Heading into the 2012 season, here all the all-time team records in games that I have attended.
All-Time Team Records
| Team | Won | Lost | Winning Pctg |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Angels | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 12 | 2 | 0.857 |
| Florida Marlins | 15 | 8 | 0.652 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 10 | 6 | 0.625 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 8 | 5 | 0.615 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 13 | 10 | 0.565 |
| Chicago White Sox | 191 | 158 | 0.547 |
| New York Yankees | 9 | 8 | 0.529 |
| Chicago Cubs | 188 | 168 | 0.528 |
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Fireworks Night
4/28 vs Red Sox
5/12 vs Royals
6/23 vs Brewers
7/4 vs Rangers
8/25 vs Mariners
9/29 vs Rays
Kids Day
4/15 vs Tigers
5/27 vs Indians
6/10 vs Astros
7/8 vs Blue Jays
8/26 vs Mariners
Other Fun Stuff
4/13 vs Tigers – Opening Day
5/26 vs Indians – Robin Ventura bobblehead
6/3 vs Mariners – Southpaw’s Birthday Party and Southpaw Mini Plush Pal
6/24 vs Brewers – Kids 1972 Replica Jersey
8/3 vs Angels – Elvis Night
8/5 vs Angels – Kids Chest Protector Backpack
8/12 vs A’s – Spirit & Mascot Day
I “only” went to 43 games this year, the ninth highest total of my life, and only hit the two local stadiums.
| TeamCity | TeamName | Won | Loss | Winning Pctg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Angels | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Detroit | Tigers | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| New York | Yankees | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Boston | Red Sox | 2 | 1 | 0.667 |
| Baltimore | Orioles | 2 | 1 | 0.667 |
| Chicago | White Sox | 24 | 18 | 0.571 |
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6 months ago, I looked into my crystal ball and tried to predict the outcomes of the upcoming baseball season. Now that the season has (mercifully) come to an end, and my predicted divison winners finished an average of just over 13 games back, let’s take a look back at how wrong I was.
American League
East: Red Sox
National League
East: Braves
Wow. Neither team won their division, though both had commanding Wild Card leads heading into September. Both ultimately blew those leads, missing out on the playoffs on the final day of the regular season. The Red Sox actually were one of, in not the best team in baseball for 4 months this summer, but they were horrible in the other two, April and September. The Braves can at least point to injuries to their starting rotation as the cause for their collapse.
Central: White Sox
Central: Brewers
Rumored for nearly 2 years, the Ozzie Guillen era for the White Sox came to an end last week, as Guillen was released from his contract and allowed to take his talents to South Beach. Guillen wrapped up his tenure as the third winningest manager in team history, in terms of victories, and the only manager to lead the team to multiple post-season appearances. That said. his act had started to grow stale and it became apparent that a change was needed in the clubhouse, something to shake up the underachieving bunch that has been run out for the past two years. So, as Guillen prepares to lead the re-christened Miami Marlins into their new stadium next season, who will take his place on the end of the White Sox bench?
Week 4 got off to a strong start with Sunday’s combination of White Sox/Red Sox and the Paul McCartney show at Wrigley. Things slowed down by Friday, which was a work from home day. Saturday was a 13 hour day at the office, with some running back and forth between conference rooms.
Since Mike and Mike were doing them all morning, here are my picks for the upcoming baseball season.
East: Red Sox
Central: White Sox
West: A’s
Wild Card: Yankees
AL Champion: Red Sox
Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
MVP: Adrian Gonzalez
Now that the 2010 season has come to an end, let’s take a look at team’s overall records in games I have personally attended over my entire life. Every game I can remember or have tracked down is included, even the postseason. Teams that move (Expos/Nationals), change “city” names (California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels) or change team names (Devil Rays/Rays) are split out per incarnation.
| TeamCity | TeamName | Won | Loss | Winning Pctg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | Angels | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Arizona | Diamondbacks | 12 | 2 | 0.857142857142857 |
| Florida | Marlins | 15 | 8 | 0.652173913043478 |
| Philadelphia | Phillies | 10 | 6 | 0.625 |
| Toronto | Blue Jays | 8 | 5 | 0.615384615384615 |
| Tampa Bay | Rays | 3 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Los Angeles | Dodgers | 9 | 7 | 0.5625 |
| Chicago | White Sox | 166 | 140 | 0.542483660130719 |
| Chicago | Cubs | 185 | 165 | 0.528571428571429 |
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