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The ALCS is a Sabermetrician's Wet Dream

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GM Theo Epstein Andrew Friedman
"Saber Guy" Jed Hoyer James Click
Big Time Author Bill James James Click
Inefficiency High Priced Players Discarded Former Top Prospects
Defense Strong Even Stronger
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Consider this the LCS predictions thread.


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Baseball is played by humans, Sky.

Not on calculators. Or whatever.

The sooner GMs realize that the sooner we can move on and play THE GAME again.

by philkid3 on Oct 8, 2008 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

jerry manuel...

is catching what youre throwing.

watch out nl east!

by EWS1532 on Oct 8, 2008 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rays/Dodgers.

All season long I’ve thought the Red Sox were the better team, and I think that even R.J. would agree that luck played at least a small part in the Rays winning the AL East.

At this point in time, however, I think Tampa Bay is the better team. Losing Lowell is pretty huge, because the Red Sox go from well above average at 1B and and above average at 3B to below average at 3B and well below average at 1B.

I’d love to see the Phillies win (and they’re not that far apart, so it’s well within the realm of possibility) but Manny is on a different planet right now. I don’t want to speculate about the reasons for his post-trade resurgence, but it’s real and quantifiable. I think the edge is slight, but the Dodgers are the better team.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 8, 2008 8:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Oct 9, 2008 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sox/dodgers

bring it, manny!

Well, I'll appreciate for you to keep my zingers outta your mouth!

by BoSox415 on Oct 9, 2008 5:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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