Re: Badmouthing - team vs player

OceanView venit, vidit, et dixit:
McDuck <wallymcduckDELETEME@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Not the case I made. I think Arroyo took a reasonable gamble that
did not pay off for him, although he ended up doing v. well at CINN.

I wasn't referring to you so much, but but from Arroyo's perspective,
you're right. Though his second half was pretty rough.

I'm sorry this reply is late in coming -- I've been away...

Arroyo, 1st half (pre-ASB): 3.12 ERA
Arroyo, 2nd half (post-ASB): 3.50 ERA

For the year, he finished with a 3.29 ERA, 4th-best in the NL. A
3.12 ERA would have still left him 4th-best in the league; a 3.50
ERA would have knocked him down to 7th-best.

His second half was certainly worse than his first half, but not so
much that I think "pretty rough" is an accurate description of it.
Would that the Sox had had more pitchers having so rough a second
half.

Catch you later.
--Robert Machemer

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