Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!david From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Rubin Sandwich Message-ID: <333@fisher.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 09:45:14 EDT Article-I.D.: fisher.333 Posted: Mon Oct 1 09:45:14 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 05:52:56 EDT References: <4500018@hpmtla.UUCP> <289@ltuxa.UUCP> <326@fisher.UUCP> <529@pucc-i> Organization: Princeton Univ. Statistics Lines: 26 >> My congratulations to the Cubs on a truly outstanding season, the only >> divisional champion that will have both coped with a serious challenge >> AND finished well above .500. I'll be rooting for them in October. >How's that again? The last I looked, the best second-place record in >baseball belonged to the Toronto Blue Jays. Who has coped with the most >serious challenge? >Dave Seaman My hovercraft is no longer full of >..!pur-ee!pucc-i:ags eels (thanks to my confused cat). Detroit suffered no serious pressure during the course of the season. It is games behind, not winning percentage, which determines how much pressure the second place team placed on the first place team. A good indicator would be the date of clinching the division title, which would indicate that the title winners who survived the strongest challenge were, in order, Kansas City, Chicago, San Diego, and Detroit. Besides, though direct comparison on the basis of record alone is unjustified between two teams in different leagues (or even for different divisions in the NL), Dave Seaman is incorrect: the Mets finished 90-72, the Blue Jays 89-73. David Rubin {allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david