Tonight, K-Rod Is Spelled With an 'E'
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Woo-hoo!
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on
Sep 17, 2008 9:50 PM PDT
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Bobby Crosby was robbed...
I say ROBBED!!! on the BBTN web gems. Wasn’t even close.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 9:51 PM PDT
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Prob did not have time to get it up
GREAT play
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on
Sep 17, 2008 9:59 PM PDT
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yeah, that's probably true...
after all, what other reason would BBTN have to ignore the A’s?
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:00 PM PDT
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Probably had their list done by the time he made that play
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by Flashfire on
Sep 17, 2008 9:59 PM PDT
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Prob did not have time to get it up
GREAT play
So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one
by baseballgirl on
Sep 17, 2008 10:00 PM PDT
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That's usually my excuse
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:01 PM PDT
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Right move by ESPN
That play was a graphic demonstration of just how badly Crosby’s range has decayed this season. 90% of MLB shortstops field that ball standing up.
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by PaulThomas on
Sep 17, 2008 10:09 PM PDT
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you're kidding...
or didn’t see it.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:10 PM PDT
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It was a graphic demonstration?
The ladies must have been pleased.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:11 PM PDT
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LOL
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by Flashfire on
Sep 17, 2008 10:11 PM PDT
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that's utter nonsense
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by monkeyball on
Sep 17, 2008 11:34 PM PDT
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Yeah, Crosby's range is WAAAY down this year
to the point where I’m not sure he’s a plus defensive shortstop. But that was one heck of a play.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
by salb918 on
Sep 18, 2008 4:38 AM PDT
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on what basis do you say his range is down?
Is there a moving average of multiple-year data, or is it just this year’s range numbers that are down? I was under the impression that it took multiple years of defensive data to draw a reasonable conclusion about a player’s overall D — wouldn’t that obtain for the various D components as well?
I’m not disputing that his range may be down, just that I’m agnostic on whether D stats can provide that degree of precision.
But, if you and PT et al. agree otherwise, I’ll take y’all’s collective word on it.
And, yeah, that was a heck of a play. Off the bat (from the vantage point of The Dogfather’s excellent seats in 119) it sure looked like it was going through.
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by monkeyball on
Sep 18, 2008 9:46 AM PDT
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I think PT's excuse is going to be something along the lines of...
…“They were in double play position so any good shortstop gets to that standing up.”
At which point I’d just agree to disagree, but whatever. It was right up the middle and no play is that routine there.
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by Flashfire on
Sep 18, 2008 10:09 AM PDT
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Here's ZR and RZR
ZR:
2005: .867
2006: .855
2007: .870
2008: .831
RZR:
2005: .875; .035 (OOZ per inning, higher number good)
2006: .808; .029
2007: .834; .05
2008: .822; .033
Some of the better metrics released in June or so hated him to the tune of being one of the few worst SSs in the league, but his ZR and RZR have improved since then. I would say it is likely that his range has diminished to some extent, but I think it is overblown. I would guess that his D is a tic below average.
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by mikeA on
Sep 18, 2008 10:20 AM PDT
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A general note about judging D by eye:
My observation has been that it’s extremely difficult to judge a player’s range watching on tv, whereas one can get a very good sense watching at the park, whereas the opposite is true with hitting and pitching.
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by mikeA on
Sep 18, 2008 10:23 AM PDT
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I would conditionally agree with all of that
There are certain elements of pitching and hitting that are better observed in person (from good seats), but, yeah, tv gives a much more complete and precise view.
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by monkeyball on
Sep 18, 2008 11:11 AM PDT
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Question for people who know about this stuff
Is it methodologically “bad” to add OOZ to BIZ to create a “total plays made/balls in zone” ratio? It seems like it makes more sense on its face than splitting the two and then leaving it to the reader to somehow mentally combine them.
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by PaulThomas on
Sep 18, 2008 12:18 PM PDT
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I think the reason they separate is that
ooz plays are thought to me more along the lines of “taking charge on a popup” than “great range” for the most part.
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by mikeA on
Sep 18, 2008 8:37 PM PDT
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Can't speak to salb
It’s purely observational for me. Balls that are taking multiple seconds to get through the infield are going by him not that far from his starting point.
It’s not that his range is horrible by shortstop standards— it’s probably about average— but in prior years it was good enough to mask (to some extent) his abysmal throwing mechanics and inaccuracy, and now it isn’t. He’s still screwing up just as many marginal plays on bad throws, but he’s making fewer easy plays.
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by PaulThomas on
Sep 18, 2008 12:16 PM PDT
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you'll get no argument from me that his fundamentals and mechanics are poor
He’s really a waste of an excellent pedigree and physiognomy. He’s like what would happen if the hypothetical five-year-old learned baseball by watching Vlad.
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by monkeyball on
Sep 18, 2008 2:07 PM PDT
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maybe the loss of Wash stunted his development defensively...
Though no hitting coach in the world will help develop him to his full (probably over-hyped) potential, I do feel that losing Wash has probably hurt not only Crosby’s development as a defender, but the entire infield.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 18, 2008 9:06 PM PDT
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that sounds plausible to me
It's just something we do. It's not something we like. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Sep 19, 2008 11:05 AM PDT
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I actually don't think his range has decayed that much
I never thought he was a great, or even very good defensive player. I think in the past he’s been decent, and now he’s probably somewhere a bit below average.
I agree that the play probably shouldn’t have looked quite so difficult, but I don’t think it was an easy play either.
by thejd44 on
Sep 18, 2008 11:55 AM PDT
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Beating Lackey and K-Rod on back to back games?
Yum.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 9:51 PM PDT
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I hope this is just a preview of the ass-kickin'...
the A’s are gonna hand these ass-hats in "09.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 9:52 PM PDT
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New name for the Angels in '09
The Los Angeles Asshats of Anaheim
by thesteve9x on
Sep 17, 2008 9:53 PM PDT
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it certainly has a ring to it...
in an alliterations sort of way.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 9:55 PM PDT
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"Many things about the Angels are ugly"
should be QOTM if it were in a comment.
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by WaddellCanseco on
Sep 17, 2008 9:51 PM PDT
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TY. I do what I can.
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by louismg on
Sep 17, 2008 10:02 PM PDT
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Party over here
Don’t forget the whipped cream in the other thread.
by thesteve9x on
Sep 17, 2008 9:52 PM PDT
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I will say it again:
Angels D: WORST. EVAR.
Go A’s!
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by IowaA'sFan on
Sep 17, 2008 9:52 PM PDT
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If I were Mike Scioscia, I would NOT be pleased
with the level of energy and commitment everyone but Teixeira showed.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 9:54 PM PDT
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Lack of hustle, ala Joe Maddon.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on
Sep 17, 2008 9:55 PM PDT
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If you were Mike Scioscia
I’d take away your sheep
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on
Sep 17, 2008 9:55 PM PDT
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If I were a sheep I'd still say no to Scioscia
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 9:56 PM PDT
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As the bottom of the 9th was unfolding...
…he looked like his head was about to explode.
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by UncleLeo on
Sep 18, 2008 6:59 AM PDT
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Dude, did you see how fast Scioscia walked off to the tunnel?
Haha!!!!!!!!!!!! Eat that bitch hole!!!!!!!!
by mrod on
Sep 18, 2008 9:28 AM PDT
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Garret Anderson is a thoroughgoing embarrassment in the field
He makes the phrase “Adam Dunn, defensive replacement” plausible.
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by monkeyball on
Sep 17, 2008 11:53 PM PDT
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almost
Jack is faster than Garret, has better instincts, and tries harder. As is/has/does Dunn.
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by monkeyball on
Sep 18, 2008 9:47 AM PDT
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Garret Anderson has never been even a very good player
He puts up numbers that are great for a middle infielder, but just sorta ok for a corner OF. And he’s never been anything special defensively. The only thing going for him is he’s always been consistently a hair above average (and he’s been mostly healthy), so he’s got all these pretty counting stats and not-terrible rate stats. The guy is going to get some HOF votes when he was probably never a top 15 corner OF.
by thejd44 on
Sep 18, 2008 11:57 AM PDT
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Listening to Ken's call again
Chills-ville
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by 67MARQUEZ on
Sep 17, 2008 9:54 PM PDT
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He's just so professional - few broadcasters
can deliver the level of excitement and maintain a professional sound the way he does.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 9:55 PM PDT
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you should have heard my call
I’m surprised the neighbors didn’t call the cops
by OaklandSi on
Sep 17, 2008 9:55 PM PDT
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I was laughing like the Joker...
all manic-like when F-Rod made that throw.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 9:58 PM PDT
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as were we at the game
cocky whacko @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Sep 17, 2008 11:53 PM PDT
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I did call the cops...
They just laughed and told me K-Rod sucks.
by thesteve9x on
Sep 17, 2008 9:59 PM PDT
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this was like the sulk off
only it lasted longer, and K-Rod looked stupider
by OaklandSi on
Sep 17, 2008 9:55 PM PDT
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And just as fun
Total schadenfreude
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by anomaly_kat on
Sep 17, 2008 10:01 PM PDT
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stupider is one of the bestest words evah.
http://sonicliving.com
by whaxed on
Sep 17, 2008 9:59 PM PDT
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More like that please.
Awesome finish.
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by louismg on
Sep 17, 2008 10:03 PM PDT
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I like Cliffy,
it’s a shame he isn’t better…
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by mikeA on
Sep 17, 2008 10:02 PM PDT
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From what I've seen, he's sufficiently good at 2B defensively
If he could learn to slap his way to a .260 batting average and take a few walks, I could forgive his Kendallesque power.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:03 PM PDT
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I could maybe forgive it at SS
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by mikeA on
Sep 17, 2008 10:08 PM PDT
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I just think his D has been a lot better at 2B
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:10 PM PDT
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he reminds me of Mark Ellis...
at least, in the post-game interview. Maybe he can step up.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:03 PM PDT
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isn't better?
I thought for a second you wrote butter. Better than mayo.
by LibrariAN on
Sep 17, 2008 10:04 PM PDT
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Re: pitchers having trouble with this throw...
…it could be said it’s not the kind of throw they’re used to making. I mean, pitchers are used to specific timing and positioning in their motion to the plate and this kind of throw is rushed and there’s little time to pick out the target first.
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by Flashfire on
Sep 17, 2008 10:03 PM PDT
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With that particular play, the only good throw
was not to make one. And for a strikeout pitcher like K-Rod, bases loaded nobody out is still a jam you can escape with 0 or 1 run.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:05 PM PDT
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against the August A's, maybe...
against most MLB teams anytime, probably not.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:06 PM PDT
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I don't know why he fielded the play
Pitchers always avoid pop-ups, and that’s pretty much what it was. Let the 1B or 3B get it.
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by louismg on
Sep 17, 2008 10:06 PM PDT
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exactly Nico
K-Hole should have never made that throw. He had “0” chance of throwing Penny out at 1st base.
Still, I love watching that piece of shit blow up!
by mrod on
Sep 18, 2008 9:38 AM PDT
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He would have been safe even without the bad throw
by thesteve9x on
Sep 17, 2008 10:06 PM PDT
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that's why they ruled it a hit
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:06 PM PDT
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Remember Nathan and the Twins?
A’s down 2-1, no outs, bottom of the ninth, men on first and second, closer tries to make close play, throws ball down the line, two A’s score and win 3-2. Twice… in less than three weeks!
by muscatel on
Sep 17, 2008 10:06 PM PDT
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And Shields on Scutaro's bunt last year
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:08 PM PDT
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How time flies...
The Scutaro bunt play was in April, 2005
by Soaker on
Sep 17, 2008 10:10 PM PDT
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Oh, was Bill King still alive?
Whaddya know.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:10 PM PDT
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Goggles
When did KR quit wearing them? Yup, I know, probably Hudler talked about that too.
by LibrariAN on
Sep 17, 2008 10:06 PM PDT
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When he realized Seth Green
wore goggles in Can’t Hardly Wait and totally looked like a douche.
by thesteve9x on
Sep 17, 2008 10:07 PM PDT
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I'm not sure why "looking like a douche" would suddenly start troubling K-Rod
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by PaulThomas on
Sep 17, 2008 10:12 PM PDT
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he looks in the mirror everyday, after all...
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:14 PM PDT
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Perhaps the last time he pointed up to God
God gave him the cold shoulder?
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:14 PM PDT
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It's so rude to point
Plus you have three fingers pointing back at yourself
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Sep 17, 2008 10:15 PM PDT
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I really hope Outman has another good start tomorrow
Smith may finally have found the outside corner (by moving over on the rubber) and I’m still optimistic about him, Gallagher has #2 potential IMO, and Outman has the “power arm” that could complement Duchscherer, Gallagher, and Smith nicely.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:10 PM PDT
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Gallagher is destined for the #1 role on next year's A's...
you’re penciling in Duke?
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:12 PM PDT
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Last I checked he's on the roster
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:14 PM PDT
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I've always been one of the biggest Duke fans here...
just don’t see it next year. Even if he’s on the roster, he’s the #2 behind Gallagher, who has much better stuff.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:17 PM PDT
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Gallagher has much better stuff, but Duke is a better pitcher
at this point in their careers. When he has been healthy, Duke has been a top-notch pitcher every season he has pitched for the A’s. He’s very, very good. Gallagher’s best years won’t come for 2-3 more seasons.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:19 PM PDT
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I'm just not convinced Duke will be here...
nor that he’ll stay healthy. If he is and he does… he’ll start the year as the #1. He won’t finish it there.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:21 PM PDT
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That would be Cahill
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by WaddellCanseco on
Sep 17, 2008 10:33 PM PDT
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Cahill, Anderson or Gallagher...
if their up, that means our pitching will be good (I think). Billy will probably have to trade one of them to get a decent bat, but our pitching will still be the best in the West, so…
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:36 PM PDT
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Dunn is a decent bat.
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by WaddellCanseco on
Sep 17, 2008 10:38 PM PDT
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Git'er Dunn
I just had to post it
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Sep 17, 2008 10:39 PM PDT
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Yay Larry!
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by WaddellCanseco on
Sep 17, 2008 10:40 PM PDT
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If they're up, it means the pitching is shit
There’s no way the A’s should be turning to them (Cahill and Anderson, I mean) at any point next season. There are 9 pitchers ahead of them on the depth chart right now.
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by PaulThomas on
Sep 17, 2008 10:40 PM PDT
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+1
September callups at best, but I just don’t see it.
by mikev on
Sep 17, 2008 10:41 PM PDT
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I don't see that, either.
Both need a full season of AAA in Sacramento. I wouldn’t dare rush them, we have no need anyway.
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Sep 17, 2008 10:42 PM PDT
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no, it would mean Cahill and Anderson...
are really fucking good and ready for the majors. To jump over 9 pitchers slotted ahead of them (can you name the 9?). That’s the only way they’d be up.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:43 PM PDT
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Yep
Duke
Gallagher
Smith
Braden
Outman
Eveland
Gio
Mazzaro
Simmons
The A’s aren’t going to pull a guy from the rotation midseason unless he’s injured or sucking. The team just doesn’t operate that way.
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Sep 17, 2008 10:49 PM PDT
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it was...
you didn’t quite agree… but, close enough. My bet… Beane trades 2 or 3 of those guys for a bat before next season even starts. The rest just aren’t as good as Cahill or Anderson.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:53 PM PDT
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Of those listed, I have no trouble seeing Smith, Braden, Outman,
Simmons and Mazzaro being worse than Cahill and/or Anderson next year. I also have no trouble seeing Duke not finish the year in the rotation due to trade or injury. Eveland could be trade bait as well, which leaves Gio.
You can never have too much pitching!
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by WaddellCanseco on
Sep 17, 2008 10:55 PM PDT
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I really have a hard time seeing those guys being worse than Cahill/Anderson next year
Anderson pretty clearly wasn’t ready for AAA; his numbers from the playoffs look superficially good but are very un-Anderson-like. Cahill hasn’t cracked AAA yet; he was having enough challenges in AA.
There’s also the matter of trying to build their arms up. Neither of them is really supposed to pitch more than 150 innings next year.
I’m not saying they are bad pitchers, I’m saying that they are guys who cannot legally drink yet and it would be perniciously stupid to force them to the big leagues early on a hunch. I actually wouldn’t even consider calling them up even if the pitching IS shit.
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I don't know that I'd put Mazzaro or Simmons ahead of them right now.
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They're not ahead of any of the guys above them
right now. Foolshgame22’s comment related to the end of 2009.
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Remember, guys, Billy Beane.
Not Brian Sabean.
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which means?
bring up your good pitchers like Lincecum when they’re young? Or let them wallow a bit in the minors where they’ll do you no good?
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Bad, bad argument
Tim Lincecum’s first major league pitch was thrown at the age of 22 years, 10 months. Equivalent dates for the A’s pair would be somewhere between September 2010 and April 2011.
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dude, why do you bother?
it’s f*cking foolshgame…
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I was more talking about Conor Gillaspie.
Anyway, we’re not planning on contending in 2009. Why rush them and possibly sacrifice some great years of pitching down the road? If we were contenders on paper for ‘09, I could maybe see trying them out, but otherwise, we’ve got to wait. We’ve got more than enough depth up here to tide us over.
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Billy Beane is planning on contending in 2009...
he doesn’t want to see 9,000 fans per game out at that great stadium, with the great public transportation, called the Coli. Trust me on this, Beane wants to win the West in 2009.
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Well, of course he wants to win the west in 2009.
And I want to win the lottery, but neither are going to happen. The addition of Cahill and/or Anderson is not going to make us contenders. The Angels are, sadly, too good right now. Our team is too young, too inexperienced, and just not good enough. We need to let our glut of young outfielders grow and mature, and we need our infield prospects to blossom. Beane isn’t quite done rebuilding, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see another trade this offseason, giving us some real high-level infield prospects. Rest assured, Cahill and Anderson will be the cornerstones of a great rotation down the road. Let’s not rush them in an ill-guided attempt at putting a slightly less-mediocre team on the field in 2009.
Of course, there’s also the argument that Cahill and Anderson won’t be better pitchers in the majors in 2009 than our current rotation, which is definitely plausible.
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I agree
Though I wouldn’t be opposed to a September callup to get their feet wet if the A’s are out of it and they haven’t already pitched a ton of innings. In that scenario, it’s a relatively pressure-free situation and not really “rushing” them.
In a perfect world, there’s no need for that. The A’s have a ton of pitching, and while Cahill/Anderson will likely be better than most of the guys you listed, they aren’t now and hopefully those guys are good enough that they won’t be next year.
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September callups are a different kettle of fish
While they would still have roster and service time implications (and I think that the A’s should not under almost any circumstances use them in such a way that they will become free agents before the end of the 2016 season), I can see the argument for getting them some low-pressure innings at the big-league level.
Giving them 2 weeks in September, then calling them up for good at the end of April the next year is something I can theoretically get on board with. Though we’ll have to see who would potentially get “bumped” off the roster to make it happen.
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For once PT
we can agree, sir. My sentiments exactly. Let the gems continue to grow and mature without rushing them. Look at what happened to both Gonzos the A’s called up this year?
by mrod on
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Duke, Gallagher, Braden, Eveland, Smith, Outman, Gio, DiNardo, Mazzarro, Simmons
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Also, I'd bet that DiNardo and Saars would probably get some garbage time starts before C & A callups.
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if you're good enough to pitch in the Olympics...
you’re good enough to start for the A’s. That’d be my rule.
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Brett Hunter!
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Bad, bad argument
Tim Lincecum’s first major league pitch was thrown at the age of 22 years, 10 months. Equivalent dates for the A’s pair would be somewhere between September 2010 and April 2011.
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okay...
I’m not adamant about it. They’re young. But, if they’re better than the rest, they should be in the rotation. I don’t care how young they are.
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You really can't see ANYTHING about the issue
other than the nearsighted, narrow-minded calculation of “who’s best right now”? (Stipulating for argument’s sake that they are actually better, which I doubt they will be.)
I’m not sure whether to react with despair or bafflement.
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so, you're saying...
I don’t have your power of foresight? And, you can use lawyer talk with me… “assuming, arguendo…” I get it. One of Cahill or Anderson will be in the A’s rotation next year. Maybe both if one isn’t traded for a bat.
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If it's not my vocabulary, it's clearly your reading comp skills
You force me to hit you over the head with this, so:
There are many reasons for not automatically playing “the best player”. These include, but are not limited to (there’s some lawyer-speak for you):
1. Service time concerns,
2. Desire to preserve trade value of the guy he would be replacing,
3. Fear of injury or overuse of a young player,
4. Concern for the effect on the older player’s confidence,
5. Roster space issues.
ALL of these are reasons why the A’s should not promote Cahill or Anderson to the majors next season.
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very convincing...
NOT! I’m sorry counselor, you’ll have to file a supplemental brief, because none of that convinces me that Beane won’t throw his best players out there next year. If Cahill and Anderson are better than the rest, they’ll be in the majors.
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I'm really not interested in what WILL happen
Trying to read tea leaves for transactional moves is both boring and stupid. I’m saying what SHOULD happen.
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Other than #3, none of those are good
reasons. Actually #5 might be a good reason but I don’t understand what it means.
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#3 ia a shitty reason...
because it applies to almost everyone of our pitchers except Duke (who won’t be here anyway).
- Roster Space Issues is a joke on this team. There are no roster space issues. Unless Beane trades for three MLB bats (not likely), we don’t have roster issues.
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Greg Smith has a career high of 178 IP
Dana Eveland has a (new) career high of 177 IP.
Sean Gallagher has a career high of 164 IP.
Vince Mazzaro has a career high of approximately 180 IP.
Trevor Cahill has a career high of approximately 130 IP.
Brett Anderson has a career high of approximately 130 IP.
Both of them need an additional build-up year before they will be ready to handle a six-month starter’s workload.
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by PaulThomas on
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lol...
that’s what i LOVE about you PT. You tell me what they’ve done and, therefore, what they’re limited to doing. Hindsight is always good, unless you want to win a championship. Then, you gotta go for it. Now, I know, that’s not the lawyerly thing to do (and, believe me, I know), but in baseball, you sometimes gotta do it like the Rays and the Marlins.
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Sep 18, 2008 1:30 AM PDT
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Winning a championship requires taking gambles that are known to be stupid?
This is news to me. Seems like the Red Sox were able to squeeze through last year without imposing stupid innings loads on their young players.
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Sep 18, 2008 1:38 AM PDT
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huh?
non sequitur. Please accept my challenge to no-limit hold ’em. LOL For charity.
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I feel like I'm speaking some kind of pidgin dialect
“Roster space issues.” As in, players take up a space. On the roster. Which means someone else can’t be in that space. Yes?
Putting players on the 40-man roster too early can result in pointlessly losing decent players to Rule 5, as well as using up options, although I think the latter isn’t too much of a concern for those two.
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no, you're not speaking pidgin to me...
I get what you’re saying. There just aren’t many on the 40-man roster I’d elect to keep over Cahill and Anderson. I hear what you’re saying… I just don’t agree.
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we have few decent players...
on our 40-man roster… do you want me to pick the two I’d delete? Gladly, I’ll do that.
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It's not "keep A over B"
It’s “keep A AND B, or just B”.
A+B>B unless A is completely worthless— and the A’s easily have 40 non-completely worthless players with enough pro time to be Rule 5 eligible.
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I'll delete two completely worthless ones...
if that will satisfy you.
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Sep 18, 2008 1:36 AM PDT
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Two?
Dude, right now there are about 55 prospects in the org who are either on the 40-man or on track to be Rule 5 eligible by the end of next year. That means cutting 15 of them, not 2…
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I'll cut two from the existing 40...
I’ll make the decision on the other 53 when you let me know who they are.
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After looking it up, you're right about
the coming roster crunch. Here are some of the guys that may be on the bubble after 2009 — Hannahan, Baisley, Recker, Mitchell, Davis, Murton, Herrera, Meyer, Hernandez, Kilby, Bailey, Petit, Sellers, Mitchinson, Webb, and Garcia.
I see no one on that list that would prevent me from putting the five best starters out there however. Did I miss someone important?
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Sep 18, 2008 5:38 AM PDT
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Italiano and Lansford, at least
Possibly De Los Santos, I forget exactly how old he was when he signed his first pro contract.
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Yes but these guys are likely
no brainers to be added. I was focusing on the guys who might be affected by early promotions.
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So, you exclude the non-marginal prospects
and are then surprised that your list is a bunch of marginal prospects?
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If that's what you mean, then #5 isn't
a good reason either. Nobody should suppress one of the top 5 starting pitchers for the sake of the 40th (actually about 43rd with 60-day DL) man on the roster.
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That's a great way to give away organizational depth for no benefit
The Giants, Royals, etc. have been very successfully shooting themselves in the foot with that strategy for some years now.
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Well you don't have to give it away --
you can trade it. Sometimes it works brilliantly — Vizcaino for Duchscherer — sometimes works decently — Harville for Saarloos — sometimes you do end up giving it away — DJ.
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fuck this keep the marginal prospects philosophy...
I’m tired of it. I’d say the vast majority of A’s fans are tired of it. We want some fuckin’ hitters on this team and damn the future. I’d trade every River Cat for a couple of decent bats. Every one. And, I don’t mean superstar bats, because I doubt anyone would trade two superstar bats for the River Cats. And, that kinda shows you what “organizational depth” means to winning. Nothing.
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Sep 18, 2008 1:41 AM PDT
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So, the A's should promote Cahill and Anderson pointlessly
because the team needs hitters?!
Objection, relevance.
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No, I say promote them...
if they’re the best pitchers. Or trade their asses for bats. I’ll settle for either option.
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This entire thing shows me that you don't really understand how the process works
All of PT’s reasons are valid, as is the “If the team isn’t going anywhere, it doesn’t actually matter who is the best” argument.
Roster space issues are always a concern. I can’t even fathom how you don’t understand that.
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These reasons, other than #3 strike
me as not seeing the forest for the trees. They’re all way way behind trying to win and trying to develop players. They’re minutiae.
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AN 3.0 strikes again
I don’t know how that comment ended up in two places.
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by PaulThomas on
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maybe a Slegna tried to field it
cocky whacko @('.')@
by monkeyball on
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or would that be "a Slegnum"?
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by monkeyball on
Sep 18, 2008 12:30 AM PDT
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have you been drinking tonight?
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I'm still hyper from the end of the game
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it was a great ending...
unlike Blez, I didn’t turn it off and throw my remote. I felt a strange confidence. No proof, of course, but, I felt Ziggy would blow his first save, too.
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Tex's HR was almost predictable
He had absolutely murdered that double into the gap earlier. He was just on.
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Dunno if I'd call it predictable considering who was pitching...
…but he did go down and get a good pitch for it. It wasn’t a cheap one.
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besides, wouldn't they only have to jump...
over 6 of those guys to be in the rotation? Maybe only 5 because I’m assuming Duke won’t be here. That kinda improves their chances.
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Must. Follow. Plan.
No room for… deviation.
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Except Duke has pitched well enough to deserve the #1 spot. Gallagher hasn't yet.
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Joe Blanton kind of shot that whole correlation thing
Well, so did Carlos Reyes and before him Chris Codiroli.
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But not Gil Heredia. He still rocks!
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Chris Codiroli
Aahhhh………….the fond memories of A’s sucktitude never cease to amaze me……
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The only way tonight would've been better
is if Cliff hit the plate, drove in the runs, ran to the mound to point up to the sky like in th parody of a jackass.
I really hope the Angels loss inspires them to lose here on out.
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if Cliff had touched home plate...
wouldn’t that have been an inside-the-park HR? Just wondering?
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No, single and a three-base error maybe, but not HR
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i was thinking of that freakish bunt hitting the plate and bouncing up so high
But an inside the park HR would’ve been cool also!
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It wasn't a bunt
It was a Baltimore Chop. Pull the bat back, then swing straight down on the top of the ball and try to hit it off the plate.
I haven’t seen someone actually attempt that at the MLB level in years. Worked great, though. Pennington had a clean hit before the errant throw.
K-Rod should have pocketed the ball. Which makes it all the more satisfying that he idiotically didn’t. :-)
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I've never seen one of those
PT, you’re like AN’s baseball wikipedia.
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Watching the replay
the ball struck home plate more to the rear than the front of home plate. Amazing the way it went straight down. Nearly too far back. Did Pennington say he was attempting to bounce it off of home plate?? I’d say that deliberately hitting a ball off of home plate off a high-velocity pitcher is far more difficult to achieve than any bunt. I think he simply got lucky.
That’s one back for many “foul by inches” rockets down the line.
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yeah, he got lucky...
it was, nevertheless, exquisite.
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I think he meant he chopped down to hit a ground ball, not necessarily a Baltimore Chop.
He said he swung because of the wheel play.
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in the postgame interview he said
he was just trying to hit it on the ground. He called the bounce off homeplate “fortunate”.
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You can only advance as many bases as the winning run did
Two, in this case.
Also, best case scenario it’s a single and a three-base error (or multiple errors).
Does make me wonder if anyone’s ever hit a walk-off inside the parker before, and if so, when it last happened.
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That would be wild
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A walk-off inside the park grand slam would be nice
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Now that I'm almost sure has never happened
Home team has to be down by exactly 3, bases loaded, inside the park HR? Not bloody likely.
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Only has to happen once
You don’t really expect to see a midget come up to bat either. But enough about Freddie Patek.
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by Nico on
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Wikipedia thinks Roberto Clemente did it
I’ll see if I can find the game.
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This must be the game
There’s no play-by-play so I can’t confirm that it was inside-the-park. I looked for Pirates home games where Clemente had at least 4 RBI and the Pirates won by one run, then checked to see if Clemente hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 9th. This is the only game that qualifies.
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I was the only one alive...
I don’t remember, though.
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It looks like it really did happen
The Pirates were at home, playing the Chicago Cubs. Chicago led, 8-5, but Pittsburgh loaded the bases with no out. With Clemente due up, the Cubs brought in a new pitcher, Jim Brosnan. On Brosnan’s first pitch, Clemente hit a long drive to left-center field. Hank Foiles, Bill Virdon, and Dick Cole raced around the bases toward home plate with the runs that would tie the game. Clemente also tore around the diamond. Manager Bobby Bragan was coaching at third base and held up his arms, giving Clemente the signal to stop at third. With no one out and good hitters coming up, Bragan figured they’d still get Clemente home with the winning run and didn’t want to take the chance on him being thrown out at the plate. However, Clemente ignored his manager, kept running, and was safe at home. The inside-the-park grand-slam home run won the game for the Pirates.
by Soaker on
Sep 17, 2008 10:54 PM PDT
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I would have liked to have seen that...
I was only 7 months old, so I wouldn’t have remembered it, but still…
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:58 PM PDT
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I remember it well ;)
I was at a bar named “The Ofice” (sic) which was one of my favorite hangouts, as I could tell my first wife, “Hey, I gotta work late at "The Ofice”. They had the Pirates game on the radio, on account of the number of customers who wanted to listen in. No one could believe what happened.
I told the barkeeper, “Barkeep, any other doughboys from Great War in here, let ‘em know I’m buying. That home-run is one for the books, and it calls for celebrating!”
But, there were no other old vets in there. I had already calculated that my generous offer would end with no subscriptions, so I consumed three more rounds between laughs with the younger customers, and still got change back from the dollar.
Runs Please. A lot of them. The rest of the season. Thank you.
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Sep 22, 2008 12:02 AM PDT
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by the way...
great research.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:58 PM PDT
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Well, I'm surprised
The cumulative probabilities of that situation are such that even with 100,000 or so MLB games played, I would not have expected it to ever arise.
Then again, you could say the same about the DiMaggio streak.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on
Sep 17, 2008 11:33 PM PDT
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Parodying a jackass proves one thing
You are a bigger one. Just win, baby.
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Sep 17, 2008 10:15 PM PDT
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If there was one exception to the standard rule...
The Raider Nation is the only Nation.
by oaklandSMASH on
Sep 17, 2008 10:31 PM PDT
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i'll say it again
F-Rod is my favorite player for the A’s to beat! =D
""These guys are a different breed of ballclub." - Twins manager Ron Gardenhire on the A's
by gotgreen on
Sep 17, 2008 10:14 PM PDT
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Me too, and #2 is Lackey
So…a pretty good series so far!
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:15 PM PDT
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Smith gets a no-decision, Ziggy gets the win
Yeah, that seems fair.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:17 PM PDT
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Smith is the unlukiest pitcher on this team...
I hope he gets 5 runs per game in run support next year. What’s it been this year? 1.3 runs per game?
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:25 PM PDT
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2.7? Among the five lowest all time for A's pitchers
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:26 PM PDT
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2nd worst in Oakland history, behind Matt Keough
(They showed a graphic during the game.)
Keough weirdly had the 5th worst run support the season later. His teammates really didn’t like him very much. Of course, it didn’t help that they were also terrible at baseball.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on
Sep 17, 2008 10:29 PM PDT
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It was sad to see Ziggy give up the bomb but
1) it had to happen sometime
2) It allowed God to treat us to a nice memory for 2008 and deliver a reminder to K-Fraud that even God himself doesn’t like that tool celebrating.
I am sure God allowed himself to give K-Rod the middle finger when that happened.
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by Trainman on
Sep 17, 2008 10:19 PM PDT
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So you're saying I'm God?
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:20 PM PDT
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God, played by James Mason
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by Flashfire on
Sep 17, 2008 10:21 PM PDT
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You would be OK in that role
You hate Lackey and K-Rod so that is one of the prerequisites
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by Trainman on
Sep 17, 2008 10:21 PM PDT
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and, Nico is a Raider fan
another prerequisite.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:26 PM PDT
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Hardly.
I HATE football.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:27 PM PDT
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oh, my mistake...
you’re disqualified.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:28 PM PDT
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That's fine.
I don’t care for the “long beard” look anyway.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:29 PM PDT
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I bet you can grow a great beard...
but, it is the non-Raider fan that disqualifies you. I, on the other hand, have been a Raider fan since 1960. It’s my inability to grow a beard that disqualifies me. I kinda look like a Chernobyl victim when I try to grow a beard.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:50 PM PDT
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This evening ONLY!
tidy up before you lock the door….
…also, no tsunamis after dark, no one can get it on video.
Runs Please. A lot of them. The rest of the season. Thank you.
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Sep 17, 2008 11:18 PM PDT
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I don't usually give any credence to God helping decide the outcome of a game or even caring about sports...
…but tonight’s ending, thus taking Ziggy off the hook for the loss, doesn’t hurt that idea.
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by Flashfire on
Sep 17, 2008 10:21 PM PDT
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I have this image of God at a party, going,
“I’m serious, I do not know him.”
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:22 PM PDT
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Last night an orgy
Tonight theology.
I love this place.
by LibrariAN on
Sep 17, 2008 10:23 PM PDT
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Why must it be one or the other?
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:24 PM PDT
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I've been at many an orgy where I screamed
“Oh GOD!!!! JESUS!!! OH GOD!!!!”
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:24 PM PDT
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Orgy is a plural and not a mono thing
You’re just doing the self lovin’ wrong
The Raider Nation is the only Nation.
by oaklandSMASH on
Sep 17, 2008 10:37 PM PDT
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you can probably get mono at an orgy
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:39 PM PDT
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But going solo would be weird
[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo
by WaddellCanseco on
Sep 17, 2008 10:40 PM PDT
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Maybe he was the only human being there
baa baa
The Raider Nation is the only Nation.
by oaklandSMASH on
Sep 17, 2008 10:44 PM PDT
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Absolutely it's both
God is very very earthy
by LibrariAN on
Sep 17, 2008 10:26 PM PDT
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God is a hippie?
The Raider Nation is the only Nation.
by oaklandSMASH on
Sep 17, 2008 10:33 PM PDT
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If so, he must have been asleep last week
when the Berkeley oak grove came down…
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on
Sep 17, 2008 10:44 PM PDT
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God loves his Cal football
So he isn’t a hippie
The Raider Nation is the only Nation.
by oaklandSMASH on
Sep 17, 2008 10:45 PM PDT
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God loves Cal football?
Please explain last Saturday.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on
Sep 17, 2008 10:50 PM PDT
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De Lawd slept-in.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on
Sep 18, 2008 10:01 AM PDT
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God was weeping then
Were you there, did you see it? So sad and depressing.
by LibrariAN on
Sep 18, 2008 3:09 PM PDT
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Not if you're a Cal football fan
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on
Sep 18, 2008 4:13 PM PDT
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At least we don't have to see Ziggy give up another homer until, like, 2011.
Right?
by mikev on
Sep 17, 2008 10:28 PM PDT
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Not until he changes his delivery again
The next one he gives up will probably be lefty.
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:29 PM PDT
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Has Franky ever celebrated a save so hard that he's punched his oncomming catcher in the face?
facepalm.jpg
by Zonis on
Sep 17, 2008 10:21 PM PDT
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Imagine if that was the last game of the season and Frankie needed one save for the
record and that happened.
Now that I would pay 1,000 bucks to see in person.
I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production
by Trainman on
Sep 17, 2008 10:22 PM PDT
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Make it tied in the AL West standings and I'll pony up $2,000
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by Nico on
Sep 17, 2008 10:23 PM PDT
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So here's what happened to me
I turned off the game after Ziggy gave up the bomb to Teixeira and threw the remote down.
I stomped downstairs to start unloading the dishwasher. I paused for a second and thought, you know what, a hard core fan doesn’t give up and I’m not a sulking baby like K-Rod. So I turned the game back on to see Barton’s base hit and the idiotic play that let him advance to second.
The rest was just awesome. I had to stifle my screams of joy because my daughter had just been put to bed.
by Blez on
Sep 17, 2008 10:24 PM PDT
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Good man
Most importantly, how’s the remote?
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by Flashfire on
Sep 17, 2008 10:26 PM PDT
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Just came open and the batteries hit the wall
I was frankly surprised that I cared that much about a game that was essentially meaningless for this team. Apparently I care a lot whenever the team plays the Angels regardless of record.
by Blez on
Sep 17, 2008 10:52 PM PDT
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$1K
I paid that much to see the Rolling Stones.
I screamed tonight like I scream for them.
by LibrariAN on
Sep 17, 2008 10:24 PM PDT
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Off to bed
10:30 already. Time flies when you having fun.
by LibrariAN on
Sep 17, 2008 10:32 PM PDT
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baltimore chop
Pennington said in the postgame interview that he deliberately chopped it because the Angels had the wheel play on. The odds of executing a chop that perfectly can’t be high, but he did it. If it hadn’t hit the plate, it still probably would have gotten the runner to third, depending on how the A’s have their grass cut.
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Sep 17, 2008 10:34 PM PDT
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leave it to the minor league September call-up...
I doubt he had the green light from Geren.
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by FoolshGame22 on
Sep 17, 2008 10:37 PM PDT
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DFA!
[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo
by WaddellCanseco on
Sep 17, 2008 10:39 PM PDT
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Buan has Lackey on the radio
That is really reaching the bottom of the barrell.
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by Trainman on
Sep 17, 2008 10:43 PM PDT
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Buan must not want any more bay area listeners
The Raider Nation is the only Nation.
by oaklandSMASH on
Sep 17, 2008 10:46 PM PDT
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WTF? Why?
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by Flashfire on
Sep 17, 2008 10:50 PM PDT
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Haha! Fangraph!

Pennington with a +.494 WPA, and K-Rod with a -.791. Jesus.
by danmerqury on
Sep 17, 2008 11:13 PM PDT
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My joy displayed in mathematics

glainvin
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by oaklandSMASH on
Sep 17, 2008 11:18 PM PDT
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I wish the Dow had looked like that today...
I wouldn’t be a totally broke soon-to-be father of two, in that case. Depression. And, that does have a double meaning.
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