Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; 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:oddities Message-ID: <745@fisher.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 09:39:35 EDT Article-I.D.: fisher.745 Posted: Mon Aug 19 09:39:35 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 21:59:16 EDT References: <660@ihlts.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Princeton University.Mathematics Lines: 22 > When if ever did a baseball team ever lose their entire > 5 man starting pitching staff for the duration of the year due > to injuries. As of yesterday with the injury to Sanderson, that > is at present the cubs plight. Not saying that it would make > much of a difference anymore anyway. The odd thing, though, is that the Cubs have undergone a nearly uniform decline in their offensive production as well; except for Sandberg and Moreland, not one Cub is nearly as productive at the plate as last year. Under the circumstances, it may be argued that the hodgepodge of pitchers the Cubs have used have performed better than the Cubs had any right to respect, and that the Cub drop from contention is as much a reflection of the decline of Cub offense as injury to the starting rotation. Whitey Herzog, the most brilliant man in baseball who can't be trusted as a general manager, may have hit it rihgt on the button when he declared before the season began that, as nearly every Cub had an outstanding offensive season in 1984, the Cubs would never be able to match that level of production again with their present personnel. David Rubin {allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david