Game Two, a one-run game, went the Orioles’ way. Well. You’d never have guessed. Now we have a tied series, and the question becomes, how can the Yankees get and hold a two-run lead? Here are your PECOTA odds and the projected starting lineups for Game Three:
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As a life-long O's fan I'm all for Angelos bashing. But ripping him because the Sun ran a story about him staying out of the spotlight? There are so many other, better (fairer) things to rip the guy over.
He didn't write the story or ironically ask for a cover story about his spotlight avoidance. Got to give him that much credit.
The interesting thing about Miguel Gonzalez is that he wasn't supposed to be this good, was he?
Now he's starting to look like he could potentially remain this good, even though his 'stuff' isn't as nasty as you would expect from someone putting up the numbers he has this year.
Saying there is a 62.0 percent chance of the Yankees winning is surely an example of false precision. With the O's having a 66.6 percent chance of winning that means there is a1.4 percent chance of neither winning. So what happens then?
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That's some high-quality Angelos bashing.