Comments on: The Real AL Central Standings http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/05/03/the-real-al-central-standings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-real-al-central-standings "Like butterflies with hiccups" Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Final Countdown – 100 Games » Knuckleballs - "Like butterflies with hiccups" http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/05/03/the-real-al-central-standings/#comment-6948 The Final Countdown – 100 Games » Knuckleballs - "Like butterflies with hiccups" Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:44:11 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=6629#comment-6948 [...] that? You say the Twins are 11.5 games out of first place? Well, technically, yes… but as I pointed out in early May, in the REAL AL Central Standings, the Twins only have to care about how far they trail the Tigers [...]

]]> By: Jim Crikket http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/05/03/the-real-al-central-standings/#comment-6538 Jim Crikket Tue, 03 May 2011 23:25:45 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=6629#comment-6538 What makes me think Cleveland will fail? D’uh! They’re CLEVELAND! I know they’ve got good young talent, but I’ll believe they can put it all together for 6 months when they actually do it.

]]> By: frightwig http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/05/03/the-real-al-central-standings/#comment-6536 frightwig Tue, 03 May 2011 21:02:23 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=6629#comment-6536 If I want to make myself feel better about the Twins, if only for a moment, I like to look at the Central standings upside-down. It looks just how most Twins fans expected the season to wind up!

Seriously, Cleveland also has the best run differential in baseball, so I don’t think we can chalk up their start to a lucky streak. They have a lot of good young talent, at the plate and on the mound, coming together this year. Plus, Hafner and Sizemore are healthy and doing their thing. If they don’t run away with the division by July, which is looking likely, I think they’ll still be in it down to the wire.

Meanwhile, the Twins have a ways to go just to reach mediocrity. And they better start to show a spark soon! If they don’t show signs of quality in the next few weeks, I’m afraid they’ll be pretty well buried.

]]> By: John http://knuckleballsblog.com/2011/05/03/the-real-al-central-standings/#comment-6521 John Tue, 03 May 2011 13:04:19 +0000 http://knuckleballsblog.com/?p=6629#comment-6521 what makes you think Cleveland will fail. They are way up in the division, have an outstanding bullpen, and they have done all this with their 2 best players… Shin-Soo Choo and Carlos Santana… doing almost nothing.

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