Sammy Sofa
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If you read this like it's being said by Chekov it's pretty great.
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true, except for the first two weeks. The best available information says they are better off holding him out for two weeks. He's basically saying that getting an extra year of control isn't a "result" because reasons. well, you can make a pretty good case that if it makes the difference between a playoff spot in 2015 and not, the playoff result is a better result than the extra year result. the problem is you have no way of knowing if that very unlikely scenario is going to play out ahead of time so you can't make a decision based on it happening. It just seems like it would even be tricky to quantify whether or not one player took a team to the playoffs. Between that and, like you said, how unlikely it is that that would be the case, it seems like such a silly thing to get worked up over.
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true, except for the first two weeks. The best available information says they are better off holding him out for two weeks. He's basically saying that getting an extra year of control isn't a "result" because reasons.
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I wish you could force every meatball who goes bonkers when a player doesn't "run it out" or is injured or loves it when they go crashing into a wall or sliding in to first to read that. Obviously it's an extreme case, but so much of that was avoidable.
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NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
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Leo Durocher puts Dusty Baker when it comes to player abuse: http://thestacks.deadspin.com/the-slow-destruction-of-pete-reiser-the-greatest-playe-1691040888 Really fantastic profile of Pete Resier from 1958. I had never heard of Reiser before reading it, but it's a great piece and just heartbreaking. He really was one of the "best who never was;" seemingly everyone in the game thought he was going to be incredible and one of the all-time greats. The guy put up a 7.5 WAR in his second season in 1941 in just 137 games. Only managed 357 games over the next 3 seasons but still put up a cumulative 8.5 WAR. That latter stat isn't all that impressive on the surface, but when you read the scope of the injuries and misuse the guy went through it's incredible he even survived to that point. He only managed to play in 309 games over the next 5 seasons and after 1952 he was gone (he spent 3 years in the army during WW2, so he only played 10 seasons and only 4 of those he managed to play in at least 100 games). Seriously, read it. It's amazing and infuriating and just really what sports journalism should be.
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I remember turning on the Score (I think on Saturday mornings/early afternoons) and still hearing North as recently as late last year. I figured it was just a once-a-week thing, but still, why would anyone still pay to broadcast him? I was convinced at first it was some kind of replay from ye olden days and then got really, really sad when I realized it was live.
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Package Castro and Castillo
Sammy Sofa replied to sontensei's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
sulley, I love the idea of trading for Hamels and I love you in starving mad dog-mode, but I don't understand why you're so focused like trading Castro would be the only way to net Hamels. Baez is a much more appealing trade chip, and why are you even bring up Al Contra like he's even remotely close to being some kind of sure thing? I think the Cubs could relatively easily net Hamels without giving up Castro, Rizzo, Soler, Russell or Bryant...why don't you? -
Could you explain what you mean by this? Like, as a manager or broadcaster or something? The guy clearly wants anything along those lines; coaching, broadcasting, basically being a human mascot...he just wants back in, period.
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I don't care if he's in the HoF or not (he should be, but who gives a [expletive]), but I hope his smug ass is never let back in to pro baseball. That's what he really wants, and [expletive] him.
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If we find out anyone did, they should be banned.
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A: Stanton B: Rizzo, Donaldson C: Desmond, Goldschmidt, Bruce D: Trumbo, Cano, Harper, Reddick, Hanley WC: The best WC ever
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He's averaging 34 minutes. Before last night you have to go back to 1/29 when he last played at least 40 minutes. He's played 40 or more minutes a grand total of 6 times this season. 31, 33, 35, 32, 33, 33, 35, 29, 32, 31, 26, 32, 38, 37, 34, and 36 are his minutes going back to the last time he had 40 or more.
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I gonna kinda lie and say I was warned at one point about even swearing too much with the filter, which I think maybe actually happened once.
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Well, consider me shamed. I was going to say I at least grew out of it, but I did it just last year?!? Welp, no choice left but to jump off of a bridge.
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For the love of [expletive], please stop this nonsense.
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rawdog has been on a sad, sad decline for a while now, but this mostly lucid, optimistic post makes me think someone needs to put him down. RIP $$$$$RAWDOG$$$$$
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2015 Spring Training Game Thread
Sammy Sofa replied to David's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Maddon's face during the Bryant HR is priceless. He really has embraced playing the drunk/crazy old man. -
What a handsome team (Schwarber, all of the pitchers and Castro conveniently excluded).
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2015 Bears Offseason (Foxy new Head Coach page 104)
Sammy Sofa replied to Magnetic Curses's topic in Other Sports
cubbyvirus not liking Cutler is maybe the best argument for how awesome Cutler is. -
http://1.images.comedycentral.com/images/shows/kroll_show/video/_season_3/krollshow_308_manchine.jpg?width=640&height=360&crop=true
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2015 Bears Offseason (Foxy new Head Coach page 104)
Sammy Sofa replied to Magnetic Curses's topic in Other Sports
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I don't care how much someone likes a person; it's straight up impossible to not see how horrendous he is.
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I remember reading stuff about how he had done alright investment-wise after his playing days and had made a few million. Guess that didn't go as well as reported.
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The Bulls are dumb. The FO, the coach and Rose all love the guy.
