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From: [email protected] (Greg "Sarcasm Is A Way Of Life" Spira)
Subject: Re: And America's Team is....But Why?
Organization: Boo!
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In <[email protected]> [email protected] (Justin D. Lowe) writes:
>In a previous article, [email protected] (David Steinman) says:
>>[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.
>>
>>I would amend your definition to:
>>
>>underdog: a team expected to lose, but which wins thanks to underestimated
>> talent.
>>--
>>Dave!
>>
>OK, the Mets and O's are good examples, but what about the '90 Reds? Do you
>really think that anyone expected them to sweep the A's? I know people who
>didn't even think they'd win a game, let alone win the Series.
These people were very silly. Any team that gets to the World Series
can win the World Series, and anybody who ever expects a sweep is
crazy. If you put the best team in baseball in the Series against
the worst team in baseball, the worst team would win at least a game
most of the time and very well could win the Series, though the odds
would certainly be against them.
Greg