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Sunday, August 03, 2008
Are the TB Rays a “story”
Here is another story about what a surprise the Rays have been this season. More like a “shock” for the authors of these stories. And there have been dozens, maybe even hundreds, of similar ones, not to mention all of the commentary by the baseball pundits.
Now, the fact that the Rays have been perennial cellar dwellers and are now a very good team may be a “story,” but the fact that they are “shocking the world” right now is NOT a story, because that story is predicated on a gigantic false assumption.
Would it be a shocker if we found out that there was no government conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy or that we have never had aliens housed in Area 51?
The Rays were an 85-88 team going into the season. It is no more a shocker that they are in first place with a very good record than it would have been a shocker if the Tigers were in first place with a very good record (they also were an 85-88 team going into the season).
The “shocking story” and headlines should be:
“Veteran baseball writers thought that the Rays were a bad team going into the season, because they have no idea how to evaluate a team when that team has significantly changed its personnel. They are lazy and stupid and all they can do is look at last year’s record and make some really weak adjustments in their head. Now that the Rays are doing well, as they were supposed to, we can see how really dumb baseball writers are.”
Now that is the story!
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