Sammy Sofa
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Starlin, I miss you. -
*Fidgets*
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I love you, wind!
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Man, I still miss him.
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Travis Wood looks as miserable as someone possibly could on a day where he pitched a fantastic start and hit a [expletive] grand slam.
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I don't think preferring that he not have long stretches like that where he's very disappointing is that bad of a sweeping conclusion. What, if he had two consecutive seasons where he was that bad for approximately that long (yes, I know we're not there yet) it wouldn't be that worrisome because he bounces back over the last 8 weeks or so? He's been stank for about 30 games now; I really don't see how I'm supposed to feel better if he manages to replicate a "fix" like last year's.
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Excellent.
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I thought that's what was happening last August and September, when the walks and power went up but the average dropped. Lately, he just seems to be getting himself out by swinging at horrible pitches. Like I said, totally unscientific and semi-meatball-y hope. It's a mild case of desperation convincing my brain that there must be a good reason for it. This was from before yesterday's game and hopefully lends credence to what you're thinking: Urge to panic....fading....fading. Thanks for that.
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I thought that's what was happening last August and September, when the walks and power went up but the average dropped. Lately, he just seems to be getting himself out by swinging at horrible pitches. Like I said, totally unscientific and semi-meatball-y hope. It's a mild case of desperation convincing my brain that there must be a good reason for it.
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My totally unscientific, semi-meatball-y hope is that this is Castro's adjustment year to the new(ish) regime's approach since this is his first year without Jaramillo.
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How is Garza on of the "biggest reasons?" He's pitched in two games and was terrible in one of them.
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Cool. I've been meaning to watch it because of Michael Sheen.
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See, now Charlton I had actually heard of. Man, that's [expletive] up that a team gets cut down like that. Check out United on Netflix Instant. It's pretty good. Thanks for the heads up. I know it's Leeds, but is The Damned United any good?
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See, now Charlton I had actually heard of. Man, that's fucked up that a team gets cut down like that.
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I think it's hyperbole. He wasn't even one of the greatest players on that plane. Man, really? They were saying stuff along these lines: Calm down, guys. I'm not saying he was bad; I think it's more a case of the guy's legend growing after death, which there's nothing wrong with. Oh, I'm not throwing it in your face or anything; I didn't really know anything about this besides the Morrissey song. Was this a genuinely great team?
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I think it's hyperbole. He wasn't even one of the greatest players on that plane. Man, really? They were saying stuff along these lines: Like I said, I'm as far from soccer expert as you can be, but I used to follow it somewhat when I lived overseas and thought he was weird how much people were praising as being a global-level talent and I had never heard of him.
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Random question since I know so little of the sport: I'm watching a special on the Smithsonian Air Disaster that killed several members of Manchester United in 1958 and there are people talking about Duncan Edwards like he was one of the greatest players who ever lived. Is this at least sorta true or just "he died too soon"-type hyperbole?
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This seriously might be my favorite baseball thing ever:
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This one made me lose it...just the way the last guy smacks his helmet so hard: http://imgur.com/a/kwPzi#6
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I'll take a Renteria-like career for Castro in exchange for the front office's mojo with finding productive players up and down the roster. We've got: An .800 OPS 3b (with plus defense) who was a pre-arb waiver pickup An .800 OPS RF for $2.25m and another pre-FA arb year functioning as a friendly team option A couple of 3-win starting pitchers found for minimal investment (one year of Sean Marshall for one, a 1-year $6m deal for another). I'm loving the pitching, but little about how the offense is constructed tells me they've got a long term batting lineup anywhere near in place; at best you've MAYBE got a combo of three or four guys, and only a couple of which shoot to be anything (ideally) more than just acceptable. I'll enjoy a (relative) miracle year in the short term, but I'm waiting to see more before I get too excited.
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I don't mean a lot of [expletive] if Castro stays [expletive]. It's nice that 2 parts of the "holy [expletive], we need these three guys to be really, really good"-trifecta are doing good and awesome, respectively, but Castro's sloppy piss of a season so far is a huge, huge downer.
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I'm wary that a day as hot as this could see the return of the old Travis Wood.
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The [expletive]?
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Hawk Harrelson. Anti Sabermetrics
Sammy Sofa replied to cubbyvirus00's topic in General Baseball Talk
Don't forget the umpires, too. I listened to the start of the pregame yesterday and Hawk said "we" or "us" at least 10 times in about two minutes. It's bad enough when fans do that, but announcers doing it are even worse. I really appreciate how I can't even think of a time Len has done that.
