data.3news-bydate.train.rec.sport.baseball.105030 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Re: Why is Barry Bonds not batting 4th?
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>[email protected] (sanjeev punjabi) writes:
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>>Some evidence that is NOT working:
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>Take a look at the standings. It's REAL easy to get so focussed on
>minutinae and forget that the Giants happen to be in first place. If it's
>working, you don't SCREW IT UP by changing things, just because you think it
>ought to be different.
So, that is the reason why the Toronto Blue Jays *should* keep Alfredo
Griffin, just because it "worked"?
A team winning doesn't mean that everything that it's doing is right.
A team not winning doesn't mean that everything that it's doing is wrong, or
otherwise (to borrow the Sharks' situation) you would say that George Kingston
should be fired.
>Some folks like to argue about theoretical details. I prefer to watch teams
>win. When the Giants slip to third, then we can talk about how to re-arrange
>the batting order. Until then, I think it's stupid to focus on what's wrong,
>for the simple fact that IT'S WORKING AS IT IS.
By then, it's too late. The problem with "not fixing something while it's
working" is that by then, there may not be anything left to fix.
>Mostly, though, the Giants are winning, and frankly, as long as that
>continues, it's rather silly to second-guess their strategy. But evidently,
>some folks would rather be right than be first.
So, the Blue Jays were simply perfect last year; there was nothing that they
could have done to have improved that team. NOT.
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