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  1. imb
    Whoa whoa whoa. 10 at-bats? Francoeur had 182 at-bats with RISP last season, 172 the year before, and 112 (out of 257 total) in 2005. Let's look at the situations for Casey Blake: 2007 Bases empty: .308 .382 .517 Runners on: .227 .289 .344 RISP: .190 .271 .294 2006: Bases empty: .315 .380 .562 Runners on: .242 .329 .379 RISP: .261 .360 .450 2005 Bases empty: .278 .351 .535 Runners on: .192 .250 .308 RISP: .171 .243 .248 2004 Bases empty: .280 .364 .544 Runners on: .261 .343 .426 RISP: .254 .359 .364 2003 Bases empty: .269 .327 .416 Runners on: .239 .291 .404 RISP: .233 .291 .426 Career Bases Empty: .286 .357 .504 Runners on: .234 .303 .372 RISP: .219 .303 .348 RISP w/2 outs: .195 .290 .302 That's not a coincidence guys, and it's not due to small numbers of at-bats. Those are large sample sizes and a definitive trend. How can you look at those numbers and say he's not more or likely to suck in clutch stats than a guy like Franceour? Now, you can't look at every player in baseball and determine whether he's clutch or not, but for guys like Casey Blake, you absolutely can. In 2006, Casey Blake hit .281/.431/.526/.957 with RISP and 2 outs. He hit .282/.356/.479/.835 overall. Man, that guy is so clutch.
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    I haven't seen much of Stanford, but they didn't look good last night. Not to mention Brook Lopez has to be the ugliest looking player in the NCAA. oh look, someone who has never seen Lorenzo Mata-Real
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    No one will ever be able to prove it one way or the other. There's no reason to give an S, either. You can't build a team around clutch, because there's no way to say "well, this guy will be clutch this year!" and even if you could, it's not going to make a enough of a difference in a season that it's worth worrying about. frankly im sick of the stupid arguments, on both sides. If you're debating between two players, there are about a million things I would look at first before I got to wondering whether or not a player was clutch or not. Who cares about the handful of at bats where a players clutchiness or whatever matters when compared to the other 600 plate appearances where it doesnt? Just take the better player and hope he hits well in the 5 at bats he's going to see with 2 strikes and a runner on third with 2 outs down by one in the bottom of the ninth, or whatever.
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    bruce is at every game and read the paper
  5. imb
    Z is hard to figure out. On one hand, he's the baseball player you'd probably most like to hang out with. On the other hand, he's the baseball player most likely to punch you right in the beak.
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    Dear God, During 2006 I know I said some really mean things about Doug Davis because he really took a step backwards from 2005 and cost my fantasy team. At one point I'm pretty sure that I said "I wish (Doug Davis) was dead." It looks like he's going to be ok. Thanks for the try. Mad propers, IMB
  7. imb
    guys, this is a page2 article. This is what they do. Why do you keep falling for this stuff? I mean, you're getting trolled by espn for god's sake.
  8. imb
    not to mention basketball all weekend And Wrestlemania. Don't forget Wrestlemania. I'm sure none of the other eight year olds on nsbb will.
  9. imb
    205. Ryan "Donnie" Garko 206. Ubaldo Jimenez 207. Nate McLouth 208. Jose Guillen 209. Whoever the hell earth2sean picked 210. Jason Isringhausen 211. Kevin Gregg
  10. imb
    GOT THEM WMDs
  11. imb
    I would pay any amount of money to see Ryan Howard take BP with an aluminum bat
  12. imb
    The edits are really funny. "you are a freakin legend in my personal....im not gonna say that" *immediately cuts to another scene*
  13. imb
    Wow. Could Theriot do that?
  14. imb
    God he's terrible.
  15. imb
    Just thought of that, huh? Well, I said that I had thought of it, not just thought of it. I also don't know that it "likely means more runs for the team", unless you care to prove that statement.
  16. imb
    I literally just said "oh my god" when Fukudome uncorked that throw. This is the first I've seen of him.
  17. imb
    Honestly, Theriot sucks, and Cedeno likely does too. I think Cedeno, given 600 PAs or whatever, would probably hit better than Theriot, but not so much better that it's worth getting worked up over. Either way, I just don't like terrible arguments (age doesn't matter!) being used to prop up either side. One thing that I have thought of, though, is this. What would hurt the offense less, having Theriot's .325 obp in the leadoff spot (since Lou will hit him there), or having Cedeno's .300 obp in the 8 spot? I think that's a legit question.
  18. imb
    bad ass, thanks Dman
  19. imb
    God I love hearing Len and Bob. I cannot wait for this season to start.
  20. imb
    i'm 6'4 and i can do every dunk you can think of (not in the dwight howard category). You guys are an embarrassment to white people. Do some situps or something.
  21. imb
    why is this an issue
  22. imb
    i'm thinking that ronny will be hard-pressed to hit 40 doubles and 35 homers if allowed to play all year. call it a hunch. Yeah, I didn't deserve that. I said "8 spot" as in, if it means it knocks Theriot out of the leadoff spot and puts a guy who is a sure bet to slug better in the 8 spot, is it a good thing for the Cubs? Where in that post did I say that Cedeno would duplicate Soriano's numbers? Just snark for the sake of snark there. Don't worry about Truffle. He bought a baseball prospectus book, but he still can't shake his old ways.
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    I'll set it up tonight in the meantime, it would be cool if you guys would post your team rosters for me.
  24. imb
    FYI these are all terrible suggestions. I know I'd just about wet my pants with excitement if Kerry Wood came out to close a 3-2 game with 40,000 fans cheering him on to Arcade Fire's mopey, whiny vocals.
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    mike fontenot career high in SB: 16 matt murton career high in SB: 20 (and 18 in AA)
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