5/03 Angels @ SOX 7:10PM ET

[moonslav59]

People look at the standings every day and can see how many games the sox are out of the WC, so they also "know it already".

 

I have no issue reminding people we are as close to last place as the WC3 slot, but when they add, "you forgot to mention" or "you fail to mention," they act like not saying something means you don't know it, already.

 

Plus, I'm not sure the posters crying about digging such a deep hole knew we were only 3-4 games out, or that there is a 3rd WC team, this year. If they all did, so what?

 

Like I said, it's fine to state facts and opinions, but when posters start implying not saying something equals not knowing something, that's what becomes annoying.

[moonslav59]

No, these 24 count just as much as any other games in the season.

 

Until a team is officially knocked out of a playoff spot, each game counts just as much as any other game (aside from games with obvious head 2 head implications)

 

I just said that. Yes, 24 games count as much as any other 24 games, but NO, 138 games count much more than 24.

[JDavis76]

I have no issue reminding people we are as close to last place as the WC3 slot, but when they add, "you forgot to mention" or "you fail to mention," they act like not saying something means you don't know it, already.

 

Plus, I'm not sure the posters crying about digging such a deep hole knew we were only 3-4 games out, or that there is a 3rd WC team, this year. If they all did, so what?

 

Like I said, it's fine to state facts and opinions, but when posters start implying not saying something equals not knowing something, that's what becomes annoying.

 

Or they are just pointing out how you conveniently leave it out more often than not.

[JDavis76]

I just said that. Yes, 24 games count as much as any other 24 games, but NO, 138 games count much more than 24.

 

Well, geez, that's just basic math, even mad stork can figure that out.....

[moonslav59]

Or they are just pointing out how you conveniently leave it out more often than not.

 

When the point I'm trying to get across is about making the playoffs, I don't think talking about finishing last is relevant.

 

Some complain my posts are too long, as it is, do we really need to add qualifiers and tangential material to every post?

 

Does someone trying to remain optimistic among a firestorm of negativity need to echo what all the naysayers are saying every time they want to offer another view?

 

[moonslav59]

Well, geez, that's just basic math, even mad stork can figure that out.....

 

So, what too you so long to realize 138 games count more than 24?

[Old Red]

Very true, but that does not negate the fact that we have 138 games to make up 3 games on the WC3 leader (HOU).

 

If we keep playing under .500, then it won't matter, anyway.

 

Sure, we may play very well and end up missing the playoffs by a game, and we can certainly blame April for that, but it's a long season, and 138 games count more than 24.

 

Someone on here said you are not very good at math, and I might add reasoning also.

[mvp 78]

Well, considering that some teams finish 1 game out of the playoffs, games now are just as important as games in Sept. So it does matter what your record is.

 

But being 2 games back in May is basically meaningless due to the amount of games left and the sample size you're looking at.

[JDavis76]

So, what too you so long to realize 138 games count more than 24?

 

I never said they didn't.

 

I did say each game counts just as much as any other game, aside from the head to head matchups.

[JDavis76]

But being 2 games back in May is basically meaningless due to the amount of games left and the sample size you're looking at.

 

Tell that to the teams that finish 1 game out of a playoff spot....

[mvp 78]

Tell that to the teams that finish 1 game out of a playoff spot....

 

They only had the vast majority of the season left to make up for that one game!

[moonslav59]

I never said they didn't.

 

I did say each game counts just as much as any other game, aside from the head to head matchups.

 

When did I ever say they didn't?

 

I basically said the same thing, and you replied "NO" to my post that said, "Very true, but that does not negate the fact that we have 138 games to make up 3 games on the WC3 leader (HOU). If we keep playing under .500, then it won't matter, anyway.

Sure, we may play very well and end up missing the playoffs by a game, and we can certainly blame April for that, but it's a long season, and 138 games count more than 24."

 

How is this saying these 24 games don't count as much as any other?

 

What was the "no" directed at? I agreed with your post, and the only point I really added was that 138 was worth more than 24.

[JDavis76]

When did I ever say they didn't?

 

I basically said the same thing, and you replied "NO" to my post that said, "Very true, but that does not negate the fact that we have 138 games to make up 3 games on the WC3 leader (HOU). If we keep playing under .500, then it won't matter, anyway.

Sure, we may play very well and end up missing the playoffs by a game, and we can certainly blame April for that, but it's a long season, and 138 games count more than 24."

 

How is this saying these 24 games don't count as much as any other?

 

What was the "no" directed at? I agreed with your post, and the only point I really added was that 138 was worth more than 24.

 

Misunderstanding on my part.

 

I took it as meaning that games later in the season were somehow more important than the first 24.

 

My bad.

[moonslav59]

Misunderstanding on my part.

 

I took it as meaning that games later in the season were somehow more important than the first 24.

 

My bad.

 

No problem.

 

Every game counts the same, but I don't think being just 3 games back after such a horrific start is all that concerning. I think we are better than this, and the long season may bring that out, but certainly we may look back at April and think, all we needed to do was win one or two more of those games, and we'd be in.

 

We could say that about any loss over the long season, too.