So now that they have won 4 in a row how many games do you guys think the sox need to run this win streak to have any prayer of a second half miracle?

 

i'm thinking that they need to take 8 of the next 9 before the break to even have the slimmest of hopes of making a legit run after the all-star break. i'm not saying that they are capable or incapable of putting something together, simply posing a hypothetical.

 

what do you guys think?

The more you pretend they are dead, the better they play.

 

 

Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.

The more you pretend they are dead, the better they play.

Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.

oh come on cant you just play along? java script:emoticon(':D', 'smid_2')

Maybe, following the Cubs debacle and the season essentially being over, the Sox no longer feel any pressure. And maybe that's contributing to their improved play.

 

As far as the thread title.... I'll say they need 18 in a row. Otherwise, we're kidding ourselves.

I'm sleeping with one eye open when it comes to this team. The teams we are competing against in the ALC will damn any comeback we hope for, but it would be nice to finish with a respectable record. I can't envision D-Town's bats or pitching going cold. ever.

If they go 35-0, they'll only need to play .500 ball the rest of the way to miss the playoffs by a game.

If they go 35-0, they'll only need to play .500 ball the rest of the way to miss the playoffs by a game.

 

Wow, that is depressing.

Wow, that is depressing.

It's worse. They'd actually have to win 39 in a row, since I didn't include the current 4 game winning streak, to coast the last 50 games with a .500 record and finish just outside the playoffs.

i don't know, but i know they sure as hell better win tomorrow.

If the Sox can make it back to .500 by the All-Star break I'll feel comfortable declaring them back in this thing.

If the Sox can make it back to .500 by the All-Star break I'll feel comfortable declaring them back in this thing.

 

Which means they'll have to win the remaining 10 games before the break, finishing at 1 game over .500.

 

We need to now go 62-25 to win 95 games...

 

Prior to this 4 game series, I began joking with my friends that we were going to go on a 30-game win streak. Tonight was 4 of 30. Only twenty-six remaining. The sad thing is, we figured that even if we did win 30 in a row, we very well still would not be in first place at 59-42.....

I think they need 29 out their next 35

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If they lose 2 games before the ASB, there better be some dirt thrown on the coffin

If the Sox can make it back to .500 by the All-Star break I'll feel comfortable declaring them back in this thing.

As crazy as it sounds I kind of agree with this...even though I doubt it will happen. Remember to make the playoffs the Tigers or the Indians would have to fall...and I am not totally sold on the Indians. Carmona has come back to earth, Byrd has struggled and Jo Bo isn't that reliable. Anything can happen but it is still a LONG shot.

Theres only 10 games left until break so we would have to win all of them to be above 500. Thats not going to be easy, besides how many games back do we have to be to be considered in contention for the playoffs.

 

Id say 8 games back might be the closest we get until break and thats assuming Cleveland and Detroit lose.

Guys we can't get excited until they beat more than one team. We're setting ourselves up for disappointment when we get excited too early.

Guys we can't get excited until they beat more than one team. We're setting ourselves up for disappointment when we get excited too early.

well i won't be disappointed because i do not expect it

If the Sox extended this 4-game winning streak to 30 games, they would be 59-42 and STILL in 3rd place.

 

That's about what it would take for people to take them seriously. They would need to win about 25 more in a row or atleast something like 22-3 over their next 25.

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I'll play along. If the Sox are at or just above .500 by the beginning of August, they have an outside shot at it. This assumes that Cleveland and Detroit hit a ceiling for games over .500 and then both struggle while the Sox are hot in August and September. Looooong shot.

All of them.

I see no chance. If it was only 1 great team we were chasing maybe, but we have to catch Cleveland and Detroit, not to mention the ever-annoying Minnesota is there.

 

A team using Andy Gonzalez, et.al., as a prominent players simply isn't sustainable. I'd like to see better, more competitive baseball. I'd like to see the starting pitchers get rewarded for their work. Paul Konerko is starting to hit, Iguchi is starting to hit, but we have or had 4 major parts of the team (Pods, Dye, Erstad, Thome) to miss time due to injuries and there is no lock on it they won't miss more time. We have other guys who have just played poorly, a few of our guys look like their best years are behind them, and our bullpen has been in shambles.

 

If this team finishes .500 it would be a terrific season. I just don't think the team is good enough to catch Cleveland or Detroit. It has some great parts (the rotation, Jenks, PK), but mostly it's a mediocre team. Other than Buehrle, I want to continue with the impending firesale of retooling our program.

 

That isn't being a doom and gloomer...I still support this team, still watch, still root, but I just don't see any plausible chance they make the post-season and 3 wins in a row over Tampa Bay does nothing to change that.

Edited June 29, 200718 yr by kwolf68

Isn't there 11 games before the break? 3 with KC, 4 with Balt, and 4 with Min, with a double header on Friday?

If Detroit and Clevland both lose all their starters to season ending injury, than we might have a chance.