Color Me: Hopeful

I am a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity (any of you have any fraternity associations?) and in times of trouble or hardship, I always look to the words of Bluto, my brother in arms...

The formula to our season ending success is below...

The Formula

Ok but seriously, what will it take to make arguable the greatest postseason surge in the HISTORY of baseball?

Well, as that idiot from Denver would say, you gatta look at the schedules...

The Rangers have 17 games left...

The Angles have 16 games left....

Right now, the Angels are 6.5 games ahead of the Rangers...

Angels: 87-59

Rangers: 80-65

The Rangers/Angels have 7 games left this season, 3 in Arlington, 4 in Anaheim.

So, my estimation would be that the Angels must do the following...

• --Lose 2 of 3 at Rangers
• --Lose 2 of 3 vs. Yankees(Angles have won 4 out of 6 this year)
• --Lose 1 of 3 vs. A's
• --Lose 3 of 4 vs. Rangers
• --Lose 1 of 3 at A's

This would mean a 7-9 finish.

This would make their final record 94-68

The Rangers will have to finish like this...

• --Win 2 of 3 vs. LA
• --Win 3 of 4 at A's
• --Win 3 of 3 vs. Tampa
• --Win 3 of 4 at LA
• --Win 3 of 3 at Seattle

This would be a 14-3 finish....

This would make the Rangers final record 94-68.

As per the news today, the MLB has done away with the coin flip rule, and by winning the season series, the Rangers would host a 1 game playoff to see who wins the AL West.

I understand it would be best to win all the games against LAA, but in the end all that matters is the record, and I think a realistic estimation as to where the Rangers could end the year is 94 wins, and LAA is starting to slow, and could be susceptible to a mild slump to end the year.

Make no mistake about it, if the Rangers lose more than 1 game during this upcoming weekend series, I believe its over.  BUT, if they can win 2-3, and win 3 of 4 in Oakland, then those 4 in LAA will be crazy wild.  Insane crazy. 

I still have hope.

Do you?  Vote below...

So here are some examples of how I think things should go...

How the Rangers should approach every game from here on out...

How the Rangers approach all the rest of their games... (Substitute Cruz for Serrano, Millwood for the Eddie Harriss, Eric Nadel for Euker, Dave Barnett for Bobby)

(Start video at :35 seconds) 

Whenever a reliever comes into a game at home, this is how it should go... For every reliever, just repeat. (MY for Dorn, and most effectively sub Wilson for Vaughn, Hicks for the Chick owner) 

What will happen in the locker room before the 1 game playoff with LAA (Sub Wash for Coach)

With the season on the line, Pudge steps up to the plate...

What we do when Bud Selig drops by and tells us we cant make the postseason, due to the fact that we are broke...