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Re: Ichiro, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner elected to HOF.
Just like baseball21 you can only provide opinions on why guys sucked in their first inning. They sucked, the numbers are there. The point you ignore (something you also ALWAYS DO), is that closers don't have the luxury of coming in, giving up a run or two, settling down and waiting for their teammates to score some runs.… -
Re: Ichiro, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner elected to HOF.
If you BOTHER to actually look at how these guys pitched in the first inning, instead of assuming; Koufax would have absolutely sucked as a closer, his initial inning was by far his worst. Randy Johnson, not much better, his first inning was his second poorest. Clemens walked and hit more batters per AB in the 1st inning… -
Re: Ichiro, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner elected to HOF.
I asked what the basis for your argument was. I’m not saying wins or winning percentage is the only criteria which matters at all. But. It’s not as meaningless as you guys are trying to say it is either. The impact of randomness is reduced in the aggregate. One win? Large impact. One season? Can still be influenced…
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