Your Chance to Invest

So, I lost the Super Bowl for you this year, giving you Seattle +1.

Let me make it up to you by offering you Boyhood, -150, for Best Picture.

After the Globes, that number was about -800, giving you just no play at all, but given Birdman's SAG/PGA success, they're essentially co-favorites now.

I don't know if that stays true after this weekend's BAFTAs.  I think your last, best chance to get in on Boyhood is right now.

Forever Giants:1966 San Francisco Giants Year 9 (84)

1965 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season.  The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1966 86-76

C Tom Haller 2.85 

1B Willie McCovey 7.1 

2B Hal Lanier -.1 

SS Tito Fuentes 1.05

3B Jim Ray Hart 5.75 

LF Len Gabrielson -1.5 

CF Willie Mays 8.4 MVPQ  

RF Ollie Brown -1.4

OF Jesus Alou  -2.3 

IF Jim Davenport 1 

LF Cap Peterson -.85 

OF Don Landrum -.45

SP Juan Marichal 9.5 MVPQ  

SP Gaylord Perry 5.3

SP Bobby Bolin 4.35 (8.85)

SP Rob Herbel -.45 

SP Ray Sadecki -1.45

RP Frank Linzy  1.85 

RP Lindy McDaniel  1.85

-Inexplicably, a 28 year old Cepeda gets moved.  Mays passes Ott and Foxx on the all time homer list, he's still MVPQ every year in the decade, but Marichal had a better season.  It's the Giants worst pythag since '60, and the number of WAR seasons worse than -1 is startling. No way that's not on Franks.  This is a real "what the hell are they doing" season.  Cepeda's overrated as an all-time Giant; in franchise history he's just below Antonelli for career value.