The Royals Can Still Win the AL Central

by Freneau on Sep 3, 2007 2:09 PM EDT in Kansas City Royals News

Check out today's Playoff Odd's Report at BP:

AL Central W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs
Indians 78 58 .529 91.8 70.2 87.25713 3.70502 90.96215
Tigers 73 64 .533 87.2 74.8 12.47117 13.96127 26.43244
Twins 69 68 .507 81.6 80.4 .27168 .33695 .60863
Royals 61 75 .432 72.4 89.6 .00003 .00000 .00002
White Sox 58 79 .423 68.8 93.2 .00000 .00000 .00000

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We're alive!

If you play the rest of the season a million times, the Royals win the division three times!

p.s. I have no idea how the overall Playoff odds (Division OR WC) can be lower than JUST winning the division...

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The Pale Hosers are out bitches!

Being a fan is irrational, but what is the alternative?

by philofthenorth on Sep 3, 2007 2:30 PM EDT reply actions

so you're saying there's a chance....

by marbotty on Sep 3, 2007 4:33 PM EDT reply actions

royals review is dead

it must be football season

by FlintHillsRoyal on Sep 3, 2007 5:13 PM EDT reply actions

dead... I don't think so.

Tonight we go for a win that will end the 100 game losing season streak. It may not be much of a goal. To me this will mean that we have had a successful year and everyother win until the end of the season will be icing on the cake.

RR may be a little quieter but never ever dead.

GO BLUE...

GO ROYALS....

by grudz69 on Sep 3, 2007 6:33 PM EDT reply actions

Not dead

As the Royals play out the string and the NFL and college football seasons start, it is expected that there will be somewhat less traffic on this site. But the site is still very active with many Royals fans still very interested in the daily goings on of the KC Royals.

by Scott McKinney on Sep 3, 2007 6:48 PM EDT reply actions

I know this isn't the game thread, but...

Teahen is back:

D. DeJesus cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
M. Grudzielanek 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
R. Gload 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
B. Butler dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
M. Teahen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
A. Gordon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249
S. Costa lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
J. Buck c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
T. Pena Jr. ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262

by Scott McKinney on Sep 3, 2007 6:54 PM EDT reply actions

That's funny

I checked yesterday before the win and it was 0 percent. That was an important win yesterday.

by mazoboom on Sep 3, 2007 10:46 PM EDT reply actions

We've played our way back into contention

Now we just have to close the deal!

by Scott McKinney on Sep 3, 2007 11:43 PM EDT reply actions

Division champ odds are lower than playoff odds

Because of the Yankees and the Mariners (most importantly)--the larger field of better teams means that our best chance of success is winning our suddenly weakest (at the top) division in the AL. We have no chance at the wild card because we have to compete against numerically more better teams.

As for the playoff odds, again, you have to figure in the odds of being the champs of the division AND the odds of being the wild card. As there is are lower odds of being the wild card, it would make our overall odds of making the playoffs lower.

Is this simply the silliest conversation for the fans of a 4th place team to be having?

by CentralChamps2009 on Sep 4, 2007 12:00 AM EDT reply actions

No, But Superman

Versus Godzilla and Mothra hasn't come up yet.

Being a fan is irrational, but what is the alternative?

by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2007 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions

I say Godzilla

Superman may be stronger, but that laser vision is no match for Gojira's breath weapon. Mothra is a non-factor.

by David Howards Legacy on Sep 4, 2007 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

But that point is

that Playoff odds should equal Division Champ Odds + Wildcard Odds. 3 + 0 should not equal 2. If they win the division 3 times then they should make the playoffs 3 times. I guess our odds of winning the wild card are actually -1 out of a million.

Maybe the percentages are actually more accurate than shown and it's just a rounding problem.

by mazoboom on Sep 4, 2007 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Not all that silly -

because I think last year we were down to zero odds WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY earlier than this year. Another sign (albeit a small one) of the tremendous progress made this season.

by loyal2s dad on Sep 4, 2007 6:39 PM EDT reply actions