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you were saying that the staff was better-than-average. I thought you were saying the pitches thrown were worse-than-average.
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As far as the ERA+ of 112 ... not especially disposed to debate this to the Nth degree ... but as you know, that is the question under consideration: how much of that 112 was due to the pitching, and how much to the defense.
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I had (mis-?)understood Matt to say that the pitching as-such was a 100, and you to say that the pitching as-such was
The pitching itself, to me, looked like a good 105, with circumstances boosting it to 112 (remembering that the 112 itself is supposed to edit the Safeco Field runs-saved out of the picture).