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July

Post by Frayed Knot » Thu Aug 01, 2024 6:55 pm

ARZ 17 8 0.680
NYM 17 10 0.630
OAK 15 9 0.625
PIT 15 10 0.600
SDP 13 9 0.591
KCR 13 10 0.565
DET 14 11 0.560
HOU 14 11 0.560
TEX 14 11 0.560
BOS 13 11 0.542
TBR 13 11 0.542
CHC 13 11 0.542
MIN 12 11 0.522
CLE 13 12 0.520
STL 13 12 0.520
CIN 13 12 0.520
SFG 13 12 0.520
BAL 12 13 0.480
ATL 12 13 0.480
NYY 11 13 0.458
MIL 11 13 0.458
LAD 11 13 0.458
LAA 11 14 0.440
COL 11 15 0.423
SEA 10 14 0.417
PHI 10 14 0.417
MIA 10 14 0.417
WSN 10 16 0.385
CHW 3 22 0.120

So the second best record for the month and tied for most wins.
Also played more games than anyone, at least one more than every other team and as many as
five more (SDP) which is kind of odd. 27 games is a lot in a month with the ASB in the middle.
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Re: July

Post by Chad ochoseis » Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:40 pm

For a team that was supposed to be punting the season in a way that no season has ever been punted before, the Oakland A's have been surprisingly respectable. Their July was only a half a game behind the Mets. It didn't hurt that they played 7 games against the Angels and went 6-1, but all of their other July games were against good teams.

I checked the roster just to see if I'd heard of any of them. TJ McFarland and Vinny Nittoli, who were vaguely familiar because they pitched five innings for the Mets between them.

They also have a backup catcher named Kyle McCann who, strangely enough, is not related to catcher James McCann or to catcher Brian McCann.
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Re: July

Post by Frayed Knot » Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:07 pm

And yet they're still in last place in the AL West and 20 games under .500
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Re: July

Post by Edgy MD » Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:57 pm

Well, they were pretty terrible in May and June, but sometimes teams remaking themselves find themselves when they find themselves. That applies to the Mets as well, even though they're not exactly remaking themselves.

It wouldn't be the first of Billy Beane's teams to turn things around in the second half.
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Re: July

Post by DocTee » Fri Aug 02, 2024 7:19 am

Good lord the White Sox are horrible.
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Re: July

Post by Centerfield » Fri Aug 02, 2024 7:38 am

Not a good month for division leaders. Or even WC leaders.
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Re: July

Post by DocTee » Fri Aug 02, 2024 11:00 am

Slate pulls no punches with the Pale Hose:


https://slate.com/culture/2024/07/baseb ... -ever.html
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Re: July

Post by MFS62 » Fri Aug 02, 2024 11:11 am

DocTee wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 11:00 am Slate pulls no punches with the Pale Hose:


https://slate.com/culture/2024/07/baseb ... -ever.html
In some perverse way, Fans remember that 1962 team record of 40-120 with a 25% WPct. fondly. It was "our" record. It was something we felt no future team would ever (is beat the right word?) challenge. But, years later the ChiSox will challenge, and even might break, it.
Fie on them if they do.
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Re: July

Post by Benjamin Grimm » Fri Aug 02, 2024 11:35 am

I've never been proud of that record. Any time a team approaches 120 losses, I root for them to get there.
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Re: July

Post by Centerfield » Fri Aug 02, 2024 5:10 pm

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 11:35 am I've never been proud of that record. Any time a team approaches 120 losses, I root for them to get there.

Me too. Years ago some team finished with 119 and won like 3 games at the end to keep them there. That sucked.
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