Kick ‘em While They’re Down
Posted by SBG on Wednesday, October 27th, 2004 at 1:43 pm
I read this nugget in Jayson Stark's column at ESPN.COM today.
One more example of how tough it is to commit eight errors in two games and still win them: In the last 25 years, only three teams even committed eight errors in the whole World Series and won the Series -- the 1997 Marlins, 1982 Brewers and 1981 Dodgers.
Now, the Stick and Ball Guy makes mistakes. For example, when I was recounting (in my head) the number of times that the Red Sox have been in the World Series since World War II, I mistakenly forgot their 1975 appearance. However, if you ask me "who was in the 1975 World Series" I would have known off the top of my head. I know, for example, that the Milwaukee Brewers have never won the World Series. I also know that in 1982 it was the St. Louis Cardinals who won the World Series. I knew that because I remember the series and also because it's been mentioned, oh I don't know, a million times in the last week or so, because it is the last time that the current National League Champion and 2004 World Series participant won the World Series.
I'm assuming that Mr. Stark had someone do that little piece of research for him. I'm also assuming that as a national baseball writer, he should have caught that mistake. For the record, the 1982 Cardinals, according to Baseball Reference (and Retrosheet.org), made seven errors in the 1982 World Series. The Brewers made 10 -- and lost.
Update: Mr. Stark has modified his column. Perhaps he's reading the Stick and Ball Guy.
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