O's Schedule: Expect Some Wins

Yawn. August is boring.

As promised, I drew up the O's remaining opponents and wrote down how many games they should win, vs how many they probably will win. I started off well by saying it was 1 out of 3 in both categories against the Angels, and that's exactly what happened. Therefore, I'm always right.

Team (# games) / Should Win / Probably Win

vs TEX (3) / 2 / 1
@ CLE (4) / 3 / 2
@ DET (3) / 2 / 1
vs BOS (3) / 1 / 1
vs NYY (3) / 2 / 2
vs CWS (3) / 1 / 1
@ TB (3) / 2 / 1
@ BOS (3) / 1 / 0
vs OAK (3) / 2 / 2
vs CLE (4) / 3 / 3
vs MIN (3) / 1 / 1
@ TOR (3) / 2 / 1
@ NYY (3) / 2 / 1
vs TB (3) / 2 / 1
vs TOR (3) / 2 / 1

Total: 28 Should, 19 Probable

Rescheduled games not included.

EDIT: I need to not post at work anymore. Also, I need to alter the HTML rather than using Blogger's formatting bullcrap.

So with 28 wins, the O's would at worst finish 82-80, ending the losing seasons streak. In my probable scenario, the O's get 73 wins, barely keeping them from another 90 loss season. For being expected to lose at least 90 this season, that's still pretty good.

Other important things: if the O's win 3 more games against the Yankees (out of 6), they ensure a season series win over their hated rivals. Those 6 games against Toronto will also show if the Birds can climb into 4th in the AL East, keeping us out of the cellar yet again (w00t).

Expect a real news-type post over the weekend. I'll try to make my own Ripken-like streak out of consecutive days posting (fat friggin chance). Go O's!

- Matt

What To Expect (Near Future)

So I was going to wait for Will to post and introduce himself, but he'd apparently rather have a healthy relationship with a girl than spend all his time on the internet. Lame.

Anyway, I have a few things on tap for this weekend or next week. First, I need to make a sports-related post, since that's kind of the reason this blog exists. I'm going to do a rundown of the rest of the Orioles' season and how many wins they should get vs. how many wins they'll probably get (upper bound vs. lower bound estimates, in other words). The good news for O's fans: my upper bound has them getting at least 82 wins, or the minimum to finish with a winning record. Bad news? They could have 73 total wins instead. Which, considering previous years, ain't so bad.

After that I'll do a rundown of how the Chargers should do this year, and possibly extend that to some half-assed league predictions. Then I'll post my personal NHL Power Rankings in mid-August, because games don't happen until October (fuuuuck). If you want lots of Penguins news, you should just hit up the Pensblog, they're way better than I am.

For non-sports things, I'm going to finish up some photoshops and image gathering and post the first of my series of running commentaries on James Bond films. I picked the train-wreck Tomorrow Never Dies for my first one, so don't expect much. It was pretty depressing to watch again. Finally, I'm going to try to finalize my "ideal Guitar Hero" setlist, which is 100 songs long and thus taking a while. All the above things should probably be posted by next Friday, but meh.

Speaking of indifference, apparently the Ravens are playing the 18-1's tonight. According to the New England Loser News Network (guess which one I'm talking about) Brady was too busy going to the local tanning salons to actually play, but at least his team is holding the "special" Ravens offense to a terrible amount of rushing yards. The glorious three person clusterfuck known as Baltimore's quarterback is 16/28 with 176 yards and 0 td, 1 int, 2 fumble. The Ravens are currently winning (wait, refreshed and now the lead is just 1), which I'm sure is exciting to someone in the world. 

Done talking about the Ravens, if I have anything to say about them I get cornered at Jon's house by old people who want to talk about the purple disasters.

If you read all that, leave a comment. Otherwise, leave a comment. Happy 21st, 87.

- Matt

First Post LOLzzzzzz!!1!

I hate that shit.

So anyway, in the spirit of being a nerd who uses the internet too much, I started a blog. Rather, Will and I have started a blog and promise to deliver accurate, objective sports analysis as well as insightful comments to our lives and the happenings around us. 

Cough. 

But really, we're just going to live and die by the teams we like (Orioles, Penguins, Chargers, Ravens, DC United) and ripping the teams we don't (Colts, Yankees, Red Sox, Colts, Steelers, some soccer team, Colts, Flyers, Crapitals, Colts). We'll try not to rip off Pensblog by using their hilarious format for everything, but it will probably have that tone a lot of the time. 

Introductions are boring. This is officially out of the way now.

- Matt