Bonds, Arod, and sosa, prove that the Homerun is overrated

OPS is what matters for a hitter.

The Giants had some bad luck, and in baseball, one hitter really doesn't affect any individual game THAT much. Bonds has been amazingly productive this year - he's slugging in the .900's. I call that fantastic.

The Yankees... well, the Yankees have been overachieving so far this year. A great deal of their success, though, has to do with pitching. Jeter really isn't as good as A-Rod, Nomar, Bonds, Ramirez, etc... it's just that the Yankees are solid 1-9, and have great pitching.

It's easy to say a player's great because his team's winning... but you have to look at his teammates as well. Sosa, for example... the Cubs have who else?
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Man too bad guys like Ruth and Gherig and Mantle and Maris and Reggie Jackson didn't have the benefit of your wisdom, JBII. If only that Oakland team of 89/90 had known that it would have been better off without McGwire and Canseco.

A recent run of teams dominated by great pitching doesn't mean that there is no other way to win the series. Last time I checked, baseball involved both hitting and pitching, in equal amounts.

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Bingbong was set up, led to an untimely death in the prime of his life for no other reason than pure malice. Things like that do not go unavenged. Sometimes it spills out onto the field of play.

 

The Yankees stockpile rings with the highest payroll in baseball, a shrewd GM, and an excellent field manager. It has nothing to do with them not having big home run hitters. In fact they always acquire sluggers to juice their lineup towards the end of the year. Glenallen Hill, David Justice, and Jose Canseco were all picked up for that purpose. Without the production of David Justice last year they might not have even made the playoffs.

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The ox is slow but the Earth is patient.

 

Pitching still wins in baseball, but the long-ball helps sell tickets.
I agree Hrs are sometimes overrated but watching Bonds homer everyday for a week is still fun to see!
How about my Padres (I've followed them since they got Garvey in the mid 80's)! I better get that out now, cause I feel pretty sure Klesko won't be able to stay hot and carry them very much longer!

 

4chuckie:

If pitching mattered significantly more than hitting, the Braves would have more than 1 championship.

Look through Rob Neyer's archives on espn.com. He did some pretty good analysis as to why that's a myth.

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A few years back on the Senate floor...
Phil Gramm: "If Democrats could, they'd tax the air we breathe."
Ted Kennedy (jumping up): "By God, why didn't I think of that sooner!"

Boston College - NCAA Hockey National Champions 2001