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Amen, rick...
Heard Art Thiel on the radio today, saying, this is a 'throwaway season'. I like Art Thiel, but was he asleep when the Giants won the WS last year?
The M's are flawed, but they have:
- The best leadoff hitter in the game, and also maybe the 2nd best leadoff hitter in the game batting behind him
- The best defense up the middle in MLB (IE Gutz/Saunders, and maybe the two best defensive shortstops at 2b & short)
- The best pitcher in the game
And as Dr D mentions in another post, they've swapped out dead wood for players who can work the count and put together tough at bats. We saw that in spades tonight.
The cognoscenti just don't realize how wierd and unique last season was.