JimJohnson
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The Angels were smoking hot going into the playoffs so I'm not exactly sure what you're definition of "getting hot" is?
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The Angels were smoking hot going into the playoffs so I'm not exactly sure what you're definition of "getting hot" is?
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Ok.. but that not what I was asking
I like seeing underdog low payroll , and or young scrappy teams beating teams that go all out and spend the big bucks on high priced FAs
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So, Royals werent hotter? You just have made 3 pages of your nonsense.
They have won 3 straight extra inning games.
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So, Royals werent hotter? You just have made 3 pages of your nonsense.
They have won 3 straight extra inning games.
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Being hot during the playoffs matter. Being hot before the playoffs doesn't always correlate to being hot in the playoffs though as the Angels have shown so far and the White Sox backing into the playoffs in 05 showed.
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The White Sox backed in??? Weren't they wire to wire???
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Yes, but didn't the Indians make it close in the final week or so. I recall them not playing well in September.
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I just double checked and it was August that they were below .500, and September was a 17 win month (though the Indians did pull close to the White Sox in the final week getting as close as 1.5 but fell apart so I withdraw the backed in comment since they finished with a 6 game lead). I am sure it wouldn't take my long to find a team that played poorly in September and won it all though.
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And I found them in under 5 minutes of searching baseball reference, the 2006 Cardinals. Not only did they have a lose record in the month of October and September prior to the playoffs, but in August as well. Their post-deadline record was 25-32, but of course Cardinals. On top of that they were 3-9 in their final 12 regular season games. Playoffs are fluky man. They just are.
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It got to a game and a half before they pulled away
But thats not remotely close to backing in
Edit: sorry...id delete if I coulf
Thanks for your recind
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the indians gave the sox a finish but they didnt back in, there are some teams like the 06 cards that are fluky and teams like the 05 sox that played very well the entire season.
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Another example is Washington vs. San Fran. San Fran was 4-6 in their last 10 going into the playoffs. Washington was 8-2 and playing really well heading into the playoffs with their SP rotation all set up. So no, it goes deeper than just "being hot."
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What the **** did I just read???
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San Francisco has won their past 10 post season games. I didnt know teams dont get hot in the playoffs. I didnt know they had to be hot in the regular season to be hot for the playoffs. Of course its more than just being hot, you have to have a good fucking team and matchups play the part. Stop being so fucking stupid before I close the this thread of ignorance.
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Fortunately, someone recently wrote an article on this topic...
"So there you have it. Is there any way to possibly say that momentum matters heading into the postseason? I would say no. I don't see anything above to suggest it means much and the bet is that if we go throughout the entire history of MLB, we would end up with similar data. Sometimes momentum does help teams, sometimes it doesn't. So there's no predictive value."
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on...cessarily-correlate-to-postseason-performance
"So there you have it. Is there any way to possibly say that momentum matters heading into the postseason? I would say no. I don't see anything above to suggest it means much and the bet is that if we go throughout the entire history of MLB, we would end up with similar data. Sometimes momentum does help teams, sometimes it doesn't. So there's no predictive value."
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on...cessarily-correlate-to-postseason-performance
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That article talks about heading into the off season. It mattered in 2008 for the Cubs. They clinched a week early and the regs were rested that week. They went up against the Dodgers looking flat.
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Okay so you're saying San Fran has an automatic switch that they flip on the minute they get into the playoffs but they're unable to do the same thing to close out the regular season when things are still up in the air? Makes sense. Thanks.
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Haha no
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What's the arguement then? I always thought the pundits meant teams that are hot going into the postseason had a better chance, which means playing well at the end of the reg. season.
There's no reason to close the this thread of ignorance.
There's no reason to close the this thread of ignorance.
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