Apparently the Royals still hope to make the playoffs

by cmkeller on Sep 11, 2009 2:35 PM EDT Comment 12 comments

I imagine I'm not the only one on this message board who's on the Royals' mailing list. Well, I found the opening line of the latest e-mail, which I received yesterday, interesting:

There is something for everyone at The K during the last homestand of the 2009 regular season!

I'm so glad they specified that this is the last "regular season" homestand of 2009. I eagerly await the post-season homestands of 2009 that will no doubt follow. Meet me at the Plaza, anyone?

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They just offered me

The chance to use my unused season tickets for any game during the last homestand. I passed.

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by RoyalsRetro on Sep 11, 2009 2:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't understand

If you have season tickets, can’t you already attend any game you want, including the last homestand?

Or do you mean you have a partial plan, and they still refer to those as “season tickets”?

Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!

by cmkeller on Sep 11, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry, partial plan

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by RoyalsRetro on Sep 11, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

bro, send them down here. I'll take some of my baseball players

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by 306008 on Sep 14, 2009 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It can still happen

The magic number is 3. It can still happen!!!!

Actually, with the way the schedule goes all intra-division to close out the season, I’m not sure it can.

by kcbottom9th on Sep 11, 2009 3:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

it’s near impossible. The Royals would have to win all 22 remaining games to end at 77-85. There is NO way to win the division. The only “hope” is a 3-way tie and win the division playoffs (I think that I have this right):
The Tigers would have to go 2-21 - beating the Twins once and the White Sox once
The Twins would have to go 7-15 - beating the Tigers 5 times and the White Sox twice
The White Sox would have to go 6-15 - beating the Tigers 5 times and the Twins once

That would produce a 3-way tie with the Tigers & Twins. The Twins and Sox could trade places if the Sox win 2 instead of 1.

At least we’re not the first team to be eliminated. Toronto, Baltimore, Washington, and Pittsburgh are already done. 4 other teams have magic numbers lower than 3. Tampa Bay’s is at 4.

Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau

by aHorseWithNoName on Sep 11, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

so what you are saying is that it is possible....

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Sep 11, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd like to the Vegas odds

on all of this happening. It’s probably more likely that one of us will win the Powerball (Hey! That’s some good news – I could use a few million $$$).

Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau

by aHorseWithNoName on Sep 11, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs