By: Rick
116 wins. That’s season long excellence unequaled in the modern era. Postseason? That’s small same size. You play that 2001 season in pre-1969 and the Yankees don’t even make the World Series. There...
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To quote Herm Edwards: “You play to win the game [or in this case, championship].” The Mariners 2001 season is certainly a great achievement (although as a fan of an AL team in the Midwest I must...
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Looking at it statistically, let’s assume Seattle was a good team that year and that their true ability was to win 100 games, a pretty good team most years. If that was their expected performance, then...
View ArticleBy: Dave
I like to pose a different way of looking at 116 wins. Seattle tied the Twins 1-1 in two games series before the all-star break. And they lost 1-2 the last series of the season against the Rangers. As...
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Except for the fact that the goal isn’t to win the most games in the regular season, its to win the World Series. Its like saying a game in April where a team wins 23-0 is better than winning Game 7 of...
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Yes, we call that pre-expansion. Its not as if that Yankees team was a fluke since they were in the midst of a multi-year dynasty. They were the better team and they crushed the Mariners in 5 games....
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I would think the 1998 Yankees were the best team of the past 30 years. They won almost as many regular season games (114) and walked through the post-season (11-2).
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<blockquote> I’m sorry, but your posts and rants are not worthy of fangraphs. </blockquote> And you aren't worthy of an internet connection. And yet you have one, and the Mariners have...
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