Sentences with phrase «of the wild card race»

The Rockies have a bright future, and they're still on the fringes of the fringes of the wild card race, but they're still well under.500 and now without Trevor Story.

The idea of the Rangers contending was still a novelty, with them hanging around the fringes of the wild card race, but nothing more.

They are 6.5 games back of the Mets in the NL East, and at nine games back are effectively out of the wild card race barring a miracle.

Not exact matches

With just over a month of baseball to go in the regular season, maybe the Mets can still make it to the postseason, but they were already lagging behind three other teams in the NL Wild Card race, with another just a game back of them.

Add in the surprise of Marco Estrada and Aaron Sanchez, and they should be battling for 100 wins with the Red Sox, leaving the wild card race far behind.

The Avalanche (40 -25-8) snapped a tie with Anaheim for the top spot in the Western Conference wild - card race and moved within two points of Minnesota for third place in the Central Division.

The winner of the AFC duel between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills would get one team a leg up in the wild card race.

The Seahawks attempted to keep pace with the Falcons and Buccaneers in the NFC Wild Card race in a matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have surged to take control of the AFC Wild Card after back - to - back wins.

This isn't to take away from the success they've had, but their sense of timing is the reason they're pulling away in the second wild card race, and I'm not sure that's something that can be bottled for next season.

Now that you're caught up, my question is this: Should we be appalled at the AL wild card race, or should we be enamored of it?

The second wild card race in the American League has been a procession of different teams getting their lips stuck in the escalator, and it's been unfathomably ugly.

If so, pit strategy could decide the outcome of the race and throw a big wrench into the wild card situation.

If he just keeps giving more of the same then he could become an ace / wild card in this title race.

And how did that affect the shifting sands of the AFC's Wild Card race?

He's a long shot for one of those two wild - card spots, reserved for race winners who finish 11th through 20th in points, but the fact that he's in mathematical contention makes the 28 - year - old Floridian one of the surprises of 2012.

They're now leading the race for the second wild card, and the Yankees most certainly aren't out of reach.

St. Louis is mired in a close race for one of the two wild card spots with the Miami Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the Cardinals haven't been doing themselves any favors with a 4 - 7 record in their last 11 games.

The Cincinnati Bengals looked like a shoo - in to win the AFC North and still own the tiebreakers to make catching them very difficult for the Steelers, but a win was much needed for the Steelers to stay in the middle of the AFC Wild Card race.

After the night's action, the NL Wild Card race sits at Colorado in the pole position, Milwaukee 1.5 games back, and the Cardinals 2 out of it.

Coupled with Florida's come - from - behind win over Arizona, the Devils are three points ahead of the Panthers in the race for the second wild - card spot in the Eastern Conference with seven games left in the regular season.

Or, maybe the Rays will add a little on the margins, say they tried, complain about the economics of baseball, and the AL East will once again be dominated by the Yankees and Red Sox while teams that actually bothered to improve will comfortably control the wild card race all year long.

If you're wondering what in the name of Bobby Thomson is going on, welcome to baseball's first wild - card race.

A reader that day would have known only that the hometown Royals trailed first - place Cleveland by 19 games, though the more salient fact was that Kansas City was only one game back of three teams in the loss column in the race for the wild - card playoff spot.

While that's mostly because the American League wild card race was exceptionally sloppy and hilarious, there was still that hope in the back of the mind of the most optimistic Tigers fans.

Not to the degree that he used to when he was a a prolific presence in the middle of the Texas» order, but Hamilton still has something to offer to a team dealing with injuries and fighting to stay in the wild card race in spite of them.

At least, that was the thought until the red - hot Marlins came out of nowhere to put themselves over.500 and into contention in the wild - card race.

Likewise, the Rockies and Diamondbacks have controlled the wild - card race for most of the year.

The Goose, who perplexingly started the year in the AHL with the Grand Rapids Griffins, is one of the sole reasons why the Red Wings, who are currently leading the Eastern Conference Wild Card race with 84 points, even still have a shot at making the playoffs.

Seven races are considered competitive (things got easier this week when Democratic candidate Dave Denenberg withdrew amid allegations he defrauded his law clients) and there are three wild card senators: the ever - flirting Ruben Diaz Sr. of the Bronx, I'll - go - with - whoever's - in - charge Simcha Felder of Brooklyn and John Sampson, a Brooklyn Democrat who was expelled from his party's conference because he's facing two federal indictments.

Race Race can be a bit of a wild card when factored into the gender equation.

Following the Producers» Guild's surprise coronation of «The King's Speech» last week, the next two days could help level the race — most are favoring «The Social Network» to fight back with a DGA gong, but the SAG Awards are more of a wild card.

Suffice it to say, he teams up with the princess (Lynn Collins) of one city which is struggling against the malignant advances of another, while a race of four - armed CGI warriors, the Tharks, act as a wild card between the two.

The Oscar race is wide open at this point, and a lot of films this year are wild cards rather than sure bets.

Your first season in MXGP will see you participating for a trial period as a wild card rider in the MX2 category for two race weekends comprising of a practice session, qualifying session and two races with the first race weekend at Kegums, Latvia and the second race weekend at Matterley Basin, Great Britain.