interesting debut. For the Indians, Corey Kluber starts, who has been sensational in his past 3 games. Sadly for the Indians, usually after 3 consecutive good starts for Kluber, he has 3 consecutive bad starts. He'll be looking to buck that trend tonight, but as hot as the Royal's offense has been lately, I've got the Roys winning tonight, in a thriller. How about 6-5 Royals.
So after tonight, the Rangers will still be in the playoffs, but just barely. What a thrilling end to the season it will be.
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