“Giambi’s high OPS has always been vastly overrated because his inablity [sic] to run the bases makes his OBP far less valuable.”

“[M]uch better”? “[V]astly overrated”? What nonsense. Tex is a pretty awful baserunner. He may not be any dumber on the paths than your average player, but he’s no faster than Giambi was.

As for “LOL 2 blown saves out of how many????”–you can’t be serious. Mo has been great in the postseason, no question. But you can’t discount the three SERIES he’s blown.

Yeah, Mariano Rivera is awesome.

Game 7, 2001 WS.

Game 4, 2004 ALCS.

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LOL 2 blown saves out of how many????
There are no sure things in baseball, but Mo’s the closest one. No one does it better than him in the history of baseball and I have a feeling no one will get quite as good as him from now on either.

Karma, memories of “dead” players, “clutch” hitting–all interesting from a human perspective, all useless from a baseball perspective.

The Yankee players got this one right: if your pitching keeps you to within a run or two going into the late innings, you always have a chance. That is the MO of a championship club, and that’s been the MO this year.

I like the matchups this year between the Angels and Yankees. Don’t listen to the “CC lost 2″ talk that supposed “experts” on ESPN and BBTN will throw at you–take a closer look, and a lot of the Yankee lack of success was pre ASB, when this was a different team. Also, I don’t think guys like Gaudin, Saunders, Joba, and Mitre are going to be playing big postseason starting roles in this series.

Yankees in 6.

Game 7, 2001 WS.

Game 4, 2004 ALCS.

You must be a yankee

You must be on the field

or you must be at the plate

simple i think

If you read what I wrote last night and yesterday afternoon, you know how I feel about “destiny.”

The Angels swept the Red Sox because the Red Sox played terribly. They played like a tired team, which they were. If the Red Sox were the Red Sox of old, that series goes 5. Angels may have still prevailed, but the Red Sox should have won at least one game at Fenway Park.

And you’re right; if fate and destiny and karma had anything to do with who wins WS, the Yankees CLEARLY were the karmic favorite to win in 2001.

Intelligent baseball fans know it will come down to which team is able to play their brand of baseball in the crispest fashion. The team that makes the least mistakes usually wins.

I am annoyed because I feel that Nick Adenhart’s death is being exploited, not by the Angels, who have every right to be motivated by this tragedy, but by the people who stand to make ratings/money by introducing a “hook” to the games to give “cusp” fans and playoffs-only fans and even some non-fans a reason to tune in.

They seem to need a storyline above and beyond two really great baseball teams putting their best on the line.

Big Johnson —- OPS might be the best measure of INDIVIDUAL success, but runs and RBI are the most important stats in baseball. You don’t win games with a higher OPS, you win games with more RUNS. To me RUNS is the least appreciated stat in baseball

People love to debate this, but I find the debate ridiculous. OPS measures what an individual does, but runs and RBI are better measures of how meaningful a player’s production is.

A slow footed player who hits .200 with RISP is far less productive than his .875 OPS might indicate. Giambi’s high OPS has always been vastly overrated because his inablity to run the bases makes his OBP far less valuable.

It’s all about context.

two thoughts:

1. didn’t everyone think the Red Sox were going to sweep the Angels anyway

2. how often are these prediction people right??