You can say that teams have a different mentality, but it's pretty hard to have momentum when baseball is a completely individual sport disguised as a team game.

Edited September 14, 201213 yr by IlliniKrush

As far as momentum goes, I don't think it comes into play much in the conventional sense in baseball. I think offenses can help each other and hurt each other, but the starting pitcher (most important individual) is impervious to the changes in momentum.

 

I can see that. The game is more about streaks. It's not often the best team in baseball wins the World Series. I think the NFL is getting more like that.

 

You can say that teams have a different mentality, but it's pretty hard to have momentum when baseball is a completely individual sports disguised as a team game.

 

Since the last two World Series were won by NL teams challenges that along with the Sox still leading the division.

 

Beyond this debate about the meaning of the word momentum, can anyone else agree that not facing Verlander is a better thing anyway?