Idiots Write About Sports

For those who’ve missed the latest chapter in Joe Morgan’s brave public battle against common sense, the grumpy, old “in-my-day-we-always-bunted-in-runs-and-we-liked-it” baseball analyst turned his keen powers of analysis on the Oakland A’s. Gaze with fearful wonderment at the portions of the transcript related to Oakland here.
Among the highlights:
• The A’s don’t care about winning anymore.
• No one’s ever won anything using a sabermetric-influenced philosophy.
• The Red Sox might have won using a sabermetric-influenced philosophy, but that doesn’t count.
• Mark Mulder apparently won the Cy Young Award, but forget to make a big deal about it.
My responses:
• Huh?
• What?
• Come again?
• Can I have some of whatever you’re drinking?
For a more in-depth rebuttal, however, turn to Dodger Thoughts and Jon Weisman’s excellent point-by-point analysis.