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No team has even come close (especially since the league moved to a 162-game season 45 years ago). Is the season just too long?
Originally posted by: Toasthead
Baseball is such a game of precision its impossible to achieve that high of a standard. The guys on the Royals suck, but they are still among the best 200 players in the world...
Originally posted by: Toasthead
Baseball is such a game of precision its impossible to achieve that high of a standard. The guys on the Royals suck, but they are still among the best 200 players in the world...
Originally posted by: Injury
When you think about it for a while it becomes sort of an obvious enigma. On one hand, as the defense, you have little to no control until the ball is in play. Even the best pitchers in the league don't have any more than a few perfect games/no hitters in a season. The offensive round is the big difference maker. Unlike a quarterback throwing a football or a hockey player shooting a puck... hitting a baseball being hurled at you from 45 feet in the 80-100MPH range doesn't allow time to direct the ball's velocity, speed, and angle. Thus much of the offensive portion of the game is left to an entirely uncontrollable bit of chance and luck... and no matter how good your team is, no matter how big their payroll is... the luck can't always go in your favor.
Originally posted by: dman
There's no motivation too. You only need to win enough games to get to the playoffs. Having the best record means nothing.
Originally posted by: Toasthead
The guys on the Royals suck, but they are still among the best 200 players in the world...
Originally posted by: Injury
When you think about it for a while it becomes sort of an obvious enigma. On one hand, as the defense, you have little to no control until the ball is in play. Even the best pitchers in the league don't have any more than a few perfect games/no hitters in a season. The offensive round is the big difference maker. Unlike a quarterback throwing a football or a hockey player shooting a puck... hitting a baseball being hurled at you from 45 feet in the 80-100MPH range doesn't allow time to direct the ball's velocity, speed, and angle. Thus much of the offensive portion of the game is left to an entirely uncontrollable bit of chance and luck... and no matter how good your team is, no matter how big their payroll is... the luck can't always go in your favor.
Originally posted by: Injury
When you think about it for a while it becomes sort of an obvious enigma. On one hand, as the defense, you have little to no control until the ball is in play. Even the best pitchers in the league don't have any more than a few perfect games/no hitters in a season. The offensive round is the big difference maker. Unlike a quarterback throwing a football or a hockey player shooting a puck... hitting a baseball being hurled at you from 45 feet in the 80-100MPH range doesn't allow time to direct the ball's velocity, speed, and angle. Thus much of the offensive portion of the game is left to an entirely uncontrollable bit of chance and luck... and no matter how good your team is, no matter how big their payroll is... the luck can't always go in your favor.
Originally posted by: Random Variable
Topic Title: Why can't a MLB team win 80% of their games?