All Your Division Titles Are Belong To... The NL Central?

by scareduck on Aug 3, 2008 4:24 PM PDT

I don't know how I stumbled into this, but somebody over at Red Reporter was whinging about the long six-team NL Central division, because it takes away postseason opportunities for teams in that division.

I already answered that in the post (but thanks to SN's lame broken thread links, I can't provide a link to my reply), but it just makes me giggle, for two reasons:

The Reds have had 90+ win seasons only once over the last decade (1999), and have been over .500 only twice (1999, 2000). Hey, if you want to win something, even in the AL West there's no way you win the division with that kind of a record.
The Reds have a manager, Dusty Baker, who thinks walks clog up the bases:
"On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage," Baker said. "Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem."
And yet in an all-hands, closed-door meeting prior to today's game, Baker complained about his own pitchers giving up walks.

Hilarity ensues.

This Fan-Post is authored by an independent fan and may or may not be a reflection of human evolution, divine enlightenment or nine cans into a 12-pack.

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cincinatti has a baseball team?

news to me

by ihearhowie2.0 on Aug 3, 2008 4:36 PM PDT 0 recs

i think they only have 2 players...

Dunn and Bruce

Mike Scioscia: He provides to unlike method of your team member.

by howiestheman on Aug 3, 2008 4:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

don't forget Pete Rose

by yeswecan on Aug 3, 2008 4:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

i thought they were denying his existence

Mike Scioscia: He provides to unlike method of your team member.

by howiestheman on Aug 3, 2008 4:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

You laugh,

but this is what people said about Anaheim for 42 years before the 02 World Series.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Aug 3, 2008 9:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

That dude’s flailing attempt at a solution to the perceived fairness is based completely upon realignment that is in itself unfair. He claims that the Astros need to move based on “seniority” as defined solely by him: number of years an organization has existed. Hey dork, I think alot of NL Central fans would define “seniority” as “most recently won a World Series” or “number of years in the last decade with a winning record” etc.

Stop whining to Bud Selig and tell your front office to field a better team.

by yeswecan on Aug 3, 2008 5:03 PM PDT 0 recs