Tuesday, October 04, 2005

If Pitching Wins in the Post-Season...

our beloved Red Sox are in trouble. Here are the ERAs of all four AL playoff representatives...

STARTERS ERA
LA Angels: 3.73 (1st in AL)
White Sox: 3.76 (2nd in AL)
Yankees: 4.57 (7th in AL)
Red Sox: 4.58 (8th in AL)

BULLPEN ERA
White Sox: 3.26 (3rd in AL)
LA Angels: 3.54 (6th in AL)
Yankees: 4.28 (10th in AL)
Red Sox: 5.19 (14th in AL)

OVERALL ERA
White Sox: 3.63 (2nd in AL)
LA Angels: 3.67 (3rd in AL)
NY Yankees: 4.48 (8th in AL)
Red Sox: 4.76 (11th in AL)

Has anybody ever won the World Series with a pitching staff ranked 11th out of 14 teams in the AL?

Has anybody ever won the World series with a bullpen ERA ranked dead last in the AL?

Has anybody ever won the World Series with the combination of mediocre starting pitching and horrendous relief pitching?

It don't look good.

Oh, and eff you, Matt Clement!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"At least our defense is solid."

- Tony Graffanino

lavinius said...

"Our defense is very solid."

-Edgar Renteria

Anonymous said...

"The Red Sox haven't had this much love, synergy, and comradeship, ever," said Damon to Schilling, as Manny Ramirez shook his head in agreement.