6 games left and the impact of Ramirez's injury

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=64633:date=Sep 29 2009, 10:08 AM:name=Fella)-->QUOTE (Fella @ Sep 29 2009, 10:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I do think Ramirez injury had a HUGE impact. We lost so many close low scoring games back in May and June, we couldn't hit at all and had the worst half of baseball with RISP in decades. If we had our best hitter and RBI man for all those games, I really think we would have pulled some of them out. Seriously how many games did we lose in the first half 2-0 or 2-1 when we left like 10 guys in scoring position.

People always say "one guy wouldn't make a difference" but I think that's bullshit, take Pujols off the Cardinals and see how many runs they score. .... and yeah I know Ramirez is not Pujols but he is the best we have. Especially the way we were losing games, I can't help but think we would could have won 4 or 5 more games with him around. Maybe more if you believe in the "hitting is contagious" philosophy.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


Yeah, I always think it's funny to see stats like VORP used and people tell me that Ramirez only give's the Cubs 1 or 2 wins more. There's just no way to tell and no way to put value of a guy like Ramirez in the lineup. He changes the opposing pitcher's approach to the whole lineup.

There's plenty that went wrong for the Cubs this year, but I think the Ramirez injury is far and away the most detrimental.