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Small Consolation? Yankees are Just as Bad

I think there's already been an intentional overreaction thread, so I offer this instead.  The Indians and the Yankees have performed similarly badly so far this year in most areas (although the Yankees have more wins).  Thus, the two teams have identical OBP:  .354.  Team ERA's are virtually the same:  Yanks at 5.88/Tribe at 5.86.  WHIP favors the Yanks, but not by much 1.53 vs. 1.6.  Identical fielding percentages (.985).  And so on.  I know one can probably find other statistics that reveal some differences, but the bottom line is that these two teams have both played poorly so far this year.  Since the season is NOT looking promising to say the list, perhaps we can change the rules and make it into a competition between the Yankees and the Indians?

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No consolation.

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on May 10, 2009 12:39 PM EDT reply actions  

Get your irony detectors out folks. I thought the reference to intentional over-reactions would do the trick.

by peter m on May 10, 2009 5:06 PM EDT reply actions  

This was in reference to an apparently deleted post. Not aimed at CU Adam.

by peter m on May 10, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

This does me no good. Sorry.

Sometimes, I just like to b****.

by emd2k3 on May 10, 2009 9:24 PM EDT reply actions  

Actually winning > schadenfreude

I'm *always* in the driver's seat, cugino -- Chuck

by Turkmenbashi on May 11, 2009 12:29 AM EDT reply actions  

I fail to see why my joy over the Yankees doing poorly is shameful.

Tribe fan trapped in Kansas

by Avindian on May 12, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions  

Who said it was?

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on May 12, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions  

Last time I took consolation in another teams misery, the Red Sox then ripped off 10 wins.

by Toxicadam on May 11, 2009 12:47 AM EDT reply actions  

I’d say it’s a consolation if I believed this team will turn it around. I don’t. Nothing past or present tells me they will. TBH, I hope I am wrong.

by joeflex73 on May 11, 2009 5:38 AM EDT reply actions  

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