07-29-2009, 05:32 PM
Here's the biggest problem I have with what you're saying, Butch. Sure, the highest percentage play is the "best" play. But it is absolutely impossible to break down a single play into such a simple, finite, single number. There is no way to say "Fox had a 35.7% chance to drive in the run, whereas Fontenot squeezing had a 31.4% chance." There is so much that goes into every pitch, every play, that can never be accounted for, that breaking things down like this simply doesn't work. So sure, you, and most people (probably me included), think having Fox swing away was the best option. But it is entirely conceivable that, through everything Lou knows about his players, the situation, and the game, he thought a squeeze was a statistically sound play. And because there is no proof whatsoever that's an incorrect thought, the squeeze argument has a defense.
The thing you need to remember is that all Cardinals fans and all White Sox fans are very bad people. It's a fact that has been scientifically proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Being a Cubs fan is the only path to rightousness and piousness. Cardinal and White Sox fans exist to be the dark, diabolical forces that oppose us. They are the yin to our yang, the Joker to our Batman, the demon to our angel, the insurgence to our freedom, the oil to our water, the club to our baby seal. Their happiness occurs only in direct conflict with everything that is pure and good in this world.
-Dirk
-Dirk