Excerpted from
Steve Goldman, "Can a Team Have Too Much Pitching,"
in BASEBALL BETWEEN NUMBERS, 277-278.
.... Teams with an imbalance [of pitching, fielding and hitting] will
usually not win, no matter how strong they are on one side of the equation.
For the ultimate example of risks of having a lopsided team, look no
further than LA Dodgers of 2003, the NL run-prevention leader for that
season.
The rotation had Kevin Brown and Hideo Nomo throwing as well as they ever
did. In the bullpen, Eric Gagne had one of the best relief seasons in
history. Setup men Guillermo Mota and Paul Quantrill supported Gagne's
successful run at the Cy Young Award. All three posted ERAs under 2.00.
Frequently injured southpaw Wilson Alvarez was also dominant in 95 innings.
The Dodgers allowed 3.43 runs per 9 innings, the league 4.64. Adjusted
for park and league, the 2003 LA Dodgers posted a team ERA nearly 30
percent better than the league average. Historically, this is one of the
biggest gaps between a team's performance and the league's.
(to be continued....)
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「老楊！你說人生是個『緣』字，我說人生如戲。你看，這些
不都是『行頭』嗎？不過，話又說回來，就因為有『緣』才生
出許多『戲』來。人生偶合，各憑機緣，其中沒有道理好說。」
心中存著個「唱戲」的念頭，便沒有什麼忸怩和為難的感覺了。
- 高陽，胡雪巖（上）
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