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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
dumbest scoring rule in sports?
Sort of related to Fung's dumbest sayings... Today in the Oakland/LAAoA,CA game, K-Rod came into a 6-3 game and blew the save, giving up 3 runs. In the bottom of the inning, the Angels scored and won 7-6. And who gets "the win"? Rodriguez. How is this rule still on the books? Just give the win to Lackey, who was in line for it before K-Rod came in and blew it for him. Or give it to one of the other relievers who didn't totally suck. Of course, pitcher wins are often luck-based, and in many cases don't reflect if you pitched well or not (see Adam Eaton). But getting a win in this situation is just plain idiotic. It's even dumber than the save rule.
And the dumbest thing about the win rule is that certain dumbfucks, I'm looking at you Pizza Man Hendry, put stock in that stat.
ReplyDeleteCricket: Sooo much better than baseball. Coz da team wins. And da team loses. No winning or losing pitcher. Or bowler in this case.
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