tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2365802854240344401.post7358023399432045349..comments2024-03-16T03:36:19.829-04:00Comments on Forest City Fanatics: How Sweep It IsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2365802854240344401.post-92211250293528593282008-08-10T22:00:00.000-04:002008-08-10T22:00:00.000-04:00This whole series reminded me of a stat from Georg...This whole series reminded me of a stat from George Will's so-so baseball book <I>Men At Work</I>, saying that in 70% of MLB victories, the winning team scores more in one inning than the loser. That was the case for all three Tribe wins here. They didn't score a ton, but they did a good job of scoring in bunches when they did.<BR/><BR/>Reyes looked pretty good from where I was sitting. Byrd's ERA is 1.80 over his last 5 starts.<BR/><BR/>The Tribe also managed to score their runs with minimal contributions from the guys who had been their two top producers, Sizemore and Shoppach. As JHH pointed out, Choo, Francisco, Gutierrez, Garko, and, yes, Dellucci, picked up the slack, while Peralta stayed hot.<BR/><BR/>Guthrie-Phillips comparisons are reasonable because both became solid players elsewhere, but the story is different. With Guthrie, the Indians really didn't have much of a choice and had to let him go. Phillips they gave up on too soon. If the two situations happened again, they would do the same thing with Guthrie but not Phillips.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047104184007592041noreply@blogger.com