This Time Last Year

On July 6, 2006, the rockies had won five series in a row, were 44-40 and .5 games back of San Diego. July 5 was on off day and the Padres had won, so the rox had been in a three-way tie for first the day before. The last series before the All-Star break was at home against Arizona, who was in last place at the time. The rox were playing well enough to expect another series win and enter the break at least five games above .500. Instead the rox were swept by the snakes and then lost the first five games after the break. Four games over .500, feeling pretty confident, only to lose the next eight and fall to four games under .500. Hmm, sounds familiar. Hopefully this season the rox can win the series against the Phillies and be at .500 or better at the break.

How tight was the NL West last season? In a period of ten days, from July 5 - July 15, the rox went from tied for first place to fifth place. Unfortunately that is where they spent the majority of the rest of the season.

I was curious as to which teams have had the greatest changes in wins from last year to this year. Three teams tied for the most improvement of 12 more wins: Cleveland, Los Angeles Angels and Chicago Cubs; while the Chicago White Sox are by far the leaders in the other direction with 19 fewer wins than last year at this time.

This is interesting.

Until next time, go rockies!