You're basically making the argument against Don Sutton. The guy only had one season in which he won more than 19 games (1976, when he went 21-10 at the age of 31). But he cruised along for 23 years, spending most of the years during his decline phase winning 11 to 15 games per season, and he finished with a 324-256…

I know I bang this drum every time a Hall of Fame thread comes up, but: If you haven't already — and this means you too, Barry — read "The Politics of Glory" (later retitled "Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame?") by Bill James. You can skip the sabermetrics if it turns you off.

Yeah, well a lot of the association was mired in the same style of basketball at the time. I'm not gonna pretend I understand that either.

the idea of warping a defense with ball movement instead of watching Desmond fucking Mason dribble for 13 seconds per possession ... happened because people got smarter and more systematic in their thinking about how basketball works and how best to play it

That's not righteous anger. And those aren't tempo changes.

And this all happened in what is apparently the worst-lit gym in the NCAA.

Best shortstop in Giants history? Discuss.

It's obviously deliberate. As she was accelerating, her thought toward the driver was clearly "you won't see me."

Whatever. This guy can't even figure out how to use comprise properly.

Ehhh ... the McHenry report is certainly phrased poorly, if her after-the-fact account is indeed accurate. But Schefter attributes the assertion he's making, plain as day. You can say the "they believe" is easily missed, but he did put it in there in exactly the place where it belongs — if it gets skipped, that's on…

Dafuq is "line-height" supposed to be?

Dude thinks he's David Carson.

This should have been the headline.

Can we also talk about why Jarrod Dyson wasn't credited with an error in the fourth inning of Game 4? Crawford singles to CF with Sandoval at second; the Panda goes from 2B to 3B and gets a stop sign there — until Dyson misplays the ball off his chest, at which point Tim Flannery sends Sandoval home without a throw.

The 5-inning requirement only applies to the starter.

[final 5 innings of the game]

That doesn't have anything to do with the scorers' obligation to create an accurate record of the game according to the rules in existence at the time.

No, just no. You can pitch exactly 5 innings and get a Win; this doesn't reflect stamina. Or you can surrender 10 runs and get a Win because your team scored 11; this doesn't reflect effectiveness.

To me, the problem is more that getting a Save for the best reliever becomes the goal, not just a side effect. Managers contrive to get Saves for the closer because that's what the closer does, right? They should be trying to use the best relievers in the highest-leverage situations. Sometimes that means a Save, other…

Probably not, but it does give them something to hang their hats on in contract negotiations.