Author Topic: NL East Race Watch (Read 204701 times)

see, I always found that strange as well.
If a team was .500 behind the braves, they would be half a game back, at the same time the braves are "one game over .500"
they refer to it differently. Not sure why.

I guess ".500" is not another team that is chasing you, or that you are chasing, so they dont treat it as the same type of entity.
Whatever....

Slateman · « **Reply #1711 on:** August 13, 2014, 08:53:13 am »

BTW, what the Braves are to us, we are to the Mets.

pazzo83 · « **Reply #1712 on:** August 13, 2014, 09:02:02 am »

Quote from: Slateman on August 13, 2014, 08:53:13 am

BTW, what the Braves are to us, we are to the Mets.

And as the Mets are to the Phillies. Weird NL East is weird.

vicki4471 · « **Reply #1713 on:** August 13, 2014, 09:20:46 am »

At this time I think we need to scoreboard watch the Marlins more than the Braves. Honestly, the Marlins are the bigger threat.

Wheat · « **Reply #1714 on:** August 13, 2014, 10:38:28 am »

I don't know about scoreboard watching non-stop. But I do think the Marlins will overtake Atlanta. They are playing well.

Baseball is Life · « **Reply #1715 on:** August 13, 2014, 03:14:49 pm »

Quote from: pazzo83 on August 13, 2014, 12:23:26 am

Atlanta is ONE game over .500. ONE.

Their season is going south in a hurry. I can see them being out of it by September 1 and being overtaken by the Marlins. Unless they find some magic real soon, they're finishing under .500.

Slateman · « **Reply #1716 on:** August 13, 2014, 03:16:12 pm »

I don't see the Marlins being a threat at all. 3.5 games out of the WC and they have a pretty poor run differential. I expect that, come September, they will start calling guys up and that will be that.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #1717 on:** August 13, 2014, 03:24:00 pm »

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-braves-are-handing-the-nl-east-to-the-nationals/

Baseball is Life · « **Reply #1718 on:** August 13, 2014, 04:50:28 pm »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on August 13, 2014, 03:24:00 pm

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-braves-are-handing-the-nl-east-to-the-nationals/

Backing in, going sideways, or walking on their hands...as long as the Nats win the division, I'm good.

whytev · « **Reply #1719 on:** August 13, 2014, 06:16:12 pm »

Quote from: pazzo83 on August 13, 2014, 09:02:02 am

And as the Mets are to the Phillies. Weird NL East is weird.

It's a five option version of Rock Paper Scissors.

PebbleBall · « **Reply #1720 on:** August 13, 2014, 06:53:56 pm »

Magic Number 40

wj73 · « **Reply #1721 on:** August 13, 2014, 06:56:18 pm »

Quote from: whytev on August 13, 2014, 06:16:12 pm

It's a five option version of Rock Paper Scissors.

Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock.

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #1722 on:** August 13, 2014, 10:50:08 pm »

Nats have won ten straight in Citi Field? Did I read that right?

welch · « **Reply #1723 on:** August 13, 2014, 11:11:50 pm »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on August 13, 2014, 10:50:08 pm

Nats have won ten straight in Citi Field? Did I read that right?

Sounds about right. Mets announcers compared ("contrasted"?) Nats home runs and Mets homers at Shea II this season. Something like Nats 38 and Mets 2 or 3.

houston-nat · « **Reply #1724 on:** August 13, 2014, 11:16:04 pm »

Quote from: welch on August 13, 2014, 11:11:50 pm

Sounds about right. Mets announcers compared ("contrasted"?) Nats home runs and Mets homers at Shea II this season. Something like Nats 38 and Mets 2 or 3.

27 to 5 (the Mets made it 5 in the 9th inning). By the way, I loved listening to the Mets broadcast. Those guys are a joy and I'd listen to them call Mets games even if the Nats weren't playing.