Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – August 8, 2014

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports



A little more than a month ago, the Tigers and the Braves looked like solid picks to go to the World Series. Now both teams are struggling to find their footing.

It is a potential August and September Spiral episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

Jon Lester, Edinson Volquez, Dustin Ackley, Javier Baez, Chris Carter, Daniel Murphy and J. A. Happ all added to their totals for Who Owns Baseball?

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Let’s Hope This Isn’t A Playoff Preview For The Giants

Mike McGinnis, Getty Images

Mike McGinnis, Getty Images

Jake Peavy has gone from the Red Sox to the Giants and still has only one more win than me this year.

The Giants bats were dead again. I know that Wily Peralta is a good pitcher. But this was the Giants lineup with Pagan. Supposedly the one that can hit.

Instead they scratched 1 run and could only get one victory in the series. Two teams with playoff hopes and one team took total control? Not a good omen for the Giants.

Then again, as I type this, the Giants are barely hanging onto a Wild Card spot, just 1/2 a game ahead of Pittsburgh and 3 ahead of Atlanta.

Maybe they should get to the dance first before I think about potential match ups.

Time to update the Dodged Bullet/Teeth Grinder tally.

An explanation of what this is all about can be found HERE.

 

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A’S DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally

Jon Lester wiggled out of a 6th inning jam and cruised to a complete game 3 hit shutout of the Twins, 3-0, as the A’s became the first team to 70 wins. DODGED BULLET

44 Dodged Bullets 35 Teeth Grinders

TOTAL: +9

 

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GIANTS DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally

Khris Davis’ double in the 6th broke a 1-1 tie and the Brewers and Wily Peralta beat the Giants 3-1. TEETH GRINDER

43 Dodged Bullets 37 Teeth Grinders

TOTAL: + 6

 

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RED SOX DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally

Kolten Wong got revenge for last year’s World Series pick off play with a pair of homers, giving Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals a 5-2 win over the Red Sox. TEETH GRINDER

36 Dodged Bullets 47 Teeth Grinders

TOTAL: -13

 

Madison Bumgarner takes the hill tonight in Kansas City. Time for a winning streak and a chance to make the playoffs more of a reality.