9/17 vs Angels

[yankees228]

It's 11 because if the Sox win 11 more games, neither the Angels nor the Rangers can match their record based on the fact the Angels and Rangers play each other 7 more times.

 

http://riot.ieor.berkeley.edu/~baseball/american_league.html

 

UC Berkeley engineers have the magic number at 10.

 

Do you think those numbers are more accurate? You would think UC Berkeley engineers know what they're talking about.

[a700hitter]

I thought VMart got that. He's probably a little weak from two days of family s***.

[a700hitter]

f***ing Tek cost me some nice points in one of my Fantasy leagues.

[bsox0407]

Also ESPN has the Magic Number as 12.

[The_Destroyah]

Also ESPN has the Magic Number as 12.

 

ESPN is retarDed 50% of the time, I take what they say with a grain of salt.

[TheKilo]

So, can this team bail Varitek out again tonight?

[Youk Of The Nation]

MLB.com has it at 11, and they're MLB. So I go with them.

[bsox0407]

ESPN is retarDed 50% of the time' date=' I take what they say with a grain of salt.[/quote']

 

they actually deal with sports all day. so i seem to trust them a little more.

[bsox0407]

MLB.com has it at 11' date=' and they're MLB. So I go with them.[/quote']

i see that they do it a totally different way than i do.

[TheKilo]

they actually deal with sports all day. so i seem to trust them a little more.

 

ESPN hasn't been about sports in about 10 years.

[yankees228]

MLB.com has it at 11' date=' and they're MLB. So I go with them.[/quote']

 

I'm not disputing that you guys are right, but are you sure MLB.com has it at 11?

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/wildcard.jsp

[Youk Of The Nation]

i see that they do it a totally different way than i do.

 

Well obviously their way is wrong.

[ORS]

they actually deal with sports all day. so i seem to trust them a little more.

You think ESPN is about sports nowadays? I don't know, the ESPN I watch seems to be about shameless self-promotion more than anything.

[bsox0407]

ESPN hasn't been about sports in about 10 years.

 

WTF?

[Youk Of The Nation]

I'm not disputing that you guys are right, but are you sure MLB.com has it at 11?

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/wildcard.jsp

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/

[redsoxrules]

damn ..no fuentes tonight

 

EDIT: nevermind . he's comming in now

[The_Destroyah]

they actually deal with sports all day. so i seem to trust them a little more.

 

They deal with Mass Marketing sports for the casual sports fan, they have a few intellegent collumnists but they dont do very good in depth looks at anything.

Its the reason you will almost never hear ESPN mention OBP or OPS, you occaisionally hear it on BBT but not often

[msubulldogs21]

damn ..no fuentes tonight

 

He's coming in now.

 

Maybe we can make something happen.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Fooentays in to face Ortiz, who walked to start the rally last night.

[bsox0407]

MLB.com has it at 11' date=' and they're MLB. So I go with them.[/quote']

 

actually we are talking about the sox magic number over the rangers which is 12 according to mlb.

[yankees228]

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/

 

We are talking about the Wild Card, right? That shows the magic numbers for division contention.

[TheKilo]

Red Sox record: 86-58 (18 games left)

 

LAA record: 86-59 (17 games left)

 

Tex record: 80-65 (17 games left)

 

If the Sox win 11 more games, they have 97 wins. If Texas wins out, they have 97 wins, but in the process beat the Angels 7 times, meaning the best possible record from here on out is 10-7, meaning they can only win 96 games. Sox win the WC.

 

If the Angels win out, the same is true, but the Sox win the WC against Texas and not LAA.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Haha holy s*** how bad is the AL Central. Cleveland is eliminated from the WC but still have an elimination number of 1 for the division.

[yankees228]

Kilo, do you understand how that website calculates those magic numbers (UC Berkeley)?

[Dipre]

Lol wtf Papi?

[bsox0407]

Red Sox record: 86-58 (18 games left)

 

LAA record: 86-59 (17 games left)

 

Tex record: 80-65 (17 games left)

 

If the Sox win 11 more games, they have 97 wins. If Texas wins out, they have 97 wins, but in the process beat the Angels 7 times, meaning the best possible record from here on out is 10-7, meaning they can only win 96 games. Sox win the WC.

 

If the Angels win out, the same is true, but the Sox win the WC against Texas and not LAA.

 

according to mlb and espn it is 12. you should check the wildcard not the full standings. the red sox magic number is the magic number over the rangers.

[TheKilo]

Kilo' date=' do you understand how that website calculates those magic numbers (UC Berkeley)?[/quote']

 

No real clue.

 

http://riot.ieor.berkeley.edu/~baseball/detail_calc.html

[MANNYHOF24]

Pinch hitting for Drew is such a failed attempt by Francona. JESUS.

[a700hitter]

This should take care of any division chances if we lose. Gaithright will PR for Lowell. Baldelli PHing for Drew.

[The_Destroyah]

W.T.F.