How Many Wins This Season?

by sothball on Jul 24, 2009 10:01 PM PDT Comment 26 comments

The Angels played their 95th game of the year tonight. They beat the Twins 6-3 to raise their record after 95 games to 57-38.

As most HHer's know, last season was the most successful regular season in franchise history, winning 100 games for the first time ever. Any guesses on their record after 95 games last season?

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Time's up for the guessers. In 2008, the Angels played their 95th game on July 17th. Their record? 57-38...EXACTLY the same as their record this year! Surprised?

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How many games will the Angels win this season?

90 or less.

4 votes

91-95

44 votes

96-100

27 votes

101 or more

4 votes

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im still ashamed

to be the only team in the past 5 years to be the first to 60 and not make the world series

plus the fact the year we won the world series we were the wild card

so to hell with putting up big numbers…we just need 1 more than the mariners and rangers

R.I.P. #34

by sctrojan13 on Jul 24, 2009 10:12 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

and 11 postseason wins would be nice, too

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Jul 24, 2009 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't want to speculate

Record after 95 games.

1985: 56-39
1989: 57-38
1995: 59-36

by Fan Since 1981 on Jul 24, 2009 10:28 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Well sure if you want to be a pessimist.

You COULD do this instead-

2002: 56-39
2004: 50-45
2005: 56-39
2007: 56-39
2008: 57-38

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 24, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

thank you Zu

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.

by Moondoggy on Jul 24, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or you could do both for a balanced perspective

But thanks both!

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on Jul 24, 2009 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm just overly cautious

by Fan Since 1981 on Jul 24, 2009 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know where you're coming from, brother

I’m a Fan Since Before 1981. Although times have certainly changed, the closet in the basement is still there. And we hope the closet remains shut. But we know what’s in there: Heartbreak, tragedies, epic failures.

That being said, I remain cautiously optimistic. I thought we were a 95 win team before the season. I still feel that way.

"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." - Woody Hayes

by johnnyangel101 on Jul 24, 2009 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why had we completed 95 games seven days earlier than this year?

I know we are missing two games because of a rain-out in NY and the game against Oakland the day Nick Adenhart died, but did the season start a couple of days later this year? Or have we had more days off than last year?

THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!

by opiejeanne on Jul 24, 2009 11:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

WBC?

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.

by Moondoggy on Jul 24, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep.

Season started March 31 in 2008, but April 6 in 2009.

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on Jul 24, 2009 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks.

Is WBC World Baseball Classic?

THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!

by opiejeanne on Jul 24, 2009 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jul 24, 2009 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Np

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on Jul 25, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Glad no one's said less than 90 yet

Angels fans are full of opimisim, and I like it!

Let's go Howie...

by ryanb517 on Jul 24, 2009 11:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

We can just go to

Baseball Prospectus to see that type of prediction…oh wait, are they even predicting 80 wins for us at this point? Good job, Pythagoras. :-D

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on Jul 25, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am a little surprised

That we have the same record now that we had a year ago.

How bout we go for 105 wins this year?

by TheAntiSox on Jul 25, 2009 1:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I wasreally surprised

to find we had the same record after 95 games as last year.

2 factors threw off my perception;

1) The really awful first month this year.
2) The way the team just seemed to cruise last year. There were no real challenges from our divisional rivals. This year, Texas and Seattle are playing much better than last

With the same record last year, Oakland was 6 games back and fading.

by sothball on Jul 25, 2009 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I think it's attributable to this insane July they're having, and the NL West

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on Jul 25, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also

This year we suck against the AL west. We didn’t last year.

by TheAntiSox on Jul 25, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What makes this insane July so much more nutty (schizophrenic?)

is how we keep winning in July considering;
1) The middle of the offense missing for a good number of these games (Torii, Vlad, and Rivera).
2) Starting pitchers that are struggling (Saunders), question marks (Santana, Palmer), slightly regressing (Weaver) or only improving in the last couple of games (Lackey).
3) An inconsistent bullpen (with the exception of Fuentes and maybe Oliver).

Remarkable…truly remarkable.

by sothball on Jul 25, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

we had virtually NO streaks one way or the other

and there wasn’t anyone in the division close. That’s why it seems so different.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.

by Moondoggy on Jul 25, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Very true

by TheAntiSox on Jul 25, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Enough to win the WS

That’s all I would like.

RIP #34

by linkbruin on Jul 25, 2009 3:11 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

"Doesn't matter how you start, its how you finish"

Please get rid of Speier. "Yes, I suck."- Jose Guillen.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart, Marquis Cooper, Steve McNair, and Frank Grimes, or Grimey, as he liked to be called

by JoseGuillenSux on Jul 25, 2009 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs