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Originally Posted by squiggs96
I've seen how you react to the Flames, so I'm not surprised in your analysis.
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How I react to the Flames? You mean by pointing out they are a bad team that has deservedly missed the play-offs the last 3 years?
The Cardinals are at home, against a weak line-up, a team that is on the ropes and struggling right now and against a pitcher that is very beatable. So of course it was a bad and angering loss. Now they put the ball in the Giants hands and one good performance from Cain and some bad luck and the Cards are out. They went from a very winnable series to shakey ground without so much as a fight.
As for wins yes they matter but it is a team stat not just on the pitcher. The reason guys with 250+ wins are in the HOF because it is a long period that you look at and having other teammates pick you up and get you wins you don't deserve doesn't factor in as much as it would over say a 13 game period.
Zito is at best the 6th best pitcher in this series (more likely 9/10) and St. Louis alone has 3 guys better and 2 guys equal. He is not in the top 25 of NL pitchers this past year and may even struggle to make the top 40.