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From: [email protected] (David Shapiro)
Subject: Re: And America's Team is....But Why?
Organization: What, me organized?
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In-reply-to: [email protected]'s message of Sun, 18 Apr 1993 21:13:02 GMT
In article [email protected] (David Steinman) writes:
[email protected] (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes:
> The defenition of the Underdog is a team that has no talent and comes
>out of nowhere to contend. The '69 Mets and '89 Orioles are prime examples,
>not the Cubs.
Sorry, but it is *virtually* impossible to win a division with "no talent"
over 162 games.
Well, with players, certainly. However, it is quite possible to win
it all with no managerial talent. Cf. Blue Jays, 1992.
David
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