Thursday, August 24, 2006
The Biggest Loser: Your Quick Reference
We're getting close to the end of the season. October is only five weeks away, and our boys are neck-and-neck. For your up-to-the-minutedailysort-of-weeklywell-ok-whenever-I-post loser-tracking needs, please check this section.
Who the Hell's It Going to Be (in last place): Currently Kansas City, with 46 wins. To quote Yahoo! Sports, in baseball's long history, only two teams have scored ten times in one inning and lost. (We'll be getting to the other team to achieve such great heights in a moment.) So KC isn't as bad as they were, say, three weeks ago. But for every good game they have (such as their sweep over Boston) they follow it up by losing eight of the next twelve games.
The Penultimate: Oh, Pirates. You are so sad, in your beautiful stadium that depression built, with your 49 wins, and half your team traded elsewhere. You just keep trying, and while you did sweep St. Louis, things haven't been going so well for you. Will they go so badly that you "beat" Kansas City this year? Well, it's been fifteen years since you blew a game in which you scored ten runs in the first inning ... so probably not.
And in third, to show: I was going to say the Devil Rays would actually outdo the Cubs, but the lovable losers have skidded, big time. Four games in a row, and Dusty Baker is still their coach. I say Cubs. I gotta be honest: I'm not totally sure they're going to make it to 60 Ws. Yes, I know they currently have 53 wins. And yes, I know that they're playing Pittsburgh twice in the next two weeks. Those kind of advantages haven't helped them before!
Who the Hell's It Going to Be (in last place): Currently Kansas City, with 46 wins. To quote Yahoo! Sports, in baseball's long history, only two teams have scored ten times in one inning and lost. (We'll be getting to the other team to achieve such great heights in a moment.) So KC isn't as bad as they were, say, three weeks ago. But for every good game they have (such as their sweep over Boston) they follow it up by losing eight of the next twelve games.
The Penultimate: Oh, Pirates. You are so sad, in your beautiful stadium that depression built, with your 49 wins, and half your team traded elsewhere. You just keep trying, and while you did sweep St. Louis, things haven't been going so well for you. Will they go so badly that you "beat" Kansas City this year? Well, it's been fifteen years since you blew a game in which you scored ten runs in the first inning ... so probably not.
And in third, to show: I was going to say the Devil Rays would actually outdo the Cubs, but the lovable losers have skidded, big time. Four games in a row, and Dusty Baker is still their coach. I say Cubs. I gotta be honest: I'm not totally sure they're going to make it to 60 Ws. Yes, I know they currently have 53 wins. And yes, I know that they're playing Pittsburgh twice in the next two weeks. Those kind of advantages haven't helped them before!
