<<<<<<<< I'm not being sarcastic either. Really just wondering what Ohka did, because I can only see 4 runs and it looks pretty underwhelming.>>>>>> because he struck out alot of guys today. 2 of the runs were unearned, which doesn't hurt your era, but its still 2 runs. Which brings me to why era is a bit overrated: example 1: Say Dan Kolb starts the 8th inn. first 2 guys get out, the next guy hits a comebacker, Kolb throws ball past 1stbaseman for an error. the next 6 guys get hits and score, his era for that inning is .000. does that make him a good pitcher? Example 2: relief pitcher comes into the 8th inning of a game his team is getting killed10-0. mop-up situation, which any pitcher knows is a tough situation to succeed in, he gives up 4 earned runs, which kills his era. do that 2 times a year, and his other outings were good. with approx 40 innings pitched for year, those 2 bad outings in mop up keep him from having great era for the year...but if you subtract those 2 outings, his era would have been around 2.00 instead of 4.00... a pitcher has to be able to overcome an error...