Re: MLB team rankings

On May 3, 9:55=A0am, "Jolly Rogers" <jollyrog...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Out of 30 teams...
>
> Padres #1 in fielding
>
> Padres #30 in hitting
>
> Padres #11 in pitching (they were as high as #5 in pitching last week)
>
> The Padres have the worst record in MLB and the problems are entirely on
> offense. Black's offensive strategy is a failure. He needs to
manufacture
> runs like Bobby Cox did for years in Atlanta when he had stellar
pitching
> and poor hitting. The Braves would still make the playoffs with poor
> offensive numbers because he managed the team in such a way as to
> manufacture runs. It can be done. Black needs to follow a proven
strategy.=


I guess you missed Professor Winn's lecture on park effects.  To sum
up: the pitching is far from blameless.  Away from home, they have a
5.48 ERA, second worst in the league.  No amount of managerial genius
is going to "manufacture" six runs a game to overcome that.