Breaking 100: 100 Broken

Well, they did it. After a strong outing by Luke Hudson, closer Joe Nelson gave up a game-tying home run to Joe Mauer and the Twins finished off the Royals in the 10th inning, handing them their 100th loss of the season.

After a promising run of great baseball in late August and early September, the Royals have basically crashed over the last two weeks. We here at Breaking 100 were very optimistic that they would avoid the century mark based on the way they were playing. But a combination of injuries (Ryan Shealy’s mysterious hives being the most hurtful) and poor play conspired to hand the Royals their third straight 100-loss season.

Royals fans can take heart though… We still remain optimistic that Dayton Moore will turn the team around.

Lets go get 'em... next year!

Game 159 - 9/28/2006

Royals 1, Twins 2

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 59-100
Expected Record 59-100
Runs Scored 729
Runs Allowed 950
Projected Record 61-101
Pythagorean Record 60-102
Pythagorean Winning% 0.37

Let's go get 'em

Game 158 - 9/27/2006

Royals 6, Twins 4

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 59-99
Expected Record 59-99
Runs Scored 728
Runs Allowed 948
Projected Record 61-101
Pythagorean Record 60-102
Pythagorean Winning% 0.37

Let's go get 'em

Game 157 - 9/26/2006

Royals 2, Twins 3

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 58-99
Expected Record 58-99
Runs Scored 722
Runs Allowed 944
Projected Record 60-102
Pythagorean Record 60-102
Pythagorean Winning% 0.369

Let's go get 'em

Breaking 100: What Happened???

A week ago, I would have bet the farm that the Royals would avoid 100 losses. Since then however, the Royals have lost 7 straight and need only 2 more losses to hit 100. They have three games left against the Twins and then three at Detroit. Both teams are headed for the post season.

Game 156 - 9/25/2006

Royals 1, Twins 8

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 58-98
Expected Record 58-98
Runs Scored 720
Runs Allowed 941
Projected Record 61-101
Pythagorean Record 60-102
Pythagorean Winning% 0.369

Let's go get 'em

Game 155 - 9/24/2006

Tigers 11, Royals 4

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 58-97
Expected Record 58-97
Runs Scored 719
Runs Allowed 933
Projected Record 61-101
Pythagorean Record 61-101
Pythagorean Winning% 0.372

Let's go get 'em

Game 154 - 9/23/2006

Tigers 15, Royals 4

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 58-96
Expected Record 58-96
Runs Scored 715
Runs Allowed 922
Projected Record 62-100
Pythagorean Record 61-101
Pythagorean Winning% 0.375

Let's go get 'em

Game 153 - 9/22/2006

Tigers 7, Royals 3

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 58-95
Expected Record 59-94
Runs Scored 711
Runs Allowed 907
Projected Record 62-100
Pythagorean Record 62-100
Pythagorean Winning% 0.38

Let's go get 'em

Game 152 - 9/20/2006

Angels 3, Royals 0

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 58-94
Expected Record 59-93
Runs Scored 708
Runs Allowed 900
Projected Record 62-100
Pythagorean Record 62-100
Pythagorean Winning% 0.382

Let's go get 'em

Game 151 - 9/19/2006

Angels 5, Royals 2

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 58-93
Expected Record 58-93
Runs Scored 708
Runs Allowed 897
Projected Record 63-99
Pythagorean Record 63-99
Pythagorean Winning% 0.383

Let's go get 'em

Game 150 - 9/17/2006

Mariners 10, Royals 5

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 58-92
Expected Record 58-92
Runs Scored 706
Runs Allowed 892
Projected Record 63-99
Pythagorean Record 63-99
Pythagorean Winning% 0.385

Let's go get 'em

Game 148- 9/16/2006

Mariners 4, Royals 7

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 58-91
Expected Record 58-91
Runs Scored 701
Runs Allowed 882
Projected Record 64-98
Pythagorean Record 63-99
Pythagorean Winning% 0.387

Let's go get 'em

Game 149 - 9/15/2006

Mariners 11, Royals 8

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 57-91
Expected Record 57-91
Runs Scored 694
Runs Allowed 878
Projected Record 63-99
Pythagorean Record 63-99
Pythagorean Winning% 0.384

Let's go get 'em

Game 147 - 9/14/2006

Mariners 8, Royals 10

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 57-90
Expected Record 57-90
Runs Scored 686
Runs Allowed 867
Projected Record 63-99
Pythagorean Record 63-99
Pythagorean Winning% 0.385

Let's go get 'em

Game 146 - 9/13/2006

Royals 6, Indians 2

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 56-90
Expected Record 56-90
Runs Scored 676
Runs Allowed 859
Projected Record 63-99
Pythagorean Record 62-100
Pythagorean Winning% 0.382

Let's go get 'em

Game 145 - 9/12/2006

Royals 5, Indians 3

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 55-90
Expected Record 55-90
Runs Scored 670
Runs Allowed 857
Projected Record 62-100
Pythagorean Record 62-100
Pythagorean Winning% 0.379

Let's go get 'em

Game 144 - 9/10/2006

Royals 3, Red Sox 9

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 54-90
Expected Record 55-89
Runs Scored 665
Runs Allowed 854
Projected Record 61-101
Pythagorean Record 62-100
Pythagorean Winning% 0.377

Let's go get 'em

Game 143 - 9/9/2006

Royals 10, Red Sox 4

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 54-89
Expected Record 55-88
Runs Scored 662
Runs Allowed 845
Projected Record 62-100
Pythagorean Record 62-100
Pythagorean Winning% 0.38

Let's go get 'em

Game 142 - 9/8/2006

Royals 10, Red Sox 9

The Bell Curve
Actual Record 53-89
Expected Record 54-88
Runs Scored 652
Runs Allowed 841
Projected Record 61-101
Pythagorean Record 61-101
Pythagorean Winning% 0.375

Let's go get 'em