06-06-2006, 11:51 PM
I have no problem admitting when the Sox are playing bad. I said above, that their Pitching hasn't been there the past couple weeks. It's about time that someone OTHER than Thome, Konerko, Crede or Dye produced something with the bat.
As for Garcia being an "Earned Run Machine", I think it is better to have a higher ERA and a winning record, than a low ERA, but giving up 10/15/20 UN-earned runs in a game...
That's one thing I never understood about the whole ERA thing. Wouldn't it make more sense to track how many runs were unearned as opposed to earned? IMO, an EARNED run, is one that the batting team had to work for, rather than had given to them. Earned runs can determine a Win or Loss, but unearned runs almost always result in more losses than wins....
As for Garcia being an "Earned Run Machine", I think it is better to have a higher ERA and a winning record, than a low ERA, but giving up 10/15/20 UN-earned runs in a game...
That's one thing I never understood about the whole ERA thing. Wouldn't it make more sense to track how many runs were unearned as opposed to earned? IMO, an EARNED run, is one that the batting team had to work for, rather than had given to them. Earned runs can determine a Win or Loss, but unearned runs almost always result in more losses than wins....
I'll keep my God, my freedom, my guns, and my money. You can keep "THE CHANGE."