pleasedPeople point to Brian Wilson's league-leading 48 saves in his defense, but that's a bit of a misleading stat, I think. I'm guessing that the Giants probably have more save opportunities than most teams (that's how "torture" goes), so in sheer numbers, it seems likely he'd be ahead. I wonder what his ratio of saves to blown saves is compared to other closers. Not trying to criticize him as he's about 100 times better than Armando Benitez *twitches* and I trust him, just not really buying into that argument.
I'm really liking the new season of House. In general, I respect all of the daring changes every season (that I know a lot of people may not like) which is something they don't have to do for a procedural, and for me, they do work and they generally do a good job getting laughs out of the situation. That scene with Cuddy grabbing House's crotch in front of Wilson and the subsequent staring was pure brilliance. And Cuddy asking House what room she should return the stuffed animal to (after he gave it to her) with a smile on her face was great.
I hang around too many sabrs online. :P
Um, Mariano Rivera isn't overrated imo, though. I think if you do what you do for that long and that efficiently, essentially with only one pitch (until recently; I think he added a two seamer this year o_o) then you're pretty good.
Edited at 2010-10-13 09:12 pm (UTC)
Uh, tl;dr. Basically all of that was "I AGREE WITH YOU!" :P I love baseball discussions too much. sigh.
Wilson is not really that good. His WHIP (walks+hits per inning pitched) is an absurd 1.18.
Rivera? 0.83.
His career postseason WHIP is 0.77. He's a robot. o_o