Tweet
How in the hell did that team win 116 games??
Paul Abbott 17-4???
Paul Abbott 17-4???
-
"I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth." -
Everything went right for them.
Besides having studs at 1B, 2B, RF, and DH, they had a solid Mike Cameron in CF and very good defense all around. Bret Boone had his career year. The bullpen was excellent and the pitching staff was solid enough to take advantage of the good D and good pen. Unfortunately for them, this wasn't a team built for the playoffs. Garcia was not a knockout ace starter and the rest were subpar compared to their playoff rivals. -
Mostly luck, I thinkOriginally posted by Mithrandir View PostI always liked Alfonseca and he is twice the pitcher Hall of Famer Mordecai Brown was - cavebird 12-8-05
You'd be surprised on how much 16 months in a federal pen can motivate you - gashousegang 7-31-06
"...That said, the hippo will always be the gold standard here" - Heyelander's VD XII avatar analysis of SeaDogStat 1-29-07
It's surprising that attempts to coordinate large groups of socially retarded people would end in this kind of chaos. - Cobain's Ghost 12-19-07Comment
-
Teams with the most batters with at least 5 WAR:
1 1939 New York Yankees 6 Bill Dickey / Joe DiMaggio / Joe Gordon / Charlie Keller / Red Rolfe / George Selkirk
2 2001 Seattle Mariners 5 Bret Boone / Mike Cameron / Edgar Martinez / John Olerud / Ichiro Suzuki
plus McLemore, Carlos Guillen, Stan Javier and David Bell were all around 3 WAR each. That's one hell of a deep offense. Bret Boone was worth 9.3 wins. Bret Boone!
They also had one of the 2 or 3 best bullpens of all time. Kaz Sasaki, Arthur Rhodes, Norm Charlton, Jeff Nelson, Jose Paniagua, Ryan Franklin .. 6 relievers with an ERA+ of 96 or better.Comment
-
The JUICE. Brett Boone, David Bell, Edgar, Moyer, Abbott and Sele gave them juice-inflated seasons.Comment
-
oh yeah that's right, they were the one team that used steroids that year. almost forgot!Originally posted by osubuxx View PostComment
-
A guy in our league loaded up with Mariners that year, which was easy to do since nobody was chasing them, and he won the league for the first and only time.Comment
-
how disappointing was the fact the got blown out by the Yanks in the ALCS? Chokers.Comment
-
LOL. Jaime Moyer? If he was on the juice, he should have received a double refund.Originally posted by osubuxx View PostI'm just here for the baseball.
Comment
-
I wasn't all that surprised. You need starting pitching to win playoff series, and the Yankees had a better staff than the Mariners that year.Originally posted by revo View PostOriginally posted by Kevin SeitzerComment
Comment