I mean, 29-9 in one-run games? C’mon son. You can’t expect us to believe that happened any way other than dumb luck, right? There’s absolutely no chance that skill is repeatable, at least to that degree. This is common knowledge, and there’s no point trying to argue against it. But I will argue for it, anyway, because it’s fun to quantify things.

How unsustainable is that 29-9 record in one-run games? Well, for starters, it’s the highest winning percentage in one-run games in MLB ...

“Last year, we scored more runs than in the previous year. It’s not all how many runs you score. In 2011, we were very good and efficient at winning close ballgames. Last year, we weren’t. If you look at statistics, high-leverage situations we were not good. Late and close we were not good. Yet we improved ourselves with runners in scoring position. 2007 was the same way, we had a negative run differential (and still won 90 games). That’s what we’re looking for. We’re looking for ...