We were 50-50 on July 24th. We were 58-58 on August 11th. In the remaining 46 games, we won only 17 to finish at 75-87. That's a .369 clip the final 25% of the season.
Had we played just .555 ball over that final 46 games, we would have finished 84-78. Had we played .555 ball from July 24th onward, we finish 85-77.
2nd place in the division (by beating division rivals head to head) and 2 games behind the Rockies for the wild card.
The front office uses the word "contention" often:
What do you think it means to them?
What does it mean to YOU?
When is it OK to not try to win?
2017 Season
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2017 Season
5C555D4C42380 wrote: We were 50-50 on July 24th. We were 58-58 on August 11th. In the remaining 46 games, we won only 17 to finish at 75-87. That's a .369 clip the final 25% of the season.
Had we played just .555 ball over that final 46 games, we would have finished 84-78. Had we played .555 ball from July 24th onward, we finish 85-77.
2nd place in the division (by beating division rivals head to head) and 2 games behind the Rockies for the wild card.
The front office uses the word "contention" often:
What do you think it means to them?
What does it mean to YOU?
When is it OK to not try to win?
I won't waste my time attempting to understand what contention might mean to Pirate ownership/management. I have enough cognitive dissonance to deal with in my life already.
Contention to me means that the Pirates are within half dozen games of the Division lead or within 3 games of a Wild Card berth on September 1st.
In general I'd be OK with not attempting to contend after an "all in effort" to win a World Series has reached its expiration date, and a rebuild is necessary. Specifically by "all in effort" I mean spending money on MLB payroll to fortify a team on the cusp of greatness commensurate with revenues. In other words exactly the opposite of what the Pirate$ did following the 2015 season.
Had we played just .555 ball over that final 46 games, we would have finished 84-78. Had we played .555 ball from July 24th onward, we finish 85-77.
2nd place in the division (by beating division rivals head to head) and 2 games behind the Rockies for the wild card.
The front office uses the word "contention" often:
What do you think it means to them?
What does it mean to YOU?
When is it OK to not try to win?
I won't waste my time attempting to understand what contention might mean to Pirate ownership/management. I have enough cognitive dissonance to deal with in my life already.
Contention to me means that the Pirates are within half dozen games of the Division lead or within 3 games of a Wild Card berth on September 1st.
In general I'd be OK with not attempting to contend after an "all in effort" to win a World Series has reached its expiration date, and a rebuild is necessary. Specifically by "all in effort" I mean spending money on MLB payroll to fortify a team on the cusp of greatness commensurate with revenues. In other words exactly the opposite of what the Pirate$ did following the 2015 season.