Running 2011 Baseball Thread, Vol. I: Dedicated to spnited

Me thinks Toronto is adjusted to U.S. dollars from Canadian in that graph.

 

At a quick glance, it looks like most of the West Coast teams are $6 or less.

That's because they serve garlic fries, and they know you need more than one beer to wash those babies down.

 

Methinks my wife (a Canuck) would not be surprised I made this mistake.

 

That isn't right. I went to Tigers games this season and beer cost $7.50 for a 20 ouncer I believe.

 

The small beer at the Rangers is a 16-ouncer. The regular beer at the Rangers (which is $7) is a 20-ouncer. Both of those items cost $1 more last year until the day after Ryan et al. won the bankruptcy auction. Parking went down $2 (to $10) that day, too.

 

You might be getting 5 percent alcohol in Toronto as opposed to 4.2 or less for pisswater Miller Lite/Bud Light in Houston or Oakland. I don't know. But alcohol costs more in Toronto. It's just part of the deal.

 

which means it is virtually the same price

 

But could explain the five cent thing.

Here is the exchange rate as of today:

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/exchange/daily-converter/

 

All transactions in Canadian money end up involving small, awkard amounts of change.

 

Comparison Cards vs Rangers

Batters

Code:

		[B]St.Louis Cardinals				Texas Rangers [/B]	
	
Position	Cards vs Rangers	MVP	AB	***		        MVP	AB

Catcher	        R	Yadier Molina	1.309	488	***	Mike Napoli	1.745	353
First Base	C 	Albert Pujols	1.523	541	***	Mitch Moreland	1.243	458
Second Base	R	Ryan Theriot	1.147	435	***	Ian Kinsler	1.374	440
Shortstop	R	Rafael Furcal	1.015	322	***	Elvis Andrus	1.309	576
Third Base	R	David Freese	1.354	320	***	Adrian Beltre	1.537	470
Left Field	R	Matt Holliday	1.514	510	***	Josh Hamilton	1.762	553
Center Field    C	Jon Jay	        1.288	440     ***	Endy Chavez	1.298	234
Right Field	R	Lance Berkman	1.562	585	***	Nelson Cruz	1.609	481
	

Rangers have the great advantage of the 6:2

Starters

Code:

[B]St.Louis Cardinals		        Texas Rangers 	

Pitching Staff	CYPP			Pitching Staff	CYPP[/B]

Ch Carpenter 	14.68	R		C.J. Wilson 	21.46
Kyle Lohse 	13.57	R		Derek Holland 	15.76
Jaime García 	13.12	R		Matt Harrison 	14.11
Edwin Jackson 	11.90	R		Alexi Ogando 	13.42
			R	        Colby Lewis 	12.60

Rangers have the great advantage of the 5:0

Relievers

Code:

[B]St.Louis Cardinals			Texas Rangers [/B]	

[B]Bullpen	        CYPP		        Bullpen	        CYPP[/B]

Fernando Salas 	12.90	C		Neftali Feliz 	10.27
Jason Motte 	9.00	R		Mike Adams 	9.49
Kyle McClellan 	8.39	C		Koji Uehara 	6.00
Octavio Dotel 	6.02	C		Darren Oliver 	5.64
Mitchell Boggs 	2.51	C		Yosh Tateyama 	1.78
M Rzepczynski 	2.28	C		Mike González 	1.27

Cardinals have the great advantage of the 5:1



Final prediction: Rangers in 6

 

I think the Rangers have to go in as heavy favorites, but heck, the last World Series the Cardinals won, they were the heavy dogs in that as well. At best, the favorite team is going to win the series 55 to 60 percent of the time, if I'm remember my stats from this correctly.

 

I can only hope the Rangers win. Would be a good year for me. Mavs winning their first title and the Rangers winning their first title.

Now if only the Cowboys wouldn't suck so much.