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Elster88 Jun 22 2008 09:27 PM

NL East W L Pct. GB NGB Philadelphia 42 35 .545 - - Florida 40 35 .533 1 1 New York 37 37 .500 3.5 6 Atlanta 38 39 .494 4 7.5 Washington 30 47 .390 12 39.5

Gwreck Jun 22 2008 09:28 PM

It's been decidedly convenient that Philly has decided to to lose 5 in a row.

Willets Point Jun 22 2008 09:40 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 23 2008 05:41 AM

It's obvious from those standings that the season is o-v-a. Philadelphia is running away with it. The pathetic Mets who constantly give up or don't even try to play and certainly don't have any HEARD have no chance of overcoming 3.5 games with 3.5 months to play.

Elster88 Jun 22 2008 09:42 PM

I haven't heard optimism out of you in a long time. I like it.

cooby Jun 23 2008 04:36 AM

Willets Point wrote: It's obvious from those standings that the season is o-v-a. Philadelphia is running away with. The pathetic Mets who constantly give up or don't even try to play and certainly don't have any HEARD have no chance of overcoming 3.5 games with 3.5 months to play. What is HEARD? I need to stop in more often.

Willets Point Jun 23 2008 05:01 AM

That's HEART. Damn. A fine parody of the reactionary alarmists (or is it alarmist reactionaries?) ruined by a typo.

soupcan Jun 23 2008 07:43 AM

WTF is 'NGB'? Net Games Back? What does that mean and how is it calculated?

AG/DC Jun 23 2008 07:51 AM

Actually something I came up with. If you're in third, five games out of first and three out of second, you're eight net games back. I think it's a better indicator of a team's actual position. A team five games back in second is in much better shape than a team five games back in fourth. As soon as you pass a team in the standings, they stop being your enemy and become your ally.

soupcan Jun 23 2008 07:52 AM

Ah. So its more a measure of how many teams are in front of you. Not bad.

cooby Jun 23 2008 07:56 PM

I'm sorry Willets...I honestly thought it meant something and I just didn't know what.

AG/DC Jul 03 2008 09:46 PM

And Colorado comes back from 5-4 in the bottom of the eleventh to beat Florida 6-5. NL East W L Pct. GB NGB Philadelphia 47 39 .547 - - Florida 44 41 .518 2.5 2.5 New York 42 43 .494 4.5 6.5 Atlanta 40 46 .465 7.0 14.0 Washington 34 53 .391 13.5 40.0

Elster88 Jul 09 2008 05:59 AM

NL East W L Pct. GB NGB Philadelphia 48 43 .527 - - New York 46 44 .511 1.5 1.5 Florida 46 44 .511 1.5 1.5 Atlanta 43 48 .473 4 9 Washington 34 57 .374 14 49

soupcan Jul 09 2008 07:02 AM

Made up 5 games in 6 days. Yowzer.

seawolf17 Jul 09 2008 07:16 AM

Damn, that's pretty. I honestly didn't think the Mets would sniff first place this season.

Centerfield Jul 09 2008 07:45 AM

Well, let's not start sucking each other's dicks quite yet.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 09 2008 07:45 AM

="Centerfield"] Well, let's not start sucking each other's dicks quite yet. coffee cleanup in Luncbucket's cubie

soupcan Jul 09 2008 07:55 AM

Of course Mr. Wolf. We meant no disrespect...

attgig Jul 09 2008 10:48 AM

I'm worried it's Church that makes us a .500+ team. without church, we're sub 500. or at least that's been the correlation so far.

metirish Jul 09 2008 11:19 AM

In the two weeks I was on holiday I saw only a few innings of Mets baseball , the opening Monday night in St. Louis was an espn game , looks like things are shaping up or are the Phillies gone bad?

TransMonk Jul 09 2008 11:26 AM

Philly is 9-16 since June 10th while the Mets are 16-11...so a little of both. Mets have been mashing so far in July going 6-2 with 102 hits and 57 runs in those 8 games.

Frayed Knot Jul 09 2008 12:21 PM

Funny part about Philly is that (aside from the late innings Monday night) it's their offense that has disappeared. They got shutout again last night.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 10 2008 06:41 PM

The Mets, at the moment, are only three games behind Milwaukee in the Wild Card race. I know the conventional wisdom is that the NL Card will come out of the Central, but it won't necessarily happen that way. The Wild Card is a possible alternative path to the playoffs for the Mets. Winning the division would certainly be more satisfying, though. Especially if it keeps Philadelphia out of the postseason.

AG/DC Jul 10 2008 07:08 PM

Teams with alternative paths to the playoffs don't grow beards in September, show up at the park at 10:30 AM for night games, and bear down with ferocity. Goals are: 1) Catch Phillie 2) Pass Phillie 3) Run away Make the Wild Card a moot point. Fine anybody who mentions it. Serious.

Nymr83 Jul 10 2008 07:42 PM

worry about the WC if the division gets out of reach, theres no sense looking at plan B when plan A is still looking good

Elster88 Jul 14 2008 06:18 AM

NL East W L Pct. GB NGB Philadelphia 52 44 .542 - - New York 51 44 .537 0.5 0.5 Florida 50 45 .526 1.5 2.5 Atlanta 45 50 .474 6.5 17.5 Washington 36 60 .375 16.0 55.5

Elster88 Jul 17 2008 11:19 PM

NL East W L Pct. GB NGB New York 52 44 .542 - - Philadelphia 52 44 .542 - - Florida 50 45 .526 1.5 3.0 Atlanta 45 50 .474 6.5 18.0 Washington 36 60 .375 16.0 56.0

Centerfield Jul 18 2008 11:18 AM

This current winning streak, though one short of tying for the record, ties a record for the longest winning streak in terms of calendar days (thanks to the All-Star Break). It has stretched over 13 days, just like the Mets streak of 11 straight from May 28, 1969 to June 10, 1969. I forget how that team finished, but I think they had a pretty good year. If they win tonight, we will have gone a full two weeks without experiencing a Met loss.

AG/DC Jul 18 2008 11:36 AM

If only Wagner and Wright could say the same. Not that I'm greedy.

Centerfield Jul 18 2008 12:33 PM

If we get to the point where the outcome of Tuesday's game is relevant to us, it will already have been a pretty good season.

Frayed Knot Jul 21 2008 11:02 AM

Marlins have one leftover game with the Braves tonight while the Phils & Mets rest before their 3-game matchup. A Fish win tonight would make it an exact three-way tie for NLEast supremacy.

Elster88 Jul 25 2008 09:46 PM

NL East W L Pct. GB NGB New York 56 47 .544 - - Florida 54 49 .524 2.0 2.0 Philadelphia 54 49 .524 2.0 2.0 Atlanta 49 53 .480 6.5 15.5 Washington 38 64 .373 17.5 59.5

TransMonk Jul 25 2008 09:51 PM

AG/DC wrote: Goals are: 1) Catch Phillie 2) Pass Phillie 3) Run away 1 & 2 down. Took the first step towards 3 tonight.

Elster88 Jul 25 2008 09:55 PM

AG/DC wrote: If only Wagner and Wright could say the same. Oof. Blame Edgy for the Wagner injury. Else we'd be up 4. j/k

Elster88 Aug 09 2008 09:29 AM

NL East W L Pct. GB NGB Philadelphia 62 53 .539 - - New York 61 54 .530 1.0 1.0 Florida 61 55 .526 1.5 2.0 Atlanta 54 62 .466 8.5 23.0 Washington 44 72 .379 18.5 63.0

Elster88 Aug 15 2008 06:09 AM

NL East W L Pct. GB NGB New York 65 56 .537 - - Philadelphia 64 57 .529 1.0 1.0 Florida 63 59 .516 2.5 4.0 Atlanta 55 66 .455 10.0 26.5 Washington 44 78 .361 21.5 72.5 [u:4893ed0de2][/u:4893ed0de2]

Gwreck Aug 15 2008 07:32 AM

TransMonk wrote: ="AG/DC"] Goals are: 1) Catch Phillie 2) Pass Phillie 3) Run away 1 & 2 down. Took the first step towards 3 tonight. Three weeks later, we've again achieved 1 and 2...

AG/DC Aug 15 2008 07:48 AM

Twice.

holychicken Aug 15 2008 08:07 AM

Gwreck wrote: Three weeks later, we've again achieved 1 and 2... So, what we have to do with run away with it, then give me a heart attack by collapsing, and then run away with it again.

Elster88 Aug 23 2008 09:04 AM

NL East W L Pct. GB NGB New York 72 57 .558 - - Philadelphia 69 59 .539 2.5 2.5 Florida 66 63 .512 6.0 9.5 Atlanta 56 73 .434 16.0 39.5 Washington 46 83 .357 26.0 79.5

AG/DC Aug 23 2008 09:08 AM

So phocused on Phillie, I didn't realize Phlorida looked so phinished.

TransMonk Aug 23 2008 09:29 AM

Florida still has 6 with the Mets and 6 with the Phils, so phinished may be a little strong...but definitely phading.

AG/DC Aug 23 2008 01:34 PM

Oh, yeah, I know.

Elster88 Aug 27 2008 08:41 PM

NL East W L Pct. GB NGB New York 74 60 .552 - - Philadelphia 73 60 .549 0.5 0.5 Florida 68 65 .511 5.5 10.5 Atlanta 58 75 .436 15.5 40.5 Washington 48 85 .361 25.5 80.5

batmagadanleadoff Aug 27 2008 08:54 PM

Elster88 wrote: I understand irony and humor. From the way you keep going in multiple threads I was sure you were still going apeshit. Yeah, kind of. I went apeshit after you offended me three times with bad intent, not humorously, including apologizing to an uninvolved poster and insulting me gratuitously in that post as well. I went apeshit after you went apeshit three times. I kinda like my "assbag" post in this thread. I'm giving myself a bullet of cool.

Elster88 Sep 08 2008 08:22 PM

NL East W L Pct. GB NGB New York 80 63 .559 - - Philadelphia 79 65 .549 1.5 1.5 Florida 72 72 .500 8.5 15.5 Atlanta 62 82 .431 18.5 45.5 Washington 56 88 .389 24.5 69.5 Edit: Ugh, can you zap the above post?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 09 2008 08:43 PM

Mets are now 81-63, Phillies are 79-66, 2.5 games behind. Mets have 18 to go, Phillies have 17. If the Mets go 10-8 (.556) the rest of the way, which seems quite doable, the Phillies have to go 12-5 (.706) to tie, 13-4 (.765) to win the division. If the Mets go 11-7 (.611) the Phillies need 13-4 to tie, 14-3 (.824) to win the division.

Elster88 Sep 13 2008 09:15 PM

NL East W L Pct. GB NGB New York 83 64 .565 - - Philadelphia 81 67 .547 2.5 2.5 Florida 76 72 .514 7.5 12.5 Atlanta 66 83 .443 18.0 44.0 Washington 56 92 .378 27.5 82.0 Still 2.5 back, now with 15 games left for the Mets and 14 for the Phillies.

Elster88 Sep 20 2008 10:12 AM

NL East W L Pct. GB NGB 86 67 .562 - - 86 68 .558 0.5 0.5 81 72 .529 5.0 9.5 67 87 .435 19.5 53 58 95 .377 28.5 89

Elster88 Sep 23 2008 09:13 PM

NL East W L Pct. GB 89 69 .563 - 87 70 .554 1.5 81 76 .516 7.5 70 88 .443 19.0 59 98 .378 29.5