Hey, Jim and Cyd - I'm not sure who does the Tops/Bottoms blurbs every day, but some quick fact checking leads me to conclude today's is inaccurate. It states:

"The Seattle Mariners proved again they can dominate the New York Yankees, at least in the regular season. By winning Sunday, the Ms swept their weekend series in New York and have now won 11 of their last 12 regular season games between the two teams. Yankee fans, who see their team 4 1/2 games out of first, can only say: Wait until October"

Hmmmm.......11 of 12? Here are the results of the last twelve regular season games:

5/18/01 - Yanks 14, M's 10
5/19/01 - Yanks 2, M's 1
5/20/01 - M's 6, Yanks 2
8/17/01 - Yanks 4, M's 0
8/18/01 - M's 7, Yanks 6
8/19/01 - M's 10, Yanks 2
4/26/02 - Yanks, 7, M's 1
4/27/02 - M's 1, Yanks 0
4/28/02 - Yanks 4, M's 3
5/3/02 - M's 6, Yanks 2
5/4/02 - M's 9, Yanks 5
5/5/02 - M's 10, Yanks 6

That means the last twelve regular season games have resulted in 7 Mariner wins and 5 Yankee wins, NOT 11 out of 12. Frankly, these two teams are well-matched, and the regular-season results reflect that. The post-season results, where the Yankees have been much more dominant, reflect the Yankee edge in experience and the great intangible.

[quote]Originally posted by Munson Man:
the Yankee edge in experience and the great intangible.

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Also known as the playoff bias in favor of the top 3 starting pitchers, and luck.

The Mariners have won 11 of their last 12 at Yankee Stadium in the regular season...according to an AP writeup of yesterday's game.

at SCARY Yankee Stadium, Bwuhahahahaha

SWEEP, SWEEP, SWEEEEEEET!!!

[ May 06, 2002: Message edited by: gp43 ]

Just read the bottoms list concerning the existence of Tampa Bay Rays... I am by far no fan of the team, but why do the exist... they exist because unbelievably the Tamp area is the largest media market in the state of Florida.... Their stations and papers not only serve the bay area but service the area east towards the Lake... when you have a media market that is the 8th largest in the US, you get to have a team nobody but those looking at the reach to the public cares about. GO YANKS!!!!!