"I find the first sentence funny. They've been doing these season-ending player grades for a long time, possibly since I was in college, and that was over 20 years ago. This is just an annual thing they do. It's a way to put the team & individual performances into a perspective. It's also a clever & effective way to "put a bow" on the Brewers season coverage in the paper, much as a report card presents the summary of a kid's performance in school for the term." ...MNBrew...my point was these grades are done because most fans (I suspect) like to read this stuff. The bow is a good way to put it. I don't put a lot of vaule into them now, but 20 years ago (more like 30) I did. Now with BF, we have been able to find "better ways" to evaulate players. Glad a could make you laugh, however.