Abes vs Babes 19: Anything Can Happen

As the saying goes, it's worse to be unlucky than suck. Unfortunately, the Abes are both. They suck thanks to guys like Kelly Johnson (0.143 with 1 RBI for the week) and Joe Kennedy (6 ER in 0.1 IP for a 162.00 ERA - that's no typo). And they're unlucky because such performances came in a week when the Babes had a mediocre offense, no wins, and a 7.30 ERA. In other words, a very winnable week. But in the end, shockingly, the Abes lost again. The only surprise was that Carl Crawford didn't win the Player of the Week award - the honor goes to Freddy Sanchez (0.294, 8 runs, 6 RBI).

But anything can happen. And despite recent (well, year-long) trends and convention wisdom, the Abes will win a week before the end of the season. That's a guarantee.

Week 19 Scoreboard:

Unnormalized: The Abes The Babes Avg 0.229 0.268 Runs 14 27 HRs 1 4 RBIs 6 23 SBs 0 4 ERA 5.31 7.30 Wins 0 0 Saves 2 0 Ks 13 26 Total 2 6

Normalized by AB/IP: The Abes The Babes Avg 0.229 0.268 Runs 24 17 HRs 2 4 RBIs 10 23 SBs 0 4 ERA 5.31 7.30 Wins 0 0 Saves 2 0 Ks 16 26 Total 2 6

The Babes lead the Abes 15-2-2