Baseball 2012

[katmai]

So we should blame your parents, gotcha.

[Barrister]

So we should blame your parents, gotcha.

It could be worse - I could be a Yankees fan like my dad. 

[The Minsky Moment]

Depends on how you look at it.  The 1990 Reds won their division pretty much due to their dominance in April.  IIRC, they went .500 the rest of the year.  And then proceeded to unexpectedly sweep the A's in the Series.

1990 Reds:  13-3 in April, 78-68 for the rest of the year, safely above .500.

Quick glance at 2011.
The AL team with the best record in April - Cleveland at 18-8.  They would finish 80-82, 15 GB.
In the NL it was the Rockies and the Phillies.  The Phillies would finish with the best record in baseball; the Rockies OTOH finished at 73-89, 21 GB.
On the flip side, two of the division winners -- the Tigers and the Diamondbacks - had losing records in April.

[derspiess]

Depends on how you look at it.  The 1990 Reds won their division pretty much due to their dominance in April.  IIRC, they went .500 the rest of the year.  And then proceeded to unexpectedly sweep the A's in the Series.

1990 Reds:  13-3 in April, 78-68 for the rest of the year, safely above .500.

REGARDLESS, I still say they won the division based on their April performance.  Had they had a weak (say, sub-.500) April, they wouldn't have won the division.

[CountDeMoney]

I don't think they have a chance in hell to finish at .600 but respectability is within reach.

Well, you'd be fucking wrong.

[The Minsky Moment]

REGARDLESS, I still say they won the division based on their April performance.  Had they had a weak (say, sub-.500) April, they wouldn't have won the division.

April matters; it's one of only 6 full months in the regular season.  But a team can play sub-.500 ball in April and still make the playoffs.

[sbr]

I still not sure how you dorks picked the Royals, i mean i guess Beeb is old enough to have bandwagonned on when they were good, but wtf is your excuse BA?

When I was very, very little my parents put a Royals hat on my head, and for the next decade or more I was rarely seen without a Royals hat.  Plus I was 10 when they won that one World Series, and George Brett is a God amongst men.

Mike Schmidt is the best 3B of all time.

[CountDeMoney]

Mike Schmidt is the best 3B of all time.

Brooks Robinson wants you to fuck off.

[Sophie Scholl]

I still not sure how you dorks picked the Royals, i mean i guess Beeb is old enough to have bandwagonned on when they were good, but wtf is your excuse BA?

I grew up in a Yankee household (aka an older sister and dad who were and are diehard Yankees fans and a mom who doesn't care) as a Rickey Henderson fan.  My loyalties went with him till he hit the Angels in '97.  Getting sick of just getting to know a team and then having be traded yet again, I decided to pick one team and run with them as my primary team while still being a Henderson fan.  Growing up in a Yankee household, I was partial to the American League, and I didn't want to bandwagon onto a popular team, so I narrowed it down to two teams in need of fans: the Tigers and the Royals.  I flipped a coin on it which came up heads, and I've been a Royals fan ever since.  I've witnessed one .500 or better season since then.

[Valmy]

Greatest of All Time.

[katmai]

Puhleeze, Robinson is lucky to make top 5.

[sbr]

Puhleeze, Robinson is lucky to make top 5.

He may be in the top 5 but Brett and Schmidt are so far ahead of whoever might be in 3rd place i never really considered it.

[Valmy]

I've witnessed one .500 or better season since then.

Once more than the Orioles have had since 1997.

[katmai]

Puhleeze, Robinson is lucky to make top 5.

He may be in the top 5 but Brett and Schmidt are so far ahead of 3rd place i never really considered it.

Shhhh, i'm trolling the O's fans, they aren't humilated enough by having the ownership that they do.

[Valmy]

He may be in the top 5 but Brett and Schmidt are so far ahead of whoever might be in 3rd place i never really considered it.

16 Gold Gloves say otherwise