Speaking of Beltran and the past when mentioning his name the most prominent memory I have is Waino striking him out with the bases juiced in game 7 of the '06 NLCS.
Yep, wins are why they play the game. And last time I checked , there are 5 SP in a rotation. One of them (Warren) has just pitched consecutive games where he pitched 7 IP and 6.1 IP without allowing more than 2 ER in either game. And of course we had another one of those "5" pitch 8 IP allowing 2 ER. Yes wins are the bottom line.....and don't expect to go very far if your SPs are going to allow 5 or more runs in every game they start. Of course it's unreasonable to expect every one of your SP go at least 6-7 IP and allow 2 ER in every start, but if it ever did happen, you can expect your "team" to win a lot of games.....ALOT of games. Give Warren some credit......he could be, possibly on the verge of becoming a good solid SP....and he isn't "old"!
And? How many teams are in 1st place without a PLUS run differential? For future reference, when the time comes- let me know how many teams FINISH in 1st place with a MINUS run differential and how many play in the WS with a MINUS run differential. I don't understand this silly attempt at humor and sarcasm over this issue.
Stop harping on first place when it's May 21st. This team now stands at 22-19 which is the exact same record as they had last year after 41 games.
