RECORD: 6-3
STANDINGS: 1st (+0.5)
RUNS SCORED: 43 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 26 (1st)
DEFENSIVE EFF: .703 (5th)
ZONE RATING: -0.9 (6th)
Our early returns have not been great… at 6-3, we’re leading the Pacific League, sure, but our expectation was that we wouldn’t lose 3 games before the all-star break. Now, obviously, that’s a bit outlandish, but, “think big, get in big”, is our motto, and, so far, we’ve not been living it. We’re also struggling to draw fans so far – down 8.1% YoY with an untenable 23.4% dip in per-game revenue. Winning is important – true – but making money is also at the top of the list and, so far, we haven’t been doing enough of either for my tastes (which veer towards the posh – think beluga caviar and expertly prepared Fugu).
Of course, given that we have kicked things off with a .667 winning percentage so far and that our hitting has been terrible, we’re poised to really take off once we start putting some wood on the ball at an acceptable clip. I mean, 6th in AVG, OPS, bWAR, wOBA, and 5th in trucks just ain’t gonna cut it.
I’ve been spending a lot of time in our Skipper, Jack Elliot’s, office lately… going over game strategy, trying to get him to be more respectful to the Japanese game, and, really, just talking shop. Let’s put it this way – there is the way I want him to use our personnel and then there is the way he is using our personnel. He’ll come around to my way of thinking soon enough, I just need to lead him on the sly so that he thinks he is coming up with all these great ideas himself.
