[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> See there you go. I want to see Pedro do in a World
> Series what Kofax did. He was unhitable as was Gibson.
> Look at the only stat that counts. Wins in big games.
> Look at how he has fared against the Yankees. They have
> beaten him (or more precisely his team) whenever it
> was important. Not by much, but they scratch a run or
> they wear him down. Kofax didn't need a run. You got
> zip off him.
>
I agree with this. Numbers are only a part of what it takes
to be a great player. There are some players that will post
great numbers for their entire career but never win
anything. Then there are players that seem to turn a team
around - win time after time. Zim keeps bringing up the
attitude of the Yankees, the clubhouse. They play together
as a team. You can see the same thing in the A's clubhouse,
they have really gelled in the second half. Yet in the
past, the Yanks have put together teams that should have
crushed everyone in sight, but won nothing.
I'm not saying that numbers, or how you play the game
(stress OBP, not average etc. etc.) aren't vital to success,
but if you have one or two divisive players in the clubhouse
and those players happen to be the stars, you're chances of
winning go down the toilet.
--
Doug
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