During last night's Red Sox-Giants game, NESN's Dave O'Brien touted tonight's pitching match-up of David Price and San Francisco's Madison Bumgarner as a dandy because ... (here it comes) ... both pitchers are 7-2 this season.
I have mentioned O'Brien's eagerness to tout a pitcher's won-loss record as the most important gauge of his success and effectiveness too many times this season. But it's maddening - and it makes him sound so ignorant. (Not long ago, he noted that Joe Kelly was "undefeated" even as Kelly's ERA was climbing to 8.46.) You'd think that someone with O'Brien's vast experience would know better - would see evidence in the box scores every single day that a pitcher's record is all but useless - but perhaps he's too insulated and does not venture outside of his broadcasting bubble.