Re: World Series Game 3
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I don't rate Garland as being close to equal to Oswalt.
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Why not? It's close and Oswalt has edge but it's very close. Chi with Garland starting 21-12 (.636) and Houston with Oswalt starting 25-13 (.657). Oswalt has about a .5 edge in ERA which can be explained by AL/NL differences and Designated Hitter. The biggest difference is Home/Away where Garland is only 11-6 (.647) while Oswalt outstanding 15-3 (.833).
So based on what happen so far this season the results between the two are very very close. Houston and Oswalt do have an edge but not anywhere close to what this line indicates as it is skewed by Oswalts name recognition.
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