July

[Frayed Knot]

	ARZ		17		8		0.680
	NYM		17		10		0.630
	OAK		15		9		0.625
	PIT		15		10		0.600
	SDP		13		9		0.591
	KCR		13		10		0.565
	DET		14		11		0.560
	HOU		14		11		0.560
	TEX		14		11		0.560
	BOS		13		11		0.542
	TBR		13		11		0.542
	CHC		13		11		0.542
	MIN		12		11		0.522
	CLE		13		12		0.520
	STL		13		12		0.520
	CIN		13		12		0.520
	SFG		13		12		0.520
	BAL		12		13		0.480
	ATL		12		13		0.480
	NYY		11		13		0.458
	MIL		11		13		0.458
	LAD		11		13		0.458
	LAA		11		14		0.440
	COL		11		15		0.423
	SEA		10		14		0.417
	PHI		10		14		0.417
	MIA		10		14		0.417
	WSN		10		16		0.385
	CHW		3		22		0.120

So the second best record for the month and tied for most wins.

Also played more games than anyone, at least one more than every other team and as many as

five more (SDP) which is kind of odd. 27 games is a lot in a month with the ASB in the middle.

[Chad ochoseis]

For a team that was supposed to be punting the season in a way that no season has ever been punted before, the Oakland A's have been surprisingly respectable. Their July was only a half a game behind the Mets. It didn't hurt that they played 7 games against the Angels and went 6-1, but all of their other July games were against good teams.



I checked the roster just to see if I'd heard of any of them. TJ McFarland and Vinny Nittoli, who were vaguely familiar because they pitched five innings for the Mets between them.



They also have a backup catcher named Kyle McCann who, strangely enough, is not related to catcher James McCann or to catcher Brian McCann.

[Frayed Knot]

And yet they're still in last place in the AL West and 20 games under .500

[Edgy MD]

Well, they were pretty terrible in May and June, but sometimes teams remaking themselves find themselves when they find themselves. That applies to the Mets as well, even though they're not exactly remaking themselves.



It wouldn't be the first of Billy Beane's teams to turn things around in the second half.

[DocTee]

Good lord the White Sox are horrible.

[Centerfield]

Not a good month for division leaders. Or even WC leaders.

[DocTee]

Slate pulls no punches with the Pale Hose:





https://slate.com/culture/2024/07/baseball-chicago-white-sox-trades-worst-mlb-team-ever.htmlhttps://slate.com/culture/2024/07/baseball-chicago-white-sox-trades-worst-mlb-team-ever.html

[MFS62]

Slate pulls no punches with the Pale Hose: https://slate.com/culture/2024/07/baseball-chicago-white-sox-trades-worst-mlb-team-ever.htmlhttps://slate.com/culture/2024/07/baseball-chicago-white-sox-trades-worst-mlb-team-ever.html

In some perverse way, Fans remember that 1962 team record of 40-120 with a 25% WPct. fondly. It was "our" record. It was something we felt no future team would ever (is beat the right word?) challenge. But, years later the ChiSox will challenge, and even might break, it.

Fie on them if they do.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

I've never been proud of that record. Any time a team approaches 120 losses, I root for them to get there.

[Centerfield]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I've never been proud of that record. Any time a team approaches 120 losses, I root for them to get there.

Me too. Years ago some team finished with 119 and won like 3 games at the end to keep them there. That sucked.