Here are the "contenders" and their records, along with some stats:
Red Sox: 4-5 (team ERA - 4.50 | D. Ortiz - .091 BA |J. Beckett - 9.64 ERA)
Cleveland: 4-5 (team BA - .239 | ERA - 4.42 | C. Sabathia - 7.59 ERA)
Tigers: 1-7 (team BA - .241 | ERA - 4.68 | M. Cabrera - .125 BA)
Seattle: 4-5 (team BA - .244 |J. Putz - 9.00 ERA and on DL)
Atlanta: 3-6 (team ERA - 4.63 | M. Teixeira - .176 BA)
Mets: 3-4 (P. Martinez - 10.80 ERA, DL | J. Reyes - .200 BA)
Phillies: 4-5 (team BA - .247 | R. Howard - .188 BA | S. Victorino - .162)
Rockies: 4-5 (team BA - .237 | T. Tulowitzki - .194 BA)
Dodgers: 4-5 (team BA - .238 | A. Jones - .129 BA | R. Martin - .103 BA)
So it's not just us.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
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Nice stat, I'm proud to be a reader. Good point as well, hopefully we can separate ourselves from this bunch sooner than later. .700 baseball for 2 months isn't easy on the eyes.
This raises an interesting point...
They say if you shuffle a deck seven times you get the most random order of cards from the point in which you started.. sometimes referred to as a "Perfect Shuffle."
With that said, do you think, that with free agency, and the national attention of actually building good farm systems, talent development, revenue sharing and luxury taxes... weve reached a "perfect shuffle" in baseball?
Looks like all the last place teams have carried great springs into good starts this season, and with the contenders struggling so far, albeit two weeks in, perhaps weve seen a more level playing field take place.
food for thought.
I do believe playing field is becoming more level, but not THIS level. I figure in a month or two the standings will look pretty normal. There will be one or two sleepers who continue to hang around, though.
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