And I FEEL that they can catch up in a week or two at any given time. Like the past 12 days, catching the Yankees by what, 5 games is it?
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Salemi Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 1:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Nice Job, Lester.... Actually, I'm not using numbers for my estimate other than their winning percentage now and my feelings about the lineup. On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]> wrote: Not the number of wins, but the talk of it being a rebuilding year and such only a couple weeks ago. That's the only issue I have. Just an attitude. But you and Ray always go to numbers. I "feel". You "think". Different styles. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Salemi Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Nice Job, Lester.... Why are the realists pessimists? You look at the talent available and project 95-96 wins. I project five or six games fewer wins. The difference is small enough to make this argument ridiculous. On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> wrote: Wait. Why are the pessimists the realists? I expect the Sox to win 95-96 games and make the playoffs, and I think I'm completely grounded in reasonableness. Steve O On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: 100%, baby! Oh, wait. Too late. Unless you're an optimists. Then, anything's possible! On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: You're right, Bill. But I have no interest in betting against the Sox success. I'd like them to win 100. On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:09 AM, William Marino <[email protected]> wrote: This conversation is why wagering was invented... Ray's 91 games feels about right. Starting pitching will be excellent by the end of June, but shortstop and catcher are big holes. I will reluctantly, though, take the over-partly driven by the emotion of hope. How about all the overs buy the 91 and unders dinner at the end of the season? ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Ouellette Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Nice Job, Lester.... I don't get what is so hard to believe. Their multiple ace pitching staff has pitched way below expectations. Most likely they will return to their proven level of competence (as Lester already has). Unless you believe Baltimore and Cleveland will continue to outpitch them. And "has scored only more than pitiful Baltimore" is awfully disingenuous. You could also have worded it "have scored the fifth most runs in baseball" or "have scored exactly as many runs as the all-powerful Rays" or "Are only six runs from being the highest scoring team in baseball." They're on pace for 89.5 wins despite having played terribly for much of that stretch. To get to 95 wins they don't have to play .600 ball for a full season, they only have to play it for 70 percent of a season. Last year they played .584 for a full season. If you believed they were a 95 win team at the start of this season (I don't know that you did), then why is that so difficult a task? Anyway, my gripe isn't with people who don't believe they can win a World Series -- a legitimate concern and an arguable point -- it was with people who said they were already out of the race, which is inarguably false. My gripe is also with Jacoby Ellsbury, who cost my fantasy team two weeks of "day-to-day" zeroes, and appears ready to do it again ... STEVE On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: Wow, one game at a time. Let me write that one down. Got anything about giving 110%? With more than one quarter of the season played, this run prevention team has allowed the most runs in the division (second most in the league) and scored only more than pitiful baltimore in the AL East It currently stands in fourth place and is on pace to win 89.5 games. Yet some feel we should be fitted for World Series rings. If it plays .600 ball for the rest of the year, it will win 95 games. That's difficult to do. Only the Yankees played above .600 last year. But I concede it will "compete" for the playoffs, whatever that means. But I don't think it's built to win a championship. I believe I'm a realist. If I'm wrong, great. I'd rather be wrong than right. On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: Almost on pace for 91. Not quite yet. But getting there. On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]> wrote: Eh-hem. Any thoughts from the "rebuilding" crew? 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