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At least when accessed on my Pre browser the standings are on the Nats home page.
Ghoulish Delight
09-23-2009, 07:30 AM
Really? http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=was
I'm not seeing them. There's a link to them, but they used to be right there on the page and I don't see them.
Moonliner
09-23-2009, 07:38 AM
The Nats have removed the standings from the home page of their website.
I don't see "Standings" on the home page of the Dodgers either. You have to find it on "Scoreboard" sub-menu on both sites.
Edited to add: Ahh! Never mind. I see what you mean. Down at the bottom of the page next to the "News and Notes" bubble. Yeah. It is missing on the Nats page.
The web sites are centrally managed by Mlb baseball so ild expect they wouldn't do a different template for just one team.
The version my Pre is getting is mobile customized (grrr) so I guess they didn't change that.
Moonliner
09-23-2009, 07:57 AM
The web sites are centrally managed by Mlb baseball so ild expect they wouldn't do a different template for just one team.
The version my Pre is getting is mobile customized (grrr) so I guess they didn't change that.
A very quick informal survey shows that the "Standings" box is missing on all some of the teams that have been mathematically eliminated. (Except Tampa who was just eliminated.....)
Unless we're not all being served the same page, that doesn't seem to be it. Lots of teams are now elimated from the playoffs but I just hit each page and only three were showing the Team Leaders box in place of the standings box.
Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington. All others still show standings.
Moonliner
09-23-2009, 10:08 AM
A very quick informal survey shows ....)
Unless we're not all being served the same page, that doesn't seem to be it. Lots of teams are now elimated from the playoffs but I just hit each page and only three were showing the Team Leaders box in place of the standings box.
Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington. All others still show standings.
Which of course were two of the three teams I looked at in my "quick informal survey".
Moonliner
09-23-2009, 07:54 PM
Huh. Dodgers lost. Go figure.
On a brighter note....
In the bottom of the 8th a towering pop-fly came directly to me. SMACK! Off my hands into the hands of the guy next to me. In all my MLB history (which is deceptively large) that's the first fly ball I ever laid a hand on. Still cool even if I did not get to keep it.
Kevy Baby
09-27-2009, 02:21 PM
You go into the bottom of the 9th with a three run lead against the team with the second worst record in baseball, and you somehow manage to lose?
Yeah, I don't have much confidence in the post season at the moment.
I hope the Rockies win (they are currently up 4-3 in the sixth) so the Dodgers can claim the pennant by winning a game and not another team losing one.
Ghoulish Delight
09-27-2009, 03:37 PM
I'm going to blame it on them thinking a bit too much about the champagne in the locker room.
Kevy Baby
09-28-2009, 09:38 PM
Seriously?!?
How the fvck do you lose 11-1
To the effin PIRATES!!!
Motorboat Cruiser
09-29-2009, 11:27 PM
With each passing day, I'm becoming less convinced that we are going to clinch the division, let alone win the first round of playoffs. The team is in meltdown mode and we can't drive in a run to save our lives. Manny, Ethier and Kemp aren't hitting, the bullpen isn't getting it done, and we have Blake and Belliard benched with injuries. They better figure this out quickly or we'll get swept in the first round.
Gemini Cricket
10-07-2009, 03:49 PM
Yankees Shmankees
Ghoulish Delight
10-07-2009, 04:04 PM
With each passing day, I'm becoming less convinced that we are going to clinch the division, let alone win the first round of playoffs. The team is in meltdown mode and we can't drive in a run to save our lives. Manny, Ethier and Kemp aren't hitting, the bullpen isn't getting it done, and we have Blake and Belliard benched with injuries. They better figure this out quickly or we'll get swept in the first round.I disagree (well, the clinching the division part is obviously easy to disagree with).
The offense got wobbly for a bit. That happens. I disagree that the bullpen isn't "getting it done". They weren't given the opportunity down the stretch. With the woeful offense (which I do believe will make a comeback in the playoffs), they weren't exactly given many leads to work with. They blew a couple, sure, but even when a team is doing well that's going to happen once in a while, it just stands out when things are otherwise going bad. I think all that happened that last week+ was a lack of focus due to being a lock for the division (yes, even as poorly as they were doing, a magic # of 1 with that many games left is a lock).
Meanwhile, though the common wisdom is that starting pitching is the biggest ? for the Dodgers going into October, I think their starting rotation is stronger than it's been all season, and one of the strongest in the post season. Team ERA over the last month...3.08, 2nd best in the NL and more than 30 points lower than their league-leading season average. 2.57 in the last 4 games of the season. They don't have any real flash in their starters in the way of Cy Young candidates, but Wolf is a horse, Kershaw can be unhittable, and they've got two winners in the late-season pickups.
As long as Mattingly can remind them how to hit the ball where the defense isn't, I see good things.
Motorboat Cruiser
10-07-2009, 05:01 PM
Yeah, I was pretty frustrated when I posted that, perhaps not thinking so clearly. It was a hell of a stressful week.
I do think their starting pitchers can pull it off, although I would feel better with Kuroda there. Billingsley is the biggest "if" and I'm not yet convinced that he is back to form. But the bullpen is indeed strong.
Hitting-wise, I think we will be okay, although it would of course be very nice if Manny would turn it up a few notches. It will be interesting to see how much playing time Pierre gets in the postseason.
Ghoulish Delight
10-07-2009, 05:07 PM
I think Pierre's playing time hinges more on Ethier and/or Kemp's performance than Manny's. If those two are on their game then I think Joe will feel confident enough to use Pierre as a spark. But if Ethier and Kemp aren't producing, then even if Manny also gets off to a slow start it'll be a better bet to hope Manny's experience will kick in and carry them through it than pull him out leaving it up to Ethier and Kemp to figure it out without as much postseason experience.
Kevy Baby
10-07-2009, 06:03 PM
...although it would of course be very nice if Manny would turn it up a few notches.Steve Harvey of the LA Times has a lesser opinion of Manny (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez7-2009oct07,1,2906538.column) in today's paper.
Ghoulish Delight
10-07-2009, 07:17 PM
Errr, try again Harvey. "For the year he's had a meager 63 rbi and 19 homers." Hey Steve, he missed 1/3 of the season. That's a 90/30 pace if it were a full season.
And 1 example of a bad defensive play? Wow, damning.
Andrew
10-07-2009, 07:21 PM
Errr, try again Harvey. "For the year he's had a meager 63 rbi and 19 homers." Hey Steve, he missed 1/3 of the season. That's a 90/30 pace if it were a full season.
Why did he miss so many games again? I can't seem to remember.
Okay, that was a cheap shot, I admit it. I have read that he hasn't been even close to the same since he came back, though.
Ghoulish Delight
10-07-2009, 08:48 PM
As of Sept. 30th, since his suspension Manny had a .395 on base percentage and a .508 slugging percentage. 13 homers (which is a 28-homer season pace). I think his RBI total's low, but then the rest of the Dodgers weren't doing such a great job of getting on base in front of him.
Not mythic #'s, but "bad" only in relation to mythic #'s.
Ghoulish Delight
10-08-2009, 08:40 AM
Great win! In spite of Wolf's shaky start. No, scratch that, because of Wolf's shaky start.
Wolf was nowhere near having his best stuff, and neither was Carpenter. But Wolf sucked it up and got the outs, at least enough of them to hand it over to the more than capable bullpen. Meanwhile the Dodger offense did what it needed to do against a guy who doesn't normally give you that many opportunities. Would have been nice to have fewer men left on base, but you take what you can get against Carpenter. And I'm actually glad they never broke the game open, gave the 'pen a chance to pitch under pressure.
It's nice to see them handle that kind of "test your metal" game early on and so well. They were not playing at their peak, and yet they kept control of the game pretty well throughout.
Kevy Baby
10-08-2009, 09:39 AM
Would have been nice to have fewer men left on base...The Dodgers and Cards set a post-season record for most men left on base in a nine-inning game with 30 (and it was only an 8-1/2 inning game).
And if I recall correctly, I think they also set a record for longest nine-inning game at just under four hours - though I am not sure if I heard that one correctly.
Moonliner
10-09-2009, 04:50 AM
So is it too early to start thinking of Word Series Match ups?
Dodgers v Yankees: A must watch
Dodgers v Twins: Meh
Dodgers v Angels: All Cali would be cool
Dodgers v Redsox: It could come to blows in my house.
Unless the Athletics somehow end up back in the hunt, all four are in the "meh" camp for me.
Though I'll root for Rockies vs. Twins just because I like to watch network TV executives cry.
Ghoulish Delight
10-09-2009, 10:28 PM
Bah! I won the right to buy pre-sale ticketsf for the NLCS this morning, but got distracted by packing for vacation and totally forgot. Ah well, the only game we might have been able to go to is on a Friday and isn't guaranteed to even be a night game. Guess we'll just wait until the World Series.
Motorboat Cruiser
10-16-2009, 09:21 AM
Well, that was painful to watch.
I still cannot understand why Torre would pull Wolf so quickly in the last series, yet leave Kershaw in for so long when he clearly couldn't find the strike zone. I understand the idea of giving him a little extra time to try and pull himself together, but that clearly wasn't happening. After walking two guys and Howard coming to the plate, you simply have to pull him before things get out of hand. And Elbert was warm in the pen. I love and trust Torre, but WTF???
Still, we did come out more aggressive than last year, and it was nice to see Manny plant one in Mannywood and Loney swing the bat well. But we also gave away home field advantage. I can only hope today turns out much better - that Padilla looks the same as he did in his last start and that Pedro chokes. It would also be nice to see Blake return to form.
Ghoulish Delight
10-16-2009, 09:25 AM
I love and trust Torre, but WTF???
He left Kershaw in an inning too long last series too and it almost cost them. It's weird.
Just one game, and one that they were competitive, the didn't look overmatched or anything. This one's got a long way to go.
Moonliner
10-16-2009, 07:57 PM
A couple of comments from today's game:
It still counts! If you walk in the winning run, tough turkey. :p
Does anyone know why there was an entire blue section that was empty just off of home base?
Am I the only one that finds it a bit odd to have a large Casino add on the outfield wall given MLB's stance on betting?
Go Blue.
Strangler Lewis
10-16-2009, 08:40 PM
Does anyone know why there was an entire blue section that was empty just off of home base?
Off of what? I guess your Nationals, like desperate, sex starved teenagers, get there so seldom, you don't even remember what to call it.
How many points were scored?
Strangler Lewis
10-19-2009, 07:34 AM
Two examples of why baseball sort of sucks:
1) Yankees/Angels use 13 pitchers "playing the percentages"
2) Phillies bring in a closer to "close" an 11-0 win and deprive the fans-and Cliff Lee-of the headline "complete game shutout." Why wait so long to pull Lee? Couldn't the Phillies bullpen be trusted to protect an 8-0 lead after five?
Strangler Lewis
10-19-2009, 05:47 PM
Two examples of why baseball sort of sucks:
1) Yankees/Angels use 13 pitchers "playing the percentages"
2) Phillies bring in a closer to "close" an 11-0 win and deprive the fans-and Cliff Lee-of the headline "complete game shutout." Why wait so long to pull Lee? Couldn't the Phillies bullpen be trusted to protect an 8-0 lead after five?
Joe Girardi pulls one right handed reliever for another with two out and nobody on? Royally bitten on the ass. Thank you, baseball gods. You were listening.
Cadaverous Pallor
10-19-2009, 10:05 PM
Wow, Brox blew it. :( What a bummer.
Kevy Baby
10-19-2009, 10:14 PM
So, when does Spring Training begin?
Moonliner
10-20-2009, 06:38 AM
The Dodgers pulled a Nat. :(
Gemini Cricket
10-22-2009, 07:53 PM
Confused.
Why did he pull Lackey?
Oy...
LAA is ahead by 1 but I don't know if they can hold onto that lead for long...
Gemini Cricket
10-22-2009, 08:32 PM
By the skin of their wings.
Ufta!
SacTown Chronic
10-23-2009, 08:00 PM
Wow, Brox blew it. :( What a bummer.Dude pitched around Matt mother****ing Stairs. Wtf, man? Wtf?
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