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Last season the World Champion Phillies won the NL East by three games over The NY Mets. The Phillies finished 2008 with a 92-70 record.
My wife Jonna helped me do this, so if my math is wrong, blame her, she has the Masters in teaching. The Nats can finish 92-70 if they set small goals the rest of the season.
First, the Nationals have to put April in a box, put it on a shelf, and never open it.
The 5-16 start....Not good. However, a 4-2 record in May is good. Not counting Saturday's game and taking into consideration one make-up game will be played in the second half, the Nats have 60 games to go before the All-Star break.
The Nats have to go 35-25 until July 12. Break that down even smaller, there are nine weeks until the break.
If the Nats win 4 out of every 7 games over that 9 week period, they would finish up 44-43 on July 12th. One game over .500 would be awesome considering the 5-16 start but, I know the Nationals can win 58% of their games from now to the All-Star break.
If they win four games a week the rest of the season The Nationals will finish 92-70
Now based on the first 87-game formula the Nats are 44-43. How do they finish with 92 wins. If the Nats go 48-27 in the final 75 games, they get to 92 wins. It's still 4 wins out of 7 and that would be winning 64% of the remaining 75 games. Don't go crazy with % points, they could win 5 out of 7 here and get to 93 wins etc.
Small goals to get to Big Finishes!
Small goals to get to big finishes
Last season the World Champion Phillies won the NL East by three games over The NY Mets. The Phillies finished 2008 with a 92-70 record.
My wife Jonna helped me do this, so if my math is wrong, blame her, she has the Masters in teaching. The Nats can finish 92-70 if they set small goals the rest of the season.
First, the Nationals have to put April in a box, put it on a shelf, and never open it.
The 5-16 start....Not good. However, a 4-2 record in May is good. Not counting Saturday's game and taking into consideration one make-up game will be played in the second half, the Nats have 60 games to go before the All-Star break.
The Nats have to go 35-25 until July 12. Break that down even smaller, there are nine weeks until the break.
If the Nats win 4 out of every 7 games over that 9 week period, they would finish up 44-43 on July 12th. One game over .500 would be awesome considering the 5-16 start but, I know the Nationals can win 58% of their games from now to the All-Star break.
If they win four games a week the rest of the season The Nationals will finish 92-70
Now based on the first 87-game formula the Nats are 44-43. How do they finish with 92 wins. If the Nats go 48-27 in the final 75 games, they get to 92 wins. It's still 4 wins out of 7 and that would be winning 64% of the remaining 75 games. Don't go crazy with % points, they could win 5 out of 7 here and get to 93 wins etc.
Small goals to get to Big Finishes!
