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Post by littlebeast1 on Apr 30, 2018 8:47:32 GMT -5
I know you take Power Rankings with a grain of salt, but come on! Anyone see this week's?
I can live with the top 8 but then, it gets wonky
#9 Philly #12 LAD at 12-15 #14 Wash at 12-16
Our 16-11 Braves are at #16
Flip flop us and the Phillies, a team we have dominated and who have not played well against good competition, and these make more sense.
C'mon, ESPN. We all know how much you hate to see the Braves succeed, but give us our due.
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Post by bravesfanmatt on Apr 30, 2018 9:28:51 GMT -5
ESPN is useless. Faillies have had a cupcake schedule and to their credit they won those games where we choked two against the reds. But they can’t compete in the deep end of pool. So yeah. Them at 9 is hilarious. I don’t care about us being 16. Or the gNats. They played a pretty hard schedule too.
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Post by littlebeast1 on Apr 30, 2018 9:36:41 GMT -5
Bleacher Report seems much more accurate
1 Boston Red Sox (20-7) 2 Arizona Diamondbacks (19-8) 3 New York Yankees (18-9) 4 Houston Astros (19-10) 5 New York Mets (17-9) 6 Chicago Cubs (15-10) 7 Los Angeles Angels (16-12) 8 Pittsburgh Pirates (17-11) 9 Cleveland Indians (14-12) 10 St. Louis Cardinals (15-12) 11 Atlanta Braves (16-11) 12 Toronto Blue Jays (15-12) 13 Milwaukee Brewers (16-13) 14 Seattle Mariners (16-11) 15 Philadelphia Phillies (16-11) 16 Colorado Rockies (15-14) 17 Oakland Athletics (14-14) 18 Tampa Bay Rays (12-14) 19 San Francisco Giants (14-14) 20 Los Angeles Dodgers (12-15) 21 Washington Nationals (12-16) 22 Minnesota Twins (9-14) 23 Texas Rangers (11-18) 24 Detroit Tigers (11-15) 25 Miami Marlins (9-18) 26 San Diego Padres (10-19) 27 Baltimore Orioles (8-20) 28 Chicago White Sox (8-18) 29 Cincinnati Reds (7-21) 30 Kansas City Royals (7-20)
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Post by keystone61 on Apr 30, 2018 10:05:08 GMT -5
I can see both sides of this, although I do agree that Philly at #9 is a joke, since they are coming out of a rebuild just like we are. Lord knows I hope the Braves can keep doing what they're doing for the rest of the year, but the fact is, I still suspect that both the Dodgers and the gnats will finish ahead of us when all is said and done.........I'd LOVE to be wrong about that.
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Post by littlebeast1 on Apr 30, 2018 10:10:25 GMT -5
I think they will to, but it should be based on current play - not expectations. When the Dodgers and Nationals start playing like the division winners they were predicted to be, move em up. Until then, rank them where they deserve to be ranked.
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Post by bravepap on Apr 30, 2018 10:37:06 GMT -5
Serious question to "anybody"....
Knowing that standings determine playoff participation, and other than what seems to be a feeble attempt to footballize baseball, what is the purpose of Power Rankings?...do they have any actual value to anything baseball at all?
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Post by Fumbduckery on Apr 30, 2018 10:46:46 GMT -5
I don’t think footballize is a real word.
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Post by bravepap on Apr 30, 2018 10:49:40 GMT -5
It's 2018.....words can be whatever they want. In my world anyway....
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Post by keystone61 on Apr 30, 2018 11:01:15 GMT -5
I don’t think footballize is a real word. Whether it is or not, you can't deny that it's a very cool arrangement of consonants and vowels.
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Post by littlebeast1 on Apr 30, 2018 11:15:37 GMT -5
Serious question to "anybody".... Knowing that standings determine playoff participation, and other than what seems to be a feeble attempt to footballize baseball, what is the purpose of Power Rankings?...do they have any actual value to anything baseball at all? No value whatsoever. More just bragging rights.
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Post by bravepap on Apr 30, 2018 11:17:18 GMT -5
I don’t think footballize is a real word. Whether it is or not, you can't deny that it's a very cool arrangement of consonants and vowels. Any similarity between that and an actual word is purely coincidental!!!
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Post by bravepap on Apr 30, 2018 11:18:19 GMT -5
Serious question to "anybody".... Knowing that standings determine playoff participation, and other than what seems to be a feeble attempt to footballize baseball, what is the purpose of Power Rankings?...do they have any actual value to anything baseball at all? No value whatsoever. More just bragging rights. OK...thanks...I always wondered if there was something there that didn't appear to be like WAR for pitchers....
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Post by keystone61 on Apr 30, 2018 11:41:28 GMT -5
Whether it is or not, you can't deny that it's a very cool arrangement of consonants and vowels. Any similarity between that and an actual word is purely coincidental!!! Clearly, those who say it isn't a word, haven't seen this: www.facebook.com/Footballize/And we all know if you see it on the interwebs, it's gotta be DA TRUTH!
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Post by bravepap on Apr 30, 2018 11:46:33 GMT -5
LOL....VINDICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Fumbduckery on Apr 30, 2018 12:16:38 GMT -5
It's 2018.....words can be whatever they want. In my world anyway.... Hey I completely agree, I love making up new words. I just did yesterday when I used the word "packageable."
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