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  1. TruffleShuffle
    venters with a nice microcosm of the braves season; play well most of the way and then choke at the very end.
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    throw strikes you dick
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    red sox-o's are in a rain delay at the 7th inning stretch. doesn't look like something that will last longer than an hour or two. wonder what would happen if it were a situation where it was likely to pour all night... i guess they'd have to call the game, but boy would that piss some tampa people off (assuming that tampa fans exist) also, david ortiz slid headfirst into second base and his pants fell down. http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg814/scaled.php?tn=0&server=814&filename=ysen.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640
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    :?: detroit and dallas play every year on thanksgiving, but they play other teams. *gazes at the screen blankly* I, uh, pretty much completely borked that one. it's ok, we all pull a bum every now and then. the important part is that you admitted your mistake, rather than telling us that your professor assigned a 90 page paper on the cowboys-lions thanksgiving rivalry, and you talked to senator tom delay to get some further information on the subject.
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    I was a huge fan of Alou's but a lot of people's perception of him was tainted by how bad he was that first year with the Cubs and he had been touted as such a big signing. 2003 was also well below those numbers he was putting up in his peaks years of 1997-2001, plus he was always so dicey in the field and was a monster on the basepaths. he really wasn't very good in 2003 either. from age 31 to age 40, his three worst OPS+ years were the three years he played for the cubs. that [expletive] pisses me off.
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    tampa is down 7-0 to the yankees, so it's probably up to boston-baltimore.... that one is 3-2.
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    why is koyie hill playing? let clevenger play. quade is a dick.
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    (a) hamels would be pitching tuesday; pitching today puts him on his normal four days rest. he probably won't be too worn out from the grueling 50 pitches or whatever he throws tonight. (b) there's also something to be said for playing the team with 5 or 6 fewer wins and zero ace pitchers.
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    cards will lead 27-0 after the first inning on 28 singles and a double.
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    well the astros have basically already lost, it's 4-0 and they might score more in the first inning. plus they have no good players.
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    the phillies pretty much have in their regular lineup, except mayberry in cf instead of victorino. wtf. at least fat joe blanton is starting.
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    The really amazing thing about that 1995 AL season was on August 20th, the Angels were 63-38, the Rangers were 54-47 and the Yankees were 51-50. And the Mariners won the AL West. The Yankees? they were the wild card, beating out the AL west loser (which turned out to be the angels, after losing a one-game playoff with the m's) by a game.
  13. TruffleShuffle
    huh i foolishly assumed that chen had been lousy since he always has been and he has pitched for basically every organization in professional baseball. turns out he's been pretty average the last couple of years.
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    Atlanta: http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/National/NLEastern/Atlanta_ChanceWillMakePlayoffs.html 99.64% on August 25th Boston: http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/American/ALEastern/Boston_ChanceWillMakePlayoffs.html Strangely enough, Boston's chances also peaked on the same day, when they hit 99.90% on August 25th. nate silver did an article about the biggest collapses in baseball history when he was still with BP... the 1995 angels had the biggest choke, because on august 20th they led their division by 9.5 games and led the next-closest wild card contender by 12 games. they were 99.988% likely to make the playoffs, or 8,332-to-1 to miss it. the 2007 mets ended up blowing the division, and were 99.8% likely to make it. i don't think there were teams with odds that high in 2008, 2009 or 2010 that blew it, so the red sox would be the second-worst choke in MLB history. the braves would be #4 or #5, depending on whether the red sox miss out (the braves would also trail the infamous 1951 dodgers).
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    bruce chen is a type B FA but carlos pena might not be??? great system.
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    i don't know who the PBP guy, but i've heard some of grace's announcing, and half the time it makes me want to punch him in the face.
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    props for taking the high road, tree
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    congrats on your $100 win ssr
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    man, i have to say, i didn't see this coming from ian kennedy. i know his minor league numbers were pretty amazing, but the scouting reports weren't all that glowing, and i figured he was an advanced college arm who wouldn't be as good at higher levels. i thought he'd be a solid mid-rotation guy, but not a cy young contender.
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    yeah i think i've been amazed like 3 separate times when i've heard how few RBIs byrd has. i know he was hurt for a while, but he's had almost 500 plate appearances and has batted in the middle of the lineup for most of the year! i guess it's a combo of bad hitters in front of him and (moreso) complete incompetence with runners on base.
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    The same reason I watch any documentary about something that interests me. The Cubs interest me. Baseball interests me. Baseball history interests me. This isn't Ken Burns baseball. You lived through it. I was alive when they fixed the Hubble telescope, when Jordan played AA baseball, and when 9/11 happened. Should I not watch documentaries about those things? you should only watch loose change
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    ludwick had 11 before being traded (he's now at a robust 13)
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    in the AL i'd be fine with one. in the NL, i hope the braves win and the cards lose 35-0. and then tony larussa steps on a land mine.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    hopefully garza stays in and throws 130+ pitches; this game thread might get to 5 pages after the resultant bickering.
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    some guy named allen craig, who has an ops near .900, just homered for stl. 12-6 now. i'd guess the phillies will be playing a lineup of complete bums tomorrow against atlanta, to rest up for the playoffs. the astros will field a lineup of bums because they have no good players.
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