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Originally Posted by Nightfyre
Billy: "I don't think it matters who's in first place on May 4th," Butler said. "I'll leave it at that."
Butler apparently doesn't think winning matters.
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DISCLAIMER: I am not defending Billy or the Royals of their performance and I am not saying that they're going to magically flip a switch and win 90+ games.. merely explaining his comments. I am also not comparing the talent between the Royals and the teams mentioned below.
That's not what he said, and what he said isn't exactly wrong. Nowhere did he say that "winning doesn't matter."
Sure we would all love to be in first place, but as we have unfortunately found out over the past 3 days, Detroit is not finishing anywhere but first in this division. Our only hope of making the postseason this season is through the wild card.
Now back to Billy's comments, I am not trying to defend him or excuse him of his poor performance through the first month, but he has a point. May 4th, 2013, exactly one year ago today the Tampa Bay Rays were 13-16. As you probably know the Tampa Bay Rays finished the season with 92 wins and won the AL Wild Card.
Also on May 4th, 2013, the LA Dodgers also held a record of 13-16. The Dodgers finished off the year at 92 wins and were the NL West Champions.
Bottom line the team is obviously going to have to start performing one way or another. No offense, no postseason.. simple as that.