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A Sabermetric Look At Mr. Burns’s All-Star Team

Ever wonder how Mr. Burns’ famous Springfield Power Plant team, from back in 1992, would have played in the real world? No? What’s wrong with you? Over at Masters of WAR, they’ve dug through ye ole stat database and discovered that … that team wasn’t very good. Mike Scioscia, Steve Sax and Jose Canseco had rough years in 1992, so unless Roger Clemens pitched every game, that team would have lost to the Isotopes again and again and again. Next time let Smithers pick.

A Sabermetric Look At Mr. Burns’s All-Star Team