The standings since the All-Star Break...


TEAM W-L GB PCT.
Pittsburgh 30-27 __ .526
Houston 28-28 1.5 .500
St.Louis 29-30 2.0 .491
Cinn 27-30 3.0 .473
Chicago 25 -34 6.0 .423
Milw 22-34 7.5 .392

"gig" <osled@lycos.com> wrote in message
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Maybe next year we can have first half winners and second half winners!

"Matt Davis" <MDavis@KBradio.com> wrote in message
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Hey! Now there's an idea! Actually didn't they do this during one of the
strike years? And I believe some minor leagues still run their playoffs this
way also. ...Gives some hope for next year anyway.

"gig" <osled@lycos.com> wrote in message
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It all depends on what the "brainless trust" does with our talented players
in the off-season. The handwriting is on the wall for Castillo and I figure
Jason Bay has maybe 1 more year in the 'Burgh before he will be trade-bait
to save on salaries. With McClatchy/Nutting and Littlefield I am pretty
certain they will destroy any chemistry that was built in the 2nd half of
the season by spring training.

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:28:00 GMT, "Matt Davis" <MDavis@KBradio.com>
wrote:

31-27 since the break now, after beating the mighty Mets.

gig wrote:


Another piece of information you might want to enter into the record is
this: Series won against teams with a winning record since the All Star
Break - 1

Of course finding teams in the National League with winning records
isn't easy, but it still doesn't change the fact that the Pirates are
still the same bad team they were before the All Star break - they've
just been playing more of the bottom tier teams since the break.

I'm sure David Littlefield sees progress in beating up on the hapless
and broken Cubs as well as the Nationals and Rockies, but nothing
changes for the Pirates until they changes these two post All Star break
records.

Record against teams .500 or better: 9-15

PAS 2006
Astros 0- 6 3-10
Brewers 3- 3 9- 7
Cards 3- 0 6- 9
Cubs 6- 3 9- 6
Reds 2- 4 5- 8
14-16 32-40

On the year the Pirates look even worse not playing .500 or better
against any team with a winning record. You just can't make a living
beating up on the Cubs.

We can always count on Galvanek to find the dark lining in any silver
cloud.

wow

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"Paul S. Galvanek" <galvanekps@verizon.net> wrote in message
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contestant wrote:

There is no silver cloud to find a lining in.

The same people do the same stupid thing all year long, every year and
fool themselves into thinking things are improving because they
selectively chose only a portion of games they want to see.

How many times before the All Star break did we hear ... ohhhh things
are turning around after the team strung together a few wins only to see
them go right back into the crapper? How many players have been
anointed the starter based on a 4 week audition in September only to
turn into pumpkin the next season when handed the full time job?

You can make any argument you choose to about a team or a player when
you cherry pick a small part of the entire year to base it on.

Bottom line, while the record has improved since the AS break the play
on the field has not as the team's offense has fallen from 12th in the
national league to 15th and will be last before the season ends.

The same problem that has plagued the team for 14 years has not been
addressed - no offense. And unless they do something really dramatic in
the off season it's going to be worse next year. No offense means no
winning season - period.