moonslav59

That's how I see it, although going by just records has its flaws. I expanded it to the 4 teams with the 2 best records in each league vs all the rest (4 teams or 6, if you count the play-in game loser). The score is 11 to 6 with the top teams winning almost 2 out of every 3 years. World Series Champs Rankings in their league - last 17 years: 1st: 8 wins 2nd: 3 wins 3rd: 3 wins 4th: 3 wins

You got that right!

The one thing the box does is show whether the same pitch is called a strike one time and not the other.

Robo umps for ball & strikes makes a lot of sense. It will make it so much easier for pitchers and batters to know what is a strike and ball and not have to adjust to an ump from game to game or wonder if they have to swing at a ball the next time, because it was just called a strike this time. It should also, eventually, lead to less frustration and arguments by players and managers.

Cole should have gotten into this game, before it got out of hand. What were they saving him for?

Cole should have gotten into this game, before it got out of hand. What were they saving him for?

I think he wanted a Clinton.

Wow, 1924 was the last MLB team to win it all from Washington. What team is has gone the longest, now?

Yes, he came up a year after Lester, so I didn't think he should count, but yes.

Like I've been saying all along, it's a total crappy shoot!

Next up? Statehood.

I think they were pushing it by asking for 7 innings. The HR was a monster shot. It was a close call. The next guy might have walked Soto anyways. It was a crap shoot!

I'd have taken him out after the HR & before the BB.

So much for Greinke not being able to handle the bright lights.

I thought he expressed interest in living out west. Maybe I'm wrong. Also, Bill Russel and Ted Williams never had a choice. (No free agency back then)

I could see us looking to acquire him.

He just has to beat out Kopech, Logan Allen, Groome and who else?

Price will not come close to the innings Porcello gave us. That's what Porcello was best known for. It's weird how Price's deepest game came in mid April.

I like Sale's chances more than Price & Eovaldi combined. My projection: WAR 2020 to 2022: Sale > Price+ Eovaldi (This could happen, even if Sale misses a full season with an injury.) 2019 fWAR: 3.6 Sale 2.0 Price (2.3) + Eovaldi (-0.3)

Can we agree on one thing? The only thing good about the Cards, beside being our bitches the last 15 years, is their cool uniforms.

I was going to, but you had to try and get the last word. I offered to stop a few posts back, but NOOooooooo!

The Cards and Giants are the only teams that break the mold (2 each), unless you count the 2003 Marlins (once).

I'm not sure, if those numbers include the pre-1994 seasons. I'm going by recent years. The playoffs changed in 1995, and team budget disparities ballooned almsot exponentially in the early to mid 2000's. When budgets were more bunched, it was likely more random. Opening Day Team payrolls: 2000: NYY 93K, LAD 88K, ATL 85K, BAL 81K #15 58K #30 17K 2001: NYY 110K, BOS 110K, LAD 109K, NYM 93K #15 $63K #30 $24K 2002: NYY 126K, BOS 108K, TX 105K, AZ 103 #15 61K #30 34K 2003:NYY 153K, NYM 117, ATL 106, LAD 106 #15 71K #30 20K 2004: NYY 183, BOS 125, LAA 101, 101 #15 65K #30 28K 2005: NYY 206, BOS 121, NYM 105, PHI 95 #15 69K #30 30K ... 2019: BOS 205, CUBS 205, NYY 205, SFG 178 #15 125K #30 53K Where we can pick the starting point matters, but let's say in 2003: (League Ranking by Wins- 1 to 4 per league) 2003: FLA 3> NYY 1 2004: BOS 2> STL 1 2005: CWS 1> HOU 3 2006: STL 4> DET 3 (2 wins from #1) 2007: BOS 1> COL 1 2008: PHI 2> TBR 2 2009: NYY 1> PHI 2 2010: SFG 2> TX 4 2011: STL 4> TX 2 Play-In Game Starts (12 teams make POs, so 1-6 in each league): 2012: SFG 3> DET 6 2013: BOS 1> STL 1 2014: SFG 4> KC 4 2015: KC 1> NYM 6 2016: Cubs 1> CLE 2 2017: HOU 1> LAD 1 2018: BOS 1>LAD 3 2019: HOU 1 vs WAS 3 5 of the last 17 World Series Champs were NOT top 2 in their league. If it were random, we'd expect 8-9. 13 out of 34 League Champions were NOT top 2 in their league. One would expect 16-18, if it were random. World Series Champs Rankings in their league - last 17 years: 1st: 9 wins if HOU wins, 8 if not 2nd: 3 wins 3rd: 2 wins if HOU wins, 3 if not 4th: 3 wins 1st: 8-9 All Others combined : 8-9 1st or 2nd: 11-12 All Others: 5-6 The 4 years from 2011 to 2014 looked random. The rest: not even close.

Still can. This year, the Nats were a WC and had a better record than the Cards.

I can agree with this, too, except the third sentence.