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[laffite]

The San Francisco Giants won their 10th straight...

Question for ya here, laffite:

Has there ever been a time in recent memory in which every team in one division has had a record over .500 this late in the season?

(...I'm referencing of course the present standings in the AL East)

Probably but perhaps not at the end of the season. A reverse example is the AL Central. A team with a .500 record leads the Division. The disparity as you probably know is due to the scheduling. Just a few years ago each team played a team in the same division 19 times. Now it's 11. That means that each team in a 5-team division plays just 44 games within their division. 44 out of 162, a mere 34%. But the Division winner is not predicated on 44 games, rather 162, Do you smell a fault? With this scheme a team can win a division being, say, five games over .500 which brings up the question, are they even qualified for the playoffs? No, they shouldn't because there will no doubt be teams in other Divisions who have better records but will not qualify. If the season were to end today, the Central Division winner with a record 38-38 will go ot the playoffs, while the Orioles, Yankees, Blue Jays, and Red Sox get fucked.

Rich, is my math okay? I never got past Algebra 3 ...

[laffite]

Dargo, I didn't see your last, so my post to you might have been redundant.

[laffite]

I never count my chickens before they hatch.
The Giants can sometimes stink it up after the All-Star Game.
Looking more and more like The A's are heading to Vegas.
People are wondering what to do with the Oakland ball yard.
Maybe they have forgotten what happened to Candlestick Park.
I don't think any city needs to baseball teams. Not LA, not NY, nor Chicago.
There are 30 teams and 50 states. Spread out the fun.
Portland, Oregon should have a baseball team.
For me, this is real baseball:
https://mavericksindependentleague.com/ ... volcanoes/
I have not been in Oregon for years, but could see the stadium in Keizer from the Interstate.

Curious, what DID happen to Candlestick Park? Just a rename, right? Or more?

[Dargo]

Curious, what DID happen to Candlestick Park? Just a rename, right? Or more?

Nope, it was demolished in 2015.

(...although it is said that the ghosts of Willie McCovey and Dwight Clark still haunt the grounds)

[GaryCooper]

[jimimac71]

OOPS! "I don't think any city needs to two baseball teams. Not LA, not NY, nor Chicago."
Dargo is correct. Candlestick was destroyed. I seem to recall it took quite some time.

[laffite]

After picking on the Padres these past several days, time now for a little well-earned praise. They have won two in a row by 10-0 and 11-3 and no doubt are hoping that maybe this is it, out of the doldrums and a turnaround. They are still about nine games back, which is still a concern made worse in that there are three teams ahead of them. With the season nearing half way done, it means that at least two of those teams will have to experience a good measure of melt down and the Padres a good measure of winning a hell of a lot more that they are doing now in order to outlast that third team in from of them. The odds are against them, not only to win the Division, but to secure a Wild Card spot. They are currently far behind in that race too. Let's face it, they are probably toast, but hope reigns if you are an optimist.

[Dargo]

After picking on the Padres these past several days, time now for a little well-earned praise. They have won two in a row by 10-0 and 11-3 and no doubt are hoping that maybe this is it, out of the doldrums and a turnaround. They are still about nine games back, which is still a concern made worse in that there are three teams ahead of them. With the season nearing half way done, it means that at least two of those teams will have to experience a good measure of melt down and the Padres a good measure of winning a hell of a lot more that they are doing now in order to outlast that third team in from of them. The odds are against them, not only to win the Division, but to secure a Wild Card spot. They are currently far behind in that race too. Let's face it, they are probably toast, but hope reigns if you are an optimist.

The team I kind'a feel the same way about would be the Angels.

(...would love to see Ohtani and Trout in postseason play, but I doubt that's going to happen either)

[LiamCasey]

Could be worse, folks. Your favorite baseball team could only be good enough for 4th place in the woebegotten AL Central.

[laffite]

The Angels beat Colorado (another s*** inter-league game) by a score of 25-1. I tried to post highlights but the clip kept skipping. The internet is getting harder to use, seems to me. Popular sites like CBSsportsline have so much activity on the page, commercials and popups, that the page jumps all over the place.. I'm really getting fedup. The skipping of these highlights are ridiculous.

[GaryCooper]

[GaryCooper]

[laffite]

The Padres lose their fifth in a row and finish the first half of the season 37-44. Today's loss reveals that Tatis Jr. goes 0-5 and Machado 0-5. And isn't it about time we should start assessing the viability of retaining Bob Melvin as Manager. His team is clearly under performing, considering the roster. According to cbssportsline the odds for the Padres making the playoffs was 19% but that was five games ago. Now it's 7%. Zero chance of winning the Division, both weeks. There is still a half season to go, is to early to declare the Padres toast? CBS thinks so. So do I. As I have said before, the Padres are very conservative in making decisions like firing a manager while the season is still going on. Such a thing is simply too strident for small minded leaders of Padreville. Even if it's not Bob's fault, firing managers sometimes shake things up and weird things happen. Back in the day the Red Sox fired a manager and hired Joe Morgan (not sure of the first name) who took the team for an 18-1 run. The Padres could use that. Even if they did, they would still only be 55-45.

[Detective Jim McLeod]

Big baseball news, NY Yankees' Domingo German pitches perfect game, only 24th in league history.

[jamesjazzguitar]

The Padres lose their fifth in a row and finish the first half of the season 37-44. Today's loss reveals that Tatis Jr. goes 0-5 and Machado 0-5. And isn't it about time we should start assessing the viability of retaining Bob Melvin as Manager. His team is clearly under performing, considering the roster. According to cbssportsline the odds for the Padres making the playoffs was 19% but that was five games ago. Now it's 7%. Zero chance of winning the Division, both weeks. There is still a half season to go, is to early to declare the Padres toast? CBS thinks so. So do I. As I have said before, the Padres are very conservative in making decisions like firing a manager while the season is still going on. Such a thing is simply too strident for small minded leaders of Padreville. Even if it's not Bob's fault, firing managers sometimes shake things up and weird things happen. Back in the day the Red Sox fired a manager and hired Joe Morgan (not sure of the first name) who took the team for an 18-1 run. The Padres could use that. Even if they did, they would still only be 55-45.

Do you want Melvin replaced because you believe it might salvage the season (get Padres at least a wild-card spot), or just to start the rebuilding\realignment process now looking towards next season?