Reversal Of Fortunes
Posted by Steve Lombardi on August 10th, 2009 · Comments (2)
What a difference 6 weeks and 5 days makes…
- From June 24th through August 9th, the Yankees went 31-10.
- From June 24th through August 9th, the Red Sox went 19-21.
That’s how you get an 11.5 game swing in the standings…which is what the Yankees did…going from being 5 games back of the Red Sox on June 24th to being 6.5 games up on them by the close of business August 9th. Of course, the big push here has been since July 18th.
- From July 18th through August 9th, the Yankees went 17-5.
- From July 18th through August 9th, the Red Sox went 7-14.
Needless to say, the last 4 weeks in Yankeeland have been all good…whereas…in Red Sox Nation…it’s not been so nice.
The interesting thing is that the Yanks are now officially on pace to win 100 games this season yet, according to Pythagorean W-L, the Yanks are overperforming by +7.33 wins (Pythag has them at 93-69).
The Red Sox are on pace for 91 wins (Pythag 92-70) and Tampa is on pace for 89 wins (Pythag 92-70).
I guess it takes some good luck to get to where the Yanks. No complaints by me…
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