Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 03, 2008
Angels in Trouble

John Hickey notes the Mariners have the Angels right where they want them:

A 4-2 loss to Los Angeles on Monday night dropped the Mariners 13 1/2 games out of first place in the American League West.

The Mariners are just a half game worse than on Aug. 2, 1995, when they were 13 games out. That team came back to win the AL West in the greatest two months of baseball Seattle has ever seen.

There are four months left in this season. Plenty of time to duplicate 1995, right? What could be easier?

How about scaling Mt. Everest? Hitching a ride to the International Space Station? Not needing to wear fleece in June in Seattle?

At least such comebacks are possible. It helps to have a team playing well, however. The 1995 Mariners were about a .500 team when they started winning in late August. These Mariners need a 16 game win streak just to get to .500.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:49 AM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
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