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Thursday, July 22, 2004

Do The Math

Foreword: I really hate this new Blogger interface. It has a strong tendency to eat your input, which the old one didn't. For instance, in Mozilla, if you click on a link that causes focus to move to the Blogger entry window, and you go back, it's all gone. I don't know if it's a Moz bug but it's damned annoying.

Anaheim Angels, AL West

MonthRecordWPCT
April13-10.565
May17-10.630
June11-16.407
July8-9.471

Assume the division will be taken with 95 wins, the current rate of the Texas Rangers. The Angels would have to win 46 out of the remaining 68 games to play, or a .676 WPCT, higher than they've done even when they had Glaus's bat in the lineup. But what about the wild card? The A's and Red Sox are on target for a .548 WPCT, or an 89-73 record. So say 90 wins gets the wild card. That still means a .556 WPCT, and the team would have to win 42 of 68, or a .618 WPCT, a rate they only accomplished in May with Glaus.

Los Angeles Dodgers, NL West

MonthRecordWPCT
April14-8.636
May13-14.481
June12-14.462
July15-3.833

The Dodgers are on pace to take the division with 94 wins, or a .581 WPCT; they're currently 54-39. To keep this up, the Dodgers have to win 40 more games from the 69 remaining, or a winning percentage of .580.

Shut up, Rob. You'll jinx it.

Update: oops, got the games remaining WPCT for the Dodgers wrong. It's a mite higher.


Comments:
Great Blog! I just started one too, so come check it out:

Angels BlogGo halos!
 
I guess I'm the only one who isn't having a problem with the new interface. I'm using Firefox, and it works just fine.
 
I have had my share of stuff eaten by webpages and e-mail. I always type the stuff in word first. I then cut and paste it over.
 

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