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Getting One Right

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I was wrong about a lot of things this season:

  • Hughes and IPK's readiness,
  • Melky's breakout,
  • Giambi's fragility (he played 143 games, his most since 2003 but only DH'd 26 times),
  • and Pettitte's ability to repeat his 2007 tightrope success.

But why dwell on the negatives?  (You know, I just spent last week telling my students never to use rhetorical questions in their essays.  Do as I say, not as I do).

I got one prediction right, and with frightening accuracy, if I do say so myself (and I do).

Here's my bold prediction for '08:
180IP, 150K, 1.25 WHIP.

And the 20 game winner's final numbers?

200.1IP, 150K, 1.22 WHIP.

Now, I suppose you could argue that the only number I got right was the 150Ks, and since Moose needed an extra twenty and a third innings to rack up those Ks, I really didn't get any of the numbers right.  But if you feel that way, you're probably also hoping that Moose hangs them up on a high note.

Frankly, I find myself hoping that, too- that Mussina doesn't follow the Tom Glavine trail of one season too many.  As I type this, Buster Olney is on Baseball Tonight saying Moose is likely finished because he doesn't think he can pitch the 3 more seasons he'd need to get the 30 wins to 300.  But I think Moose only a ring and/or another 15 wins separate Moose from certain enshrinement in Cooperstown; I don't see how he can pass on another season if he thinks the Yanks are contenders.

 

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hazy

he pitched well in his first game, but tanked after that. he doesn’t even know when exactly it broke. we just know sometime after April 3rd and before April 29th.

by Travis G on Sep 29, 2008 7:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

nevermind the chance for Cooperstown

how about $12 million?

“we’re not just doing this for money… we’re doing it for a SHITLOAD of money.”

i hope he comes back on a one year deal with an option.

by Travis G on Sep 29, 2008 7:48 PM EDT   0 recs

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