Running MLB Thread 2007 #1

114-point difference "seems about exactly the same" to you? Seriously, where do you do your taxes?

 

notice you didn't argue the high K rate.

He whiffs once every 4.81 ABs during the regular season.

He's striking out once every 3.07 ABs the last three years in the playoffs. In his "best series" in 2000, he struck out once every 2.75 ABs.

No difference though, right?

 

Don't ignore the larger point.

Answer it.

Disingenuous really wears badly on you.

If A-Rod never got to face a No. 5 starter, and rarely got a No. 4 in the regular season, he would be lucky to have an .847, and everyone else would be lucky to crack .800.

 

Derek Lowe, who started Game Five and Game Seven (on two days rest!) was the Sox' no. 5 starter in 2004.

Anaheim's pitchers in 2005: An injured Bartolo Colon, Kelvim Escobar, junk-balling Paul Byrd, John Lackey, Colon and Ervin Santana.

The Tigers' pitchers in 2006: Nate Robertson, Justin Verlander, Kenny Rogers, Jeremy Bonderman.

Buncha future HOFers there, for sure.

Choker.

 

Don't ignore the facts. He has a .961 OPS during the season and an .847 OPS in the postseason.

And if your "larger point" is that he's facing all aces in the postseason, then how does that explain all of the guys who don't have 114-point drops in OPS during the postseason:

Pujols: 1.041 season, 1.022 playoffs
Jeter: .850 season, .863 playoffs
B. Williams: .858 season, .851 playoffs
Ortiz: .925 season, .935 playoffs

 

Buckweaver just SLAMMING it home!

 

Charlie Manuel should be fired immediately:

The Phillies have decided to make Brett Myers into a setup man to make room for Jon Lieber in the rotation. He'll work in the seventh and eighth, as well as close when Tom Gordon is not available.

 

That's not the first time you've said that, is it BYH?

 

Well, yes, because he's got a small weenie.

I mean whaaaaaaaaa

 

Those guys have elevated their play in the postseason.

 

They have? Based on that stat, they've played as they always play.

 

So a standard deviation of +/- .010 is considered an elevation of play, while a drop of .114 is considered about the same? Why don't you stick to your NFL rants? At least then, we'd be rid of you for six months per year.