Damn this work schedule, keeping me from commenting on inanities as I love to do so much.
A quick observation:
Of the many things being said about A-Rod opting out of his contract, one of the dumbest came from the crew of Baseball Tonight, suggesting that A-Rod's "playoff failures" should scare away potential suitors.
A-Rod's postseason OPS: .844
Jeter's postseason OPS: .846.
That .002 is the difference between the heart of a champion and hideous failure, I tell you.
2 comments:
You could write a whole entry on how laughable BBTN is now, especially in comparison to the old days. Eric Young? Orestes Destrade? When John Kruk sounds like a genius you know you're in trouble. And I like and respect Kruk but come on...Maybe Harold Reynolds was a bit of a harasser but at least he could put together a complete sentence without sounding like he was reading a script. I think the solution, which will never happen, is to keep a rotating core of Kurkijan, Gammons, Kruk, Hershiser, the "good" host whose name I can't recall, bring in Rob Neyer via satellite, and dispense with all the stupid shit that has replaced actually talking about games. And bring Harold back as well. And use Joe Morgan more. What else does he have to do on a Tuesday night in July? Of course, that's probably the same formula for making ESPN as a whole a bit more appealing.
Three things:
1. Jeter's postseason OPS of .844 is nearly identical to his regular season OPS of .850. A-Rod's postseason OPS of .844 is way below his regular season OPS of .967.
2. Jeter's postseason OPS is a hundred points better than A-Rod's (.811 to .708 - scroll down to the section highlighted in blue) since A-Rod joined the Yanks and allegedly started feeling the pressure of higher expectations.
3. It'd be nice if numbers on close and late situations in the postseason were readily available.
This isn't to say that I agree with the Baseball Tonight crew. Some team is gonna be thrilled when A-Rod carries them through the postseason. But there are numbers to back up the critics.
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