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Guest Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 On 7/26/2020 at 8:07 PM, Homer said: Mets are metsing it again. I too am a long suffering Mets fan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 I mean even when everyone and their dog get a playoff spot, they'll still not make it. How do you have so many good parts and not get a decent team out of it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AspieAlly613 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 With their loss tonight, the Houston Astros have guaranteed that they will not have a winning regular season! (This after three years of dominance in the league, averaging roughly 104 wins per year, or a 64% win rate). Of course, there are several explanations for this: --In a shortened, 60-game season, wilder deviations from predicted win rate can be expected. --Their best pitcher from last year (Justin Verlander) was inured in his first game of the season and hasn't returned. --Their second best pitcher from last year (Gerrit Cole) signed with another team. But most controversial of all. --This was their first year of play after their sign-stealing scandal was exposed. A disturbing statistic is the comparison of runs per game from last year to this year. A year ago, the Astros averaged 5.68 runs per game. This year, they're averaging 4.66 runs per game. None of the aforementioned "legitimate" reasons would explain a decrease in run-scoring ability, however, the termination of a sign-stealing operation would. This corroborates a number of grievances other teams have against the Astros, such as: --The Oakland Athletics' claim to have been unfairly relegated to 2nd place in the AL West in 2018 and 2019, forcing them to play one-game playoffs that they later lost, rather than automatically advancing to the divisional round. --The Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, and Tampa Bay Rays all being able to claim that an ALDS was "stolen" from them. --The New York Yankees claiming that the ALCS was stolen from them, twice. --The Los Angeles Dodgers, the most dominant team of the 2010s by any legitimate metric* being able to claim that their lack of a World Series title during that time was due to its being stolen from them in 2017. *While a recent article on MLB.com only ranked the Dodgers 7th, the metric used by Will Leitch, its author, is embarrassingly unprofessional. It first considers the number of World Series championships won, and only uses other factors as tiebreaking metrics. By this metric, the outcome of a single game (game 7 of the 2017 World Series) out of a sample of over 1,600 played by the team would have led to the Dodgers' likely climbing four ranks. To further illustrate the point, employing such a metric over the period from 1993 to 2005 would lead to the Florida Marlins' outranking the Atlanta Braves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 In a year where everyone qualifies for the playoffs, the Mets still blow it Miami OTOH, who had to use about 379 different players because of covid, are almost there. The Mets are a prime example of why worst case scenarios are necessary. The Astros statistics are truly bangin' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Real Estate RICO Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 OMFG TWINS HOW Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nmarie Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I am just now finding this thread! Also a life long baseball fan here but pretty much all my friends hate it and don't want to hear my rant lol. I have not followed it at all this year because I am a Mariners fan (anyone else fans of terrible teams please feel free to cry with me and our bad management) and my mental health couldn't take that hit this year. Will jump back in next year. Hope everyone is getting something positive from this year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 I haven't looked into the Mariners much, but if they're anything like the Mets, they've got a bunch of very decent players who make a crappy team. Sigh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Real Estate RICO Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Seaver, Brock, Gibson, Ford, now Morgan all less than a month. fuck--- 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 It just fits this season and this year as a whole... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Real Estate RICO Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 please do not tell me the dodgers scored 10 of those 11 with 2 outs say sike right now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Real Estate RICO Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 WE HAVE NOW REACHED CRITICAL BARVES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
natsume Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 And the braves won't be lucky enough to see Kershaw in game 7 "blow the game for no reason" relief. Looks like Roberts was told "no" this year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AspieAlly613 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 With Houston's elimination, it's guaranteed that there will be 7 distinct World Series champions over 7 years. The longest stretch of distinct World Series is 10 years (1978-1987). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AspieAlly613 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 With Tampa Bay winning games 1,2,3, and 7, that makes it the first time the winning team's win/loss pattern was WWWLLLW. I'm wondering if this leaves any win/loss patterns unaccounted for in 7-game series. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
natsume Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 We may never hear about it because the commissioner is in the back pocket of the Astros owner, but I'm sure the Rays figured how the Astros were cheating.. and just in time. Crazy that they almost cheated their way into the world series back to back years. They never fired or suspended their cheating mastermind and he obviously saved it for the playoffs as the team flipped a magic switch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Real Estate RICO Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 >28-3 >2017-18 NCG >every year in the 90s except for 95 >losing two NHL teams to Western Canada >WWF buys WCW >this are you fucking kidding me, Atlanta 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AspieAlly613 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 33 minutes ago, ManicPixieDreamFreeAgent said: >28-3 >2017-18 NCG >every year in the 90s except for 95 >losing two NHL teams to Western Canada >WWF buys WCW >this are you fucking kidding me, Atlanta To my mind, not as bad as 2019-2020 Detroit: Tigers go 47-114, 71% loss rate. Lions go 3-12-1, 75% loss rate. Red Wings go 17-49-5, 76% loss rate (overtime losses are NOT ties). Pistons go 20-46, 70% loss rate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 10/19/2020 at 8:04 AM, AspieAlly613 said: Tigers go 47-114, 71% loss rate. Lions go 3-12-1, 75% loss rate. If a lion fought a tiger, who would win? Probably about time to rename the city to "Deadroit". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 On 10/10/2020 at 5:29 AM, nmarie said: I am just now finding this thread! Also a life long baseball fan here but pretty much all my friends hate it and don't want to hear my rant lol. I have not followed it at all this year because I am a Mariners fan (anyone else fans of terrible teams please feel free to cry with me and our bad management) and my mental health couldn't take that hit this year. Will jump back in next year. Hope everyone is getting something positive from this year. You might want to watch this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AspieAlly613 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Well, the end to tonight's game was reminiscent of the 2013 "Game ending what?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gisiebob Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 https://www.blaseball.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nmarie Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 10/24/2020 at 4:13 AM, Homer said: You might want to watch this OMG thanks! I am excited to watch this. I will send it to my brother as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 LOL what the actual airborne consensual intercourse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Real Estate RICO Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 HELL WORLD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Real Estate RICO Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 what- how Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AspieAlly613 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, ManicPixieDreamFreeAgent said: what- how I guess this means he won't be playing in any Major League games for a few months. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 46 minutes ago, AspieAlly613 said: I guess this means he won't be playing in any Major League games for a few months. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 ...aaaaand Robby Canó tested positive for PED. Again. How dumb can one possibly be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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