Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Why Does Joe Morgan Even Discuss Baseball?


Not to bite off FJM's schtick, but this is too much. This is from Joe's chat today.

Chris (Tampa): Does adding Teixeira to the Braves lineup give them one of if not the most potent lineup in baseball?

SportsNation Joe Morgan: (11:23 AM ET )
No, there are better lineups than the Braves--the Tigers, the Mets. He may help their lineup, but it doesn't make them the best.

Oh Joe. You confound me. You know what is a good way to measure the offensive ability of each team's lineup? The amount of runs they score. And with a few simple clicks, I can determine that the Mets have scored 481 runs this season, good for 9th best in the National League. Which is also 25 runs less than the Atlanta Braves have scored before they even obtained Mark Teixeira, 36 runs less than the Florida Marlins have score, and 94 runs less than the Phillies have scored. But Joe has never let a fact get in the way of his ridiculous opinions.

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