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Subject: Re: Phillie Phever - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 30-Jun-84 00:17:10 EDT
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ism780!abe    Jun 29 10:29:00 1984


Gee, I always thought winning games was the main goal.  If
winning percentages aren't an indication of a team (or
division's) strength, then what is?  Let's put this NL
East myth to rest once and for all.

If all the teams in a division were great, they wouldn't be
at .500, they'd be beating up on the other division.  This
is exactly what has happened between the AL East and West
for several years now; the East always wins a LARGE number
more games than the West.  This could, of course, mean that
the West is just lousy; but of course, they had the team with
the best record in baseball last year!  Besides, any division
in which the Yankees (despite their problems) can be 20 games
out by the All-Star break gets my vote as the best.

World Series victories have a much larger luck factor than doing
well in a 162-game season; given the fact that you've won your
division (and after all, the NL East has to have SOMEONE win the
division), all you've got to do is get lucky in a couple of short
series to win the World Series (which is precisely what St. Louis
in '82 and Pittsburgh in '79 did -- get lucky, that is).

The AL East is the best.  And the Tigers are the best of the best.
They're gonna break the mark for wins in a season this year!
'27 Yankees, watch out!  As a diehard Tiger fan for 20 years, this
year is absolute heaven.  Aren't there any other Bengal fans out there?