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Originally posted by Meni@Oct 8 2003, 07:07 AM
Buff my friend
My buddy looked up Pedro vs. Yankees
here it is
24 games
4 complete games
162 innings
125 hits
54 runs
10 homers
45 walks
216 K
9-8
2.88 ERA
hmm, looks like if he had more run support, he would have won more games
OH WAIT, this year, we set a record for slugging percentage
blowing away your 1927 YANKEES
We led the leage in almost every offensive catagory
hmmm
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Meni:
1) Pedro's record of 9-8 vs the Yankees is just over .500 -- by far the Yankees play him tougher than any other team. Plus, that doesn't show how many games he started that the Yankees ended up winning after the pitcher of record changed. The point is that Pedro is almost a guaranteed win against most teams, but against the Yankees, he's not.
2) Batting records have become meaningless. The pitchers mound is lowered, the fences are in, the strike zone is narrowed, pitchers can't brush people off the plate as much, there are more teams and more watered down pitching talent, the bats are better, and above all the ball is completely juiced.
If Babe Ruth played today with today's sports fitness and the nature of the game as it stands now, he'd have a slugging avg close to 2.000 and probably 300 walks per season. He used to hit more homers in one season than your whole Red Sox team combined.
Hell, I'd take Ruth's rotted corpse over Manny any day.