A's Close to Signing Russ Springer

I’m not saying Devine and Ziegler might not be due for some regression or anything, but look at five sets of numbers here:

Player A: 45 2/3 IP, 23 H, 7 R, 3 ER, 49 K, 15 BB, 0 HR
Player B: 67 2/3 IP, 43 H, 13 R, 10 ER, 74 K, 18 BB, 5 HR
Player C: 69 2/3 IP, 58 H, 24 R, 18 ER, 77 K, 8 BB, 4 HR
Player D: 70 2/3 IP, 41 H, 11 R, 11 ER, 77 K, 6 BB, 4 HR
Player E: 59 2/3 IP, 47 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 30 K, 22 BB, 2 HR

It’s just one season, and they could both stand to cut their walk rates, but with that one season making up the bulk of Devine and Ziegler’s major league numbers, those could have the makings of two great relief pitchers.

I just think Brown will be better than you seem to. Bullpen depth makes me happy. The team has just 15 pitchers on the 40-man, and that seems very, very low. A one-year deal or one-year + team option with no buyout works for me.

which is less conspicuous for being more or less in line with most people’s political views here, whereas LCJ’s tends to stick out for the same reason, and also because he tends to hammer on the same note over and over…

And I won’t speak for xbx, though I think he agrees, but approximately 100% of the “political” commentary here of all stripes falls under your complaint #2, or so it seems to me.

But you know what I think that I am going to run along now. The temptation to repsond is just too much for me.

You did recall correctly — I did ban myself and I am going to do it yet again. I went back to that fanpost written by Blez and saw that I just could not let a political discussion go without engaging it.

Incidentially, my first post in that thread by time (not the first time my name will appear in the post, mind you) I linked to and quoted from an article that was very much on-topic for the thread…the discussion of the Internet and the good that has become of it for information sharing. It happened to be written by someone who dropped Milton Friedman’s name and because of that I was attacked for it.

Check it out! I thought I was sharing a quality article but because the article was written by someone who praise Friedman, I was criticized by Cutthemullet for being a one-trick pony. Silly me for trying to add to the discussion about the Internet and how it has lead to quality discussion through blogging-people and the feedback loops they give to one another.

So see you all later. I think I’ll sit out until the season starts and the lure of non-baseball related discussion is drowned out by good times and the sounds of “Play Ball!” Of course being the one-trick pony, single issue dude that I am, I’ll have to lie in the weeds or, at least, couch my true motivations until I have opportunities to pounce, right? And it’s not as though those opportunities to RESPOND to political discussion do not present themselves nearly every week. You know what, my spring training is going to consist of?…taking pitches in the back yard so I can learn to lay off them before I step back into this batter’s box.

But you do make some great points above and here (mainly because they were sort of flattering and not all that critical of me). I am leaving, still, but did want to respond to your reply to me first.

Toys. Home. Later.

made . It’s nice to see someone here who can admit when they have made a post that is unduly harsh. People are occasionally going to make little comments that have political undertones. Those should be tolerated. There are real people behind these machines with quirky personalities. Some of that should be allowed to show without people who feel differently about political stuff jumping down their throats. Community guidelines get broken all of the time on here and I think it’s a matter of degree. People need to pick the battles wisely. It would be different if you jumped down the throats of every guy (or gal) who posted political stuff but people only do it to the folks they disagree with which is pretty hypocritical. Anyhow kudos for taking the time to back down,74mk.