Brett Jackson to Cubs by Sept. 1?

[Rob]

You mean to tell me you find it outside the realm of possibility that a young kid who likes math... a kid who is calculating his own BA and OBP and Slugging from little league games... didn't notice that guys with a bunch of home runs had a slugging percentage about .200-.250 points higher than their batting average and guys who didn't hit home runs had a much lower difference? That the very idea a kid might notice such a thing is so unrealistic that you can determine that nobody did that?

 

Nah. You guys can't say that. You're just being jerks to be jerks.

 

Sorry about the word nobody. I'm sure one out of every 500 kids may have looked at it once. The number may have grown for kids of the 2000s, with all the information about stats readily available to everybody. But the vast, vast, vast majority of kids never looked at a baseball card and subtracted AVG from SLG to determine which players were power hitters.

 

Again, because I feel the need to say this one more time... I never did that to determine anything. I simply noticed the correlation.

 

The thing I took issue with was hawkeyecub calling me a liar. For something so plausible (even if somewhat rare), I don't take kindly to accusations.

 

You suggested I didn't understand basic math at a young age. I don't take kindly to accusations. That is extremely offensive. You're just being a jerk to be a jerk.

 

God, please deliver unto me imb! I think I deserve a better nemesis than this.

[flyseye]

I don't care about the math stuff. I just really want to know why Garwilly was playing with his baseball cards in the attic.

[Garwilly]

I don't care about the math stuff. I just really want to know why Garwilly was playing with his baseball cards in the attic.

 

It was a finished upstairs area, and because I could leave my crap scattered and know it wouldn't be messed with.

[SpongeWorthy]

I can't be the only who thinks the way the phrase "extremely offensive" is being used in this thread is hilarious.

[flyseye]

I don't care about the math stuff. I just really want to know why Garwilly was playing with his baseball cards in the attic.

 

It was a finished upstairs area, and because I could leave my crap scattered and know it wouldn't be messed with.

 

Thanks Garwilly. I was forming a really bizarre picture in my mind over that one.

 

" Garwilly, go to the attic !! "

 

"No, no please, not the attic !! "

[Garwilly]

I don't care about the math stuff. I just really want to know why Garwilly was playing with his baseball cards in the attic.

 

It was a finished upstairs area, and because I could leave my crap scattered and know it wouldn't be messed with.

 

Thanks Garwilly. I was forming a really bizarre picture in my mind over that one.

 

" Garwilly, go to the attic !! "

 

"No, no please, not the attic !! "

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/Hugo_Simpson.png

[hawkeyecub]

I can't be the only who thinks the way the phrase "extremely offensive" is being used in this thread is hilarious.

 

You're not.

[hawkeyecub]

You mean to tell me you find it outside the realm of possibility that a young kid who likes math... a kid who is calculating his own BA and OBP and Slugging from little league games... didn't notice that guys with a bunch of home runs had a slugging percentage about .200-.250 points higher than their batting average and guys who didn't hit home runs had a much lower difference? That the very idea a kid might notice such a thing is so unrealistic that you can determine that nobody did that?

 

Nah. You guys can't say that. You're just being jerks to be jerks.

 

Sorry about the word nobody. I'm sure one out of every 500 kids may have looked at it once. The number may have grown for kids of the 2000s, with all the information about stats readily available to everybody. But the vast, vast, vast majority of kids never looked at a baseball card and subtracted AVG from SLG to determine which players were power hitters.

 

Again, because I feel the need to say this one more time... I never did that to determine anything. I simply noticed the correlation.

 

The thing I took issue with was hawkeyecub calling me a liar. For something so plausible (even if somewhat rare), I don't take kindly to accusations.

 

You suggested I didn't understand basic math at a young age. I don't take kindly to accusations. That is extremely offensive. You're just being a jerk to be a jerk.

 

God, please deliver unto me imb! I think I deserve a better nemesis than this.

 

Look at your reactions in this thread. You are not ready for a nemesis.

[Ram1380]

Obviously, most of you never played this as kids:

 

http://www.strat-o-matic.com/

 

 

 

 

 

Sixto Lezcano!!

[Tracer Bullet]

 

God, please deliver unto me imb! I think I deserve a better nemesis than this.

 

Look at your reactions in this thread. You are not ready for a nemesis.

 

alright - everyone take a step back from the ledge and go back to subtracting fractions.

[Tracer Bullet]

I thought GWRBI was the coolest when I first started collecting.

 

THEY WERE CLUTCH!!!

[pccubfan]

Obviously, most of you never played this as kids:

 

http://www.strat-o-matic.com/

 

When I began playing this two sixes was an automatic home run. Time passed and I came back to the game and all of a sudden you wanted two ones for the automatic home run. My world was turned upside down. :D

[TruffleShuffle]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_935wAgojuqw/SYp75VGZVzI/AAAAAAAAArM/VSHcXUseLrI/s400/86+topps+back.jpg

 

man look at that year he had in 1982 as a 20 year old in AA. i'd have to change my pants if the cubs had a prospect like that.

[imb]

I can't be the only who thinks the way the phrase "extremely offensive" is being used in this thread is hilarious.

 

i assumed it was a joke or something

 

i hope it was serious though

[hawkeyecub]

I can't be the only who thinks the way the phrase "extremely offensive" is being used in this thread is hilarious.

 

i assumed it was a joke or something

 

i hope it was serious though

 

Rob was extremely offended.