G35: Red Sox at Tigers, 7 PM
The Joy of Sox —
Tim Wakefield (4.03, 108 ERA+) / Nate Robertson (6.82, 61 ERA+) 3.5 GA! I'm at this game, so the game thread will be at ThreadSox. Cardboard sign carried by a Red Sox fan last night: "1984"
Re-Opening Day! Boners Re-Abound!
Ghostrunner on First —
... With an even record and a quarter of the season complete, the Jays essentially have a blank slate. They are four back in the division, three in the wildcard. Things could be much, much worse. They've started to get some bounces (their Pythag has come around to a plus 1). They've even been winning one run games. ...
How Good Are the Cubs Anyway???
The Brewer Nation —
... Back to the Rays for just a second. Right now, the Rays are 14 games over 500 for the first time in the 10-year history of the franchise. Can you believe it? As great as that is, I looked at the AL Expanded standings to find out how they've done it so far this season. To my shocking surprise, I see the Rays are 33-24 against teams with a winning record. Are you kidding me? They have played 57 games against winning teams by far, the most in baseball and winning 33 of them is also a major league best. Dwayne Staats also mentioned on the broadcast that this was the 3rd 1st place ...
Long and Winding Road (Records)
The Immaculate Inning —
... (Connectiuct's theday.com). The Associated Press was convinced, without much evidence, that a 23-23 road record was "mediocre." It sure seems so, compared to the team's 56-45 overall record, and brightly contrasted the six straight games they'd won in Yankee Stadium leading up to the series in Fenway. Yet, a simple check of baseball-reference.com tells a different story: The Yankees (now 25-24 on the road) have the second-best road record in the American League! In fact, the team that they were trying to "improve on their mediocre" road record against, the ...
Neither Twins or White Sox seem to want AL Central crown
umpbump.com —
... to get his offensive numbers up, and Nick Swisher’s numbers are slightly down in comparison to last year’s (but nothing that’ll carry a team to the promised land). In other words, the Sox are barely chugging along, getting some occasional offensive brilliance from people like Cuban rookie Alexei Ramirez and clutch hitting from Jim Thome (and some of the bench guys), but they’re not running away with it. In fact, it almost seems like it’s the Twins that don’t want to win it. They’re 13-17 in the past 30 games (Sox are 16-14). It’s actually curious, both Sox and Twins have been ...
My Dear Dear Spencer
Drunk Jays Fans —
... I'm not predicting a parade down friggin' Yonge Street, but at the very least let's hold back on the lamentations until after the Jays have a shitty April and May. Let's also remember that according to last season's pythagorean records, the Jays were the unluckiest team in the American League. ...
AL West
Three Days of Cryin' —
... Four teams in the AL West, and Pinto was wrong on every single one! David should steer clear of Las Vegas, we know that much. ...
Reflections on the Blue Jays’ Off Season
Baseball Reflections —
... (86-76), you see a team that scored 714 runs and allowed only 610, good for a +104 run differential and a Pythagorean record of 93-69. In fact, as luck is defined by deviation from expected record, the Jays were the unluckiest team in the leag ...
