mack10zie
08-15-2001, 03:37 PM
and I was wondering if BMR has ever admitted to being wrong about anything in his entire life, or at least acknowledged the fact that there is a small possibility that one day he will be wrong. I also would like to say how much I enjoy him saying how much he knows about baseball (which is obviously more than anyone else on this board, at least according to him) about every five posts. I'm not trying to start anything, just wondering what sort of twisted reality one of our fellow Sox fans is living in
Two questions:
If Keith Foulke is not a good closer, but is a good pitcher, and when compared to all of the top closers in the league has more than favorable numbers how is he not a good closer? Basically a good closer by definition would be a good pitcher who has the ability to close ball games effectively, and since Foulke has been statistically one of the most effective closers in the league over the past two seasons, and since he's a good pitcher, doesn't that also make him a good closer? I do agree with you that he is probably best suited to be a set-up man, and in a perfect world he would be, but the overwhelming facts seem to indicate that he also is a good closer.
Why can't this team win the division? I agree with you in that I don't THINK they most likely will, but there is a fairly decent chance it can be done. Both the teams ahead of us are struggling, and the Indians have one of the toughest remaining schedules in the entire league. Even if we are an average team, if we get a few lucky wins that we perhaps don't deserve, we are right back into the race. If you asked me if I thought we'd make it, I'd say no, but in no way shape or form does this mean that we won't or can't. I mean damn, we aren't that far back right now, and even though we have been playing some fairly poor baseball we've been gaining ground. If we have almost ANY hot stretch I don't see how we wouldn't be right in the thick of the race.
And as for getting embarrassed in the playoffs. Don't you think that even if we did get embarrassed it would be a good experience for the young guys that we have to play in some post seasons games? I don't see how it could really hurt.
Two questions:
If Keith Foulke is not a good closer, but is a good pitcher, and when compared to all of the top closers in the league has more than favorable numbers how is he not a good closer? Basically a good closer by definition would be a good pitcher who has the ability to close ball games effectively, and since Foulke has been statistically one of the most effective closers in the league over the past two seasons, and since he's a good pitcher, doesn't that also make him a good closer? I do agree with you that he is probably best suited to be a set-up man, and in a perfect world he would be, but the overwhelming facts seem to indicate that he also is a good closer.
Why can't this team win the division? I agree with you in that I don't THINK they most likely will, but there is a fairly decent chance it can be done. Both the teams ahead of us are struggling, and the Indians have one of the toughest remaining schedules in the entire league. Even if we are an average team, if we get a few lucky wins that we perhaps don't deserve, we are right back into the race. If you asked me if I thought we'd make it, I'd say no, but in no way shape or form does this mean that we won't or can't. I mean damn, we aren't that far back right now, and even though we have been playing some fairly poor baseball we've been gaining ground. If we have almost ANY hot stretch I don't see how we wouldn't be right in the thick of the race.
And as for getting embarrassed in the playoffs. Don't you think that even if we did get embarrassed it would be a good experience for the young guys that we have to play in some post seasons games? I don't see how it could really hurt.