Standings 2006

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Mets win, Phillies lose to Atlanta.

The magic number is 38.


Colorado, the 38th state

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

The magic number is 37.


Nebraska, the 37th state

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

The magic number is 36.


Nevada, the 36th state

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

BTW, on the radio today Howie Rose mentioned the Magic Number status several times.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

And pretty soon my state-by-state magic number countdown will finally reach a state that's east of the Mississippi River.

We should all arrange to gather on the shores of the Mississippi to welcome the magic number.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Damn - I was just there last week....

[Willets Point]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: We should all arrange to gather on the shores of the Mississippi to welcome the magic number.

Sure, I'll bring the beer, you bring the weed, and maybe Edgy will bring some babes.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Maybe he can invite Sonia Lo Duca. I hear she's going to be single soon.

[TransMonk]

With the sweep of the Pads, it's the first time to 25 games over .500 and a seson high 14 games up in the division, I believe.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Meanwhile, the three-game sweep has knocked the Padres out of first place. They're in second, tied with Arizona, a half game behind the Dodgers.

We should pay a little attention to the wild card standings, since it will determine the Mets first round opponent. (If the wild card comes out of the NL East, the Mets will probably play the NL West winner, otherwise the postseason will likely kick off against the wild card winner.)

I think I'd like to see San Diego win the West, and Cincinnati win the card.

W L GB Left
Cincinnati 59 56 -- 47
Arizona 58 56 0.5 48
San Diego 58 56 0.5 48
Houston 56 58 2.5 48
Philadelphia 55 58 3.0 49
Colorado 55 59 3.5 48
San Francisco 54 60 4.5 48
Milwaukee 54 60 4.5 48

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

ON EDIT - it showed up fine for me last night, but this morning on a different computer I see the problem. I just switched to one of lubitul's images - I know we have permission to use those.

[Willets Point]

Thief!

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Willets Point wrote: Thief!

Bandwith or Idea?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oooh, bandwidth.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

The magic number is 34.


Kansas, the 34th state.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

The magic number is 32.


Minnesota, the 32nd state.

[stevejrogers]

Hey, thats his final apperance in a Met uniform as well!

[Guest cooby]

My dad has a theory that the Mets are letting the Phillies beat up on them so that they will win the Wild Card, get swelled heads doing so, and the Mets can pound them in the playoffs.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

In that scenario, the Phillies would more likely be pounded out of the playoffs by their first-round opponent, probably the Cardinals.

[Guest cooby]

Doesn't the wild card play the winner of their own division?

[Elster88]

Nope. Almost exactly the opposite, IIRC.

The wildcard winner plays the division winner with the best record, unless they came from the same division. Then the wildcard winner plays the division winner with the second best record of the division winners (in that scenario, the teams with the best and worst division records among division winners are matched up).

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Guest cooby]

Well, can anyone remember whom the Mets played in 2000? I know I can't.

Elster is probably right, my way is too simple, lol...

[MFS62]

If this were to be a repeat of 2000, when the Mets biggest threat (Atlanta) was knocked off for them in the NL playoffs, I wouldn't be too upset. I'd rather that happen than one of the years in the late 80's when the Mets won all but one game against LA during the regular season, then lost to them in the playoffs.


Later

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

In 2000, the Mets played the Giants, Cardinals, then Yankees.

In 1999, it was Diamondbacks, then Braves.

The Mets and Phillies can't play in the first round. If the Mets end up with the highest winning percentage, and the Phillies are the wild card, the Mets first round opponent would be either the NL Central or West winner, whichever one had the lower winning percentage.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Ooh! The magic number has dropped!

I had forgotten about the magic number!