"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
"Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off." Bill Veeck

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Howard Ulman (AP) in a story about the Red Sox

Boston would like to re-sign Adrian Beltre and Victor Martinez.

Ulman writes that: "The Red Sox stayed in third place in the AL East from July 5, to the end of the season. But despite all the injuries, they weren't eliminated from playoff contention until just four days were left in the regular season. A healthy lineup would make them more dangerous."

"A healthy lineup would make them more dangerous."

And here I thought that the more injuries a team had, the better their chances were? This is a major insight.

I'm not sure about the reference to the "regular season?" Can teams be eliminated from playoff contention in some other season? I mean, aside from teams like the Royals and Pirates, who seem to get eliminated every off season, plus winter, spring, summer and fall, and mud?
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  1. UnknownNovember 14, 2010

    I think the Mets were eliminated on the third day of spring training.

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