A-Rod's impact on the Yankees, 2007: .314/.422/.645, 54 homers, led the world in VORP (96.6) and WPA (7.51). Is going to win the MVP, probably unanimously. Hit .267/.353/.467 in 17 playoff PAs.Torre's impact on the Yankees, 2007: I pretty consistently disagree with his bullpen management, but that's debatable. He seems like a pretty even keel guy, which is good, I guess. He started Wang in G4 against Cleveland, which seemed reasonable enough at the time, but didn't really work out. Basically: who knows, but probably not all that dramatic one way or the other. Pretty clearly less than 96.6 runs.
So why vote for Torre? Because the Yankees won the World Series in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000. Joe Torre was involved; Alex Rodriguez was not. That is the infallible logic of 51% of "SportsNation". Please note the new poll on the left sidebar.
Edit: I would like to note that the reason there are so many votes in the poll is that SI linked to the 16-0 post today. Once that traffic dies down (tomorrow), I'm going to start the poll over.
4 comments:
i love the results the A-Rod/Torre poll is getting despite its presence right next to a poll about AL MVP, which A-Rod is DOMINATING. people, losing the MVP of a league will ALWAYS hurt more than switching managers.
The poll on the left is hysterical. Although, I was tempted to vote Torre because of the comedy of it - not sure how accurate your results will be, but then again I don't think that's what you were going for.
So do the results of your poll mean your readers are even dumber than SportsNation in general?
Excellent question, Anon. The results of the poll mean I got a link from SI.com today. Oops.
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