Bernie’s Impact
Posted by Steve L. on June 9th, 2005 · Comments (5)
I was looking at Bernie’s game logs this afternoon and noticed this:
When Bernie plays, the Yankees are 21-28.
When Bernie doesn’t play, the Yankees are 8-2.
When Bernie plays and gets a hit, the Yankees are 14-13.
When Bernie plays and goes hitless, the Yankees are 7-15.
Based on these splits, it appears that Bernie Williams hurts the team when he plays and goes hitless. And, if he’s not going to hit, it makes more sense not to play him.
At the same time it really doesn’t mean anything, as the game isn’t set up to rely on that one person (unless you play for the Jints… lol)
Burn baby burn….as in- that is what he is doing to the team!
I do find it interesting that John Flaherty gets the start and we get a win……(granted he went hitless- but it is all about presence baby!)
“And, if he’s not going to hit, it makes more sense not to play him.”
Did you draw this conclusion from some sort of complex scientific procedure?
Doesn’t take Dr. House to figure that one out. 
hehe.
If someone isn’t going to hit, it makes more sense not to play them. If only we knew if he was going to hit before the game!
Well, they *know* Womack is going to hit, but, they keep playing him too!
To give this some credence, you’d have to run it past some other part time players like Giambi, Sierra, etc
It would be best to run it by A-Rod and Jeter and Matsui and Sheffield but they don’t miss games so it is impossible right now.
Strangely, Lofton was a much better defensive CF than Bernie last year, but the Yanks fans just hated him.