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Originally Posted by essbee
He doesn't contend each and every year, they were only 1 game better than the Texas Rangers last year. And his teams have only won one post season series because of the flaws in the lineups he assembles. It's hard to explain to someone who admits to never watching the games. For example those hitters you love so much for taking pitches and getting deep into counts have troubles with pitchers who make them put the ball into play which leads to low post season batting averages (not that you care about batting average) which leads to lots of playoff losses. But again you'd have to watch the games, why do that when you can look at the yahoo box scores?
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It's fun to try and actually win the title with a low payroll forcing you into getting rid of all of your best players. Getting as far as he does speaks wonders.
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Originally Posted by essbee
oh yeah swisher still leads the AL in walks but is hitting 210. consult your magical box scores and tell me how that's helping the white sox offense.
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Swisher is second on the team in runs. He gets on base and magically scores runs. The only person with more runs than him? Carlos Quentin, who has the highest OBP on the team. So, Nick Swisher, with his .216 BA is still scoring, because he got on base with a walk. It's really quite funny how that works.