Re: wisdom chart
marika
"marika" <marik...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Well, they're not losers anymore. Th Phillis won the division
> championship
> 2 years ago and the pennant last year
>
> No, they were never "gauranteed" anything. They had to win at least one
> game
> two years ago voer a weekend (which they did ) in order to be "guaranteed"
> a slot.
> It was the local media that was ACTING as if it was guaranteed for those
> few days, is all.
>
> The first place team from each divison (east, west, central) WAS
> guaranteed a
> slot. The Phils just won the east division.
>
> In addition, a 4th team (from any division) gets to go to the playoffs on
> a
> 'wild card' by having the best record of all the second place teams.
> So technically, you could have 80 wins and 82 losses, and still win the
> division, as long as you come in first in your own division.
> And the wild card team could actually have a better record than you do,
> like
> 82 wins and 80 losses, but still be in second place because the teams in
> their divison were better. The Phillies record was not really that great 2
> years ago (89
> wins) but everyone else in that division was worse. The conventional
> wisdom is
> that you usually need 90 wins to squeak into the playoffs, so the fact
> that
> they did it with 89 is pretty long-shot.
>
> The Phillies were 7 games back of first place in mid-sept, so they were
> aiming for the wild card, instead.
> The Phillies were actually in 4th, then 3rd, then 2nd place... all season,
> until that weekend. The Mets were in first place since April, and lost it
> all in the 3 weeks before , to the Phillies.
>
> But the padres and rockies (second place teams in the central and west)
> had
> a better record than the mets, so one of them WAS the wild card team,
> and the mets will stay home and watch it on TV. Boo hoo.
>
> PS tato guaranteed they'd lose , so they would tie the Mets and have to
> play a one game tie breaker tomorrow, so major League baseball could make
> more money. So much for his pre-planned conspiracy theories.
>
>
>
>
> "marika" <marik...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> My favorite player back then (who happened to be black) was Gary Maddox,
>> he was never traded anywhere.... he retired a Phillie.
>> "Two-thirds of the Earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by
>> Garry Maddox."
>>
>> My second favorite was Bake McBride, also black. He was traded to the
>> Cleveland Indians, but was kinda old by then, and decided to retire.
>>
>> As far as I can recall, all the rest of the starters on that team were
>> white, and just a few hispanics.
>> It wasn't 75% hispanic back then, like it is nowadays.
>>
>> "marika" <marik...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> OK--- Today is the day that I finally decided the Phillies will blow it.
>>> No
>>> particular reason....... just a gut feeling today.
>>> Next year, there will be 2 games left, Phillies will be ahead by one
>>> game over the Mets. They
>>> will have to win (at least) one of those 2, and the Mets will have to
>>> lose (at least)
>>> one of those 2, for the Phillies to clinch first place. Up until today,
>>> all
>>> the local newspapers were very cautious. Today they suddenly became very
>>> optimistic, as if it's already been done, and it's "in the bag" for the
>>> upcoming
>>>
>>> So that's it. Today's the day they'll blow it. Something they will do
>>> today some decision they make will make it impossible for them to win in
>>> the upcoming year
>>>
>>> "marika" <marik...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ALWdnSHyEdre7MjU...@rcn.net...
>>>> No Phillies were ever moved to Cincinnati, to my knowledge.
>>>> The only Cincinatti/Philadelphia move I recall in the 80s is Pete Rose,
>>>> except he went the
>>>> other way-- from Cincinnati to Phila.delphia
>>>>
>>>> mk5000
>>>>
>>>> "you know that I'm fragile"--solange knowles
>>>
>>
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