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By Tony Massarotti / Covering All Bases Boston Herald Sports Columnist Sunday, August 12, 2007 U ltimately, in any sport, the challenge is to execute at the most critical moments. That is why Patriots [ team stats ] coach Bill Belichick is willing to give up yards, but not points. That is why third-down conversions and red-zone efficiency are at the core of any team s success. So what does ...
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Boston Herald: Massarotti: Sox may have fatal flaw
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Boston Herald: Massarotti: Sox may have fatal flaw Damn...my benign paroxysmal positional vertigo problem is acting up again! Since baseball is a game of numbers, let’s look at it in these terms: Through 114 games this year, the Sox had 1,617 baserunners and 589 runs scored, meaning that 36.4 percent of all Sox baserunners had crossed home plate. That percentage was one of the lowest in the league. So while a team like the Los Angeles Angels actually had scored 15 fewer runs (574) than the Sox, the Angels also had done so despite having just 1,481 baserunners. In comparison to the Sox, the Angels had scored 38.8 percent of their baserunners, a figure that gets even more magnified when one considers that the Angels’ 80 home runs rank 13th in the AL in that category, ahead of only the Kansas City Royals. Get the picture? The point is that when the Angels get a baserunner, he is more likely to score than any run ...
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