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06-05-2024, 09:19 AM | #361 | |
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At any given time you could count on him to pump Hosmer or Soler's tires while arguing one or both were the equivalent of Harper. And his favorite thing to do was "Take out his MVP season..." as though a 22 year old having one of the most dominant offensive seasons in MLB history wasn't in some way predictive of future performance. Or that removing 1 season of 5 isn't in some way putting your thumb on the scale. The willful ignorance that it took for him to be as catastrophically wrong as possible was just hilarious. Debating Nietzsche with a goldfish, man... |
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06-05-2024, 04:03 PM | #362 |
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Cardinals schedule gets a bit easier for the next few series. I live in Chicago and will be going to at least two of the games over at Wrigley down the street. Any guesses to the over/under .500 for overall record at the end of June? I'll stick my neck out there and say two games over .500.
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06-05-2024, 04:38 PM | #363 | |
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They're a team w/ roughly .500 talent. 85 wins if they stay healthy all season but they won't (and haven't). And .500 teams tend to hover around .500. We regressed to the mean (progressed?) to get back to level, but that's just the law of large numbers at work. They'll be within a game or two of .500 either way. And every time they win 4 of 5, they'll lose 5 of 7 and over the course of any 12-14 game stretch they'll be a roughly .500 ballclub. That's why it just doesn't make sense to view any series at all as being meaningful. When it's all said and done, they'll be roughly .500. Because that's all they made any effort to be. |
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06-05-2024, 04:59 PM | #364 |
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Getting swept by the astros seemed like such a Cardinals thing to do. Glad they pulled 1 win out after giving away game one of the series.
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Jordan Walker's slash line is now .254/.299/.373 in 127 plate appearances with Triple-A Memphis.
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