Monday, April 17, 2006 |
Omen: Orioles 4, Angels 2
Year vs. BAL Season Result
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2005 4-2 Won Division, ALDS
2004 6-3 Won Division
2003 1-8 Placed third, 77-85
2002 7-2 Won World Series
So you see where this is going. A 1-3 start against the O's is therefore a rather bad omen for the season, especially against a team that would actively trade for a piece of junk like Corey Patterson after they obligingly took out the Cubs' other trash in the guise of a clearly finished Sammy Sosa. Teams that make those kinds of decisions don't win regularly, and so far, the voting in the chattering classes is solidly in favor of a third or fourth place finish for the O's. Again. So losing to the O's is like... well, I'm not sure what, but I do recall last year a certain other well-regarded team did manage to get swept in three games by their inferiors. That doesn't make this any easier to take, though. I told you we'd be watching through our fingers.
Before I go, allow me to introduce you to Dave Studeman's Win Probability stuff. Here's the graph for today's game, culled from this link:
WPA graph courtesy of Dave Appelman and fangraphs.com.
Fun stuff.
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