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  1. TruffleShuffle
    that would be a God-awful deal for the twins.
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    jeez kurt thomas is still playing??? i had no idea. shows how much attention i pay to the nba, especially during the regular season.
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    there are websites like fangraphs and baseball prospectus - i'm sure davearm has these bookmarked and visits them daily - which attempt to quantify player value. my sense is that they take the amount that they calculate how much each team pays out in salary, then how much they pay per win, and then evaluate players on how many "wins above replacement player" they provide. that's a reasonable way of attempting to determine a player's value. what's not reasonable is to expect a player to pay for himself by ticket sales and merchandise. by almost any measure, ted lilly was a bargain for the cubs at $10m a year, but probably like 12 people bought ted lilly sherseys or said "boy i want to go to this game because ted lilly is pitching." the vast majority of money the team makes is because of its brand and the popularity of baseball. that's common sense.
  4. TruffleShuffle
    so basically don't sin anyone for more than the major league minimum.
  5. TruffleShuffle
    ugh don't let the pujols thread get davearmed too :(
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    so there is just a tacit understanding between nba executives and officials that they shouldn't completely throw the game for the bulls, but if it's a close game, then probably swing it their way. also, i take it that the nba didn't care much about making money on high-profile series like celtics-heat and lakers-mavs, since it let both of those series end quickly, and neither of the teams that went out early had any appreciable advantage in officiating.
  7. TruffleShuffle
    my favorite squadron is the ny mets!
  8. TruffleShuffle
    WHO CARES
  9. TruffleShuffle
    you don't think it's more ridiculous? in the donaghy situation, he was calling games a certain way to improve his lifestyle. that's very easy to believe. what you're talking about involves at least one person, and probably multiple people, high up in NBA management telling three referees to call the game a certain way so that the series might go an extra game or two. the upside to the referees is nothing - there's actually a downside because people see them all favoring one particular team and their reputations are damaged. plus you're assuming that none of the refs and management types are honest whistle-blowers who would have a problem with a league-mandated conspiracy to unfairly influence games. i'm pretty sure the upside of the league squeezing an extra game of widely-watched basketball is outweighed by the downside of a david stern and a few referees possibly going to jail and the nba losing all credibility/possibly going backrupt.
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    you really think the nba is telling referees to call the game a certain way so that the series goes as long as possible? remove tin foil hat please.
  11. TruffleShuffle
    are the home/road splits always so dramatic in the EPL? man u was 18-0-1 at old trafford (+37 GD) versus 5-4-10 away (+4 GD). liverpool was 12-3-4 at anfield and 5-11-3 away. even the relegated teams were tough to beat at home.
  12. TruffleShuffle
    ugh justin berg again? he's like herpes, can't get rid of him.
  13. TruffleShuffle
    that's because you're all bulls fans.
  14. TruffleShuffle
    peter bourjos and jedd gyorko, let's do it.
  15. TruffleShuffle
    for some reason i thought the mets' record was much worse than it is. i guess i stopped paying attention when they were 4-11 or whatever in april.
  16. TruffleShuffle
    if you look at it purely based on what type of revenue pujols will generate, then yes it's probably a loser. pujols isn't likely to singlehandedly generate $300m in revenue or whatever for the cubs, since the club is already popular and plays in a landmark, so they'll draw a decent crowd even if they stink. plus they have pretty good media revenue. but yeah, most players except for young inexpensive guys will look like money-losers under this microscope. is carlos pena generating $10m in revenue by himself this year? are people buying $6m in tickets and t-shirts because of matt garza? highly unlikely. but the franchise makes enough money to afford these things. looking at every signing from a "how much money will he generate" would lead to a $10 million payroll and a team that loses 100+ games, but hell they'd turn mega profits.
  17. TruffleShuffle
    Not blue enough. CT blue himself a lot back then.
  18. TruffleShuffle
    he's hitting for an anomalously high average that's supported by good luck on balls in play. look at previous years; he didn't hit that well for average.
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    http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/tabid/7155/newsid/114480/Default.aspx awesome... west coast is back! before this season it looked like west coast's game at collingwood next week would be a complete joke, but now west coast has been very strong the last couple of weeks and is playing like a finals (top 8) club. would be great to beat those frickin 'pies next weekend!
  20. TruffleShuffle
    his babip is almost .400. no idea about his LD rate and i guess he's pretty fast plus it's the minor leagues (bad fielding), so his babip should be a little higher than normal, but i suspect the main reason he's hitting .300 is luck on balls in play. he hasn't shown the ability to hit for high average in the past and i doubt that skill has just developed now.
  21. TruffleShuffle
    it's probably the new swing/stance combined with confidence. and, of course, lots and lots of steroids. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/is-jose-bautistas-leap-unprecedented/
  22. TruffleShuffle
    there's a minor leaguer i'd like to add but he doesn't seem to be in the system, how do i acquire him?
  23. TruffleShuffle
    that's weird that he didn't miss many bats because he actually did better striking people out than in most of his outings this year.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    pretty good outing for rhee - 4.1 ip, 3 h, 0 r, 2 bb, 2 k. junior lake is 2-3 with a double... he gets extra credit because it's off shelby miller, who's a top 20 prospect in baseball (10 K's in 6 IP today and 69 K's in 46 IP on the year). tennessee has scored a bunch of runs, no vitters in the lineup though. lemahieu is 2-4 with a triple, flaherty 2-3 with a double and a walk. beliveau continues to get people out - 2.0 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 bb, 1 k. his numbers in tennessee - 8.2 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 1 hr, 3 bb, 14 k. probably time that he starts being taken seriously as a prospect.
  25. TruffleShuffle
    not detroit, they're a well-run and successful organization. we'll take columbus.
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