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Originally Posted by Grandstander
LouGehrig:
Yes, I can. What effect did the Yankees wins in June and July have on the pennant race?
Yet you don't.
The effect was exactly the same as wins in any other month. So what?
DiMaggio's streak helped the Yankees win
You still aren't understanding. Dimaggios hitting...all of his hitting, not just his streak hitting, helped the Yankees win. It could have been rearranged so that there was no streak of more than five consecutive games at any point in the year, and that would make no difference at all in terms of helping or hurting the team. It's the total contribution which counts, not any particular section of the contribution. There is no value to a hitting streak which correlates to winning games....there is value to hitting which correlates, but NOT TO THE MANNER IN WHICH THAT HITTING IS ORGANIZED. Sorry for the script theatrics, but I'm having difficulty getting you to grasp this. The rest of your post is reflective of this ongoing miscomprehension, so I could only be repeating myself. I offer my earlier posts for your rereading, but I'm going to retire from this repetition. You get it or you don't, I've given it my best shot.
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You are starting to INSULT me. There is a difference between comprehending a concept and ACCEPTING it.
Players do not play with the same intensity at all times. Why don't you respond to the 1984 Tigers, the 1955 Dodgers, or to the fact that players really do bring it up a notch in certain situations. To think that a player's intensity is constant throughout the season is naive and worse, unrealistic.