DLD: 3/8 - Keith Law watches an A's game
by Brett Narloch on Mar 8, 2011 7:09 AM PST
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I didn't think this article alone was worthy of a FanPost, and I don't think there are enough DLDs, so I'll combine the two.
Keith Law (subscription required) had this to say about a few of the A's he watched:
Joey Devine hasn't appeared in a big league game since the end of 2008, missing two years due to Tommy John surgery, and his appearance on Monday made it look like he's a long way from getting back.
DLS - I do think he has promise as a reliever, but he could easily be Jesus Colome, tantalizing with plus stuff but never commanding it enough to be an elite closer or setup guy.
Grant Green - Shortstop can't be his long-term position, and I'd really like to see him in centerfield where his speed will play up while his inadequacies in the infield won't be such a problem.
I didn't copy and paste much of what he wrote, so I hope I'm not breaking any rules.
Peter Gammons thinks Michael Choice is going to be a monster.
This is from a week ago, but Tollefson was outrighted to AAA. I guess that means Pennington will be back.
Duchscherer will be starting for the Orioles today.
Dump away!
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Good thing I saw this before I posted my own
thanks for doing this, BN!
More linkage:
Good article on Brian Fuentes’ background
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 8, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
I was disappointed that Keith Law is now on the Baseball Today podcast.
I find his work dull and he takes himself very seriously and he and Karabell see the game the same way which doesn’t make for a good show.
But seriously, folks....
good, I'm not the only one who laments his addition
Seth really grew on me, because he and Karabell always argued. I think I’d rather have Pod Vader as the co-host than Law.
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 8, 2011 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah I grew to like Seth as well
You need two guys who see the game differently for the show to work. Maybe Law will surprise me and lighten up but I don’t feel real hopeful about it.
But seriously, folks....
it needs some top 10 lists
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needs moar lists
Plus, we should both rec it.
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 8, 2011 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 8, 2011 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
BARELY KNEW HER
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Zooey Deschanel!
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by ChickenStanley on Mar 8, 2011 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
Arkansas Weather Update
Hail….Damaging winds….Thunder Storms….Certain Death
But seriously, folks....
And just yesterday you were griping about Alaska.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
and the answer is Justin Duchscherer
But seriously, folks....
by B.E.D. on Mar 8, 2011 9:51 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 8, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
2 innings one walk no stickouts
I am only pretty on the outside
dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot," or "Gambit"
I'm getting excited for my Spring Training trip.
I keep looking at my Google map I have set up. Can’t wait.
Crazy Mother-in-Law Stories?
I’m a longtime lurker and occasional poster, but thought I might create a new user name to get a little bit of anonymity just in case…
So I’ve got a crazy mom, and so my fiancee is looking at a pretty dire MIL situation. Now, I’m sure everyone thinks their mom/MIL is crazy, but I’ve always felt that mine was a special kind of crazy. It’s gotten to the point where it dominates a lot of our conversations with our friends, so I started a quick and dirty blog about it so that our friends can catch up on it without us having to repeat the stories ad naseum.
The fiancee’s in a bit of a moral quandry here, though – since I post some of the exact emails that my mom has sent (albeit redacted, again for anonymity). I just wanted to poll the community to get your opinion if I’m just being plain mean and that we’re heading down a path where our families will be irreparably hurt/angry? (and keep in mind, my mom is plenty mean herself in all that craziness)
I don’t want to seem like I’m self-promoting, so I won’t post a link unless I’m asked…
in my defense...
The stories are so far out there that they’re ridiculously funny.
the "telling funny stories to your friends / hurting your wife and extended family" ratio seems off
I don’t really see the upside aside from a few jokes, and the downside is that you make your wife choose between you and her mother…
I think he said that it is HIS mother that is the problem, not her mother.
by Billy Frijoles on Mar 8, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Ah, I missed that.
That’s significantly less bad. I still think it’s a bad idea though.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
totally...not worth putting this stuff into writing ever.
I wouldn’t even forward an email or write an email about it. That shit will get you later. Best to repeat the stories verbally ad nauseam, if you feel the need to get it off your chest.
by Billy Frijoles on Mar 8, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Change a few things and write it as fiction would be my advice.
But seriously, folks....
by B.E.D. on Mar 8, 2011 9:57 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Unless your blog is private and inaccessible to anyone
without the password, this sounds like a very very bad idea to me.
And I say this as someone who has experience with crazy relatives and generally thinks talking about things is a good thing.
You will regret this.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
by iglew on Mar 8, 2011 10:21 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
agreed, totally
little to be gained, much to be lost.
think evel knievel – feels really cool while you’re in the air, hurts when you crash
Is it spring yet?
by eastcoasta'sfan on Mar 10, 2011 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Step lightly
I know someone who put together a one man show about his dad (levels of craziness that just HAVE to match your mom) – it was gripping and emotional in parts, but incredibly hurtful to his mom, uncle, and some siblings – they just didn’t see the need for all of this to be part of a comedy act (dad is deceased). Therapeutic for him, but also selfish to do his therapy in public. He’s now blogging about raising his kids – funny stuff, but I also wonder whether they are going to love their early lives being part of the historical record?
not sure who to reply to but
don’t stand up comedians do this all the time? I could see someone getting their feelings hurt, I wonder how many comedians cath true grief for their acts?
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That's what I was thinking
Plus – I do actually redact the emails and the names/places so it remains in relative anonymity. I suppose if you really wanted to be a detective, you could figure out who I was (and thus, the crazy mom/MIL). I guess immediate family would know who I was also, and so far we’ve been trying not to tell my fiancee’s family exactly how crazy my mother is.
But I suppose I got a universally negative response that was shared with my fiancee, so for the time being, I’ve made it require user registration to view anything while we discuss it.
Not to mention, like, Eminem
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
Are you an International?
If not, it’s not your day. Sorry.
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Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
VORP? it's like saying whazzup. sure, people still do it, but it's sooooo 2003
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I want a stat that's abbreviated nanoo nanoo
I remember the day after Mork and Mindy premiered half the girls in the 6th grade came to school with our hair like Mindy’s. And that’s the end of today’s reminiscenses of an old crone…
I have no idea what that means
I’ll stick with FIP and VORP if you don’t mind.
But seriously, folks....
too bad that they'd notice my absence
guess i’ll be good and stay
i’ll think of other rebellious things to do later
Couple A's links:
Baseball Prospectus – The 1910s Philadelphia A’s Secret to Success: OBP (and Grit)!
Interesting bit of history.
BtBS – In Motion: The Rise of the Rays and Fall of the A’s, 2001-2010
This link is really, really awesome. Play around with the interactive dohickey at the end.
Is that chart telling us anything new?
What am I not seeing? Winning teams score more runs than they allow, I think we know that now.
The point of the article is to show you a different way to represent data.
You can change the settings to see different things. Size of circle and colors to represent wins, payroll, league, etc. Did you get a chance to play with it?
What is important is that you aren’t looking at a spreadsheet or a static graph. You’re watching how the teams change throughout the decade. Literally watching them change with one click.
by LoneStranger on Mar 8, 2011 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
I did play with it, guess it's just not meant for me
I think might be interesting to present other data in this fashion, RS/RA isn’t doing it for me. I already knew the A’s progress over the decade and that the Kansas City dot was never going to change color and the Rockies were going to be in the top right.
Sometimes you don't see what you expect to see.
If you never examine what you think you know, you’ll never know if it’s not (completely) true.
by LoneStranger on Mar 8, 2011 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
All the hardcore Scrabble nerds
buy the tiles where the letter isn’t indented into the tile, so that you can’t try to feel for a blank while scrabbling in the bag.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
All the hardcore Scrabble nerds
Have a random tile dispenser that automatically gives you a new tile each time so you don’t have to reach into a bag.
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BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Ooh, I've never seen that.
I haven’t been on the circuit for more than a decade. Is this a new gizmo?
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I have absolutely no idea.
But you’d think someone would have, no?
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Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Oh, I thought you were serious.
Scrabble tile dispenser sounds impractical to me. I have heard some talk about getting a tumbler like they use for raffles, and use it for tiles in games like Carcassonne, Ra, etc, but I don’t know anyone who has actually done it.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I like Google but I don't like Picasa
all this stuff is still too hard to use.
But seriously, folks....
As usual, hearing Keith Law slag someone actually makes me like them more
I view him as “predictably off,” in the same way that you can make some use of a clock which consistently runs at 5/6 of correct speed (not a made-up example).
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
Wouldn't that clock just keep getting more and more wrong, and less and less predictable.
My brain might be able to keep up with the calculations for a day or two, but then the whole thing falls apart.
Ah. ISWYDT.
"As the tag line of my favorite dirty joke would have it: 'Keep your hat on. We could wind up miles from here.'" ~Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus
Yes
I spent a semester living in Japan, where the voltage in their power sockets is different from what it is here. Waking up at the right time was more or less a math problem each night.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
To me, doing a math problem a night seemed easier than trying to figure out where the hell to get an alarm clock in a Japanese department store
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
That says something about you.
I’m not sure what,
but it definitely says something.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 10, 2011 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
Does it say something about me that
I would be the same way? I’ve never been to Japan, but I’d totally rather do the math problem every day than deal with the foreign store. I think many of us would.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
me too
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 10, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
I figured out what it says.
It says that you guys don’t like shopping in a foreign market with foreign money while not speaking the language.
I, on the other hand, think that it would be lots of fun. I love going to the little ethnic markets where they don’t speak much English and finding weird things to eat and buy.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 10, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Oh I spoke the language well enough
I’m sure I could have found one if I had tried to. I could have asked someone.
However, a. I generally don’t like dealing with salespeople, b. I definitely don’t like dealing with overly bubbly Japanese salespeople, and c. I probably would have spent way too much money anyway.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
I'd buy online.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Put part of going to Japan would be to experience things, right?
Think of the “Trying to find an alarm clock in the department store” story you wouldn’t be able to tell.
by LoneStranger on Mar 10, 2011 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder if there's a distinct Japanese word or words for "alarm clock"
If not, it would be “aramu krocku”
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 10, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
aramu kuroku
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
I have plenty of "trying to find/get xyz" stories from Japan... frankly, adding another one would have been of pretty limited value
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
It's called a power inverter
from their 50 Hertz to our 60 Hertz (cycles per second) and vice-versa.
Most people plan for it, buy the inverter, before they leave for a “220 volt” country.
So established, it’s an industry:
http://www.110220volts.com/Power/Voltage+Converters.html?gclid=CL2Cl6fYyqcCFQoTbAodIW47DA
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by One won lost won on Mar 12, 2011 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
So you think Green is gunna be just fine as a SS?
Or Devine & DLS are gunna be monsters this year?
I’m hoping all 3 and a Choice monster, FTW.
I think DLS is going to be good, for sure
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
DLS's velocity looks great in ST
Command isn’t there yet. But monster movement on his off-speed stuff, and I overheard his fastball clocked at 98.
Where's he going to start out?
Please say Sacramento.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 10, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
I'm curious
I have read some Keith Law, but not a lot because I don’t subscribe to insider. What is the calibration that you apply to his scouting reports?
Little to none.
He basically sees a player once, makes a decision based on that one time, and never changes his mind.
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My thoughtful watermelon is easily mistook for an early American catapult.
I read a ton of his stuff
And while I disagree a lot, that’s not at all fair to him.
"Some field has fences, and sometime, the field cant hold a player, but most of the time, a field cant hold Domingo"
www.domingobeisbol.com/Domingo/Home.html
But he's not fair to players himself
so being unfair to him is actually meta-fair.
Or at least karmically justified.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
by PaulThomas on Mar 11, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If player is toolsy but sucks, discount praise
If player is skillsy (hey, that’s a good one— I’ll have to keep it) and good, discount criticism.
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
That Tolleson link is from 1/28/11
He’s in camp as a non-roster invitee. He’s still with the club as far as I can tell.
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I'm pretty sure he said TolleFson
who clearly must be someone other than Tolleson
I got nothin'
by OptimistPrime on Mar 8, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
For Shoes/any Alexi Murdoch fans out there
First Listen: Alexi Murdoch “Towards the Sun”
out today!
All flash no substance hair twirler.
just downloaded the album!
Also, more Adele. I’m kind of obsessed now.
by whiteshoes40 on Mar 9, 2011 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
i'm fully obsessed with Adele. which makes it all the more awesome that i'm going to her show at the warfield in june.
also becoming obssessed with leona lewis. what a freaking voice.
the best thing i can say about adele is that i prefer to listen to her live performances. same is true of leona lewis.
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that's the best.
Shoes, you gotta check out this live version of “All My Days” which I am obsessed with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=c4Xtil6p2UU
All flash no substance hair twirler.
um, that's a youtube link...isn't that some sort of personal code of conduct violation?
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it doesn't bug me. youtube linky's bug you. the irony is DEEP
personally, I.BLAME.PAM
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Us YouTube haters are allowed to
make exceptions for specific things. For me it’s classical piano performances.
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ooooh. awesome.
I like what he did with the ending.
by whiteshoes40 on Mar 9, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
yeah.
I think part of what I like about her album is that most of the songs sound like they could have been live performances — they don’t have the processed and manipulated sound that a lot of artists use on their albums. Her voice sounds so pure and real.
by whiteshoes40 on Mar 9, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Hey basketball fans and non-fans alike
I renewed the AN March Madness Pick ’em group this year.
It’s on yahoo:
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Rick Peterson on KNBR this morning
He is now working with Bloomberg sports and while talking about Lincicum he mentioned a stat that was relevant to AN’s discussions on Trevor Cahill.
Rick Peterson said that the leage average BABIP on pitches that are thrown low in the zone is just .220
He mentioned that Lincicum’s BABIP on balls he throws down in the zone is just .190 (I think). He believed some of Timmys struggles last year may have been Tim simply not hitting his spots low in the zone.
However, knowing that the league average BABIP is different depending on what spots a pitcher is able to consistantly hit, means that maybe Cahill can sustain a below average BABIP by keeping the ball down.
A lot of vitual ink has been spilt on this site regarding whether Cahill more “lucky” than “good.” And has attempted to define what might make Cahill different and hopefully able to sustain last years sucess.
Apparently Bloomberg is tracking pitch locations in ways that some of the metrics referenced on this site do not typically track.
Until Trevor show’s me otherwise I will continue to believe that he will continue to perform among the best pitchers in baseball. While everyone tries to figure out what he’s doing.
I wasn't sure where best to include this post
but figured this might interest other ANers, and DLD is always safe
Also, maybe I should mention, I’m a long time lurker at this site and have enjoyed the discussions which have helped me appreciate my A’s in new ways. This site has introduced me to sabremetrics, which addmittedly I’m just beginning to understand.
by Oaktown Shutout on Mar 9, 2011 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure how much that helps with prediction
I certainly would not be surprised that the BABIP was lower on balls down in the zone, but when trying to predict how Cahill will perform in the future, we need to know if he actually has an intrinsic skill at keeping the ball down in the zone, and whether it is repeatable. I’m mostly a hopeful agnostic on the Cahill issue, but I think in order to prove that he is an exception to the “rules” predicting pitcher success, I’m going to need a lot more than one season’s worth of data.
I also would love to see data regarding how many pitches Cahill throws low in the zone
especially comparred to the league average. If he is well below the average then I would say that maybe we’ve located an intrinsic skill that he at least has some hopes at repeating.
Obviously for any player who has only spent 1 full year in the bigs, we always want more data before predicting future success. However the same could be said of Gio or Brett. But many here expect Brett and Gio to be good because of thier FIP over 1+ year and are sceptical on Cahill given roughly the same amount of data (despite having arguably better success), for the reason that they value Ks as a better predicter
by Oaktown Shutout on Mar 9, 2011 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
but there was nothing outlier about brett's or gio's performances last year. even cahill's supporters expect him to regress because no sinkerball pitcher produces the kind of results that he did.
i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again, cahill is either a once in a generation talent or he got lucky last year (and that his real perf is closer to a 3.50-3.80 era pitcher). i’ll bet on the latter because betting on the former is just plain silly
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click on this link for more details on anderson vs cahill
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I'm very familier with and enjoyed both Nico and DFAs posts about Cahill
as a result of their posts and the conversation within the posts I will be watching Cahill even more closely this year.
However, and I may be mistaken, but from these conversations, I was under the impression that BABIP = luck.
Meaning that if the ball is put in play the result is more or less random. And that with few exceptions most pitchers have equal BABIP.
I also assumed that some hitters, by being great hitters may be able to increase thier BABIP by hitting the ball harder or staying in the middle of the field, ect.
Peterson’s comment helped change my view of BABIP from a pitchers standpoint. His exact quote was that “Over the past decade the league batting average on balls put in play on pitches that were thrown low in the zone is .220”
So for me this means that by having exceptional control a pitcher could lower thier BABIP as well.
Or in sum: BABIP does not always equal luck
by Oaktown Shutout on Mar 9, 2011 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
that hitters do better when the ball is up is not exactly news.
most pitchers do not have similar babips. pitching styles have similar babips. flyball pitchers are better able to sustain lower babips, groundball pitchers tend to have higher babips.
hitters have more control of babip than do pitchers.
i’ll repeat what i said earlier. his pitching style (meaning other superior groundball pitchers do not sustain similarly low babips). derek lowe had one season very similar to the year that cahill did. he never did it again.
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I do wonder what other data pitching coaches are looking at
But up and down in the zone contact is splitting the samples pretty small.
I am only pretty on the outside
dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot," or "Gambit"
especially since its just balls in play. you are correct sir.
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Well
He’s primarly a sinker/change pitchers I believe, so wouldn’t it make sense that he keeps the ball down more than a pitcher with a more power-oriented repertoire?
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I'm ready for lunch
I think pho is in my future this afternoon
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a minor benefit
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 9, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
We have pizza being delivered to the office in an hour.
by LoneStranger on Mar 9, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
We ordered them about an hour ago and scheduled it for 12.
Our lunches are scattered, and technically mine is at 11:30am, but I’ve been known to wait until 1pm depending on what I’m working on (or when I got into the office).
by LoneStranger on Mar 9, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
it looks like us jury cattle will be released in like 45 for lunch
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 9, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
They let you bring cell phones in the room?
by LoneStranger on Mar 9, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
They have wireless in here
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 9, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
welcome to 2006!
I am only pretty on the outside
dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot," or "Gambit"
if all else fails, I stole my GFs MiFi for the day
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 9, 2011 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
the two times i've served on a jury, we couldn't even bring books or our brief cases or anything. forget about a phone/pda
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I've got jury duty in a couple of weeks.
The few times I’ve had it, I’ve never been picked, and I’m quite sure I never will be.
All I have to do is tell the attorneys that I don’t believe in the prison-industrial complex and it’s bye-bye for me!
"You know what I love?....Winning!"- B.E.D., Charlie, The Reverend Billy Lard, and You!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 9, 2011 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
I flirted with the cute assistant DA last time and I was still picked
So much for that strategy
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 9, 2011 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
that's why she didn't strike you
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dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot," or "Gambit"
OMG
Need an AppleTV now:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/appletv.jsp?&vbID=appletv
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needs moar bacon
wonder if this will have better support and features than my Roku Box
Usually ROKU doesn’t go live until the 2nd month of the season.
I'll let you know in about a week when I pick one up
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 10, 2011 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
I think Nova22 has his radio show now
at KSCU
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I guess he is DJ Cody?
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 9, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
I am guessing
I don’t know him though.
I am only pretty on the outside
dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot," or "Gambit"
call and say what you're giving up for Lent, Ed
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 9, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
blaming pam?
I am only pretty on the outside
dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot," or "Gambit"
Nah, then you forfeit the rest of the month
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 9, 2011 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
he only has 40 minutes till the game starts for me to listen
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dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot," or "Gambit"
this is sort of cool music
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 9, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
The dj is doing a good joob
whether its Nova22 or not
I am only pretty on the outside
dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot," or "Gambit"
Noava22's real name is Cody, so I would assume it is him.
by LoneStranger on Mar 9, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
I thought it was Carlos?
"You know what I love?....Winning!"- B.E.D., Charlie, The Reverend Billy Lard, and You!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 9, 2011 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
HAHA brilliant
I see you driving
round town with the girl I love
and I'm like, haiku.
Anne Killion on SI.com about the A's
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/ann_killion/03/09/athletics.beane/index.html?eref=sihp
But seriously, folks....
Ugh.
Man, it’s hard to make me hate an article that praises the A’s…but she’s done it.
by danmerqury on Mar 9, 2011 4:55 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think the A's did admire what the giants did last year
have $40M in dead weight on their roster was truly inspired.
Yeah dan, one would think that a if you are getting paid as a writer, a little reading comprehension would be important. I must say I am ill prepared for the slew of terrible articles about how the A’s abandoned “moneyball”
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per slusser
#Athletics vs. #Royals Crisp CF, Barton 1B, Willingham LF, Matsui DH, Suzuki C, Kouz 3B, LaRoche 2B, Carson RF, Pennington SS, Anderson P
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Update from SSlusser's twitter
Barton scratched from today’s lineup with continued calf soreness. Timmons at 1b.
-Dan
RIP Daric
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 10, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
BlameKouzmaoffMonth
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I am going to post this in the DLD because I need to vent...
If I go out of the way to book a band to do them a favor, they should not email me the day of the show to tell me that they have to play first because they have to leave right afterwards. I hate bands that just want to play and not stick around to watch the other bands.
Also, I booked them as an acoustic duo, and they called me thee night before to tell me they’re a 5 piece, and they need monitors, and they absolutely can’t play without monitors.
I barely cobbled together a passable PA. I don’t have any f’n monitors. We sing through a bass amp at my practice space.
I mean, it’s a garage rock show at a pizza place, and these cats are acting like they’re ELP or Jethro Tull or something.
I’m thinking about kicking this band off the bill on general principles. Of course I blame Pam, also on general principles, but complaining isn’t going to get the job done.
Should I accomodate them, or kick them to the curb?
"You know what I love?....Winning!"- B.E.D., Charlie, The Reverend Billy Lard, and You!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 10, 2011 10:26 AM PST reply actions
can you replace them and/or give the other bands more time to play to cover it?
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Absolutely. My band is fully jam-capable outside our set list.
"You know what I love?....Winning!"- B.E.D., Charlie, The Reverend Billy Lard, and You!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 10, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
We're opening with a hip-hop/punk hybrid song about the history of metal...
and then go right into the song about Huell Hauser.
"You know what I love?....Winning!"- B.E.D., Charlie, The Reverend Billy Lard, and You!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 10, 2011 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Boot them.
They need a learn a lesson or two. Might as well start with someone they know.
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Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
Thank you for this advice, sincerely.
It’s what I’m thinking too, but I didn’t want to make any harsh judgements out of anger and risk making an enemy just because I’m pissed.
"You know what I love?....Winning!"- B.E.D., Charlie, The Reverend Billy Lard, and You!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 10, 2011 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Let them know about the original agreement and that you weren't able to accomodate them with such short notice.
And tell them maybe next time.
by LoneStranger on Mar 10, 2011 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
I gave them a hard in and an easy out.
They’re NOT playing first, period.
If they have a short set and the minimal setup we had talked about, they can play second, but they have to be offstage by 9:30 so we can go on at 9:45.
They’re thinking about it. I hope they withdraw. The house is already going to be packed without them anyway.
"You know what I love?....Winning!"- B.E.D., Charlie, The Reverend Billy Lard, and You!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 10, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
That's probably the best way to handle it.
They’ve got to be prepared to handle their own gigs and they shouldn’t commit to nights where they have other shit going on that might make them flake. It’s unprofessional.
Choosy Feebas choose Leopold Bloom nipples
Daring. Sensual. Invigorating. Squirrel.
BLOOM. For men.
If the eggs actually hatch I made more than a mistake, I made some scientifically impossible crime.
i'd let 'em stay but yell at 'em. oh and i'd definitley #blamepammonth
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Yeah, that's crap.
It’s not the venue’s responsibility to bring gear. If they have it, great, but if not, the band needs to be prepared. Cut ’em loose.
Unless it's a Brit band,
in which case kick them to the kerb.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
The Big Lead predicts the A's win the A.L. West
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/03/10/2011-mlb-preview-al-west/#more-83896
But seriously, folks....
So does The Big Lard.
"You know what I love?....Winning!"- B.E.D., Charlie, The Reverend Billy Lard, and You!
by Gaijin_Suketto on Mar 10, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
interesting observation on Santana
that he has had bad years after pitching 200 innings. Not that I think it means much. Just interesting.
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Chris Pratt (aka Hatty!) talks 'Moneyball'
So you go from Disgusting Donald to costarring with Brad Pitt in September’s Moneyball. How exciting was that?
By far the most intense acting experience I’ve ever had. It was like three months of really hardcore training. I lost a ton of weight. It’s a baseball movie. And I’m based off a real character, named Scott Hatteberg. It was the first time I’ve ever stretched my dramatic wings. So I think that I’m looking forward to seeing it. It was a great experience.
How did you get involved in that, seeing as you’re mostly a comedic actor?
I auditioned for it and then they said, you did fine but we think you’re too heavy for the role. So, unsolicited, I was like okay, then I’ll lose weight for the role.
You pulled a Christian Bale?
I did. I lost like 40 pounds. Finally after maybe three months of working out and dieting really hard I sent them a picture of the weight I lost and what I looked like, and they gave me the role. I really went out and earned it.
What kind of diet did you put yourself on?
I did a really strict, no alcohol, no sugar, no salt, no carbs, just all protein and fresh vegetables, small meals over the course of the day. It was awful.
I think Ray Fosse may have had a hand in developing one of these interview questions.
I've been enjoying Parks & Rec.
Too bad there’s not a new episode tonight.
by whiteshoes40 on Mar 10, 2011 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Better than The Office?
Or that fantasy league show you guys think is cool on FX?
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 10, 2011 3:28 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
"Power Hitting Co-Star???"
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new book on why Moneyball sucks
Link to another SB Nation blog
These authors still don’t get the message of Moneyball.
Enh,
it might very well be a decent book, just some publisher trying to cash in on the Moneyball hoopla by saying stupid things in a press release. Wouldn’t be the first time a publisher built up sensationalist straw men to make a book seem more controversial.
I would not blame the authors for anything without seeing the actual book. It’s possible they’re just as horrified.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Did you read the title?
"We don't want our people to be preoccupied with seminude, crazy men jumping up and down who are chasing an inflated object," said Sheik Mohamed Osman Arus, head of operations for the Hizbul Islam insurgent group.
Actually, I didn't.
I saw the title but not the subtitle.
I still wonder if that’s the publisher, though. I have a friend who writes books targeted at the political junkie audience, and the publishers are very eager for inflammatory titles.
I’m too busy to research further now. If the authors really are dicks about it, I’ll take your word for it. But I didn’t see conclusive evidence of such from Neyer’s column nor the press release.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Aren't short hops a totally expected and preferable way to field a ground ball?
so not really a random event?
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dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot," or "Gambit"
clearly you don't understand luck!
I’m fielding a team of 14 year old amputees, because you never know!
OK, I stand corrected.
This really is coming from the author then.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
it's always prudent to wait and see
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dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot," or "Gambit"
Maybe only mikev and I care about this, but...
MLB Network Launches on AT&T U-verse TV
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Official Athletics Nation Rotating Tagline Editor - Pam liked my old sig better.
My thoughtful watermelon is easily mistook for an early American catapult.
I already upped to the 300 pack
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by cuppingmaster on Mar 11, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
i did this morning
Official Athletics Nation Rotating Tagline Editor - Pam liked my old sig better.
My thoughtful watermelon is easily mistook for an early American catapult.
Can't find a good place to put this beautiful photo of Vic Power
So it goes here:
Yankee Stadium, May, 1955. Photo by Hy Peskin.
Ah those ol red n’ gray A’s! Doesn’t sound right does it? Neither does “Kansas City A’s” either. Just like if they left Oakland, it doesnt sound or look right. But this photo is a great piece of history.
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