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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please help out a new baseball fan. I've already asked DH too many questions about this!

What, exactly, does it mean when you say the Nats are 11 games or 14 games or whatever "behind" the Braves? Does it mean that the B have won that many more games thus far? And how does that make it so certain now, in early August, that the Nats don't have a chance for the play-offs? What if the Braves get cold and lose a string of games between now and the end of the season?  I'm missing something here about how the play-off teams are determined.[/quote]

Yes, the Braves are 14 games ahead. So, in order to overtake them between now and the end of the season, we need to win 14 more games than they do. While not completely impossible, it's highly unlikely given the number of games left.[/quote]

It's possible the Braves could totally implode - they did it two years ago - but I agree with PP that it's highly unlikely.

Baseball has two leagues, the American League and the National League. The Nats are in the National League. Each league has divisions. We are in the "NL East" (National League East) division with the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, NY Mets, and Florida Marlins. These are the teams we have to beat in order to win a division championship and, with it, a spot in the playoffs. As of right now, the Braves have won 15.5 games more than we have. In order for us to be division champs and get a playoff spot, we have to make up 15.5 games' worth of ground. Like PP said, it's unlikely the Nats will win enough AND the Braves will lose enough for that to happen.

There are also "wild card" play off spots, but our prospects there aren't too hot, either. The Cincinnati Reds are currently looking like the favorites for that slot. We're 8 games behind them for the wild card spot.

I still love the Nats. We've got a lot of guys it's really easy to root for. 
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