When I designed my system, I had no idea what the results were going to be. In other words, the system wasn’t designed in order to bring about any particular results.

But, if your standard is going to be what you want to be the case or what is beneficial to the Yankees, my system is preferable to the World Series winner system.

Under my system, the Yankees are 28 time World Champions.

Under my system, the Yankees’s most recent World Championship was in 2003.

Lee, you’ve got a rather remarkable perspective on things! And, if I may be permitted to pick your brain, I have a question about Joe Torre. It appears that he is, at the age of 68, the OLDEST current skipper in the major leagues. But when he started his managerial career with the Mets in May of 1977 he was, at the age of 37 years and 300 something days, the YOUNGEST manager in the bigs at the time (at least until Jeff Torborg took over the Indians 2 or 3 weeks later). So I was just wondering: Outside of Joe Torre, how many other major league managers started out their careers as the youngest manager in the majors and finished up as the oldest?

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I don’t know.

Unless my math is off, the Angels are currently in position to be the WS champs (101), unless the Rays (99) or Red Sox (97) overtake them

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Here are my standings–

My standings for my championships (this is not for my world. This is the “real” world, using my method of determining champions)–

AL CHAMPIONS
Angels 101
Rays 99
Red Sox 97
White Sox ELIMINATED

NL CHAMPIONS
Cubs 97
Phillies 95
Dodgers ELIMINATED

WORLD CHAMPIONS
Angels 101
Rays 99
Red Sox 97
Phillies 95
White Sox ELIMINATED
Dodgers ELIMINATED

The Mets were the Wild Card winner in 2000. Do you still want them to be the WS champs?

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I never said they were World Series champions. I said they were World Champions.

I do not consider them to be the same thing. I don’t care about the former. I am interested in the latter.

Do I want them to be? No. But, if the standard was what I want, then I would just declare the Yankees to be World Champions every year. Next year, it would be time for the 107th consecutive World Championship.

Torre never told any of his players to bunt on Schilling? His bullpen management was terrible in that series , too.
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Torre doesn’t have to call a play, the players could’ve bunted themselves. As it was, the only players that had experience bunting was Cairo & Jeter.

His bullpen management was terrible, how? He went for the kill in game 4 (Mo got the call in the 8th inning), and Rivera blew saves in games 4 & 5.

I like Mike Kay BUT he was spinning the Yankee perspective on Torre and it was ridiculous. Yeah and I understand Blue Jays fans who complain how if they were in a different division they would make thebplayoffs and with that pitching win the WS once in awhile. Yeah, Hollywood would have come in 5th in the AL East, no doubt. Ned Colletti made adjustments to the Hollywooders like Blake , Manny and Maddux to get him over the top. As for Cashman was it the team or the manager? From the looks of it , it was both. No one can forget how the Yanks folded to Boston in that 2004 ACLS. Torre never told any of his players to bunt on Schilling? His bullpen management was terrible in that series , too. Then again, Cashman hasn’t made the appropriate changes to make this team keep up with the times.

The Mets were the Wild Card winner in 2000. Do you still want them to be the WS champs?
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Lee adds postseason wins to regular season totals, so I guess he would.

Unless my math is off, the Angels are currently in position to be the WS champs (101), unless the Rays (99) or Red Sox (97) overtake them

As far as I’m concerned, yes, the Mets were the 2000 World Champions.
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The Mets were the Wild Card winner in 2000. Do you still want them to be the WS champs?

Lee, you’ve got a rather remarkable perspective on things! And, if I may be permitted to pick your brain, I have a question about Joe Torre. It appears that he is, at the age of 68, the OLDEST current skipper in the major leagues. But when he started his managerial career with the Mets in May of 1977 he was, at the age of 37 years and 300 something days, the YOUNGEST manager in the bigs at the time (at least until Jeff Torborg took over the Indians 2 or 3 weeks later). So I was just wondering: Outside of Joe Torre, how many other major league managers started out their careers as the youngest manager in the majors and finished up as the oldest?

Just curious.

As far as I’m concerned, yes, the Mets were the 2000 World Champions.