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Originally Posted by Vris
Craig's a poet and he didn't even know it.
But I'm inclined to know more about how you really feel about this. Did Miguel Cairo play well last year (real universe) only because he was a Yankee? Do Yankees always play better than everyone else, no matter where they were last year? If it wasn't already 1 in the morning and I had killed all sorts of other time, I would investigate into this.
I guess what I'm saying, is that there tends to be a lot of factors into why some certain players "play over their heads", so to speak. Is it the awe of playing in New York? Is it just because "they needed a change of scenery"?
Oh I'm not done. There's more. I know we are only dealing with bits of 0's and 1's here, but it all does suffice to make a point. If you compare all of your players, even the bench and bullpen (forget about the minors..that's all subjective anyway...plus you don't even have ratings on so it doesn't matter) to the players on Cleveland, is it a fair comparison? Well no. Not all of Cleveland's players performed in Cleveland last year, just as some of yours did not perform in Chicago. But then what makes a decent sample size to show how well they will perform in Cleveland or Chicago? Is this even measurable? Has free agency ruined the game completely that we will never know just exactly how one player will perform on a certain team or in a certain city? Maybe it has to do with how well the players get a long andBaseball Mogul actually hit on something right. Will we ever know? Did I just waste over a hundred words on anything productive? I wish there was more time in a day so I could play with this stuff.
And Craig can quote me as much as he wants Y0DA. I need to get my popularity up! I need more votes for June Madness!
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yes, i am using this quote
again.
but it's because i've thought about it quite a bit since mr. fish first conjured it up late one night, and i think it's now finally time to do something besides kick ideas around my head. it's a pity that my supposed big step forward is...kicking these questions around in this forum, but maybe we'll learn something about why some players are considered good and others are
joe crede. or perhaps we'll find out why
crede can chew through outs like antacid tablets for an entire year in
chicago, and then go to
cleveland and hit six doubles in the first couple weeks. if by chance we don't come up with any answers to those questions...hey, at least it was something to do. something different.