tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850507948925077616.post5756612797185622991..comments2023-11-03T05:22:37.868-04:00Comments on FIVE O'CLOCK LIGHTNING: This Time, It's PersonalMichael in New Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01449933463450154603noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850507948925077616.post-24736525764604926242007-11-15T14:48:00.000-05:002007-11-15T14:48:00.000-05:00And oh Joe, many people say A-Rod won us six games...And oh Joe, many people say A-Rod won us six games so I'm not singling out you. But how did they get that number? It's pulled out of a hat. If we had Betemit at third, maybe we would have won TEN fewer games. Or 12. Or five. It's literally impossible to say. I credit him as contributing to every victory because that's all you can do. Anything else is pure conjecture.Michael in New Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01449933463450154603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850507948925077616.post-89383503483203002072007-11-15T14:37:00.000-05:002007-11-15T14:37:00.000-05:00I still say it's an impossible number to quantify,...I still say it's an impossible number to quantify, far more nebulous than "clutch" in hitting or defense so those are reflected in individual at-bats and moments while winning a game includes a huge number of factors. <BR/><BR/>Sorry about the run-on, anonymous. It was a cut and paste from a comments exchange Joe and I had.Michael in New Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01449933463450154603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850507948925077616.post-38971819688511919702007-11-15T09:42:00.000-05:002007-11-15T09:42:00.000-05:00Paragraphs and line spaces = good things.Paragraphs and line spaces = good things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850507948925077616.post-41751956582510784142007-11-15T06:16:00.000-05:002007-11-15T06:16:00.000-05:00"Coming up with the imaginary figure that A-Rod "w..."Coming up with the imaginary figure that A-Rod "won" six more games for us that we would have otherwise lost shows a fundamental lack of understanding about team sports and baseball in particular."<BR/><BR/>100% disagree. What that means is that the Yankees won six more games with ARod than they would have won with an average third baseman (say..Betemit). And six is an arbitrary number, who knows what it is -- but to say one player doesn't change the win/loss total on the season is what shows a lack of understanding about baseball. Of course its a team game, but some games people contribute, some games they don't. More often than most, ARod does -- and that leads to more team wins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com