Gautam Mukunda <sniped Gautam's post except for>
> A team with Pedro (at his peak, the best pitcher ever) There are a lot of pitchers who were better 'at his peak'. Has he thrown a perfect game? (I know I know, not an official perfect game.) A no hitter? I think that it is even wrong to say 'at his peak' like he will have no more good years. I think Randy Johnson is the best pitcher right now and has been for a long time. Ever? No. > What about the Mariners, who are only putting together one of the best seasons of all time? While I have great affection for the A's - the best run team in MLB by a very large margin, in my opinion - I think that between them and the Mariners it's pick 'em. Yankee pitching is good, but it's not, statistically, as good as that of the A's or the Mariners, and the offenses aren't even close. The ball always bounces in the Yankees favor, and the umps always make mistakes on their behalf (I'm not claiming conspiracy, just a one-century run of good luck :-) but even that won't be enough when they have to beat not one, but _two_ clearly superior teams. < Gautam The problem is that even last year the Yankees were considered toast. They didn't win their division, barely made the playoffs by limping in with a horrible September. Then they win the world series. Everyone wants to call the Yankees out, every year. So statistically yes a lot of teams look better, but that doesn't mean a thing when the bright lights are on. What about the Mariners? The A's have the best record in the second half of the season and have swept the M's. The Yankees have handled the M's but not the A's, I wish they were playing Seattle first. It's just nice to have posts like this to replay later. Kevin T.
