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After 44 games a year ago, the Jays were 20-24 and 101/2 games out in the AL East standings. This year, after 44 games, the Jays were only one game better (21-23) but were only five games out of first in the East when play began yesterday.

Now if they can keep scoring a few runs and at least split with the Rays, Yanks and Sawx, they'll have a chance to hang around in the AL East.
 
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Highly successful road trip. Who said they weren't good on the road (whoops that was me!).

Not sure who they are going to have pitching Tuesday as I just read Halladay was due to pitch then. Just as well they have Monday off.
 
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teassoc said:
Not sure who they are going to have pitching Tuesday as I just read Halladay was due to pitch then. Just as well they have Monday off.
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Halladay pitched 2.1 innings today in relief so could be up in the air or maybe the Jays don't think it matters.
 
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salsamarc said:
will you mind telling us how the Yanks or the sox were doing after 44 games a year ago so we can make a FAIR comparisson?
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Read the rest of the post for the relative proximity of the other teams. I'm not here to do your research for you... ;)
 
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salsamarc said:
if you are going to compare teams it is a good idea to post the numbers for the other teams otherwise your intel is not accurate
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Bottom line is the Jays have a better record than at the same time last year and they're closer to the lead (4 out, I believe). Good enough for me.

Also just 3 games out of the wild card.
 
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^^^ Thank you.

Someone who understands and doesn't expect me to go to 5 websites (or more if you factor in the wild card) to provide more info.
 
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salsamarc said:
will you mind telling us how the Yanks or the sox were doing after 44 games a year ago so we can make a FAIR comparisson?
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League Standings at the end of Friday, May 18, 2007

ALE W L GB WP RS RA
BOS 28 12 - .700 213 136
BAL 19 23 10.0 .452 182 195
NYY 18 22 10.0 .450 214 188
TOR 18 23 10.5 .439 179 195
TBD 18 23 10.5 .439 188 246

(This year more or less.)

League Standings at the end of Sunday, May 18, 2008

ALE W L GB WP RS RA
BOS 26 19 - .578 228 202
TBR 25 18 - .581 197 171
BAL 23 19 1.5 .548 178 182
TOR 22 23 4.0 .489 171 176
NYY 20 23 5.0 .465 177 186
 
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hunter001 said:
League Standings at the end of Friday, May 18, 2007

ALE W L GB WP RS RA
BOS 28 12 - .700 213 136
BAL 19 23 10.0 .452 182 195
NYY 18 22 10.0 .450 214 188
TOR 18 23 10.5 .439 179 195
TBD 18 23 10.5 .439 188 246

(This year more or less.)

League Standings at the end of Sunday, May 18, 2008

ALE W L GB WP RS RA
BOS 26 19 - .578 228 202
TBR 25 18 - .581 197 171
BAL 23 19 1.5 .548 178 182
TOR 22 23 4.0 .489 171 176
NYY 20 23 5.0 .465 177 186
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This time last year the Jays were struggling with a poor pitching line-up which with new faces later in the season got a lot better. They also had Josh Towers every fifth game. :eek:

With last night's game included they are 5 wins better than around this time last year - that's after having played a lot of games on the road. A nice and welcome improvement.
 
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The pitching is a nice improvement as well as playing on the road as compared to this time last year. Now only if the bats were to get going, that would be a sight to behold.
 
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Herodotus said:
^^^ Thank you.
Someone who understands and doesn't expect me to go to 5 websites (or more if you factor in the wild card) to provide more info.
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You only need to go to one website: http://mlb.mlb.com/index.jsp
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Here is an intriguing stat: Over the past 30 days Texas Rangers lead the American League with 148 RBI's and the Jays trail AL in RBI's over the last 30 days with just 82.

82/148 = @ 55% as many RBI's as Texas; but, Jays are half a game ahead of Rangers in Standings.

http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable_t...=true&Submit=Submit&sitSplit=&checkBoxTotal=0

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/wildcard.jsp
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Its not how much you hit but when you hit
 
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salsamarc said:
true, the Jays are improving in their hitting but the numbers with RISP are still low.....by my estimations they should have won 5 or 6 more games than what they have
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I'm sure every single team has given away at least a few games that their fans feel they should have won.

The only relevant thing you said is that the Jays are improving their hitting. That's what has held them back but maybe not anymore. Their numbers were atrocious, therefore they are still low overall, even with their recent improvement.

Again what's relevant is that even with their shortcomings (poor hitting and giving away games) they are only 4 games out. They are in the thick of it despite underachieving and their performance is improving.
 
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shack said:
they are only 4 games out. They are in the thick of it despite underachieving and their performance is improving.
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well then is a good thing that the other teams are playing as poor as the jays so called offense as for your "intellingent" comment about games fans "feel" they "should" have won I am sure even the idiot of a GM that we have will agree that if you are in extra innings and your leadoff hitter start things off with a triple, all that the next 2 hitters have to do is hit a ball to the outfield and they win is really quite simple really.......well maybe not for you :D
 
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