For when the One Great Scorer comes
To write against your name,
He marks — not that you won or lost —
But how you played the game.
— Grantland Rice, “Alumnus Football
When the Los Angeles Angels owner Gene Autry heard this quote, he commented, “Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I’m concerned.”
I’m with you, cowboy.
WINS ARE THE ONLY THING THAT COUNT.
And all you sabermetrician journalistas, I agree with what I understand of what you propound and suspect the rest of your sermon is gospel; but …
Baseball is a team game.