The Beginning of the New Good Old Days
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Thursday, October 5, 2017
PLAYOFFS / WILD CARD & FIRST ROUND SCHEDULE
My spirit roars and my hopes soar. ~ It all starts this coming Tuesday and Wednesday, October 3rd and 4th, with the two league “won or done” games for the two surviving wild card teams. Then the first round of the AL Playoffs commences on the following day, with the Astros and Red Sox squaring off again at Minute Maid Park on Thursday, October 5th in the first pitch of Round One.
Verlander vs. Sales! ~ What do those words do to the salivary glands that connect to your own passionate hunger for live eyewitness participation in baseball history?
Short of you finding you own answer to that last question, here’s a link to the master game schedule plan for the 2017 MLB Playoffs:
http://m.mlb.com/postseason-schedule
Hopefully, Mssrs. Justin Verlander and Dallas Keuchel can bag the Astros wins in their Thursday/Friday home openers – and then fly happily with the club, airily, of course, back to Boston for a Sunday Astros clincher at Fenway in this best 3 of 5 games ticket to Round Two. We still support Brad Peacock for the starting role in Game Three, but, as it should be, that tough call remains in the trusty hands of our capable Astros manager, Mr. A.J. Finch.
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HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE RACES NOW DECIDED
THRU GAMES PLAYED SATURDAY, 9/30/2017
| CLUB | W | L | W% | AL | NL | WS | |||
| DODGERS | 103 | 58 | .640 | ~ | W | W | |||
| INDIANS | 101 | 60 | .627 | W | ~ | 2.0 | |||
| ASTROS | 100 | 61 | .621 | 1.0 | ~ | 3.0 | |||
| NATIONALS | 97 | 64 | .602 | ~ | 6.0 | 6.0 |
W = WINNERS BY LEAGUE AND WORLD SERIES (WS) OVERALL.
Overall Leader gets home field advantage (HFA) in World Series.
GAMES TO PLAY (NOW IRRELEVANT TO HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE):
DODGERS 1, INDIANS 1, ASTROS 1, NATIONALS 1
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HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE / FOUR SERIOUS CONTENDER SCORES
THRU SETTLEMENT GAMES PLAYED SATURDAY, 9/30/2017
RED SOX 6 – ASTROS 3
WHITE SOX 2 – INDIANS 1
PIRATES 4 – NATIONALS 1
DODGERS 5 – ROCKIES 3
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AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING AVERAGE LEADERS
THRU GAMES PLAYED SATURDAY, 9/30/2017
| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BA |
| 1 | JOSE ALTUVE | HOU | 588 | 204 | 39 | 4 | 24 | .347 |
| 2 | AVISAIL GARCIA | CWS | 518 | 171 | 27 | 5 | 18 | .330 |
| 3 | ERIC HOSMER | KC | 602 | 191 | 31 | 1 | 24 | .317 |
| 4 | JOSE RAMERIZ | CLE | 583 | 184 | 55 | 6 | 29 | .316 |
| NC * | CARLOS CORREA | HOU | 422 | 133 | 25 | 1 | 24 | .315 |
| 5 | JOSH REDDICK | HOU | 477 | 150 | 34 | 4 | 13 | .314 |
| 6 | JOSE ABREU | CWS | 619 | 189 | 43 | 6 | 33 | .305 |
| 7 | MIKE TROUT | LAA | 400 | 122 | 25 | 3 | 33 | .305 |
| 8 | JOE MAUER | MIN | 522 | 159 | 35 | 1 | 7 | .305 |
| 9 | MARWUN GONZALEZ | HOU | 455 | 138 | 34 | 0 | 23 | .303 |
| 10 | LORENZO CAIN | KC | 582 | 175 | 27 | 5 | 15 | .301 |
| OTHER ASTROS | 526 | 156 | .297 | |||||
| 21 | ALEX BREGMAN | HOU | 554 | 158 | 39 | 5 | 19 | .285 |
| 24 | GEORGE SPRINGER | HOU | 548 | 155 | 29 | 0 | 34 | .283 |
NR * LOST TIME ON THE DL HAS DEPRIVED CARLOS CORREA FROM AN OFFICIAL QUALIFYING PLACE IN THE RANKING OF TOP 40 HITTERS IN 2017.
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Bill McCurdy
Principal Writer, Editor, Publisher
The Pecan Park Eagle
The Pecan Park Eagle 
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