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Old 07-27-2015, 01:54 PM   #2374
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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins View Post
They didn't tank. They were overperforming their record as indicated by their run differential.

Baseball is subject to great randomness. The Red Sox took the same group of characters that finish last in 2012 and won a WS with them in 2013 because a shitload of them had career years/aberrational performances. The next year they finished last again.

Chemistry doesn't prevent runs or drive them in.
I thought Oakland was something like +60 or +70 around the time of the Cespedes/Lester trade - am I not remembering that correctly?
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