Standings, Twenty-Twelve

[Benjamin Grimm]

I know that this is completely arbitrary, but I remember thinking last month that I'd allow myself to start getting excited about the Mets playoff chances this year if they had a .550 or better winning percentage on May 15.

I just did the math. Assuming no rainouts in the next week or so, to clinch .550 by May 15 the Mets will have to win three of their next six games.

Sounds pretty doable to me.

[G-Fafif]

The Starting Shortstop Justin Turner Mets indeed solidified their 31-game second Wild Card while moving to within a half-game of Washington and Atlanta for a share of first place/first Wild Card.

Man, the flight to Miami must have been caliente.

[Frayed Knot]

Houston tied Wednesday night's game w/the Marlins in the 9th and had a chance to win it before finally losing it anyway in the 11th, thus wrecking our chance for a rare '+5' day (we win, the rest of the east loses).
Still, a couple of +3's in a row, particularly at this time of year, moves you up in a hurry and is currently good enough for 1/2 game behind both Washington & Atlanta.

Nats at Pittsburgh is the only NL game to be played today.

[Edgy MD]

Big bloody weekend happening.

East	W	L	PCT	GB	NGB	L10	Streak	Home	Away
Washington	18	12	.600	--	--	4-6	L3	12-4	6-8
=#000080]Atlanta	19	13	.594	--	--	5-5	L1	8-5	11-8
=#0000FF]NY Mets	18	13	.581	0.5	1.0	6-4	W5	10-6	8-7
=#FF4000]Miami	16	15	.516	2.5	7.0	8-2	W1	6-5	10-10
=#BF0000]Philadelphia	14	18	.438	5.0	17.0	6-4	L3	5-8	9-10

Wow, look what they did to Philadelphia.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, if the Mets can fend off the Marlins this weekend it would be pretty big. A sweep would be fantastic, but I'd be quite happy with two out of three.

[TransMonk]

Mets 13-5 against the NL East.

[Benjamin Grimm]

[TransMonk]

Stupid Houston...

[Frayed Knot]

Divisions as a whole to date:

[table:3lyyhqba][tr:3lyyhqba][td:3lyyhqba]AL EAST[/td:3lyyhqba][td:3lyyhqba]+ 16[/td:3lyyhqba][td:3lyyhqba]NL EAST[/td:3lyyhqba][td:3lyyhqba]+ 14[/td:3lyyhqba][/tr:3lyyhqba][tr:3lyyhqba][td:3lyyhqba]AL CENT[/td:3lyyhqba][td:3lyyhqba]- 20[/td:3lyyhqba][td:3lyyhqba]NL CENT[/td:3lyyhqba][td:3lyyhqba]- 4[/td:3lyyhqba][/tr:3lyyhqba][tr:3lyyhqba][td:3lyyhqba]AL WEST[/td:3lyyhqba][td:3lyyhqba]+ 4[/td:3lyyhqba][td:3lyyhqba]NL WEST[/td:3lyyhqba][td:3lyyhqba]- 10[/td:3lyyhqba][/tr:3lyyhqba][/table:3lyyhqba]

[A Boy Named Seo]

Run Diff:

WASH +11
ATL +24
NYM =#FF0000]-18
MIA +1
PHI =#FF0000]-9

They still give up too many runs, but it seems that when they lose, they're just really getting their asses kicked by alot. Of the 13 losses, 9 of those have been by 4 runs or more (we got beat two times each by margins of 4, 5, 6, and 8 freaking runs, and have one 7-run ass kicking, too).

In games decided by 3 runs or less, though, the Mets are good.

Record in 1-run games: 7-3
Record in 2-run games: 4-0
Record in 3-run games: 3-1

That's what good baseball teams do, right? Right??

[Edgy MD]

Seoie giving us his first post in a week.

[Edgy MD]

Hey, check it out. My Net Games Back has been adopted by baseball-reference as GBsum.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2012-standings.shtml

[G-Fafif]

Sole possession of the second Wild Card spot on the line for the Closer Frank Francisco Mets today.

[G-Fafif]

The battle-hardened veteran pinch-hitter Mike Baxter Mets maintain their playoff status through the 33-game season.

[G-Fafif]

The walked-off Mets nevertheless slink out of Miami with the second Wild Card at the end of the 34-game National League season.

[G-Fafif]

The suicide-squeezing Mets maintain their grip on Wild Card No. 2 through the 35-game season.

[G-Fafif]

Star-hiding Mets hold tight to the 36-game season's second Wild Card, though as Batmags noted in IGT the Reds are coming in for a showdown -- plus the Marlins and Giants are closing in...and it isn't really a 36-game season.

We just lost 8-0, Terry had a strange postgame presser and it's the middle of May, yet somehow I find myself thinking, "I wouldn't bet against us in a one-game playoff."

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: We just lost 8-0, Terry had a strange postgame presser and it's the middle of May, yet somehow I find myself thinking, "I wouldn't bet against us in a one-game playoff."

If there is one thing I've learned, it's NEVER bet against Santana.

[G-Fafif]

Carrasco-free Mets have been tied by the Jose-ful Marlins for the second WC spot, with the Todd Frazier Reds still lurking at Citi Field, a half-game behind. The 37-game season has been a relative success. Let us see where the 38-game season takes us.

[G-Fafif]

Rob Johnson and the rally-igniting Mets guarantee they'll have to declare their at least partial share of a 38-game Wild Card as they go through customs.

[G-Fafif]

Eighth-inning specialist Rob Johnson's Mets tied for the 39-game second Wild Card with Miami Marlins, who defeated Cleveland tonight, fooling their 1997 World Series foils who were obviously expecting to see the Florida Marlins.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Some clusterfuck there'd be if the season ended today.

NL Wild Card Race (First place teams excluded):


There's a four-way tie for the road wild card spot. The Phillies game is still in progress. Therefore, the Phillies could break the tie with a win. But a Phillies loss would ensure a three way tie for the last spot. I haven't bothered to look up just how the three way tie would be broken, but I can't imagine a straight round-robin to determine the Nats opponent because that round robin could go on indefinitely if the three teams continue to go 1-1 in each round robin round. As is, I'm guessing that at least four days would be needed to break this tie no matter what the method. I shoulda looked this up because I woulda probably found the answer in less time than it's taking me to write this post.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Some clusterfuck there'd be if the season ended today. NL Wild Card Race (First place teams excluded): There's a four-way tie for the road wild card spot. The Phillies game is still in progress. Therefore, the Phillies could break the tie with a win. But a Phillies loss would ensure a three way tie for the last spot. I haven't bothered to look up just how the three way tie would be broken, but I can't imagine a straight round-robin to determine the Nats opponent because that round robin could go on indefinitely if the three teams continue to go 1-1 in each round robin round. As is, I'm guessing that at least four days would be needed to break this tie no matter what the method. I shoulda looked this up because I woulda probably found the answer in less time than it's taking me to write this post.

One round-robin round. That's it. Seeding of teams in a three way tie to be resolved by combination of head to head in=season record and luck (random drawing) to determine which of three teams has first game bye in two game playoff to break three-way tie.

Ties between three teams Three-way tie for the division or wildcard If the three teams have identical records against each other in the regular season, the office of the commissioner conducts a draw with the teams designated as teams A, B, and C. First, team A plays team B with team A as the home team. The following day, the winner of the that game plays team C with team C as the away team. The winner of the game on the second day advances to the playoffs. The team designations are determined as follows: If the teams do not have identical records against one another, and one team has a best record against both other teams, and another team has a winning record against the final team, the first team shall get the first pick of their team designation, the second team gets the second pick, and the last team is assigned the remaining designation. If one team has a better record against both of the other teams, and the two other teams have the same record against each other, then the first team would get the first pick for team designation, and the other teams would draw lots. The winner of the draw would get the second pick, and the loser of the draw would be assigned the remaining designation. If two teams have the same record against each other, and both have a better record than the last team, then the first two teams draw lots, with the winner choosing their designation first, the loser of the draw picking their designation second and the final team being assigned the remaining designation. If each team has a winning record against one other team in the three team group, and a losing record against the other team in the three team group, the priority for choosing designations shall be chosen based on overall winning percentage within the three team group, any ties in winning percentage within the three team group will be broken by drawing lots.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_tie-breaking_procedures

Number of days needed to determine WC where there's a three way tie for road WC slot: at least three, assuming no rain-outs and no off days in between the three games required.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'd love to see this happen. How about a seven-way tie for that last spot? The more screwed up, the better.

[G-Fafif]

With the Phillies losing to Boston, the Hefnerian Mets maintain their place in a three-way tie for the last Wild Card spot, with Miami and San Francisco, in the 40-game season. Take a tiny little felt pennant out of petty cash, fellas.

[G-Fafif]

The Giants-A's game will determine whether there's a two- or three-team tie for the final Wild Card spot in the National League, but rest assured that the Baxter Mike and the Mysterians are one of the teams involved at the completion of the 41-game season.

[G-Fafif]

The Ike Davis Mets have fallen one game out of the second Wild Card, currently held by the Miami Mercenaries; tied for third in the mythical race with San Francisco, each team a half-game behind Cincinnati, whose two wins over the MFYs were worth it anyway.

[G-Fafif]

The Race for the Selig Card, 5/22

Miami --
Cincy 0.5
METS 1.0
Giants 1.0

[G-Fafif]

The Race for the Selig Card, 5/23

Cincy --
METS 0.5
Miami 0.5
Giants 1.5

[G-Fafif]

The Race for the Selig Card, 5/24

St. Loo --
METS 1
Miami 1
Giants 1