Sammy Sofa
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When did the lightbulb turn on for you?
Sammy Sofa replied to davell's topic in General Baseball Talk
It was a combination of things for me; being a huge baseball card/stat nerd in my younger days made it kind of a natural progression. It helped having friends over the years that were HUGE into old school fantasy baseball, so they explained a lot of this to me while I just had a dazed look on my face. A cousin introduced me to Bill James' ideas in the late 90's, too. Like many others here, Moneyball just sort of crystalized these various ideas a as a real, legitimate and awesome "thing," and I remember going into the 2004 season just not getting enough of it. That said, I still consider my overall stat/sabermetric knowledge pretty limited. Math is not a strong suit for me at all, so I constantly rely on reading over other people's analysis and definitions/glossaries to remind me just what the hell I'm looking at. -
Where are they now: Todd Walker edition.
Sammy Sofa replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in General Baseball Talk
That's not an opinion, that's a fact. A sleepy-eyed psycho by the name of Theodore Roosevelt Lilly would like some words with the two of you. -
do you know what that is? I'm not the type of person who likes to waste my time And when I'm on the mic I just say my rhymes Because I'm out on bail the check is in the mail They can sentence me to life but I won't go to jail I'm cool calm collected; from class I was ejected Just me, da Bum, and Benchwarmer we're rarely disrespected I got all the time that I need to kill What's the time? it's time to get ELL
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A baseball player being good in what amounts to approximately to 5 or 6 games out of 20 is a baseball player.
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Also: IT'S TIME TO GET ELL.
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WE'VE REACHED THE MOUNTAINTOP.
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LOL. So, no explanation? I'm just supposed to be furious over "jock riding?"
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We're not talking 5 years/seasons in Colorado. We're talking 35 games, 81 games, 147 games, 121 games and then 48 games. This is a guy who has had injury and consistency problems, but it's stupid to act like Coors Field is some end-all-be-all metric of success. It's not a lock that players will succeed there and they're not doomed to utter failure if they can't succeed there as hitters.
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Here's what Stewart put up in the only two years where he played anything close to a full season: .242 .329 .454 .783 Ideal? No, not at all, but he's shown enough flashes of talent to still be an intriguing reclamation project, and those numbers ideally show that there's something to work with and build on.
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OMG, THIS.
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And apparently it's impossible for him to suck bad enough to be worse than the nightmare that is Aramis Ramirez' laziness.
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I don't understand what that's supposed to mean. I'm jealous of you? I want to bang you? Why is "jock riding" supposed to be an insult here?
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Wait, what? How often have we seen players leave Colorado and put up better numbers? Colorado can bump up guys' numbers, but you're talking about it like ballplayers there are like Superman getting a suntan. Just because someone doesn't put it together in Colorado doesn't mean they can't have success elsewhere. I mean, Stewart actually had better power numbers AWAY from Coors Field. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hwSI4Bvw4O4/T2WIr0NXiXI/AAAAAAAABaQ/p7JZ5rYwpbE/s1600/sigh.jpg
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The point hasn't been that he's been consistently unlucky over 6 seasons; the point is that he's been very unlucky to start THIS season. You've been "attacked" because you've argued that as if that's some kind of impossible scenario in some of the dumbest ways possible.
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I respond to you a lot because you post lots of stupid posts.
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When his luck normalizes what line can I expect? I'm too lazy to check and I think a lot of people here know anyway so I don't mind asking. I do think they should fix the OF and pitching before 3B since Stewart has some shot to be a decent role player in a more talented lineup. he's hit .233 over SIX SEASONS. his best is 259. all of this in the best hitters park in baseball. you know what that tells me? He's a .233 or below hitter! unless he juices or sells his soul a'la joe hardy (ask your dad about that reference) unless he can play multiple infield positions or outfield-which I am not sure he can, I don;t know how he would be useful to a serious contender So it's impossible that he could improve with a change of scenery and coaching/management?
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Brandon Inge's May numbers are inflated by an absurd .561 slugging. Stewart's May surge is also slugging-heavy, but it's more balanced with a .338 OBP. And what the [expletive] do you think people think of Stewart here? Who is pointing to his May as some kind of rock-solid proof that he's figured it out? You're foaming at the mouth over people pointing out that his May numbers hopefully are indicative of a stabilizing trend in his stats over all and that his numbers will continue to catch up to the unusual amount of bad luck he was hitting into before that. Why are you so determined to already write him off as a failed addition? I will bet millions of dollars that for all of this guy's bitching about "luck" he's probably one of the first to start screaming about "clutch" in the stupidest possible ways.
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Just coming up shy scoring half of the team's points? I dunno, he inexplicably debates with Lakers fans on a daily basis, so expect some gems.
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Dale Sveum to re arrange the deck chairs
Sammy Sofa replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
No, you don't understand, Barney COULD get way better even though there's little reason to expect such a thing. -
Dale Sveum to re arrange the deck chairs
Sammy Sofa replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Barney and Campana are regularly in the lineup, and can show what they can do whether they're hitting 1st or 8th. Your complaints are near-gibberish and pointless. -
I don't think it's goofy. It's not the strongest of arguments, but that's why it took me two pretty long winded posts to get to it. Rizzo's already a guy who's had a long, loopy swing exposed in one short ML stint. He's spent this season working on correcting that, but it's not goofy to think that once he hits the majors again, another weakness may be exposed. Well, sure, but you need them to be.
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WSR stealing my Fun Dip joke...he'll pay big.
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Hard to tell at this point. I guess the realistic hope is that he can at least hold it down and be serviceable/productive until Vitters puts it together or a better FA/trade option comes along.
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Plus I don't really want him up before June myself.
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Ah, gotcha; I thought you didn't want him up at all this year, or not until September. Still, you have to admit the whole "exposing his weaknesses" argument is pretty goofy.
