2009 Playoffs Thread

[Omar]

Finals
STL 6 PIT 4
FLA 3 PHI 2


In Progress
CHC 2 COL 6 TOP 8
CIN 2 SFG 4 BOT 5

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

It doesn't look like we're going to make up any ground in the wild card but he gained a dame in the division!

[Omar]

Standings as of 8/8:

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

SFG       60       49      ---    ---     53
COL       60       49      ---    ---     53
CHC       57       50      2.0     53     55
FLA       56       53      4.0     50     53
ATL       56       54      4.5     49     52

Teams Mathematically Alive: 14
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (38-72, E# 31)

Today's Matchups:
CIN (Arroyo) @ SFG (Zito) [4:05]
FLA (West) @ PHI (Hamels) [7:05]
CHC (Dempster) @ COL (Marquis) [8:10]
ATL (Kawakami) @ LAD (Kershaw) [10:10]

[Omar]

Standings as of 8/9:

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

SFG       61       49      ---    ---     52
COL       60       50      1.0     52     52
CHC       58       50      2.0     52     54
FLA       57       53      4.0     49     52
ATL       57       54      4.5     48     51

Teams Mathematically Alive: 14
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (39-72, E# 30)

Today's Matchups:
FLA (Johnson) @ PHI (Moyer) [1:35]
CHC (Wells) @ COL (Hammel) [3:10]
CIN (Harang) @ SFG (Cain) [4:05]
ATL (Vazquez) @ LAD (Stultz) [4:10]

[Omar]

Scoreboard
FLA 12 PHI 3 F

CHC 3 COL 8 TOP 7
CIN 5 SFG 0 BOT 5
ATL 3 LAD 1 TOP 5

[Marlinsfan4lyfe]

Giants losing a good thing

[Namaste]

I like how this is called the 2009 Playoffs Thread now.

[Ralph]

Phillies Vs Cubs and Braves next two series is nothing but a win-win. So long as the Fishies take care of business.

[Omar]

Standings as of 8/10

NL East

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

PHI       61       48      ---    ---     53
FLA       58       53      4.0     49     51
ATL       58       54      4.5     48     50

Teams Mathematically Alive: 5
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (40-72, E# 30)

NL Wild Card

TEAM      WIN     LOSS     GB      E#     REMAINING

SFG       61       50      ---    ---     51
COL       61       50      ---    ---     51
CHC       58       51      2.0     51     53
FLA       58       53      3.0     49     51
ATL       58       54      3.5     48     50

Teams Mathematically Alive: 14
Worst Team Remaining: Washington (40-72, E# 30)

Wins Needed for 90 Total: 32
Win Percentage Needed: .627

Where We Stand coming home
3.0 back of the Wild Card (4th place)
4.0 back of the Division (2nd place)
12-9 since the All Star Break
12-6 since the Phillies' sweep
4-4 in the Nick Johnson Era

Upcoming Homestand
4 vs Houston (0-0 on year, 0-0 at home)
3 vs Colorado (2-1 on year, 0-0 at home)

[lou]

Upcoming Schedule should be really shown to show the amazing stretch we have.

Houston 4
Colorado 3
@ Houston 3
@ Atlanta 3
New York 3
San Diego 3
Atlanta 4
@ Washington 3
@ New York 3
Washington 3

That is 33 games over the next month-plus, and only Colorado is over .500. The road trips all have built in off days.

Minimum 19-14. They need to destroy this as we then have a long run trip to St. Louis and Cincy, come home to play the Phillies, and then a week and a half later end the year with 3 games in Philly.

Phillies schedule is only 'slightly' tougher, being two tough series versus one (CHC, SF) during this stretch.

[Nick]

Atlanta's over .500.

[lou]

Atlanta's over .500.

I totally did not realize that but see now. And a +37 run differential. Damn.

But we can knock them out too.

[emkayseven]

yeah Atlanta is right on our ass

[Fish and Chips]

to add on lou post, the golden number to reach is 90games.
right now the marlins 58-53
so in the remaining 51 games they have to go 32-19 or 13 above .500

possible, but i think the marlins need to go on a long winning streak, like 8 straight or 9 out of ten, to have a realistic shot.

The Braves scared me, they have one of the best pitching staff in the league, and i can see them making a big run, but the marlins played better well against them this year

[m26555]

to add on lou post, the golden number to reach is 90games.
right now the marlins 58-53
so in the remaining 51 games they have to go 32-19 or 13 above .500

possible, but i think the marlins need to go on a long winning streak, like 8 straight or 9 out of ten, to have a realistic shot.

The Braves scared me, they have one of the best pitching staff in the league, and i can see them making a big run, but the marlins played better well against them this year

Considering we have gone 39-28 since we bottomed out at 19-25 (with a VERY tough schedule to boot), going 32-19 over this final stretch is very possible. I agree that Atlanta is scary, though.