W&L is just a measure of run support or luck. It's meaningless.
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]>wrote: > W's and L's mean more than ERA, don't you think? ERA is a very very very > very good 2nd stat to look at. > > ------------------------------ > *From*: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > *To*: [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Sent*: Tue Jul 20 17:53:02 2010 > *Subject*: Re: Sheesh! > > This is why God gave us states. > > Dice-K ERA: 4.29 > > 4.29 = Meh > > And that sums up his season. > > Dice-K has a long way to go before I'll get excited about seeing him pitch. > > Ray > > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Steve Ouellette > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> That's just not true. Dice K's perceived sins far outweigh the truth. >> >> On June 7, he threw eight shutout innings. >> >> That was followed by ... >> >> 2 runs in 5 IP >> 3 runs in 6 IP >> 4 runs in 5 IP (an ugly 8 hits and 4 bb) >> 2 runs in 6 IP >> and last night, 1 run in 6.7 IP >> >> Prior to the eight shutout innings on June 7, he had given up ... >> >> 3 runs in 6.7 IP (no walks!) >> 3 runs in 4.7 IP (2 hits, but 8 walks!) >> 0 runs in 8 IP (1 hit) >> >> He can still be excruciating to watch, he doesn't go deep into most games >> and his first innings have been nightmares, but he hasn't had four straight >> pitiful starts (though three of his first four were bad). In his last nine >> starts, he's only given up more than three earned runs once (and that was >> four). Six of them were "quality" starts. >> >> Steve O >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Larry Rupp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm normally the optimist here but last time he had a good game he >>> followed that with 4 straight pitiful ones so until I see some consistency >>> from him he's not getting out of the penalty box with me. It's nice to see >>> Beckett back which leaves Lackey, Wake, and Dice to fight for the 2 starting >>> spots in a 5 man rotation. >>> >>> Sent from Larry's mobile device >>> >>> On Jul 20, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Having basically discounted him this season, preferring to depend on >>> Lester, Bucky and Lackey, if Dice-K could get >>> on a nice streak like this, what a benefit that would be. >>> >>> Dan D >>> Central NJ USA >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* "Beaudoin, John" <[email protected]> >>> *To:* <[email protected]>[email protected] >>> *Sent:* Tue, July 20, 2010 11:57:09 AM >>> *Subject:* Re: Sheesh! >>> >>> He didn't want to pitch to them. Smart move on his part probably. >>> >>> He was brilliant. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From*: [email protected] < >>> [email protected]> >>> *To*: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> *Sent*: Tue Jul 20 08:54:10 2010 >>> *Subject*: RE: Sheesh! >>> >>> OK - Admit it. Dice-K was almost enjoyable to watch last night. I have >>> never seen him more efficient. I actually stayed awake through 7 because I >>> was enjoying the show. >>> >>> Funny thing is that he walked only two batters, and both of them were on >>> 4 straight balls. 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