Standings

[Benjamin Grimm]

That only matters if you're making up a rainout after the season ends.

Really, it's not important who's in first place on August 30 or September 9. It only matters who's in first after everyone's played 162 games. All you have to do is win as many as possible. When it comes to seeing who's eliminated, and in figuring out magic numbers and the like, wins and losses count equally.

[Elster88]

I disagree, per the reasoning above. Obviously it gains more importance when you're making up that last game rainout then it does today.
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[Elster88]

Updating for the Houston game.

PL.	East	W	L	PCT	GB	NGB	HOME	ROAD	EAST	CENT	WEST	INTER	L10	STRK
1	Atlanta	74	56	.569	-	-	41-21	33-35	29-20	26-13	12-15	7-8	5-5	W2
T-2	Florida	70	62	.530	5	5	39-29	31-33	23-25	19-19	18-13	10-5	6-4	W1
T-2	Philadelphia	70	62	.530	5	5	40-28	30-34	22-29	19-16	22-9	7-8	4-6	L3
4	New York	69	62	.527	5.5	6.5	41-25	28-37	28-23	19-18	17-11	5-10	7-3	W1
5	Washington	67	63	.515	7.0	12.5	36-26	31-37	22-27	19-20	14-10	12-6	4-6	L2

PL.	Wildcard	W	L	PCT	GB	NGB	HOME	ROAD	EAST	CENT	WEST	INTER	L10	STRK
T-1	Florida	70	62	.530	-	-	39-29	31-33	23-25	19-19	18-13	10-5	6-4	W1
T-1	Philadelphia	70	62	.530	-	-	40-28	30-34	22-29	19-16	22-9	7-8	5-5	L3
T-3	Houston	69	62	.527	0.5	1	43-22	26-40	15-14	28-27	19-13	7-8	4-6	W1
T-3	New York	69	62	.527	0.5	1	41-25	28-37	28-23	19-18	17-11	5-10	7-3	W1
5	Washington	67	63	.515	2.0	7	36-26	31-37	22-27	19-20	14-10	12-6	4-6	L2

Shower and bed time. Someone take care of this after Atlanta/Washington is done?

[Guest Edgy DC]

A game.

Off.

The wildcard.

Delgado was so wrong.

[Guest SI Metman]

tied in the loss column is the most important stat, especially since that extra game is against the Rockies (or Cardinals depending how you look at it).

[Guest Edgy DC]

All games present and accounted for.

PL.	East	W	L	PCT	GB	NGB	HOME	ROAD	EAST	CENT	WEST	INTER	L10	STRK
1	Atlanta	74	57	.569	-	-	41-22	33-35	29-21	26-13	12-15	7-8	5-5	L1
T-2	Florida	70	62	.530	4.5	4.5	39-29	31-33	23-25	19-19	18-13	10-5	6-4	W1
T-2	Philadelphia	70	62	.530	4.5	4.5	40-28	30-34	22-29	19-16	22-9	7-8	4-6	L3
4	New York	69	62	.527	5.5	6.0	41-25	28-37	28-23	19-18	17-11	5-10	7-3	W1
5	Washington	68	63	.519	6.0	10.0	36-26	31-37	22-27	19-20	14-10	12-6	4-6	W1

PL.	Wildcard	W	L	PCT	GB	NGB	HOME	ROAD	EAST	CENT	WEST	INTER	L10	STRK
T-1	Florida	70	62	.530	-	-	39-29	31-33	23-25	19-19	18-13	10-5	6-4	W1
T-1	Philadelphia	70	62	.530	-	-	40-28	30-34	22-29	19-16	22-9	7-8	5-5	L3
T-3	Houston	69	62	.527	0.5	1	43-22	26-40	15-14	28-27	19-13	7-8	4-6	W1
T-3	New York	69	62	.527	0.5	1	41-25	28-37	28-23	19-18	17-11	5-10	7-3	W1
5	Washington	68	63	.519	1.5	5	36-26	32-37	23-27	19-20	14-10	12-6	4-6	W1

[nymr83]

Delgado was a fool. The only thing making the Marlins as good as the Mets right now IS Delgado. If Delgado had come here and Seo had stayed up all year (or Heilman had been left in, or anything else happened to get friggin Ishii gone sooner) the Mets would probably be 3 or 4 up in the wildcard race.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Playoff Odds Reports: Updated 8/30/05 from BP

We gain a WC percentage point with our win over the Phillies, who drop almost 7%. The 'stros gain more, though, with an increase of over 3%.

WC
Mets: 24.45012
Astros: 23.89882
Phillies: 16.23574

In the race for the division, however, we gained a few points, checking in at 10.78635 versus 76.00180 for the Braves.

[Vic Sage]

somebody tell Bret the Red Sox Fan that he is absolutely forbidden to enjoy a Mets WC race in september.

[Willets Point]

Vic Sage wrote: somebody tell Bret the Red Sox Fan that he is absolutely forbidden to enjoy a Mets WC race in september.

Why don't you tell him yourself if it's such a big deal to you?

[Guest Rotblatt]

Oh, and Delgado's a lying liar who lies. In my completely uninformed opinion, he went to Florida because he didn't want to share the spotlight with Beltran. The "better chance to win" thing was because he didn't want to sound like an egotistical fucktard.

Phtooey on Delgado. He makes me hate the Marlins all over again, whom I had a soft spot for after they crushed the MFY in the World Series. And my hatred has extended beyond just Delgado too--Beckett is a punk with an inflated sense of self importance.

I hope the Marlins wind up in the NL East cellar for the next four years, preventing a new stadium from happening, and that Delgado's contract becomes an albatross that prevents them from locking up Cabrera & Willis (who miraculously wind up on a team NOT the Yankees).

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Rotblatt wrote: I hope the Marlins wind up in the NL East cellar for the next four years, preventing a new stadium from happening, and that Delgado's contract becomes an albatross that prevents them from locking up Cabrera & Willis (who miraculously wind up on a team NOT the Yankees).

One thing I learned from MVP Baseball. Miguel Cabrera looks great in a Met uniform

[Vic Sage]

]Why don't you tell him yourself if it's such a big deal to you

because i don't want to be a pompous prick, you pompous prick.

[Elster88]

Ugh. I'll post after the afternoon game.

This post was made under the posting designation 167) Braden Looper

[Guest Rotblatt]

Time to take our medicine, fellow Mets fans.

We drop to a 14.64839% shot at the WC & 4.84854% at the division. The Phillies move to 25.96533 for the WC & 11.09656 for the division, but the Astros are the real winners: 33.16950 for the WC.

We've got some serious ground to cover before we're back in it, and frankly, I'm not sure we've got the goods. Replacing Cairo/Matsui with pretty much anyone would probably help, as would shaking up our batting order. Getting Mientkiewicz back should help, too, but I'm not sure if he'll get much playing time.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't like my medicine.

[seawolf17]

All we have to do is go 7-3 on this trip, and we're right back in this thing.

[Elster88]

I don't feel like posting the standings anymore.
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