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THT Daily: Will the Mets hang in there?by Matthew CarruthSeptember 18, 2007 Major League News for September 18Today’s LinksPlayer News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ THT LinksCongratulations David! - David Pinto will be joining the team at SportingNews.com in October. David runs one of the best baseball blogs out there, and it's always great to see a blogger get mainstream recognition. There's still baseball - Baseball America previews this season's Hawaii Winter League, which features new stadiums, players from MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball and some recent top draft picks. Here are the rosters. How to count pitches - Tangotiger chimes in with how he would do pitch counts. A nice reminder that there's always more granular data that can be collected about players. Barbarians at the gate - Lawsuits are flying around the proposed private equity takeover of Topps. THT Links represents the best efforts of our editors in scouring the various tubes of the interweb for both relevant and irrelevant news items. If you have happened upon a story that we have overlooked or wish to give feedback of any sort, please notify us at . Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldFrank Thomas hit career homers No. 510, 511 and 512 to drive in five of the Jays' six runs Monday in a win over the Red Sox. Thomas' first two homers came off Tim Wakefield. The second just barely managed to catch the pole as it was beginning to hook foul. He went deep for a third time in the eighth off Kyle Davies. Thomas overtook Mel Ott and moved into a tie with Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews for 19th place on the all-time homer list tonight. It was his second career three-homer game. The other came Sept. 15, 1996. Wakefield was the victim all three times that night. Chad Tracy, who came off the DL on Sunday to act as a pinch-hitter, will undergo season-ending surgery. If he had done this 10 days ago, he'd be on the 60-day DL and Enrique Gonzalez would still be Diamondbacks property. Tracy is believed to have loose fragments in the knee. If that's the only problem, he'll be ready in plenty of time for spring training. Carl Crawford probably won't play at all against the Angels after straining his left groin Sunday. "I’m just still not sure yet, because right now I don’t even like walking on it," he said. "I think I might try to ride the bike or something tomorrow, but as of right now it’s uncomfortable for me to walk." Jonny Gomes figures to start at least the next three games in left field. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League NYA 8 BAL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 6 BOS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 6 DET 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 11 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 5 TEX 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 10 TB 7 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 4 OAK 0 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 11 FLA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 12 NYN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 7 CIN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 6 HOU 0 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 13 STL 11 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 8 ARI 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 3 PIT 0 (Recap and Boxscore)You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM (R) Chad Billingsley (11-4) vs. (L) Jeff Francis (15-8) New York Mets at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) John Maine (14-9) vs. (R) Joel Hanrahan (4-3) Florida Marlins at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (L) Chris Seddon (0-0) vs. (L) Jo-Jo Reyes (0-2) Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (R) Aaron Harang (15-4) vs. (R) Carlos Zambrano (16-12) Milwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Ben Sheets (12-5) vs. (R) Felipe Paulino (0-0) Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (L) Cole Hamels (14-5) vs. (R) Todd Wellemeyer (3-2) Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 8:35 PM (L) David Wells (8-8) vs. (L) Mark Redman (1-4) San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (L) Jonathan Sanchez (1-4) vs. (R) Micah Owings (6-8) Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (L) Tom Gorzelanny (14-7) vs. (R) Greg Maddux (12-10) American League --------------- Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Justin Verlander (17-5) vs. (R) Jake Westbrook (5-9) Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Jon Leicester (2-1) vs. (R) Mike Mussina (9-10) Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (L) Jon Lester (4-0) vs. (R) AJ Burnett (8-7) Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Kevin Millwood (9-12) vs. (R) Carlos Silva (11-14) Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Gavin Floyd (1-3) vs. (R) Gil Meche (8-12) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Jason Hammel (2-4) vs. (R) John Lackey (16-9) Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Jeff Weaver (6-12) vs. (R) Chad Gaudin (11-11) StandingsThe graphics next to each team are called "sparklines.” They depict each team’s performance over the last month. Each "up" bar is a victory and a "down" bar is a loss. There are horizontal lines for home games and red bars represent games decided by two runs or less. "PWins" is short for Projected Wins, based on each team’s Run Differential, and is often a better measure of a team’s true strength. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.American League East Pwins Diff BOS 90 61 .596 0.0 95 -5 Access THT’s stats here…
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NYA 86 64 .573 3.5 90 -4 
TOR 75 75 .500 14.5 79 -4 
BAL 64 85 .430 25.0 66 -2 
TB 63 88 .417 27.0 63 0 
American League Central
CLE 88 62 .587 0.0 84 4 
DET 83 68 .550 5.5 82 1 
MIN 73 77 .487 15.0 75 -2 
CHA 65 85 .433 23.0 60 5 
KC 64 85 .430 23.5 69 -5 
American League West
LAA 88 62 .587 0.0 85 3 
SEA 79 70 .530 8.5 72 7 
OAK 74 78 .487 15.0 76 -2 
TEX 70 80 .467 18.0 72 -2 
National League East Pwins Diff
NYN 83 66 .557 0.0 80 3 
PHI 81 69 .540 2.5 80 1 
ATL 77 73 .513 6.5 82 -5 
WAS 67 83 .447 16.5 64 3 
FLA 65 85 .433 18.5 66 -1 
National League Central
CHN 79 72 .523 0.0 81 -2 
MIL 77 72 .517 1.0 75 2 
STL 70 79 .470 8.0 66 4 
CIN 68 82 .453 10.5 69 -1 
PIT 66 84 .440 12.5 67 -1 
HOU 65 85 .433 13.5 65 0 
National League West
ARI 84 67 .556 0.0 73 11 
SD 82 67 .550 1.0 82 0 
LAN 79 70 .530 4.0 78 1 
COL 77 72 .517 6.0 81 -4 
SF 67 83 .447 16.5 72 -5 
Wildcard Standings
American League
NYA 86 64 .573 0.0
DET 83 68 .550 3.5
SEA 79 70 .530 6.5
TOR 75 75 .500 11.0
MIN 73 77 .487 13.0
National League
SD 82 67 .550 0.0
PHI 81 69 .540 1.5
LAN 79 70 .530 3.0
MIL 77 72 .517 5.0
COL 77 72 .517 5.0