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  1. imb
    oh god, theriot's arm is hilarious
  2. imb
    lol dero
  3. imb
    how in the world
  4. imb
    You're saying your ex cheated on you with a major league pitcher? Bummer. a fat major league pitcher, at that
  5. imb

    U.S. Open thread

    imb replied to Banedon's topic in Other Sports

    No, he isn't. I think the better comparison would be to Shaq. THE most dominant player in the game, but with a huge hole in his game. Shaq's was the free throw line, Tiger's is apparently the tee box. Very erratic (seriously, no way he's hit 50% of his fairways), but still the best player out there... by a large margin. Tiger is the personification of the old saying "drive for show, putt for dough." But, my Lord, if he ever puts together a tourney where he hits 80% of his fairways, he laps the field again. Tiger has the titles that go along with the play though...so he's much more MJ than Shaq in that way. And MJ and Tiger are all skill...Shaq was just born into a freakishly huge body...he doesn't do much that another person with the same body shape couldn't do. Tiger and MJ can/could both do things that people with the same body type couldn't do. And Tiger can do things from the tee box that Shaq can't do from the free throw line. Tiger misses fairways, sure. But he makes up for the inaccuracy with distance. He can get to par 5 greens in 2 that nobody else in the field can. A big, fat, oooooook to the Shaq comparison. John Daly is shaq. Tiger is MJ, the most dominant, willed, competitive player in his sport.
  6. imb
    think they'd be interested in a wilken for burnett swap
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    comparing him to 2003 John Olerud is totally wrong. Olerud's average, on base and slugging were all lower in 2003 than Fukudome's this season. Put together his total package and he's very valuable. And saying his batting average is sinking like a rock is pretty ridiculous. Yeah, his average has gone down each month, but his OBP has stayed the same and his babip is .250 this month, so he's been unlucky, anyway. Basically, anyone that complains about the year Fukudome is having is not paying attention.
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    I'm trying to figure out how that's possible. Most small, non-daily newspapers actually work this way. Obviously there are others in the newsroom, but I am indeed it when it comes to sports (save for one stringer who sends me stuff off and on). Summer's the toughest part of the year when there are very few organized sports going on. Football, basketball and baseball seasons are much easier. Do you end up writing about the local softball leagues or something to fill space? Yep, exactly. My publisher loves seeing the little league baseball coverage in the paper, so I'll spend the first month or two of summer filling nearly my first page with shots of little kids. It's very tedious not actually covering competitive sports, but it sells papers, I guess. I didn't realize you weren't a daily. Summers suck, we've had to come up with all kinds of creative s to fill space since baseball ended.
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    Among RFs, he seventh in VORP. Matsui didn't hit for much power his first year over, either. .287/.353/.435 compared to Kosuke's .300/.409/.438. Matsui's OPS+ was 109, Fukudome's is 120. Matsui's SLG jumped almost 90 points in his second year. In other words, Fukudome's been great and he'll probably only get better.
  10. imb
    that was outstanding
  11. imb

    U.S. Open thread

    imb replied to Banedon's topic in Other Sports

    that was insane. he really is MJ in golf clothes
  12. imb
    Definitely a lot of props headed Hendry's way. The real is test is going to be when/if he stops hitting, how long does the Hendry/Piniella combo stick with him
  13. imb
    What in the world are the blue jays even doing? this is embarrassing to witness.
  14. imb
    orlando cabrera must have called the booth
  15. imb
    well, it is true.... Clealry. Career .406 SLG Sure, relative to Juan Pierre, he does have power. So he does have SOME. Not NONE. Which you claimed. He has no power, stop it.
  16. imb
    Wait a minute, you're a one-man shop and you have three page sections with no wire? that sounds like hell.
  17. imb
    nice to see all of our future disappointments getting signed early
  18. imb
    Congrats on being d-bag of the month. you're right, he didn't even mention their coaches
  19. imb
    No. He was having a great year despite his obvious flaws. He was coming down to earth right before he got hurt as well. I thought that had been proven false? Anyway, I'd like to believe his career would have turned out different, but it probably wouldn't have.
  20. imb
    as you can see all of these numbers are jumbled up and you can't tell a damn thing because i don't know how to use /code correctly
  21. imb
    HE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT HIS DAMN RESTAURANT BEST FANS IN BASEBALL
  22. imb
    playing the role of leon powe will be trevor ariza
  23. imb
    Also, Todd Helton, apparently.
  24. imb
    So Darle was the cop in Die Hard? Don't you mean "the father in family matters"?
  25. imb
    an outfield of fukudome/edmonds/lofton would be awful
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