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  1. Andy
    I'm definitely getting the Verducci book and definitely not coming within 10 feet of Kaplan's
  2. Andy
    The 13-inning game was one of my favorites of the year, because the team had already built up so much goodwill with me by that point that I was just waiting to see who won the game for us, rather than stressing about whether we'd win. Heard Javy's homer on the radio and I think I woke my then-pregnant and napping wife up with my yelping.
  3. Andy
    Bummer. I didn't want him to get hurt. Just wanted him to stink.
  4. Andy
    Good call. I didn't see that 2015 game live but recall the replays now that you mention it.
  5. Andy
    The first play I can remember Russell exhibiting genuine pumped-up emotion, too (even when he hit the 3-run HR in the first home game, he just raised his arms). It would not be the last time.
  6. Andy
    I would tell Hoyer that if they don't want to mess up pitching staffs, then institute ties. This idea is grab-bag bullcrap, just like every other idea Manfred has proposed.
  7. Andy
    It was maybe a blessing we didn't get HFA considering that got us 4 games with Kyle. It's utterly impossible to quantify or prove, but I also think it helped mentally that Game 7 was on the road. Wrigley would've been a morgue if the Rajai Davis thing had happened there.
  8. Andy
    Seriously. I can't horsefeathering stand when sports go out of their way to appease the people that don't like their product to begin with. There is nothing baseball can do to make baseball appealing to people who don't like baseball. Well, this seems like a silly position. The things they're doing to try to do that, though, are all kinds of wrong. People who think baseball is boring aren't going to suddenly not think baseball is boring because of any (within reason) rule change MLB could make. As a friend of mine put it, if you can't watch soccer for 20 minutes without wanting them to be able to use their hands and tackle each other, then you won't watch soccer. That doesn't mean it has to change. (An extreme example, I know.)
  9. Andy
    Seriously. I can't horsefeathering stand when sports go out of their way to appease the people that don't like their product to begin with. There is nothing baseball can do to make baseball appealing to people who don't like baseball.
  10. Andy
    I was at that game in the LF bleachers - we couldn't see the actual catch because it was right in front of the ivy but were absolutely stunned when Wood made the play.
  11. Andy
    I was really hoping this thread would become the umpteenth politics thread on the site
  12. Andy
    For the record, there was an ESPN.com article about Belichick's overtime decision to kick last season against the Jets, and as of that time, the receiving team had won 33 of the 65 non-ties in OT under the current rules, barely over 50% (I don't know of the stats post-2016 but I imagine they haven't drastically changed). Seems perfectly equitable to me.
  13. Andy
    I think the rules as is are fine - the game has to end eventually, and college OT rules, while I suppose more equitable, also put too much emphasis on the kicker - but your first suggestion is intriguing.
  14. Andy
    My favorite one of these came from the Football Outsiders guy Schatz, a Patriots fan who literally is paid to be Mr. Analytical and because of that should've known beyond everyone that the game wasn't over.
  15. Andy
    I can't believe that kid didn't have any other options. It shouldn't take much critical thinking to deduce that if Bama doesn't give enough of a crap to hold a spot for you, you're never ever ever going to play there. It's ok, though, no one will give a rat's ass that Saban screwed over yet another kid in October when he's in the title hunt again.
  16. Andy
    That would be because there is no evidence of it whatsoever other than Correa's word, and Correa is a convicted felon. So.
  17. Andy
    His insane break on the ball is what made that catch possible. That was probably the 'holy horsefeathers' defensive play of the year, which is saying something with this group.
  18. Andy
    No kidding. Extra draft picks and draft money is a pretty nice outcome for Houston. I'm surprised MLB awarded them the picks instead of just removing them from the draft.
  19. Andy
    That play was a total I'm Javy horsefeathering Baez moment. As soon as I could tell the ball would fall to Baez I assumed he'd get the out.
  20. Andy
    Rajon Rondo can horsefeathers off. Maybe if you weren't completely horsefeathering useless, this team would actually be decent. This might actually annoy me more than the time he destroyed Brad Miller's face and somehow wasn't called for a flagrant foul.
  21. Andy
    If they're going to be terrible, at least they're entertaining? I'll steer clear of restating the 'why the horsefeathers did you fire Thibs' rant that I've already made several times, and just agree with the general thought that GarPax hired a coach to run a certain kind of roster and then went out and acquired a whole bunch of people that don't fit that idea one iota. Hoiberg is almost certainly a terrible coach, but I do feel bad for him trying to win with this mismatched group. I don't follow all the Bulls, but at least one went on a mini-Tweetstorm last night in response to Wade and Butler, FWIW:
  22. Andy
    Brent Musburger announcing his retirement from play-by-play after next Tuesday night's Super Tuesday game. Bummer. He obviously lost some MPH on his fastball in the last couple of years, but he was fantastic for a long time.
  23. Andy
    I listened to the same podcast (Ringer MLB Show, BTW, which is populated by a bunch of former BP/FanGraphs guys if that's your thing) and thought it was interesting, too. I'm fine with whoever gets voted in being voted in, but it did make me think that other guys would get my vote over Hoffman et al if I was in the same spot.
  24. Andy
    CSN Chicago, along with all the other CSNs, will have in-market streaming of local MLB games through the NBC Sports app this season, provided you have a pay-TV package that includes the channel. http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2017/01/19/for-the-first-time-nbc-sports-regional-networks-add-live-local-major-league-baseball-streaming/
  25. Andy
    I cover high school softball a lot and even the really good teams don't have anyone that can hit the ball hard enough to hit an infielder in the head. That ball, at that size, is just not going to go that fast unless Barry Bonds or someone is taking a whack. Lol, what? I've seen way too many girls get hit by line drives. it's why so many of them wear masks on the infield. my god, I saw a pitcher take one off the forehead this past season that the left fielder had to go back to damn near the warning track to pick up Apparently I cover worse teams than I thought.
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