Pass the COCK 'pon the left hand side Pass the COCK 'pon the left hand side It a go bang (show me COCK, make me jump and hide)

My F* Year Look at this... 👀 https://pin.it/26IKfIs

Did I head a fat lady singing in the background.....

Y’all don’t know what pain is!!!

It is literally more than half a dozen things:
1. You drop in ERA
2. You drop in ratio
3. You drop in average
4. I pass you in saves
5. I hold off Lorin in RBIs, and maybe catch Erik
6. I gain in ERA
7. I gain in ratio
Now one team's ERA and ratio are quite correlated, but yours and mine aren't. So arguably it's more like 5-6 independent things, not 7. With a healthy Jansen I am better than 50/50 to pass you in saves, but he has yet to return. But the current gap is 10 points. I could gain a point in all 7 categories and still fall short. So not much room for error on my part. Popping corks may be premature, but you can certainly put the champaigne on ice.

Two weeks of bad pitching and a batting average slump on our part could close the gap. And you’re likely to pass us in saves. I don’t think congratulations are in order just yet!

I congratulate Josh and Tim - they've built an outstanding team, and made several good moves throughout the year. The opera may not quite be over, but the fat lady is warming up just offstage.

I have a theoretical path, but I need at least a half dozen things to break my way, any one of which is at best a 50/50 shot.
So while this is not mathematically over, it is quite close to being so. Losing Ohtani fully now makes it much harder for me to gain any points in HR/RBI, and I'm more likely to lose more. Losing Ohtani's pitching has weakened my ERA/ratio. I'm more likely to finish 3rd or 4th than 1st, although 2nd is most likely.

It’s nice to be leading, but the margin is deceiving. There are many points in play and this is not yet decided. Not even close.

We’ve liked Lewis going back to last year, but he’s had bad injury luck. We were surprised when it was just us and Benny in the bidding. But no complaints!