POSTED BY Paul Moro ON 10:37 am, October 16, 2007 - POSTED IN Diamond cuts
Divine intervention. What else could possibly explain how the Colorado Rockies have steamrolled through the National League competition in the 2007 postseason? Three game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies. Four game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Seven wins in seven games. And this phenomenon can only be explained by the act of a higher power.
It is abundantly clear. God wanted to spare us all from any more damage inflicted by TBS’ coverage of the 2007 playoffs.
So thank you god, for not making us sit through any more than the minimum seven games. And thank you, Colorado Rockies, for being the instruments of god. Even though I suspect that at least half of you keep a little sumthin’-sumthin’ in your crucifixes around your neck*. Yeah, that’s right. That’s called the “Sarah Michelle Gellar“.
*Please, please don’t sue me. Ever since 2005, my investments (consisting mainly of Mark McGwire rookie cards) have just tanked. Damn the Mitchell investigation.
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This is a great point about the stolen bases. It really surprises me that the Halos’ SB percentage is so low (well into the hurting-rather-than-helping zone).
I do think some other things that might be worth looking at when evaluating the contribution each team’s speed to their offense would be how often they go from first to third on singles, how often they hit and run, and how successfully they hit and run.
One thing that you are always hearing about the Angles is that they go from first to third on singles more often than any other team, by a large margin. I’m not sure if that is really the case, but if it’s true, that would provide a huge jump in the chance of scoring runs, and would represent a significant speed-based advantage that can not be found just by looking at SB% alone.
If, as you suggest in your column, the Angels trail the Sox in almost every offensive category, yet are about even in runs, thats kind of a mystery, but maybe one that something like a preternatural ability to go from first to third might be able to explain. I haven’t done any research on this obviously, but it would be interesting to do some and see…