7/15 Toronto @ Boston

[SoxHop]

4 more wins than anyone else in MLB. Amazing.

 

Ok Debbie Downer

[mvp 78]

Ok Debbie Downer

 

That's me being a debbie downer?

[mvp 78]

117 - 45

[SoxHop]

That's me being a debbie downer?

 

You sounded sarcastic. Maybe I read it wrong. "Oh only 4 games above the next best team".

[mvp 78]

You sounded sarcastic. Maybe I read it wrong. "Oh only 4 games above the next best team".

 

Nah. I think it's pretty f***ing great that the Sox have 4 more wins than any other team in the league. I certainly didn't expect them to be THIS good.

[SoxHop]

Nah. I think it's pretty f***ing great that the Sox have 4 more wins than any other team in the league. I certainly didn't expect them to be THIS good.

 

Cool. Nevermind me, I had one of those dumbass moments.

 

And HELL YEA........ I agree with you.

[Maxbialystock]

We can all complain about some particular player or aspect of the team--which is not perfect--but it's pretty darn hard not to be thrilled with the pre-ASG record. Were the Sox to stay at .694 for the whole season, they would win 112 games. Those also-ran Yankees 4 1/2 games back? If they stay at .653, they will win 105-106 games. Astros at .646 would win 104-105 games. So all three teams are having great seasons. The question is, which ones can keep it up?

[a700hitter]

We can all complain about some particular player or aspect of the team--which is not perfect--but it's pretty darn hard not to be thrilled with the pre-ASG record. Were the Sox to stay at .694 for the whole season, they would win 112 games. Those also-ran Yankees 4 1/2 games back? If they stay at .653, they will win 105-106 games. Astros at .646 would win 104-105 games. So all three teams are having great seasons. The question is, which ones can keep it up?

It would be a once in lifetime occurrence for all of them to keep up their pace.

[S5Dewey]

We've got three teams on track to win over 100 games this year.

 

There's been some chatter here about how the competition level in MLB is down this year. While I don't have any stats to back this up I've been wondering if that's a byproduct of having a few teams that are better than normal and they're making everyone else look worse, both in their record and when comparing during-game performances.

 

It's like putting JDM in our outfield. He's not a "bad" outfielder - until you compare him to our three regular outfielders.