Sunday, October 09, 2005
THE CURSE OF…
The Braves are a cursed dynasty with fourteen straight playoff appearances and only one flag. By the numbers, the Braves should have won 2.125 Championships [1 W.S.C. / 8 Teams = 12.5% * 11 appearances = 1.375 flags and pre-1994 disaster - 1 / 4 = 25% * 3 = .75]. They only have uno. Since that is settled, all that’s left is the name. I like the Curse of “You got mail”, or Hooters, but Jane Fonda works best. The Braves are cursed by Jane Fonda. The Curse of Jane Fonda has a nice ring to it.
I wanted to start off the postmortem with some humor, be it a poor attempt. Anyway, the Sox 2005 campaign was a success. They made it to the second season by winning 95 games without the real Schil, Foulke and no Pedro. It took two days for me to rationalize this. I am getting better Dr. Melfi.
The 95 win total is misleading. Based on runs scored and runs against, the A.L. Standings look much different.
Cle - 96
Laa - 93
Oak - 92
Chi - 91
Sox - 90
Mfy - 90
Tor - 88
The Sox were a 90 win team and were lucky to make it into the playoffs. With that being said, the Sox front office (hopefully, it will be Theo leading the way) need to assess the club’s chances of making the postseason in 2006-2008, which should determine the direction and off-season activities that media types are already discussing.
The Braves are a cursed dynasty with fourteen straight playoff appearances and only one flag. By the numbers, the Braves should have won 2.125 Championships [1 W.S.C. / 8 Teams = 12.5% * 11 appearances = 1.375 flags and pre-1994 disaster - 1 / 4 = 25% * 3 = .75]. They only have uno. Since that is settled, all that’s left is the name. I like the Curse of “You got mail”, or Hooters, but Jane Fonda works best. The Braves are cursed by Jane Fonda. The Curse of Jane Fonda has a nice ring to it.
I wanted to start off the postmortem with some humor, be it a poor attempt. Anyway, the Sox 2005 campaign was a success. They made it to the second season by winning 95 games without the real Schil, Foulke and no Pedro. It took two days for me to rationalize this. I am getting better Dr. Melfi.
The 95 win total is misleading. Based on runs scored and runs against, the A.L. Standings look much different.
Cle - 96
Laa - 93
Oak - 92
Chi - 91
Sox - 90
Mfy - 90
Tor - 88
The Sox were a 90 win team and were lucky to make it into the playoffs. With that being said, the Sox front office (hopefully, it will be Theo leading the way) need to assess the club’s chances of making the postseason in 2006-2008, which should determine the direction and off-season activities that media types are already discussing.
2 Old Comments:
What about Theo's own contract?
By 3:54 PM
, atafter Oct 31 Theo's contract expires and he becomes a free agent
By 4:47 PM
, at