Yankees: Objects in Mirror are Closer then they Appear

[Arrian]

Boston 89-59 89-59 0
NY Yankees 84-65 94-55 +10

Wow, that's pretty amazing. Pythagorean standings, for the uninitiated.

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Watching Mariano lose that game was irritating, but it was clear from the get-go that he didn't have his command. The Sox did a good job getting to him, but if he'd be "on" they wouldn't have. They got to Mo on a bad day for him. Still counts, mind you, but I wouldn't be so sure that the Sox "know how to beat him" now. Feel free if you want, since that will only increase the pain later...

-Arrian

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Interestringly enough, I only have to go back to 2000 for out last series win...

same as johnt said it.

and the new millenium started in 2001, not 2000. so you were the last to win last mellienium, and the first to lose this millenium.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Watching Mariano lose that game was irritating, but it was clear from the get-go that he didn't have his command. The Sox did a good job getting to him, but if he'd be "on" they wouldn't have. They got to Mo on a bad day for him. Still counts, mind you, but I wouldn't be so sure that the Sox "know how to beat him" now. Feel free if you want, since that will only increase the pain later...

thats not possible. we've already been to the threshhold many times of pain.

[GePap]

Boo HOo Hoo

Maybe is BoSox fans stopped whinning so much you guys would win. Heck, you team has a huge budget-even the Angels were able to pull it off and beat the Yankees.

[JohnT]

M-I-L-L-E-N-N-I-U-M-!

2 I's
2 L's
2 N's
2 M's

(After seeing this word misspelled so many times prior to 2000/2001, it has become a personal pet peeve of mine).

[GePap]

MILANEUM

[JohnT]

[Lawrence of Arabia]

mi wha?

Maybe is BoSox fans stopped whinning so much you guys would win. Heck, you team has a huge budget-even the Angels were able to pull it off and beat the Yankees.

whinning has nothing to do with winning.

fans whining wont make a team lose.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

AND THE RED SOX WIN!!!

STRIKEOUT BELLHORN STRIKES ONE
SOX WIN ON FINAL OUT

[Lawrence of Arabia]

the O Zone factor. does anyone buy it? looks like a crock to me

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20040921&content_id=865660&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp

[Imran Siddiqui]

It is interesting to see how a team does with RISP and how much it prevents them, but like RISP more for entertainment value than telling anything important. League average for RISP has been shown to be very close to BA to be insignificant. Any differences teams show in those numbers are the results of luck and natural statistical variations.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

tell that to payrod. $25 million for a .280 BA, .150 BA with risp.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Bad luck, at least this year. His RISP numbers were greater in Texas.

[Arrian]

Over the course of his contract, I'd expect some ups & downs RISP. He's been bad this year, but I wouldn't be surprised if he tears it up next year.

Crazy comeback win for the Sox last night. Mazilli is a fool for taking BJ Ryan out, though. Sure, he got into trouble, but then he got two outs (McCarty popout, Damon strikeout) and was lookin' good. He brings in Julio and *boom*

Nice to see Foulke have problems, though.

-Arrian

[Arrian]

And actually, A-Rod has a .293 BA. Here are his stats for September (Ave, OBP, SLG, OPS):

.338 .460 .563 1.023

Yeah, what a loser.

I'll be the first to say I had hoped for more, but this being his first year as a Yankee, I'll take it.

-Arrian