Wednesday Morning Quarterback: 2nd Place Woes

You’ve probably heard the saying that hindsight is 20/20 on Monday morning, so just imagine how well I can call ’em two days later on Wednesday. That’s right, it’s time for Wednesday Morning Quarterback, your weekly sports round-up.

Once Florida managed to turn their rough road trip around and take two of three from Philadelphia, we got ourselves tripped up by the stellar Tampa Bay Rays, taking only one win out of the three in that series. Now our hopes of landing in first place lie solely in our ability to trounce the MLB’s worst team, the Seattle Mariners, while the Phillies hopefully lose to one of the best, the Boston Red Sox.

Monday’s game worked properly for the Marlins with a 6-1 win over Seattle, but Philadelphia’s 8-2 drumming of the Red Sox isn’t helping things any. Unfortunately for the Fish, the schedule jumps from relatively easy to unbelievably difficult in a few very short days. Our next opponents are the underrated, yet strong Oakland Athletics, another series (this time at home) against the very good Tampa Bay Rays, followed by our last series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Baseball being the unpredictable game that it is, we could see the Marlins stay very strong against all of these teams, but we’ll see what happens for the squad on yet another tough group of series.

I should also mention that Andrew Miller is finally turning in some high-quality performances. The past two games he’s pitched he’s allowed only two runs and gone for seven innings both games. Perhaps he might turn into a great pitcher after all…

Other notable baseball news from the past week include the firing of Mets manager Willie Randolph along with two other members of his coaching staff. This is most definitely due to the Mets being tied for third place (of five) in their division and an epic 6.5 games back from the Phillies. The Mets are a high-salaried team and I know that management was expecting a LOT more from the team this year. As NL East rivals, I can’t hope for too much good to come their way, but let’s hope some luck heads their way with the new internal shakeups.

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4 responses to “Wednesday Morning Quarterback: 2nd Place Woes”

  1. Eric Mesa Avatar

    It’s annoying that as second place they don’t make it into the playoffs, but as like 4th place or something they become a wild card and are eligible.

  2. Dan Avatar
    Dan

    Haha, no, no, the way the playoffs work is that the first place teams for each division in a league (there are three divisions) automatically get in. After that, the team with the best record in the league who isn’t in first place in its respective division gets the wild card. As of right now the Marlins are in second place to the Cardinals for the wild card race. The Tampa Bay Rays are in first for their wild card race.

  3. Eric Avatar

    if the marlins are second place, why aren’t they first for the wild card? See how frustrating? Basically finish first or finish third.

  4. Dan Avatar
    Dan

    They’re second for the wild card because the wild card is NL-wide while the Marlins are only second place in their division. Make more sense now?

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