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  1. sneakypower
    yeah, they made him pretty unrealistically good; when i played with Michigan, he broke all kinds of yardage records for the winningest program in NCAA history, and broke the all-time QB rushing record too and he was able to orchestrate comeback wins going 80 yards in 20 seconds with no timeouts
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    http://media2.wxyz.com//photo/2013/04/23/Denard_covers_20130423124136_320_240.JPG makes my heart all aflutter
  3. sneakypower
    pretty disappointing start for the Tennessee pitching staff: Rhee, Zych, McNutt can't get any strikeouts, and Hendricks has lost his control
  4. sneakypower
    because we lost last night's game
  5. sneakypower
    bb-ref has him with 47 batted balls pulled: 18 (1.111 OPS) up middle: 15 (1.467 OPS) opp. field: 14 (.286 OPS) and fwiw, babip by batted ball types (approx. league average) LD: .444 (.730) GB: .105 (.240) FB: .077 (.150)
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    actually pretty amazed that wasn't a triple
  7. sneakypower
    OH HELL YES (now please hold this)
  8. sneakypower
    dammit dammit dammit
  9. sneakypower
    Votto's really spazzing out after these Ks
  10. sneakypower
    www.northsidebaseball.com/forum/viewtop ... &p=2821700 but yeah, if his babip matched his xbabip (.326), he'd have over a 1000 OPS right now
  11. sneakypower
    Are you really arguing that if a team doesn't have a decent chance to make the playoffs they shouldn't bother putting anything respectable out there in key positions? no we're arguing that if you're at very slim odds to seriously contend, you don't indiscriminately, irresponsibly throw money everywhere in the improbable hopes of defying the odds here's an exercise that'll make you feel more at peace: Travis Wood's outproduced CJ Wilson per bWAR since the start of last season; pretend to yourself that we're paying him $80M to do so and you'll feel much, much happier about management's level of devotion and effort similarly, when Rizzo produces similarly to Pujols & Fielder the next several years as he's projected to do, convince yourself that we're paying him $200-$250M to do so and you'll assuredly be pleased as punch about it
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    But every season is sacred. Of course your team has no chance of making the playoffs when you don't bother to bring in any cost certainty to highly variable spots. I HATE this logic which keeps getting repeated around here. Oh what, you wanted to sign that guy and improve by 4 wins? Whoopdee doo, now you won 65 games last year. You don't build a team by looking at your zIPS projection, and if win total < 75, don't try. ETA: And when arguing the point be sure to reference the worst contract at said position as your supporting evidence. the "cost certainty" is that you'll pay $5M-$5.5M per win, which when it could easily be argued we needed to add 30 wins to be actual contenders would have been utter lunacy to chase
  13. sneakypower
    amusingly he tanked the season, by just letting Hendry's shitty ass holdovers like Vitters, Clevenger, DeWitt, Jackson, Dolis, Raley, Coleman, Wells, Maine embarrass themselves i will give Hendry some credit when we draft Gray or Appel though, how does that sound
  14. sneakypower
    lol squandered those three have combined to be sub-replacement (per FG) for their careers in 778 PA i just squandered an empty yogurt container
  15. sneakypower
    That's great. Meanwhile, we're 66-114 with his teams. Give him credit for any individual move you want, but the sum total isn't good enough. by the same absurd simple-minded logic, he could have taken over in Atlanta, just sat around masturbating in his office all day while allowing the stacked roster he inherited to win ballgames and he'd be doing a great job; that you keep obsessing over such a stupid point only serves to further damage your credibility Soto, Castro, Barney, Samardzija. That's four right there. We also had a decent amount of homegrown bullpen and infield depth, both of which Epstein squandered. It's not a coincidence that those are now two of the weakest parts of the team. Hendry's Samardzija: 5.30 BB/9 - 4.54 FIP, 4.84 xFIP (86% of his innings in relief, no less) Theo's Samardzija: 2.82 BB/9 - 3.24 FIP, 3.29 xFIP but if you want to give Theo's administration no credit and call the 2011 version of him a finished product, go ahead, it only further proves how unwilling you are to be nuanced about topics like this
  16. sneakypower
    http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/4/19/4243352/marlins-offense-historically-bad-giancarlo-stanton
  17. sneakypower
    i don't really see why any picks would change if we were to restart this thing with like 3 days left
  18. sneakypower
    i don't have a direct line to Beinfest & Hill, but no, i don't believe any permutation of nine nondescript players will be enough to land Giancarlo Stanton
  19. sneakypower
    By my count, 19 of the 25 men on the current active roster were either acquired or promoted to the roster by the Epstein/Hoyer regime. It's time they start getting the credit for what's happening. absolutely, i'm perfectly willing to give them credit for turning two of Hendry's wild relievers, one of whom was/is terribly injury-prone, into arguably the most valuable 1B asset in baseball, and a front-line starter, and expediting a necessary painful rebuilding process total home-grown, competent, MLB-ready assets Theo inherited for the lineup and starting rotation: 2 (well, 3 if we want to count Soto) looking at the Braves from last year, i counted 12 looking at the Cards from last year, i got to 12 too and stopped that's how you win consistently, and thankfully Theo understands that
  20. sneakypower

    Week #4

    sneakypower replied to bukie's topic in Fantasy Sports

    there aren't very many teams still undefeated, are there
  21. sneakypower
    3-0 on the strength of Michael Cuddyer & Lance Berkman; surely a recipe for sustained success and i changed the team name & creepy throbbing purple head
  22. sneakypower
    whoa, DeShaies sees the future
  23. sneakypower
    gotta send Castillo to AAA now, too
  24. sneakypower
    Something you don't see everyday. http://i.imgur.com/3sp0t8B.jpg
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    2-0 Rizzos
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