One lucky win and you’re talking trash. The A’s will get shelled today.
The Whistler - 06:10am on 10/04/2006
The Twins need to be more patient at the plate (they let Zito pitch 8 innings, on only 92 pitches, despite a nearly 50-50 ball-strike split; they need to get to the Oakland bullpen) and more cautious on the basepaths (Castillo should never steal any bases). Gardenhire needs to get less retarded (Punto’s stupid sacrifice bunt in the 4th; Castillo NOT sacrificing down 1 in the 8th; not bringing in Nathan to pitch to Thomas in the 9th).
The Twins are the better team, and if they got to play the A’s over an entire season, they’d win (Oakland’s best offensive skill is their ability to draw walks; Minnesota’s pitchers, however, allowed the fewest walks in the league--big advantage to Minnesota). But in a 5-game series, anything can happen. This is why the Major League Baseball playoffs are stupid--we might as well flip a coin to determine who wins in the first round of the playoffs.
A good way to think about it: The average first-place team in baseball wins about 4 out of every 7 games it plays (a .571 winning percentage, or about 93 games in a full season). The average last place team wins about 3 out of every 7 games (a .429 winning percentage, or 69 wins in a full season). In other words, it would take 7 games for you to tell the difference between a 1st place team and a last place team… and yet in the first-round of the playoffs, where you have to tell the difference between TWO GREAT TEAMS, they play a best-of-five! That’s insane!
Dave - 06:10am on 10/04/2006
Do you like baseball?? Or do you just not like the Yankees, Detroit, and the Twins? I think Derek Jeter is one of the all time greats.
Carol - 07:10am on 10/04/2006
I’m a twins fan.
The Whistler - 08:10am on 10/04/2006
I am a HUGE A’s fan!
You’re right. The playoffs are a crapshoot. There’s no doubt about it.
brenarlo - 10:10am on 10/04/2006
I like the way the A’s play baseball (their batters draw lots of walks, they don’t steal or sacrifice much--they play the percentages), but I’m from North Dakota, so I need to root for the Twins. Though that does mean I need to criticize almost every decision Gardenhire makes, because he’s retarded.
Dave - 10:10am on 10/04/2006
I was born and raised in ND and live in Fargo… and I’ve ALWAYS been a HUGE A’s fan.
Even when they were shitty (mid-90s) I still hated them. Then this whole “Moneyball” deal got going and I was like “I’m so glad it’s my team doing this.”
It’s been awesome.
brenarlo - 10:10am on 10/04/2006
I still LIKED them… by the way.
brenarlo - 11:10am on 10/04/2006
The Twins have certainly attained clarity. Lose any more games this week and their down with the season.
The A’s don’t have that luxery. They could win. They could lose. There’s still games to play.
I pity them really.
The Whistler - 11:10am on 10/04/2006
Ewww.... not looking so good for he Twinkies right now. When you’re pinning your whole season on Radke and Silva, you know something’s wrong.
One lucky win and you’re talking trash. The A’s will get shelled today.
The Twins need to be more patient at the plate (they let Zito pitch 8 innings, on only 92 pitches, despite a nearly 50-50 ball-strike split; they need to get to the Oakland bullpen) and more cautious on the basepaths (Castillo should never steal any bases). Gardenhire needs to get less retarded (Punto’s stupid sacrifice bunt in the 4th; Castillo NOT sacrificing down 1 in the 8th; not bringing in Nathan to pitch to Thomas in the 9th).
The Twins are the better team, and if they got to play the A’s over an entire season, they’d win (Oakland’s best offensive skill is their ability to draw walks; Minnesota’s pitchers, however, allowed the fewest walks in the league--big advantage to Minnesota). But in a 5-game series, anything can happen. This is why the Major League Baseball playoffs are stupid--we might as well flip a coin to determine who wins in the first round of the playoffs.
A good way to think about it: The average first-place team in baseball wins about 4 out of every 7 games it plays (a .571 winning percentage, or about 93 games in a full season). The average last place team wins about 3 out of every 7 games (a .429 winning percentage, or 69 wins in a full season). In other words, it would take 7 games for you to tell the difference between a 1st place team and a last place team… and yet in the first-round of the playoffs, where you have to tell the difference between TWO GREAT TEAMS, they play a best-of-five! That’s insane!
Do you like baseball?? Or do you just not like the Yankees, Detroit, and the Twins? I think Derek Jeter is one of the all time greats.
I’m a twins fan.
I am a HUGE A’s fan!
You’re right. The playoffs are a crapshoot. There’s no doubt about it.
I like the way the A’s play baseball (their batters draw lots of walks, they don’t steal or sacrifice much--they play the percentages), but I’m from North Dakota, so I need to root for the Twins. Though that does mean I need to criticize almost every decision Gardenhire makes, because he’s retarded.
I was born and raised in ND and live in Fargo… and I’ve ALWAYS been a HUGE A’s fan.
Even when they were shitty (mid-90s) I still hated them. Then this whole “Moneyball” deal got going and I was like “I’m so glad it’s my team doing this.”
It’s been awesome.
I still LIKED them… by the way.
The Twins have certainly attained clarity. Lose any more games this week and their down with the season.
The A’s don’t have that luxery. They could win. They could lose. There’s still games to play.
I pity them really.
Ewww.... not looking so good for he Twinkies right now. When you’re pinning your whole season on Radke and Silva, you know something’s wrong.