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Originally Posted by Tabe
Fun fact: a team can improve and underperform at the same time.
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And what then would be your objective measure for "underperformance"?
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Originally Posted by Tabe
Also, winning 99 and then blowing a 3-1 lead is underperforming.
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Fun fact. When two baseball teams play, one has to lose. And that's even when they're not two relatively evenly matched teams playing in the ALCS.
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Originally Posted by Tabe
And it's not like his Braves teams had a rep for overachieving.
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Like I say, it's tough to measure overachievement vs. underachievement. All that can be said is that Bobby Cox took over as the manager of the Atlanta Braves after they compiled a miserable 63-97 record and finished dead last in the National League in 1989. Under his management the Braves then compiled an enviable fourteen divisional championships plus a second place finish in the 1991-2005 period.
Look, are you just a Bobby Cox or an Atlanta Braves hater? If so, take it somewhere else. I haven't liked the Braves since they moved from Milwaukee and I'm therefore not inclined to defend them. Moreover I don't have the patience to deal with silliness.
