Over Achievers Under Achievers - Teams

shedman · Post by **shedman** » Sat May 08, 2021 1:31 pm

The underachieving teams for the year are:

Pirates 13-18

Twins 12-19

Rockies 12-20

Tigers 9-24

There are only 3 teams in all of baseball with a worse record than our Bucs. The idea of this thread is to slice and dice the season into small enough parts that we can find 1 chunk of the season where our BUcs won a couple of games. I wonder h ow long Wildwood Dave would have lasted as a basketball coach if his teams ended up 5-15 and he focused on the two week stretch where he won 4 games?

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Sat May 08, 2021 2:40 pm

465D505158545B350 wrote: The underachieving teams for the year are:

Pirates 13-18

Twins 12-19

Rockies 12-20

Tigers 9-24

There are only 3 teams in all of baseball with a worse record than our Bucs. The idea of this thread is to slice and dice the season into small enough parts that we can find 1 chunk of the season where our BUcs won a couple of games. I wonder h ow long Wildwood Dave would have lasted as a basketball coach if his teams ended up 5-15 and he focused on the two week stretch where he won 4 games?
So you expected the Pirates to be better than 13-18 after 31 games?

shedman · Post by **shedman** » Sat May 08, 2021 3:33 pm

795459484F5E49090A3B0 wrote: The underachieving teams for the year are:

Pirates 13-18

Twins 12-19

Rockies 12-20

Tigers 9-24

There are only 3 teams in all of baseball with a worse record than our Bucs. The idea of this thread is to slice and dice the season into small enough parts that we can find 1 chunk of the season where our BUcs won a couple of games. I wonder h ow long Wildwood Dave would have lasted as a basketball coach if his teams ended up 5-15 and he focused on the two week stretch where he won 4 games?
So you expected the Pirates to be better than 13-18 after 31 games?
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If we set the bar low enough even Nutting will be able to step over it.

2drfischer@gmail.c · Post by **2drfischer@gmail.c** » Sat May 08, 2021 3:58 pm

362D202128242B450 wrote: [highlight]The underachieving teams for the year are:

Pirates 13-18[/highlight]

Twins 12-19

Rockies 12-20

Tigers 9-24

There are only 3 teams in all of baseball with a worse record than our Bucs. The idea of this thread is to slice and dice the season into small enough parts that we can find 1 chunk of the season where our BUcs won a couple of games. I wonder h ow long Wildwood Dave would have lasted as a basketball coach if his teams ended up 5-15 and he focused on the two week stretch where he won 4 games?

You've got this backwards, don't you? You had them winning something like 45 games all year, a .277 winning percentage. So far, the Bucs have played at a .420 clip. Looks like they've overachieved according to the math. But don't let facts get in the way.

GreenWeenie · Post by **GreenWeenie** » Sat May 08, 2021 4:04 pm

I thought they set the bar somewhere around being consistently competitive for championships. 13 & 18 seems far from that, unless they get hot fast.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Sat May 08, 2021 4:09 pm

Underachiever definition: one that fails to attain a predicted level of achievement or does not do as well as expected.

Overachiever definition: to perform better or achieve more than expected, especially by others.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Sat May 08, 2021 4:18 pm

073225252E1725252E2925400 wrote: I thought they set the bar somewhere around being consistently competitive for championships. 13 & 18 seems far from that, unless they get hot fast.
Those guys got fired. The new guys are starting over. In was in all the papers.

GreenWeenie · Post by **GreenWeenie** » Sat May 08, 2021 4:21 pm

They are what they are. I agree that this was done to make folks feel good about the start of the season. Haven't achieved much since. Dave jinxed it.

bucs607179 · Post by **bucs607179** » Sat May 08, 2021 8:02 pm

Bit off topic but kudos to the St. Louis Cardinals organization. Next life I'm a Cardinal fan. Steelers and Penguins do a small market city proud but to be a fan of the Cards you have had many great baseball seasons to follow. Not sure how many WS's they have but almost every year their fans have a nice summer. It would be like the 70 Pirates for me. 150+ nights of excitement.

I would think their owners don't mind spending a buck or two and probably have decent attendance figures at season end.

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WildwoodDave2 · Post by **WildwoodDave2** » Sat May 08, 2021 8:41 pm

153835242332256566570 wrote: Underachiever definition: one that fails to attain a predicted level of achievement or does not do as well as expected.

Overachiever definition: to perform better or achieve more than expected, especially by others.

Glad you defined them- might help Green Weenie to know the difference