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FWIW...
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/ar...ge-in-arizona/
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Good article, thanks for the link.
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here's a counterpoint to the article
http://resultsdisoriented.blogspot.c...uccess-by.html
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Good response. The most interesting part (at least for me) is that it's all meaningless if/when they make the playoffs. Unlike the 2006 Cardinals, this is actually a 90ish-win-talented team. While they might end up a below .500 (expected win percentage) team, they are still talented enough to be the at their actual record, so they could fall back to Earth while still maintaining their same winning percentage due to the growth/"rising to the mean" from their underperforming young hitters.
Coming from someone who has been extremely high on the Diamondbacks since January, I think that's a [censored] scary team in October, even if they've completely over-won (?) for five months.