Let's see how bad things are going into the home stretch...

[N2NH]

Right now:

Athletics* 26 games over .500
Brewers* 21 games over .500
Angels 20 games over .500
Dodgers* and Orioles* 16 games over .500
Tigers* 12 games over .500
Nationals* 11 games over .500
Giants 9 games over .500
Pirates 8 games over .500
Yankees and Blue Jays 6 games over .500
------------------------------------------------------------no team at .500
White Sox 6 games under .500
Mets 7 games under .500
Padres 10 games under .500
Twins‡ and Phillies‡ 11 games under .500
Red Sox‡ 14 games under .500
Cubs‡ 16 games under .500
Astros 21 games under .500
Rangers‡ and Rockies‡ 24 games under .500

*Best Record in their league
*Leading their division
‡Worst Record in their league
‡Cellar in their division


Could be worse. The Yankees and Dodgers are getting streaky right now.

EDIT: Corrected as per BeeSO's correct diagnosis.

[NQ6U]

I don't like it. Things just don't feel right when the Padres are not in the NL West cellar.

[K7SGJ]

They have cellars out there? Who Gnu? Do hey have daylight pumps?

[NQ6U]

BTW, your data is faulty. According to their official Web site, the Padres are ten games under .500 right now.



Team
Win
Lose
PCT.
GB


San Diego
52
62
.456
13.0

[N2NH]

BTW, your data is faulty. According to their official Web site, the Padres are ten games under .500 right now.



Team
Win
Lose
PCT.
GB


San Diego
52
62
.456
13.0




Could be. I figured take 10/2=games behind.

You are correct. Those numbers are .500 what they should be. Will correct.

[W3WN]

They have cellars out there? Who Gnu? Do hey have daylight pumps?no, no, Who's on... oh, forget it.

That said, those figures can't be right. The Pirates are only 2 1/2 games back of Milwaukee, so the Brewers can't possibly be that many games over .500 . Now, they were at one point, but they just lost a bunch of ballgames.

ESPN.COM this morning shows Milwaukee as 66 -53, Pittsburgh as 63-55

[K7SGJ]

Third base.

[NQ6U]

The Padres have been on a bit of a hot streak lately. They've won seven of their last ten games and are now "only" seven games under .500.





Win
Lose
PCT.
GB


San Diego
55
62
.470
11.5



Typical modus operandi for them—suck all season then get hot at the very end, when it's too late.

[W3WN]

The Boss & Little Miss Field are dealing with something that they never, ever faced before.

The Pirates are popular again. For the first time in 20 years.

Weeknight games used to sell 10K -12K tickets, and sometimes they'd be lucky to get 8K show up. Weekends were usually around 20K.

Now? Weeknight games are averaging 25 - 30K. Some have been sell outs. Weekends? If you're lucky, you can sometimes get SRO tickets; they've been averaging 35K. (A sell-out of PNC Park, incidentally, is about 37,500 tickets, not counting SRO -- they sell those only when all or almost all of the seats are filled)

In short, you can't just walk up at game time and get a good seat. Not like you could even 3 years ago. They are just plain NOT used to it.

I anticipate a price hike next year. So much for my last 3 raises...

[K7SGJ]

The Boss & Little Miss Field are dealing with something that they never, ever faced before.

The Pirates are popular again. For the first time in 20 years.

Weeknight games used to sell 10K -12K tickets, and sometimes they'd be lucky to get 8K show up. Weekends were usually around 20K.

Now? Weeknight games are averaging 25 - 30K. Some have been sell outs. Weekends? If you're lucky, you can sometimes get SRO tickets; they've been averaging 35K. (A sell-out of PNC Park, incidentally, is about 37,500 tickets, not counting SRO -- they sell those only when all or almost all of the seats are filled)

In short, you can't just walk up at game time and get a good seat. Not like you could even 3 years ago. They are just plain NOT used to it.

I anticipate a price hike next year. So much for my last 3 raises...

Maybe you should take a shot at the spring tryouts. Families get in for free.......

[XE1/N5AL]

Speaking of the Padres, how about tonight's 8th inning "player meet and greets", as Chris Nelson and Tommy Medica each dove into the fan seating while catching fly balls?

[NQ6U]

Speaking of the Padres, how about tonight's 8th inning "player meet and greets", as Chris Nelson and Tommy Medica each dove into the fan seating while catching fly balls?

Yeah, that (http://m.mlb.com/sd/video/topic/47079118/v35325197/?c_id=sd) was pretty cool. You'd think the game mattered, or something.

[W7XF]

I bet the doofus that forgot to close the roof at Chase Field yesterday is looking like a horse's ass this morning.....

[K7SGJ]

Speaking of the Padres, how about tonight's 8th inning "player meet and greets", as Chris Nelson and Tommy Medica each dove into the fan seating while catching fly balls?


Yeah, that (http://m.mlb.com/sd/video/topic/47079118/v35325197/?c_id=sd) was pretty cool. You'd think the game mattered, or something.


And it's quite a feat, considering the size of fly balls. How the hell do they even see them?

[VE7DCW]

Right now:

Athletics* 26 games over .500
Brewers* 21 games over .500
Angels 20 games over .500
Dodgers* and Orioles* 16 games over .500
Tigers* 12 games over .500
Nationals* 11 games over .500
Giants 9 games over .500
Pirates 8 games over .500
Yankees and Blue Jays 6 games over .500
------------------------------------------------------------no team at .500
White Sox 6 games under .500
Mets 7 games under .500
Padres 10 games under .500
Twins‡ and Phillies‡ 11 games under .500
Red Sox‡ 14 games under .500
Cubs‡ 16 games under .500
Astros 21 games under .500
Rangers‡ and Rockies‡ 24 games under .500

*Best Record in their league
*Leading their division
‡Worst Record in their league
‡Cellar in their division


Could be worse. The Yankees and Dodgers are getting streaky right now.

EDIT: Corrected as per BeeSO's correct diagnosis.


Is this that baseball type thing? :roll:

[NQ6U]

John, your original stats are almost correct now:





Win
Lose
PCT.
GB


San Diego
57
62
.479
11



The Padres hot streak continues. They've won eight of their last ten game and are now only five games under .500, with the best record in the National League since the All-Star break. Go figure.

[N2NH]

John, your original stats are almost correct now:




Win
Lose
PCT.
GB


San Diego
57
62
.479
11




The Padres hot streak continues. They've won eight of their last ten game and are now only five games under .500, with the best record in the National League since the All-Star break. Go figure.

The NL West is the most interesting division to me. They've almost got a different style of baseball out there, sort of like the Pacific Coast League did. It's very exciting to see. Since I've been rooting for the Dodgers since 1/1/14, it's nice to see them extend their lead over the Giants. Gave up on the geriatric Yankees. They need new blood and hopefully under 30 years old.