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  1. sneakypower
    care to wager? this offer is open to the whole board. I'm not even close to taking it, but I am greatly disappointed with how this team has played in the last 2 weeks. EDIT: Especially considering our rotation, with Hill in flux and Marquis continuing to suck in short outings, a 2 week tailspin can mean worse things in the future chalk it up as a slump aramis isnt even around
  2. sneakypower
    care to wager? this offer is open to the whole board.
  3. sneakypower
    they should be one of the worst teams in the game, so i'm not too upset that they're overperforming and won't land an elite stud in the draft
  4. sneakypower
    what memo? sorry, joe morgan sent out the verbal memo in the first inning. he actually said "obviously it's beneficial for every hitter to get on base but it's more valuable for top of the order hitters to get on base" or something to that effect.
  5. sneakypower
    what memo?
  6. sneakypower
    stupid soto he threw the ball there so early the tag almost whiffed before the runner slid in
  7. sneakypower
    well if thats the way you meant it what a whiny and obnoxious thing to say we'll win the division by at least 5 games and the sniveling complainers such as yourself will bitch about every bad thing that happens on the way did you even read my post? Wow You have all the subtlety and reading comprehension of a Cro Magnon, hyuck hyuck yeah it's an incredibly moronic thing to say during the course of a baseball season "we're 3-7 in our last 10, if we keep at this pace we'll win 48 games!" if you're going to be ridiculous, why not just draw from a larger sample size and extrapolate our 18-12 record?
  8. sneakypower
    well if thats the way you meant it what a whiny and obnoxious thing to say we'll win the division by at least 5 games and the sniveling complainers such as yourself will bitch about every bad thing that happens on the way We probably will. But what should be an 80% chance is becoming a 70% chance because of general stupidity, and if we happen to see this season fall into that last 10%, people like yourself will say it was inevitable or something. i stand by my statements
  9. sneakypower
    well if thats the way you meant it what a whiny and obnoxious thing to say we'll win the division by at least 5 games and the sniveling complainers such as yourself will bitch about every bad thing that happens on the way
  10. sneakypower
    ridiculous and wrong
  11. sneakypower
    you'll probably see Atkins and Stewart manning 3rd and 2nd or vice versa
  12. sneakypower
    Lou has a pitching version of Felix Pie he's determined to screw up
  13. sneakypower
    So... basically what the zone rating stats said. but you treated it like a certainty that Theriot is now and forever henceforth will be a bad fielder.
  14. sneakypower
    oh, i'm no saber-hater. a person can't say a negative word about anything saber-related without being filed under "saber-hater"? talk about myopia. and i'm sure that's true that most of the people here watch the games. but watch them and allow yourself some subjectivity. formulate opinions. So you honestly watch Theriot play ss and come away thinking he is a good fielder? I don't think he is terrible, but it's fairly obvious that he doesn't have much in the way of range or arm. And I am sorry, but I'm pretty tired of the whole "watch the game" argument. It's a pretty cheap shot and its usually incorrect. last year i saw him as very adequate in the field, making up for lack of arm strength with sound fundamentals and decent range to his left, but this year he's been disappointing- most notably the past week & a half or so. but he's also making boneheaded mistakes on the bases, while his hitting has been terrific. it's really been bizarro-Theriot thus far.
  15. sneakypower
    oh, i'm no saber-hater. a person can't say a negative word about anything saber-related without being filed under "saber-hater"? talk about myopia. and i'm sure that's true that most of the people here watch the games. but watch them and allow yourself some subjectivity. formulate opinions.
  16. sneakypower
    well none of them have shown to be reliable or altogether very consistent so it'd kind of be cool to try watching some games and having a civil argument about defense using opinions. but it seems you and so many others are much more concerned with proving to everyone else how stupid they are for disagreeing with numerical manipulations masquerading as empirical proof. i can see it now, watching a ballgame "wow, what an incredible catch!" "...i'm going to have to see what dewan et. al has to say about it before i make any judgments"
  17. sneakypower
    it'd be as informative as people who hate him cherry picking stats to support their clearly biased stance. i'd like for you to show me where i advocated we "evaluate a player's defense based upon what the people who like him say." as you stated whilst making your ridiculous straw man argument.
  18. sneakypower
    that causes one to wonder what would cause a player to go from a top-5 defender one season to one of the worst in the league the following season? i have an idea and it involves relying on a defensive metric that considers yuniesky betancourt, bobby crosby and erick aybar dismal fielders. Your argument is pretty terrible, considering Theriot's defense is also criticized quite a bit from an observational perspective. then we can agree that RZR is a waste of time? i just found it ironic to cite a metric that had Theriot top-5 in the game last year to prove his worthlessness this year. the whole post was utterly rife with flawed logic. and furthermore to your point, Lord knows people here view Ryan Theriot with the utmost objectivity...
  19. sneakypower
    that causes one to wonder what would cause a player to go from a top-5 defender one season to one of the worst in the league the following season? i have an idea and it involves relying on a defensive metric that considers yuniesky betancourt, bobby crosby and erick aybar dismal fielders.
  20. sneakypower
    Ronny over Theriot is not a marginal difference. theriot has a .436 obp in the 2 spot im content with that
  21. sneakypower
    color me surprised
  22. sneakypower
    he won't lou prefers a guy he trusts to be #2 hitter lets all belabor the point anyways and moan about a non issue that would have very marginal effect
  23. sneakypower
    whoa his fastball is at 87
  24. sneakypower
    i'd take the 2nd guy, though the first might be a more valuable player of the two if he's in the leadoff spot. i see more value in driving in and advancing all the extra runners. the difference would still probably be too marginal to cause much difference in the standings.
  25. sneakypower
    kip wells and looper had a good start last year too theyre awful
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