May 12, 200818 yr Something that has been bothering me is that people, whether it is fans of other teams or "experts", are claiming that we are going to start failing because we are only beating "weak teams". So I did some research and put together these numbers. These are the teams we have a winning record against: Team Record PCT +--------+--------+-----+ Brewers 18-19 .486 Padres 14-24 .368 Braves 18-17 .514 Pirates 17-19 .472 Nationals 15-23 .395 Now here are their records without the games against the Fish: Team Record PCT +--------+--------+-----+ Brewers 17-14 .548 Padres 13-22 .371 Braves 16-14 .533 Pirates 15-15 .500 Nationals 14-15 .482 We don't beat weak teams, we make teams weak.
May 12, 200818 yr I was actually thinking that. Are we winning because they are weak or are they weak because we are beating them? It's a two sided arguement there. Let's just enjoy winning regardless of who it's against.
May 12, 200818 yr Good research there Rab :thumbup I like the fact that 3 of those teams would be .500 or better without us.
May 12, 200818 yr what the heck do ppl want? we're beating weak teams because thats what our schedule says! gosh, it piss me off. give us better teams and guess what we beat them too.
May 12, 200818 yr Author what the heck do ppl want? we're beating weak teams because thats what our schedule says! gosh, it piss me off. give us better teams and guess what we beat them too. Well, what I am saying, with the assists from factual statistics, is that the teams we have been beating aren't weak at all. They just seem weak because they have had the misfortune of playing us.
May 12, 200818 yr what the heck do ppl want? we're beating weak teams because thats what our schedule says! gosh, it piss me off. give us better teams and guess what we beat them too. Good teams beat the weak teams.
May 12, 200818 yr The Braves, Padres, Brewers were all supposed to playoff contenders this year too...I can understand saying we're beating up on the Nats and Pirates...but hell, everyone and the mother was picking the Nats to finish ahead of us too.
May 12, 200818 yr brave was suppose to ahead of us look were their are yeah, and they're there b/c they have a combined 9 losses against the Nats & Pirates, thus far, this year. But...the Braves are legit, of course.
May 12, 200818 yr Wins are Wins And we have the best record in baseball, can't be anything wrong with that
May 12, 200818 yr Man it is stupid to say that the Marlins are in first because of playing weaker teams, mainly because the first and simplest measure of a good team is their ability to win the games they are supposed to win, and guess what? Not only have the Marlins won those games they steamrolled the teams. Besides winning this games against the "lesser" teams will make the rest of the season easier because it will make the games against the Mets and Phillies to a certain extent less important.
May 12, 200818 yr The only real strong case in that list is the Nationals. When the Marlins start playing more games against the Phillies, Mets, Cubs, and Diamondbacks, we'll know once and for all. I'm just going to hold out judgment until then.
May 12, 200818 yr The only real strong case in that list is the Nationals. When the Marlins start playing more games against the Phillies, Mets, Cubs, and Diamondbacks, we'll know once and for all. I'm just going to hold out judgment until then. I'll second that. Also, how many of those teams listed were in last year's post-season? We're still doing great, and winning on the road makes it even better. Still a relatively small sample to use though, but good stuff none the less.
May 12, 200818 yr If the Marlins produce a .500 record from May 26th to June 5th, I'll believe. Does that mean, if it is a winning record, you will put your fingers in your ears and go "LALALALALALALALA?"
May 12, 200818 yr Author The only real strong case in that list is the Nationals. When the Marlins start playing more games against the Phillies, Mets, Cubs, and Diamondbacks, we'll know once and for all. I'm just going to hold out judgment until then. How is that the only strong case? If they hadn't seen us, both the Pirates and the Brewers would be .500+ teams.
May 12, 200818 yr We don't beat weak teams, we make teams weak. I absolutely love this, thanks Rab. And we've been doing this missing a lot of guys from the team who could really help us.
May 12, 200818 yr We don't beat weak teams, we make teams weak. I absolutely love this, thanks Rab. And we've been doing this missing a lot of guys from the team who could really help us.
May 12, 200818 yr maybe marlins the rockies of this yr So we WILL make it to the World Series but get swept by the Red Sox? F*CK!!
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