The Yankees moved within 2.5 games of the Mariners for the 2nd Wild Card spot, but more importantly, finished their 11th different run variation from 0 – 10 last night, and became the 30th team to do so this year. We will see you all in 2015!! Thanks for reading along.

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The New York Yankees had played 129 games – and finally registered exactly 8 runs in any contest this year – with an 8 – 1 drubbing over Kansas City last night – in a potentially crucial Wild Card matchup against one of the teams they maybe vying for a playoff spot with. 

Why is this important?

Because the Bronx Bombers are the 30th team to complete their quest to score precisely 0 – 10 runs in 11 different variations in the MLB.

Atlanta was the 29th club to finish their mission, and they were done this at the 98 games mark – which was 31 matches ) faster than the “Pinstripers”.

Scoring 8 runs in a game was one of the tougher things to do for all other teams yes, but this Yanks lineup has doled out nearly $130 MIL in player contracts for the 2014 season on their offense alone.

The hitting has been pathetic to say the least – until the last 4 games.  Joe Girardi should win manager of the year for this team even posting a winning record thus far.

Having 4 major Starting Pitching injuries should spell doom for any club, however that hasn’t been the problem with this squad.

Acquired/Organizational Pitchers Brandon McCarthy, Shane Greene, David Phelps, Chase Whitley, Chris Capuano have peace-mealed a solid effort for the Starting Rotation.

It has been the 1 – 9 batters that have caused this franchise to struggle this campaign.  Nevertheless, they finally pushed across the required amount.  They are the last team to finish, and it happened 4 months and 2 days from when the Giants 1st finished their quest on Apr.23, 2014.

The Rays were the 1st AL club to finish 2 days later – and the Braves were the 29th club to do this – and that was done on July.20, 2014.

MLB Survivor 2014 – RULES

This should turn out to be quite fun.  A lot of gambling establishments have this sort of deal, and it will be fun to see the results.

What Runs Survivor is, a MLB team scoring 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10 or (10+) in different games throughout the course of the season.

Once a club has one of these run totals once, you cross it off and keep going until they complete the 11 different variations.  We are going to keep tracking this category – until all 30 MLB clubs are finished this season!

2014 MLB Survivor winner.. Nats in 2nd place and the Rays finished first in the American League

Runs Survivor Through Games Played Aug.26, 2014 (Contest Closed, All 330 Variations Finished)

AL

AL East – completed – 6th in Division Race 

New York –  0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 Mon Aug.25, 2014 – Last Place

Toronto – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 – Sat Apr.26, 2014 – Tied 3rd place

Boston – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 – June 14th (25th place)

Baltimore – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 – May.20 ) (16th Place)

Tampa Bay – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 – Fri Apr.25, 2014: 2nd place (1st in AL)

AL Central – completed  – 1st in Division race.

Detroit – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) – Completed 11/11 May.04 – 9th Place

Kansas City – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+)  – Completed 11/11 Apr.29 – 6th place 

Minnesota – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) – Completed 11/11 Saturday Apr.26, 2014 – Tied for 3rd place

Chicago White Sox – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 WED May 7th (11th Place)

Cleveland Indians – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 THU May 8th (13th Place)

AL West (2nd Division To Clinch)

Oakland – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 MON May 12th – 14th place.

Texas – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 Finished May 26th – 19th Place 

LA Angels – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 June 6th (Finishes 23rd because Philly did it in one less game

Seattle – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 May.04 – 10th Place.  Tied with Detroit – but the Tigers finished in 3 fewer games

Houston – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 June.08 (Finished 24th)

NL

NL East  5th division to clinch

Atlanta –  0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 on July.20 (29th Place – Last in the NL)

Washington – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 on Apr.26th, (Tied 3rd place in the MLB)

NY Mets – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 on July.06 (28th place)

Miami Marlins – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 on May 2nd. (7th place finish based on 29 games played vs Cards 30 games to do it)

Philadelphia Phillies – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 on June 6th (22nd Place  by virtue of playing one less game than Angels on night of completion)

NL Central – 3rd division to clinch

St. Louis Cardinals – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 on May 2nd. (8thth place finish based on 30 games played vs Marlins 29 games to do it)

Cincinnati Reds – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 June 20th (Finished 26th place)

Milwaukee Brewers – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 May 23rd – (18th place)

Chicago Cubs – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 THU May.08, Awarded 12th place because they accomplished in 33 games compared to CLE 35 games (12th Place)

Pittsburgh Pirates – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 May.22, 2014 (17th Place)

NL West – 4th Division to clinch

LA Dodgers – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 Sat May 31st (20th Place)

SF Giants – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 – Wed Apr.23, 2014 – Finished 1st place

Arizona Diamondbacks – 0. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 – June 24th (27 Place)

San Diego Padres – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 – May 18th (15th Place)

Colorado Rockies – 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10+) Completed 11/11 – June 5th (21st Place.)

Were 1st in the AL for the category…

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