Today's winner is the mega-annoying Tim Kirkjian.
On this morning's Mike and Mike show, he made this baffling observation when referring to the Tampa Bay Rays' going from the worst record to one of the best records in baseball: "this is what makes baseball so great and the most unique in all of sports. You can go from great to bad and bad to great so quickly. More quickly than in any other sport".
I have never heard a more false statement in my life. Of the 4 major sports, baseball (with basketball not too far behind) is the least likely for this type of thing to occur.
The NFL and NHL have this type of thing occur every season. Just last year, the Flyers made the conference finals a season after finishing in last place. The Hurricanes went from winning the Stanley Cup to missing the playoffs in one season. The NFL list is too extensive to write here because it is such a frequent occurence.
Just last year, the Celtics won the NBA title just a year after having an atrocious season.
In baseball, while the WS champion may change, the same teams win year after year. The Red Sox and Yankees are the only teams out of the AL East to have made the playoffs in over a decade. A bunch of teams, including the Pirates, Royals, Reds, and Expos/Senators, haven't come close to the postseason in ages.
It is incredibly rare for this to occur in baseball, so please Mr. Kirkjian, stop spreading false information about your dying sport. Noone is buying it.
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Speaking of ridiculous comments. Did you hear them talking during the same Mike and Mike show about how Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in their athletic primes could pick up beach volleyball in 1 month and beat the gold medal womens team? Didn't Jordan try baseball and golf and black jack and prove he was blatently average at those sports so what makes anyone think he would dominate volleyball? I hate Erick Kasillyass
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