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  1. Sammy Sofa
    WICKED SICK BURN.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    I don't think catchers "vary so significantly defensively". Absent any reason to believe otherwise, I suspect they probably vary about as much as any other position. The reason is because of the weight placed on the defensive ability of catchers. You see teams getting away with crappy fielders in other positions because that's where you end up with more offensive assets. Where are the Alfonso Sorianos and Ryan Brauns and Adam Dunns and Prince Fielders of the catching world? There's much less variation than the other positions. That doesn't mean all catchers are practically the same defensively, but it's unusual to find the scope of variation between catchers as you do between different infielders or outfielders. As an example, and this may not be a perfect comparison, but I'll throw it out anyway. Mike Piazza was the biggest disaster I can remember, defensively, from a catcher and he was light years ahead of, relatively speaking, a bad LF/1B/3B etc. People were willing to deal with his bad defense because he was probably the best hitting catcher ever. He was much better at his position than the LF version of Adam Dunn or 2B version of Alfonso Soriano were in relation to average or above average defenders were at their positions. When Mike Piazza's defense is an extreme outlier, that shows the difference between catchers defense and every other position. Good point.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    I don't think catchers "vary so significantly defensively". Absent any reason to believe otherwise, I suspect they probably vary about as much as any other position. The other guy was the one taking the rather confusing (to me at least) position that there is almost no variation amongst catchers, and significantly less than at other positions. That's not really what he said. He said the difference between an average catcher and an elite catcher is probably not as large (or impactful) as the difference between an average CF and an elite CF. I tend to agree. Right. Same here.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    I don't think catchers "vary so significantly defensively". Absent any reason to believe otherwise, I suspect they probably vary about as much as any other position. The reason is because of the weight placed on the defensive ability of catchers. You see teams getting away with crappy fielders in other positions because that's where you end up with more offensive assets. Where are the Alfonso Sorianos and Ryan Brauns and Adam Dunns and Prince Fielders of the catching world? There's much less variation than the other positions. That doesn't mean all catchers are practically the same defensively, but it's unusual to find the scope of variation between catchers as you do between different infielders or outfielders.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    I'm just wondering why you think so many catchers vary so significantly defensively. I'm trying to understand your approach here; who are a couple of players you could give as examples of starting catchers that represent the opposite ends of this spectrum and best illustrate the disparity you're talking about?
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Why? Because there's nothing inherent about that position to suggest the talent range is significantly narrower than it is at other spots. How are you coming to this conclusion?
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Why?
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Oh, that jerk and his dastardly smiling.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    I see what you did there.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    I don't think that it means that there will be less sellers, but certainly more buyers. It's a zero-sum game. 30 teams total. If there are more buyers, then by definition there are fewer sellers. (Unless you think there's a third, "none of the above" category.) There is. ERRORERRORERRORERROR
  11. Sammy Sofa
    I miss the old "birds trump sabermetrics" davearm2. It's like somebody unleashed a monster.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/131/351/eb6.jpg?1307463786
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Tyler Colvin will not hit 20 home runs.
  14. Sammy Sofa
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  15. Sammy Sofa
    Which somehow caused the testosterone in the sample to explode to 20 times the normal amount?
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Uh, what if he DARES you to admit it, man? That's some heavy [expletive]. And yeah, we're all going to take shots at players we don't like and realize suck; I mocked Colvin constantly when he was on the Cubs, but those times he came through with some monster homers based out of an obviously unsustainable power surge-drive OPS it was a "[expletive] YEAH!"-moment that I enjoyed. I'm not going to sit there and sulk and hate it when a player I think stinks does something good for the team I'm pulling for.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    predicting failure /= rooting against i predicted failure all the time for guys like theriot, paul bako, hank white, juan pierre, glendon rusch, etc. that doesn't mean i was pissed when they succeeded or happy when they failed, though. if you were (while they were on the Cubs), that's kinda weird. There's nothing weird about it. Personally I do it as a sort of hedge. My preference is for the victory at any time, but if something bad happens I take solace that the piece of crap who screwed up is a piece of crap I want gone and hope that his failures will lead to his dismissal. I don't have it in me to stand and cheer against a Cubs player during their at bat/outing, but I can think in my head how easy it would be to accept their inevitable failures. This is pretty much my take on it; there's been plenty of players I've disliked and have wanted off the team (or never on it in the first place) and where I EXPECT them to fail, but I HOPE that they don't in the context of that particular game or at bat or whatever. The times where they succeeded, hey, great, that's fun to see. The times where they failed, however, that was what was expected.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    What if late in a lost year the team was auditioning a guy who was clearly lacking for a role on the following year's team? Or if a scrappy but terrible vet was getting too much playing time and blocking a better, younger player? I have to say I've rooted against Cubs players in such scenarios, but only because I thought their short term failure would serve the mid-long term interests of the team. Even then I'm not rooting against them. I'm "rooting against" the stupid decision, but when it's time for the game I just want to see the team to win. That was hard to do with the old management. You knew they'd take a small sample size and justify bringing the player back/giving him a major role. With Theo, you know they won't use trade Rizzo for a veteran starter if LaHair puts up an .850 OPS during the first two months of the season. Right; also, in the Hendry days, if they were dumb enough to make the decision in the first place odds are they weren't going to stop on a dime and reverse it because a player had a bad stretch. There are plenty of players that I wish weren't on the team in the first place, but once they're there I'm going to root for them to produce and help the team win, even if I'm expecting them to fail.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    What if late in a lost year the team was auditioning a guy who was clearly lacking for a role on the following year's team? Or if a scrappy but terrible vet was getting too much playing time and blocking a better, younger player? I have to say I've rooted against Cubs players in such scenarios, but only because I thought their short term failure would serve the mid-long term interests of the team. Even then I'm not rooting against them. I'm "rooting against" the stupid decision, but when it's time for the game I just want to see the team to win.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    It would be pretty impressive if I somehow ever claimed after the fact that I wasn't wrong about Colvin hitting 20 home runs. And of course I enjoyed each time he hit a home run. Why wouldn't I? I wish he had hit more, just like I wish he hadn't turned out to be the crappy player I figured he was. I'd love it if LaHair turned out to be a decent or better player. I'm just not expecting it to happen.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    You've never admitted you were wrong either. Except for the bajillion times I have, but whatever. Why on Earth would I rather see him fail? Do you not see the difference between expecting something happens and hoping that it happens? I EXPECT LaHair to be awful...I HOPE LaHair is good.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    I've never "cheered against" a Cubs player in my life. What a stupid thing to do.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    Pure pig's anus.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    for some reason, my auto-renew didn't go through. And I didn't get a notice that it was up. Other than the expired notice when I went there, of course. #-o I actually tried to buy it, but it was too complicated because you still had the rights to buy it back, and it would've been a dick move. Holy [expletive], I half jokingly assumed you had tried to do this.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    There's a lot he doesn't know...except whether Braun used PED's or not.
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