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Originally Posted by flames_1987
I understand your not a fan and I think that's perfectly reasonable but I don't see how people "argue" that his numbers are good. His numbers are really good, where in lies the argument?
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My argument is that every time I've seen him play he's sucked. I understand his numbers are good, but I've never seen him pitch those.
I was discussing this with a friend yesterday. Perhaps he doesn't pitch well against the Jays and Red Sox. The two teams I primarily get to see the Rangers play. So, if he pitches well against the other 12 teams then his numbers will be good. Throw in the odd game I see him where he's off, and voila, it seems like he's horrible yet his stats don't show it.
I've posted earlier in this thread that when I saw Oliver was on the mound to close out game 6 I didn't have a good feeling. In fact, as much as it pained me I went into the World Series thread to find the post I made that I wasn't comfortable with him on the mount. I was right.
I didn't like Oliver before the World Series, if he had have closed out the game I still wouldn't have liked him, but would have been thankful regardless.
Perhaps the universe knows when I'm watching him pitch and he pitches poorly solely because I'm watching? I dunno?
My argument is based on experience. Nothing more.
In case you've missed it to this point, I've been a Texas Rangers fan since 1990, and am a very Very VERY lonely baseball fan.