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Cheezoholic

(2,239 posts)
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 02:35 AM Jul 2023

If the best hitter on your team leads the league in strike outs

It doesn't mean your hitter is good, it means your team really sucks.

If your hitter draws 30% of your blind faith die hard fans consistently and you keep him on the team because without those 30% of fans you'll have to fold the team it doesn't mean your hitter is a great player, it means your team really sucks.

Fat Nixon is not a great Republican politician. He's not even a powerful Republican politician with his measly 30% of blind faith die hard MAGAT basement dwellers. The only reason the Republican team lets him play is because they have nothing else to offer. Nothing, zilch, nada.

Message to MSM, the only reason the Republican team lets him play is THEY REALLY FUCKING SUCK!!!!

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If the best hitter on your team leads the league in strike outs (Original Post) Cheezoholic Jul 2023 OP
Babe Ruth led the league in strikeouts five times FBaggins Jul 2023 #1
Exactly! BeerBarrelPolka Jul 2023 #2
Yes Johonny Jul 2023 #6
It's impossible to calculate his Wins Above Replacement 303squadron Jul 2023 #3
Shhh, he will guarantee a huge Democratic turnout. Emile Jul 2023 #4
Yep. They're even worse than "suck." I get the spirit of your post. ancianita Jul 2023 #5

FBaggins

(27,346 posts)
1. Babe Ruth led the league in strikeouts five times
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 04:15 AM
Jul 2023

His strikeout record stood for almost 30 years until another “not great player” came along…


… named Mickey Mantle.

Your theory may fit politics… but it doesn’t fit baseball.

BeerBarrelPolka

(1,202 posts)
2. Exactly!
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 05:44 AM
Jul 2023

I was going to post the same thing you did. Ruth and Mantle's Yankees sure didn't "really suck".

303squadron

(621 posts)
3. It's impossible to calculate his Wins Above Replacement
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 06:34 AM
Jul 2023

It's not that he's just the worst person ever to occupy the oval office, it's the bigger impact of being a Russian agent.

ancianita

(37,221 posts)
5. Yep. They're even worse than "suck." I get the spirit of your post.
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 06:55 AM
Jul 2023

Our team has broken all the records for pitching, hitting and home runs.

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