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They fought out the 2014 ALCS in one of the closest 4 game sweeps by the Royals
Now they are both fighting it out to be the worst AL (if no MLB) team for 2018
Right now the O's lead to be the WORST by 1/2 a game 23-54 vs the Royals 24-54 - in the rest of MLB the worst team has 32 wins.
The MLB has basically become a league where its cyclical... but it still favors the rich. If you're a small market team, you can get a few great draft classes and make some savvy off-season moves and gear up for a short run at the play-offs and a World Series, but you a brief window to do it. If you're a rich team, you can make up for a lot of mistakes, and you'll probably never have more than one or two seasons in a row of being out of the play-offs.
O's as of tonight - have a 3 loss lead for the 1st Draft Choice
It's sad, but, all I can say at this point is......Go O's!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mmi16
Update: 9/3/18 now a comfy 5 1/2 game "lead". Go O's!!
O's now have a 9 game 'lead' in the loss column over KC
Guess it's pretty much a done deal now. Sad to see this franchise sink so low in such a short time, though. Hope they are doing their homework on the pick, whoever that may be.Quote:
Originally Posted by mmi16
To this point of the 2019 season - the O's have given up 50 more runs than the Royals. But the O's haven't given up the most - Seattle has given up one more than the O's