Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 28, 2003
Regular Season Over

The regular season is over. There were a number of nice surprises. The first the Kansas City Royals who were in the playoff hunt up 'til the last week of the season. They finished with 83 wins, their best season in 10 years and locked up Mike Sweeney.

Second, the Montreal Expos. With no owner, and forced to play a split home schedule, the also managed to win 83 games. They had pulled into a tie for the wild card as late as 8/28. Who knows what will happen to them next, but they put up a good fight. Congratulations to Frank Robinson and Omar Minaya for doing a super job.

And of course, the Florida Marlins. Off to a poor start, they changed managers, and Jack McKeon led them into the playoffs. They're the cinderella story of the playoffs.

There were disappointments as well. The two biggest are Phillies and the Astros. Each made a big free agent signing in the off season. Each was very close to making the playoffs. And each underperformed based on their runs scored and allowed. The Astros should have had a .586 winning percentage instead of a .537, and the Phillies should have had a .563 winning percentage instead of a .531.

In the same vein, the Seattle Mariners should have had the best winning percentage in the majors. Instead, they finished 4th in a very strong league, and didn't make the playoffs. Their offense started disappearing in August, and totally vanished in September. They were 3-8 in 1 & 2 run games in September, costing them a trip to the playoffs.

It was a fun season. On o the playoffs.


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