6/18 Pirates (Niese) @ Cubs (Lester) 7:15PM CDT FOX

[BigSlick]

Lol the Pirates are 13 games back in June

[Derwood]

Well that was fun

[Cubswin11]

:flythew:

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Moral victory for the Pirates.

[Sammys Boombox]

Sometimes I just stare at the standings and smile.

[David]

Lol the Pirates are 13 games back in June

 

14*

[Ski]

11.5 up.

[David]

Lol the Pirates are 13 games back in June

 

14*

[raw]

do peopel not realize that they're 8-9 record in one run games is a testament to how good they are because when they lose, they lose close? lol

 

They've only lost 6 games by more than 2.

[BigSlick]

These two series will basically just be the final stamp on the division. In June. This team is stupid.

[davell]

I nominate the Pirates for the Participation Trophy. They try their asses off. The little engine that almost could.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Will the Pirates beat us again this year?

[JennieGarthAlgar]

almora could've easily caught that routine fly to LF lol

 

I noticed this as well. He kinda, just... glided over there

[raw]

do peopel not realize that they're 8-9 record in one run games is a testament to how good they are because when they lose, they lose close? lol

 

They've only lost 6 games by more than 2.

 

9-9 in 1-run games

6-5 in 2-run games

31-6 in games decided by 3 or more.

[BigSlick]

do peopel not realize that they're 8-9 record in one run games is a testament to how good they are because when they lose, they lose close? lol

 

They've only lost 6 games by more than 2.

 

9-9 in 1-run games

6-5 in 2-run games

31-6 in games decided by 3 or more.

I'm glad the forums screwed up and posted this twice because it's so good

[David]

Cubs could go 4-11 in their next 15 and be on pace for 100 wins

[Sammys Boombox]

I think the Fox announcers said something today about the Cubs having outscored the Pirates by 2.5 runs per game this season. That's a cool stat that shows dominance over a pretty small sample size.

 

What I don't think they mentioned is that the Cubs are averaging more than 2.5 runs per game better than their opponents in ALL of their games this season.

[UMFan83]

Cubs could go 4-11 in their next 15 and be on pace for 100 wins

 

I posted last night that the Cubs could lose 16 in a row and still be on pace for 90 wins. Not sure which of those is sexier.

[ctcf]

11.5 up.

 

The most the Cubs have been up since 1929

[UMFan83]

Lol the Pirates are 13 games back in June

 

14*

 

15 in loss column*

[Sammys Boombox]

If the Cubs go .500 the rest of the season the Cardinals would have to play at a 101-win pace and the Pirates at a 105-win pace for the rest of the season for them to TIE the Cubs.

[UMFan83]

Lmao

 

[philosophizer75]

I nominate the Pirates for the Participation Trophy. They try their asses off. The little engine that almost could.

 

[spoil]http://imgur.com/LROLKgk[/spoil]

[soccer10k]

Anyone know an easy way to look up the largest division lead at any point in a single season? I used B-R to look up the division winners last year and click on each one's schedule, which will show the largest lead for that team, but I was hoping there was an easier way.

 

Last year, the Royals had a 14.5 game lead, which was the largest in the league at any point. In 2014, it was Washington at 17 games.

 

Looking at some of the best teams in recent memory, the 04 Cards topped out at 17.5, the 01 Mariners were up by 21 games (and on July 1 after only 80 games) and the 98 Yankees got to 22 games up.

[soccer10k]

Didn't realize how good the A's were in the second half in 2001. They were 35-40 at one point and finished 67-20. They were also 57-50 and finished 45-10, ending the year winning 29 of their last 33 games.