I have a team that went 49-22 over a 71-game stretch, only to be followed immediately by a 4-20 stretch...

Make that a 4-24 stretch. I haven't seen anything like this with one of my teams since I started playing in 2002...

Then we finished on a 15-6 streak. I have whiplash.

See the SF Giants of 2014.  You still have a chance.

I had a team start the season 18-0 and fail to make the playoffs.  (It wasn't a tough division.  The team ended winning something like 83 games)

Posted by schwarze on 3/25/2015 12:29:00 PM (view original):
I had a team start the season 18-0 and fail to make the playoffs.  (It wasn't a tough division.  The team ended winning something like 83 games)

I've run across this before, too, although not to this degree. I had a team start 46-20, and end on a 20-6 run. In between we went 30-40 and finished third in a tough division.

I'm in a theme league where you take a certain year from a franchise's history - twist it & try to improve on it(the most "improved" team's owner gets a better draft spot for selecting the next season's squad)..... I chose a 64-98 2014 D'Backs team.

We start out 64-54....cruising to a top draft pick....matching my 162 win total by game 118...everything from here on out is gravy, right? Couldn't possibly lose 44 in a row, right?? (I even make a joke in the forum.....damn forum jinx)

Well, we didn't lose 44 in a row - but we tried.

We posted an L14



forget the fact that we went from a 1st place tie, to a double-digit deficit in a 16-team league

I never talk about hot streaks or brag about my team in the league forum. I know, intellectually that a "forum jinx" is illogical, but....

1964 Philadelphia Phillies:

In first place from the Opening Day

August 21: 75-46

Sept. 20: 90-60

Sept. 30: 90-70

Season End: 92-70 - St. Louis Cardinals won the NL Pennant.


1969 Chicago Cubs:

11-1 after 12 games, 

75-44 on August 16

84-52 on Sept. 2

went 8-17 over the last 25 games (Mets went 23-7)

Season end: 

Mets 100-62
Cubs 92-70



1951 Brooklyn Dodgers:

June 23: 40-20

August 2: 64-33

Sept 20: 92-52

Season end:

97-60 (lost the pennant on Bobby Thompson's Home Run)



1978 Boston Red Sox:


July 21: 62-30

Sept. 19: 91-62

Season End: 99-64 (lost division on Bucky Dent's Home Run)

2007 New York Mets:

Sept. 83-62

went 5-12 over last 17 games.

Season End: 88-74 

lost the Division to the Phillies.

This stuff happens.

I didn't notice any 4-24 streaks!

A guy on my league forum just said the sim tanks teams...I'm guessing there's no way to convince him otherwise.