A's vs. Yanks: who will have the better record in the second half?

bisonbison · #1 07-06-2005, 12:26 AM

After the games of 7/5/05, The A's are at 41-41 and the Yankees are 43-39.

Who will have a better record in the next 80 games?

I think the Athletics will, and I am willing to wager a dollar bill straight up against the first person who wishes to wager a dollar on the Yankees.

Now would be the time for creative sidebets as well.

Colonel Kataffy · #2 07-06-2005, 12:29 AM

you are on

Needle77 · #3 07-06-2005, 01:07 AM

Yanks are not only the better team, but will also most likely make a major move to upgrade their team this month. And with Zito looking like a AAA pitcher theres no way I could put any money on the A's. Give Billy Beane the off season, A's will be back to the top of the AL, just some patience.

hoyaboy1 · #4 07-06-2005, 01:19 AM

If you noticed, Zito has been pitching well for a while.

MarkL444 · #5 07-06-2005, 01:27 AM

i wouldda bet you fwiw. isnt there a good chance the As will be dumping talent if things dont look promising?

Jack of Arcades · #6 07-06-2005, 01:28 AM

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Yanks are not only the better team, but will also most likely make a major move to upgrade their team this month. And with Zito looking like a AAA pitcher theres no way I could put any money on the A's. Give Billy Beane the off season, A's will be back to the top of the AL, just some patience.

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Zito looking like a AAA pitcher? You mean the guy that's got a 3.25 ERA in the last two months?

Jack of Arcades · #7 07-06-2005, 01:30 AM

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i wouldda bet you fwiw. isnt there a good chance the As will be dumping talent if things dont look promising?

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Blez: You were talking about starting to build now and be more competitve. We're getting near the time of year when GMs make the decision about whether they are going to be buyers or sellers at the trading deadline. Is that something you've already made a decision about? Or are you going to wait to see how things play out over the next several weeks?

Beane: That's always an easy question to answer. We are always both. There's never been a year that we aren't both. The goal here is not to have a cute little team that's competitive. The goal here is to have a team where year after year we are competing for a playoff spot. That's always the way I think. We want to be good for a long time. We're always going to be both.

Needle77 · #8 07-06-2005, 01:47 AM

It all matters in the win loss column for Zito. 4-4(with 2 ND which his team lost so the team is 4-6) is just no where near good enough for an ace. Is Harden and Haren gonna carry them when their bullpen cant pitch anymore? A's are gonna plummet in the second half its just gonna happen.

pryor15 · #9 07-06-2005, 01:51 AM

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It all matters in the win loss column for Zito. 4-4(with 2 ND which his team lost so the team is 4-6) is just no where near good enough for an ace.

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funny, no one was saying that when clemens was 3-3 w/ an era of 1.30. or now when they're 8-9 when he pitches. is he nowhere good enough for an ace?

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A's are gonna plummet in the second half its just gonna happen.

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you make it sound like they've got a history of collapsing or something

Dead · #10 07-06-2005, 01:51 AM

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It all matters in the win loss column for Zito. 4-4(with 2 ND which his team lost so the team is 4-6) is just no where near good enough for an ace. Is Harden and Haren gonna carry them when their bullpen cant pitch anymore? A's are gonna plummet in the second half its just gonna happen.

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I agree that the Yankees will do better, but you are a stupid Yankee fanboy. Honestly. Wins and losses are irrelevant when measuring the success of a pitcher.