We scored 2 runs and 2 runs in the first two games of that series. You're usually going to lose when you do that.
Frankly the Yankees and Dodgers got screwed worse than we did.
Fans really are totally into the present.
If you go through last year's game threads I don't think you'll find many comments about how great it is watching Mookie play. What you'll find is mostly nonstop griping about how bad the team is playing.
Baseball fans have been armchair managers as long as I can remember. "Why the hell did Darrell Johnson take out Willoughby?"
In the modern era where there are so many transactions and big contracts and payroll issues and we have so much info about it all, fans like to play armchair general manager even more.
Mookie has hit more homers on the road than at Fenway.
It's his doubles that go way down on the road - 94 vs. 135 at Fenway.
It's not my intention to be a detractor, just to take a hard look at his numbers as he stands on the brink of an enormous payday.
Kimmi, it makes me shudder a little to hear you, who has so steadfastly maintained that the playoffs are a crapshoot, indulge in a hypothetical like that.
One thing I wonder about Mookie's career is whether his hitting will live up to what people expect with his contract.
I was looking at his home/road splits vs. Trout's.
Mookie .930 home/.858 road
Trout 1.000 home/1.000 road (how's that for round numbers and consistency.)
Trout's road OPS is a whopping 142 points higher.
Let's be clear: they would have 'easily kept Mookie' for this season only. Is that a big deal?
Nothing will be easy about keeping Mookie after this season.
Here's what I think:
If we kept Mookie this year, and got off to a crappy start, there would be a lot of people asking why the hell we didn't get something for him when we had the chance.