MLK Day Bird Droppings
by j.q. higgins on Jan 16, 2012 8:41 AM EST
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more on curt flood...
if some of you young bucks are not familiar.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
The Caps are back are 1st in the Southeast again!
It’s good to be in familiar territory. It’s also hard to believe that three days ago they weren’t even in playoff contention, and now they’re right back in the mix. Nice job, Dale Hunter! All the fans knew that the talent was there because this year’s team was mostly the same team that consistently made the playoffs under Boudreau’s watch, but they just needed some direction and discipline. Hunter has given them both, and it’s paid off.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
I need to know something about hockey rules.
Does the home team start the game with an extra man or something? I don’t watch or follow hockey but sometimes I’ll see a highlight reel of a game.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
The home team does not start the game with an extra man.
Now you know something.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
That would be awesome
I’m going to assume you’re being serious and also assume that you’ve tuned in during a power play, which is what happens when one team commits a penalty (depending on the penalty of course). The player committing the penalty has to go to the penalty box (usually for 2 minutes) and that player’s team then plays down a man (in other words, with 4 men + 1 goalie instead of the usual 5 +1). That’s why you sometimes see one team playing with more men than the other. It has nothing to do with playing at home or away.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I was serious. And I know the basic rules.
It’s just that I saw maybe 3/4 replays lately that had a power play goal in the first minute of the game. It seemed like more than an odd coincedince but I didn’t want to search through the rules.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
Sometimes, for two teams (especially rivals), one player will "send a message"...
… very early in the game or a period, which creates the power play with very little time off the clock.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 16, 2012 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
How were they not in playoff contention three days ago?
Weren’t they like two or three points behind 8th place?
The Southeast is the weakest division
so reclaiming 1st in the division gets them a 3 seed instead of an 8 seed.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I know, but they were still in playoff contention.
The Panthers could have been 10 points ahead of them, but being just a few behind 8th put them in contention.
I hate working on holidays.
Drove to the metro in like 15 minutes, but then had to wait over 30 mins for a train. At least the Caps are back where they belong.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Our entire business park is empty except for us
We’re the only ones working. Sucks.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 10:06 AM EST up reply actions
Pretty much the same here.
The building isn’t even open today….running on “backup” power and no HVAC. This is so stupid.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
Meh...
My company only recognizes New Year’s, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Kinda sucks, but such is life.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 16, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
That's what I get.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
We get those, President's Day and two floating holidays
Who knows why we get President’s Day and not today – I guess to spread the holidays out more. Floating holidays are cool. I’d much rather have two free days off of my choice than two random ass holidays like MLK and something else.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
I get the two floating holidays as well.
Usually take them around Christmas so I can have the whole Christmas → New Years week off.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
The Caps right back where they belong =
A second round playoff exit after going up 3-1?
by Holymittens on Jan 16, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, man.
The Caps were swiftly swept out of the playoffs last year by the Lightning. Get your facts straight.
Were they?
It seems like they had a few years in a row where they went up 3-1 on a team and then lost. Maybe that was just the Penguins and the Canadiens. Or something.
by Holymittens on Jan 16, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
I can recap every single playoff trip these Caps teams have made.
Four years ago the team was down 3-1 to the Flyers. The Caps were able to make a comeback and force a Game 7, but lost in OT on a PP goal. I’m still bitter about one of the Flyers goals, but the Caps still lost. Next, down 3-1 against the Rangers, the Caps came back and won the seventh game, but lost in 7 in a mostly exciting series against the Penguins. Next season they blew a 3-1 lead against Montreal and then were swept in the second round last year.
Ok, ok
I should have made a “hot goalie” joke instead.
by Holymittens on Jan 16, 2012 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
THERE ya go....
Washington Caps: Running Into Hot Goaltenders Since 1987…
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
I really hate that joke.
Mostly because it’s just fodder for the bandwagon fans. It’s mostly baseless up until about 4 years ago when Boudreau took over. At that point, they actually did run into a hot goaltender who went from being the backup throughout the first half of the season to starting in the playoffs where he dominated not one, but two of the best teams in the EC.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 1:36 PM EST up reply actions
I've watched this team since 1987
I SAW that four OT loss to the Isles. Stayed up until 1 am at my future in-laws place, and damn near woke up the whole house when the lost.
I’ve watched, year after year, as the Caps flame out in the playoffs and the defenders break out with “Well, nobody was getting past Kelly Hrudey I mean Ron Hextall, um, Chris Osgood, well, Tom Barrasso, OK, Johan Hedberg, but Nikolai Khabibulin, um, Martin Biron, OK, Marc-Andre Fleury -, well, I mean -Carey Price yeah, but nobody was getting past Dwayne Roloson this year!!!!”
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
You must not hang out with real Caps fans.
I usually go to games with various groups of season ticket holders (including some that have held tickets from the Capital Centre days) and never heard the “hot goalie” excuse once beyond a few occasional mentions of the outstanding play from Jaroslav Halak (it wasn’t Carey Price by the way….he lost his starting job shortly after the ASG).
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
I was happy that year. One of the rare years since the early 80s I've been happy with hockey.
The next one was knocking out the Penguins on Volek’s goal. Yes, I am an Isles fan along with being an O’s fan. iSad.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
Nobody outside of local media said that about Roloson either.
Or Chris Osgood during the Cup finals against Detroit. Not that he wasn’t phenomenal though.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
haha I wasn't getting defensive.
I was just pointing out that the Caps have other methods of disappointing their fans.
They got swept by the Lightning last year, so I'm not sure what you mean by "going up 3-1"
But they play a different game now. Not saying it’s going to lead to any kind of playoff success, but they play a system much more suited for playoff hockey than they did under Boudreau.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
watched game of thrones this past weekend...
thumbs up.
tommy carcetti in the house!
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
Why does Roch assume we sign a DH?
I thought Buck wants to go with a flexible DH position. My guess is Wieters, Reynolds and Reimold rotate there with Teagarden, Andino and Chavez fill in those respective holes. Not bad backups.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
These options make me cringe
not because of their ability to fill the DH spot but because the player who aren’t DHing will be in the field.
How can the young pitchers have any confidence with these players in the field? Not to mention Davis will be in that rotation as well.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 16, 2012 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
I just dont want a DH
who can only hit singles again.
Carlos Pena is available...
Outside of bringing in Prince, would would you suggest?
Moldy, Reynolds, and Davis are more than capable of driving in runs.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 16, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
Davis has the power but has terrible contact skills.
He’s a poor man’s Reynolds without the walks.
He sucks.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
A poor man's Reynolds.
Ouch.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
As I said - he sucks.
Hopefully someone is enticed by his gaudy AAA numbers (like we were) and hopes he has some upside to him (which I really doubt (I’d love to be wrong)) and takes him off our hands.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
I want to give Davis a two month period to prove that he's worthless
and then dump him. He sucks.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
This.
Although he’ll probably be good for those two months….just to prove he can play. Then he’ll get regular playing time and start sucking again.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
How about a renewable two month trial period?
You suck – you go.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
How bout this for everyone?
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
Yea....I'd be okay with that.
Considering that most of these guys shouldn’t even get the luxury of two months to prove themselves.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
It's not that important for everyone.
It IS important for players who have proven over time that they can’t deal with ML pitching (Davis). Players like Andino, Antonelli, Teagarden and Chavez have had success in the past or never got a chance.
Davis just sucks.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
Uh, don't we need to keep like--what?--26 of these losers?
he's no pedro strop! - j.q. higgins
by fishoutawata on Jan 16, 2012 5:26 PM EST up reply actions
BTW....if anyone is home and wants play Risk, I'm really bored at work.....
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I want to learn that Carcassonne game that Andrew_G was talking about.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
i haven't seen an online version anywhere
iOS absolutely, but online….still looking.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
there isn't one on games by e-mail?
i thought there was?
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 16, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
I've seen, but it's a register and sign-in site, not like games-by-email.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
i seem to remember seeing few before on teh Google
i could be persuaded!
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 16, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
Consider this a post of persuasion.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
definitely down if we can muster a quorum.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 16, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
Rick Dempsey's name isn't really Rick?
Mind blown.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 10:58 AM EST reply actions
you could look it up...
as a fella said.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 16, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
Mind officially blown.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
along this line...
i’ve always been amused by b.j. upton. b.j. does not correspond to his first and middle initials, but is the shortened version of a nickname. his dad is known as “bossman” so people took to calling him bossman junior.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 16, 2012 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
His middle name is Rikard
If his dad was named John or something, they could easily have called him by his middle name, which got shortened to Rick.
by Holymittens on Jan 16, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
It's more that I just always assumed his name was Rick.
So I was surprised to find out otherwise.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
And Mitt Romney's first name is Willard!
Frankly I think Will Romney sounds much cooler than Mitt… eh.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
I don't get it.
Will is so much better than Mitt. For some reason I couldn’t bear to call someone Mitt. Baseball Mitt Romney. Oven Mitt Romney. Instead of thinking of him as a presidential candidate I immediately picture his head turning into some household item.
Wow… I’m weird.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
Since I know 17 year old girls are all about the early 90s sci-fi references
by Holymittens on Jan 16, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hey!
Someone on here actually got my age right! Gold star.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
I wish I could grow a Will Riker beard.
At least I can play the trombone.
Let’s not talk about how often I spent at a young age in front of a mirror trying to get the Riker Smirk down just right.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
I'd be more impressed if you could play the Ressikan Flute
And yes, I knew that without looking it up.
another thrilling edition of...
i really don’t mean to pile on, but there are some real doozies, here.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
Please tell me you are KyleProBoller.
He just took Melewski down.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
He sure does get defensive in his own comments section
I mean, down to the sarcastic little quips.
C’mon Melewski, you’re better than that…
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
This seems to be a common theme with MASN writers
She who shall not be named did this as well. I think it’s extremely unprofessional. Not to mention the fact that if you blog for a living and are this thin-skinned, you’re gonna be frustrated pretty much all the time.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
I agree.
I went back and read those comments and Melewski’s employers should be ashamed of his childish antics. Website articles are rife for trollish commentators, but you’d think that an actual sports “journalist” would at least attempt to maintain some integrity.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 16, 2012 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
There are a lot of things that kill me about this article.
The biggest one is where he talks about the Orioles’ core. I just want to ask him how you have a core if it’s losing 93 games. That’s not a core.
I went and looked at some fWAR stats of different teams. Of course, fWAR is not the be-all end-all tool of evaluating player performance, but it gets us in the ballpark. The Orioles had exactly two 3+ fWAR players on the whole team in 2011: J.J. Hardy and Matt Wieters. Neither of these guys were 5+ fWAR players. The AL Champion Rangers had ten players with 3+ fWAR and four players with 5+. The WS Champion Cardinals had six players with 3+ fWAR and four players with 5+.
Really I guess this article is just the latest in the “I Need Column Inches In The Offseason” series by Steve Melewski. Which he seems to mostly spend telling people how to be fans, and who are good fans and who are bad fans.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
sure it's a core...
but is it core worth preserving? 93 losses would tend toward a no answer.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 16, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
If this is a core, fuck, we need Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
how well do they hit lefties?
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 16, 2012 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
Better than Chris Davis.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
You'd think.
Of course, there’s the open question of who on the team is even capable of being 3+ or 5+ fWAR players.
I would be shocked if anybody other than Matt Wieters went 5+. 3+, if everything breaks right… I dunno, I guess Jones, Hardy, Markakis, Britton, Guthrie. Note that a 3+ fWAR for Jones would be the highest of his career. Guts has never had 3 WAR either, but that’s because he gets dinged on FIP when he has outperformed the stat by about half a run in his career. Reynolds is 3+ if he slugs .500 and is merely a below-average defender rather than the single worst defensive player in baseball. And Markakis hasn’t had a 3+ WAR season since 2008, which is more depressing than I thought.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
There are players capable of putting up good seasons...
I’d venture to say that I expect Wieters to be a 5+ WAR player at some point. Markakis has hit that level before (2008) and could again, even if it is unlikely. However, I’d hope that he gets to 3+ WAR status. I would expect Jones to approach 4+ oWAR status, but fall back because his dWAR is awful. Hardy has got to get his batting average up if he wants to get into the 5+ conversation, but if he gets into the .280’s (which isn’t unreasonable), he could do it.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 16, 2012 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
+1
Although his BB% last year was his lowest ever. There’s a good chance that goes up this year.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
I expect it to rise, too.
His career BB% is 7.7 and last year it was 5.5%. But I’m not sure how much it will rise. Maybe his ability to walk is being Orioles’d out of him.
Maybe.
Or maybe he traded in some patience for some power. His ISO is way above his career mark and his O-swing is up too (career+2.8%). But it might just be a fluke since his HR/FB% was 15.8% which is very lucky.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
I should have looked deeper.
Maybe we’ll see a slight rise on BB% next year at the cost of a slight drop in ISO.
Sure, he could increase his patience at the plate.
However, an increase of, say, 15 points to his batting average would aid his OBP and his SLG.
I like OBP, but I like AVG, too. I don’t believe that batting (AVG / OBP) .290 / .330 and .250 / .330 are equivalent. The first line is going to demonstrate a batter who can create regardless of the pitcher’s control that evening. With runners on base, a hit is going to advance runners more bases than a walk.
As a potential 2 or 3 hitter, I do want JJ to be able to work a count. But I also want him to be able to put the ball in play, usefully.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 16, 2012 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
Batting average is prone to fluctuation.
The .290/.330 hitter can be a .270/.310 the next season, while the the second batter is more likely to remain at about .250/.330. It’s true that a single has a higher run value than a walk, but batting average is more difficult to sustain.
A walk is never turned into an out by bad luck
by Holymittens on Jan 16, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
Unless you count a bad umpire as bad luck for the hitter. :p
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
Point
But a bad umpire can affect a ball in play too.
by Holymittens on Jan 16, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Hardy's had a positive in Fld on Fangraphs in every season of his career.
It looks like in his career he ends up being a 3+ WAR player when he hits 20 homers, and is less when he doesn’t – injuries costing him both power and playing time at different points.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
do you think...
he’s 5 win player in 2011 if he plays a fuller season? i really don’t know if it’s reasonable to expect him to top out over 135-145 during the course of his contract.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 16, 2012 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
Considering he had 4.8 fWAR over 129 games...
I’d say his 2011 would have been 5+ with another 11 games played. One way or another, I don’t expect he’ll be a 5+ WAR player. If he plays more games, maybe he won’t hit as well. Maybe he’ll be hurt. I think if he plays 125 games a year he should be in the 3-4 WAR range, though. That’s not a bad player to have on your baseball team for $7 million a year.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
He's such a dumb ass fanboy.
I guess that’s not surprising his employer. Whoops, that’s a tired point.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
jesus
you would think the journalist’s job is to tell the most accurate version of reality that he can, not to provide a dissenting opinion just cause he wants to be optimistic about a 95 loss team.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
I fucking hate baseball economics...
Yankees righty Phil Hughes agreed to a deal worth $3.2MM plus performance bonuses, tweets his agency CAA. The 25-year-old gets a $500K raise after a lost 2011 season.
He gets a raise that’s 10 years of salary for most Americans, after a complete disaster of a year.
I just bought a washing machine
Woo hoo!
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
No more trips to the river with the washboard.
Congrats.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 16, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I hate to see what you guys and gals post when I finally buy a car...
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Please don't put down the horse duck.
She’s served you well.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 16, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
I really like the copper color option available on the "new" models
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Don't you need electricity for those damned contraptions?
he's no pedro strop! - j.q. higgins
by fishoutawata on Jan 16, 2012 6:24 PM EST up reply actions
Lucky
How’s Lexington Market looking these days? Safe in the daylight?
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
Same as usual
Some guy tried to sell me a ladies’ watch or dove soap, but other than that no troubles.
Yeah, but...
I’ve never had anyone approach me on the street and try to sell me soap.
“High quality” stereo equipment, cologne, music, and jewelry… yes. But never soap.
by Holymittens on Jan 16, 2012 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
Felix has really bulked up lately
Still wearing the uni Stacey missed out on I see…
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Deodorant is another thing that a sketch "fell off a truck" person might try to sell.
A stick is small, not difficult to lift in quantities (relatively speaking) and anything you get out of it becomes pure profit.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
Nothing says "quality" like a salesman who specializes in watches and soap.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
Relabeled shampoo
Ick.
he's no pedro strop! - j.q. higgins
by fishoutawata on Jan 16, 2012 6:26 PM EST up reply actions
I'll see you Baltimore food landmark story and raise you one...
We got takeout from Dipasquale’s Saturday night and the woman who owns the place was absolutely berating one her employees. Fucking screaming at her in front of a room full of customers while her husband was begging her to stop and apologizing to us.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
heh
Now I wish I’d gone to Dipasquale’s. I haven’t been there in forever.
Last time we were at Faidley’s this guy approached my bf and was trying to scam him out of some money. Nobody usually bothers me like that because I have my bitch face on most of the time, but my bf has a nice look, like he could be taken advantage of. When I told the guy to get lost he first told me to stop speaking for my boyfriend because he can talk for himself like a man, then he accused me of hating all black people.
Awesome
I once had a drunk guy at a bar spend like 10 minutes trying to convince me that we went to school together and that I’d borrowed money from him and owed him like $20. Just for my own amusement I asked him what high school it was and he told me a totally wrong one and I was like “Nope! I didn’t go there!” and then he started trying to convince me that I was wrong, I went to the high school he claimed.
This is why I am glad I don't live in a big city
the level of weirdos you get is like 10 fold compared to small towns.
This is pure gold.
Nobody usually bothers me like that because I have my bitch face on most of the time
A crucial tool for surviving city living.
Mean look, no eye contact. Sometimes it’s unavoidable though. I also have just started saying “No” the instance anyone comes up to try to beg, like before they even get two words out. That usually works but sometimes it backfires and instigates an even longer rant
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
I usually just say "sorry" and shrug my shoulders as they approach
that seems to work pretty well.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
You're here, aren't ya?
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
by NSOsFan on Jan 16, 2012 3:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This may suprise some of you guys.
But Portland has a surprisingly high number of homeless people and people downtown who try to bother you. What AMD says is the perfect strategy. I don’t really see it as a reason not to live in a big city though.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 16, 2012 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
The West Coast is a homeless haven
Good weather (for sleeping outside) and liberal-ness are appealing.
Also, tons of homeless people in Canada. Go universal health care!
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
I think you got us beat on the homeless numbers. Just by a hair.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
Haha
Sure, if we’re going by sheer volume. I’d be interested to see the percentages.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
Terrible
that happened to me a few years ago with strep throat b/c I stopped taking the anti biotics too soon.
It came back with a vengeance.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 16, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
For me, it's just a bad cold
I had it for two weeks at the end of December and it went away around the New Year. I gave it to my roommate and his girlfriend (probably). And now two weeks later they seem to have given it back to me. Though so far I’m not plagued with body-wracking coughs yet.
by Holymittens on Jan 16, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
How about this.
My son gave me an eye infection. After a week of antibiotics it goes away…. only to come back my other eye 2 days later.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 16, 2012 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
And in case you're wondering why I'm not a fan of JoePos...
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Worst. Comparison. Ever.
“I’ve never seen anything handled worse. Maybe how New Orleans, post-Katrina….Paterno was always dangled by this university.”
Really, Joe? You’re comparing the mishandling of Hurricane Katrina, which cost over 1,800 people their lives, to Joe Paterno’s firing? Perhaps a better comparison is that the mishandling of the sex abuse allegations themselves by the University cost countless boys’ their innocence, but even that’s stretching it.
And this…
“The only thing people remember about Woody Hayes is that he hit a player. I don’t want that to happen to Joe. He didn’t hit a player.”
Yeah, instead of hitting a player by turning a blind eye to the allegations Joe Paterno enabled his buddy to go on molesting children. Jesus… what an idiot. He’s so wrong it’s almost funny, except unfortunately I think there are a significant number of people who agree with Posnanski, so the humor stops there.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
I haven't read anything by him and I don't plan to after reading this bullshit.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
When he writes about baseball strategy & stats, he's really good
It’s his other stuff I can’t read.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
I'm getting too old for this shit
The wife put together a birthday celebration for me on Saturday night with some friends from college and high school and I’m just now starting to recover. Hungover the entire day yesterday and then slept until 11:30 today and still exhausted. Why did I think that combining tons of beer with passing bottles of Jack, Tanzanian Gin (absolutely disgusting), tequila shots, and soco-lime was something I could handle as a 29 year old? One thing I will say is our invented Tebow drinking game was awesome.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Wow
that was quick a party. From my experience anytime tequila is involved you’re in a for a long recovery.
In this case
I really think it was the Tanzanian gin. A buddy was in Peace Corps in Kenya and came back with this disgusting shit and thinks it’s funny to force it on people. We finished the bottle so I’m happy to never have to smell that poison again.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Who knew Peace Corps members partied so hard?
I’d be interested in hearing the details of the Tebow Drinking Game.
I'd make it about 10 minutes.
At which point I’d require said ambulance.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
I heard in one 48 minutes sportscenter
Tebow was said 170 times. I couldn’t afford to ply that game.
Oh
all the people I know who did PC were big into sex, drugs, and booze.
The Tebow Drinking Game started out pretty organized with specific numbers of sips for things like ducks, fumbles, picks and then longer/more sips for competent passes, etc. But after a while it dissolved into drink a shitload every time he did anything good or bad or was even shown on camera..
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
That sounds like the ultimate fate of every drinking game ever created.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
I love a good completely made up drinking game
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
My friend and I always played the Rob Dibble drinking game
it was a good time. I was upset when he was fired.
It made the Nats bearable to watch
My favorite rule
Bob or Rob uses one of the following nicknames: "Gentleman Zim, "The Goozer," The Capper," "The Hammer," "The Body" or "Big Bad Dunn."
Old habits die hard
Mixing light and dark liquor is strictly off limits for me at this point in my life. That would definitely do me in for 24+ hours also. I had about 20 beers yesterday and almost called in drunk this morning..
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
Good grief.
I can’t even remember the last time I had more than about 10 beers. Granted, I usually can’t remember any of the times I had around 20 beers….
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
Moral of the story....I'd have to call in drunk.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
Tailgate. Flip Cup. Shotguns.
Slurred speech by the second quarter. Passed out by 10pm.
Yay football!
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
I'd imagine most people can't. That's kinda the point of drinking.
I can’t even remember the last time I had more than about 10 beers
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Yeah
I used to not really abide by those sorts of rules, but I might need to start.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Today would have been fine for getting away with being hungover at work though.
Nobody here really.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
Bogdamn Flying Dog Raging Bitch ran roughshod over me on Sat. night
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 16, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
Wow...that sounds like death
I had 2 Troegenators on Friday and got really sleepy. Getting old sucks.
I can usually drink more than that, but I cannot mix alcohol types anymore. At a friends’ Christmas party I had 4 beers, 3 shots of cheap-o bourbon whiskey, and 2 double-shots (guessing as it was late in the evening) of “sippin’ rum” (a creature that exists only near the end of a heavy night of drinking), which is Appleton Estate Reserve, on the rocks. I didn’t get sick, but I was hung over until I went to bed the next night.
Yeah that's how long my hangovers usually last nowadays
Getting old definitely sucks.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 4:24 PM EST up reply actions
Orioles arbitration miscellany.
Darren O’Day has settled for $1.35 million
Dana Eveland has settled for $750,000
Orioles fans have settled for a 15th-straight losing season
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 1:37 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Anyone interested in seeing a crazy Australian use a banana to prove the existence of a supernatural being?
Yeah, the topic is potentially controversial, but the guy is serious and he includes the line:
Notice it has a point at the top for easy entry.
This video is so awesome. I watched a few years ago.
Dude is a fucking quack.
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 16, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
So I finished playing Alice: Madness Returns over the weekend
Thanks Steam holiday sales!
Anyway, it should be unsurprising that I liked the game quite a bit. Now back to Bioshock, I guess.
Most famous Alum of my high school
John Kuhn everyone. Hopefully his injury doesn’t prevent him from going to the Pro Bowl this year.
What high school did you go to?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 2:43 PM EST up reply actions
Oh cool.
A guy from my office used to live near him….he went to big spring though.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
Yea....Shippensburg rings a bell
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
That's the one.
I can remember sitting in my dorm my first year of college and hearing Dover be on the Daily Show with J. Stewart. I had know idea what they were talking about.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 16, 2012 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
yaaaawn
risk?
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 16, 2012 2:49 PM EST reply actions
I gotta run to a meeting in about 5 mins actually
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
Red Sox sign Vicente Padilla
That guy is just really unfortunate looking.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 16, 2012 2:51 PM EST reply actions
Don't think he's that great either.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 16, 2012 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
He'll come in handy the next time they want to initiate a bean-ball war with the Orioles.
Of course, he won’t get suspended for it and like five Orioles will.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 16, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
I'm really starting to enjoy Showtime on Sundays.
Emmy Rossum and Kristen Bell.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 16, 2012 3:05 PM EST reply actions
I saw Beauty and the Beast in 3-D last night...
And it while it was nice to see it on the big screen, the 3-D element was very disappointing. They hardly used it from what I could tell. Eh… most 3-D films have trouble utilizing the technology… I can’t think of very many that do it right. Hugo is one, though.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
I saw it Friday
I agree except that I don’t know that there is much in that particular movie to be gained from 3D. I really just wanted to see it on the big screen. Did you see the preview for 3D Finding Nemo? That looked pretty impressive.
Yeah, I did!
I think 3-D might be more useful in a computer animated movie, especially Finding Nemo because (if I remember correctly) there are a lot of in your face moments and 3-D might make it more exciting.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
My daughter saw it with a bunch of friends
When I first heard it was being re-released in 3-D, I though “Who’d go see that again?” Well, I guess I have my answer, because it was #2 at the box office this weekend.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
There are a lot of people who'd see it again in 2-D I'm thinking
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
My best friend loves it
It’s her favorite Disney movie.
And, honestly, if they released the original Transformers animated movie in theaters, I’d probably go see it. So I can’t judge.
3D is one fad I just can't get behind.
Until I’m on a holodeck, HD is good enough for me.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 16, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions
Movies it has worked well on:
Giving depth to Avatar and How To Train Your Dragon, the eeek factor to the flick that restarted the craze, My Bloody Valentine, bad on almost everything else.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
I didn't like the 3D in Hugo.
I watched most of the film w/o the glasses because the difference wasn’t noticeable. There are a few landscape shots that were nice. But for about 90% of the film, the 3D was useless.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
disagree
I’m not a fan of the knife-popping-out-of-the-screen brand of 3D, but for movies like Avatar and Hugo, the 3D just kind of added depth to the world and really made several scenes, like the flashbacks to Méliès’s productions, very memorable.
Do you wear glasses? I wear contacts but I just wonder if some people who wear glasses are missing out on certain aspects of 3D.
Yup, I did wear the glasses.
If you get a chance, you should watch the movie with the glasses on then off. You’ll notice little to no difference (including Méliès’s productions). The depth is still there except for the city landscape scenes which constituted less than 5% of the movie. I actually liked the movie better w/o the glasses because it cuts out the dimness.
The 3D for Avatar is essential, but that’s a completely difference movie. I did the same experiment of switching my glasses on and off for Avatar and Pandora scenes were too blurry w/o the glasses unlike Hugo.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I meant like, actual glasses
not the 3D ones.
And I think the blurriness/non-blurriness also has to do with the 3D technology used. I saw Avatar twice – once in IMAX 3D and once in “regular” RealD 3D, and the IMAX print was unwatchable without the glasses – super blurry. Also, if I tilted my head 45-90 degrees the image became blurry even with the glasses on. With the RealD 3D print, the screen wasn’t blurry with the glasses off.
I’m almost tempted to see Hugo again to challenge your claims. It was definitely good enough to see twice. We’ll see.
I had lasik a few years ago so don't wear glasses.
I watched Avatar in IMAX but I’m fairly certain that I did not do the same for Hugo. I think I watched Hugo in regular RealD 3D.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
interesting...
a;s trade josh outman and guillermo moscoso for seth smith. an outfield of crisp, reddick and smith is sort of interesting to me.
interesting nugget from roch, too: apparently, kyle hudson could be traded or released by friday.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
Traded for...
… a cheeseburger, I assume.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 16, 2012 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
Hudson can also be assigned to Norfolk.
by crawdaddy on Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
that's what i thought...
but roch seems to suggest otherwise.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 16, 2012 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
He has never been DFA’d before. Makes no sense to me.
by crawdaddy on Jan 16, 2012 6:43 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 16, 2012 5:47 PM EST reply actions
There is some good news associated with this however:
2nd sentence in the 2nd paragraph (as if it weren’t obvious enough on it’s own).
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 16, 2012 5:55 PM EST up reply actions
that's interesting...
a deal involving vargas and league was discussed at winter meetings? surely, our intrepid local beat dudes aren’t just finding this out now, are they?
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 16, 2012 6:14 PM EST up reply actions
Man...
Some of the comments over there are Yahoo-bad.
by TerroristFistJab on Jan 17, 2012 12:36 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
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