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BASEBALL TRIVIA
Proof That Baseball Is A Weird Game
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If you want more proof that baseball is a funny game, look no further than the Indians four game sweep over the Tampa Bay Rays this weekend. The Tribe came into the series on a 10 game losing streak, and the Rays had the league’s best record. Cleveland has a journeyman just up from the minor leagues (Matt Ginter) and a guy who hadn’t won a big league game all year (Jeremy Sowers) pitching the last two games of the series, yet won both games. Weird, indeed!
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Want more proof? Look at SS Jhonny Peralta. Peralta was struggling all season long at the plate. His strike zone judgment regressed, his batting average was in the .220 range, and he couldn’t seem to get a hit with a man on base. For some reason, Eric Wedge decided to put him into the clean up spot in the batting order. Since that move has been made, Peralta has torn the cover off the ball. Over the last 30 days, the SS is batting .340 with 5 HR’s and 24 RBI. He’s raised his batting average to .261, and his OPS is approaching 800, which is above average league wide. Very, very strange.
If you want more proof that baseball is a funny game, look no further than the Indians four game sweep over the Tampa Bay Rays this weekend. The Tribe came into the series on a 10 game losing streak, and the Rays had the league’s best record. Cleveland has a journeyman just up from the minor leagues (Matt Ginter) and a guy who hadn’t won a big league game all year (Jeremy Sowers) pitching the last two games of the series, yet won both games. Weird, indeed!
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Want more proof? Look at SS Jhonny Peralta. Peralta was struggling all season long at the plate. His strike zone judgment regressed, his batting average was in the .220 range, and he couldn’t seem to get a hit with a man on base. For some reason, Eric Wedge decided to put him into the clean up spot in the batting order. Since that move has been made, Peralta has torn the cover off the ball. Over the last 30 days, the SS is batting .340 with 5 HR’s and 24 RBI. He’s raised his batting average to .261, and his OPS is approaching 800, which is above average league wide. Very, very strange.
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