When are we going to stop talking about luck re: the Cards?

[Carpe_Diem]

Morris probably had the worst year of his career last year. Bad luck for the Cardinals?

 

Kent Mercker has a career 4.14 ERA, but puts up a 2.55 with the Cubs last year. Good luck for the Cubs?

 

Of course not. These things happen, good and bad, on every team.

 

 

Saying that the Cards are "lucky" is a pretty weak argument. You guys are above that.

[TruffleShuffle]

Morris probably had the worst year of his career last year. Bad luck for the Cardinals?

 

Kent Mercker has a career 4.14 ERA, but puts up a 2.55 with the Cubs last year. Good luck for the Cubs?

 

Of course not. These things happen, good and bad, on every team.

 

 

Saying that the Cards are "lucky" is a pretty weak argument. You guys are above that.

 

Well for one thing, Mercker's ERA of is due largely to the years when he was a starting pitcher. The year before he came to the Cubs his ERA was 1.95.

 

And at least some of us are looking at the big picture to attempt to show luck - i.e., looking at the team as a whole. If you want to look at Morris and Rusch, then the Cubs were lucky and the Cards were unlucky last year. You're using two examples to try to disprove an idea that applies to 25 guys. You want a weak argument, that's a weak argument. Since it's your second post, I can't say whether you're above that or not... I suppose time will tell.