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Ryan Howard got a cup of coffee in 2004 at age 24. He split his age 25 season at AAA and the majors, and stuck in the majors at 26. He was also highly productive as he moved up the minor league ladder. He didn't repeat levels and advanced at a solid pace. This Kroeger character repeated high A, and washed out at AAA after playing there in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and getting worse each year. His age matters because it's only now, as he approaches 25, that he's putting up these numbers after a demotion back to AA. It would be insane to suggest he has to be an upgrade to Murton. Torii Hunter was in the majors by 22. He didn't stick until 25, but he got numerous shots before then. You comparisons are pointless. as are most if not all of your "observations". Well, at least you explained why. just my opinion. why argue with a man who knows everything there is to know about baseball? That's a good question, but you could at least give it a shot. ps I usually like to base my opinions on facts

speed doesn't slump, you idiots

maybe only like 5 people care about the front page

I'd rather just keep 3 keepers to be honest. I do like the idea of a month or so of a trading window before we do the draft, we just need to make sure that everyone knows about it.

Marion Barber III (Dal - RB) Plaxico Burress (NYG - WR) Troy Brown (NE - WR) Chris Cooley (Was - TE) Reuben Droughns (NYG - RB) Torry Holt (StL - WR) Steven Jackson (StL - RB) Peyton Manning (Ind - QB) Philip Rivers (SD - QB) Donte' Stallworth (NE - WR) Anthony Thomas (Buf - RB) Benjamin Watson (NE - TE) Carnell Williams (TB - RB) Rian Lindell (Buf - K) Denver (Den - DEF)

other: steve stone

Lenny Harris.

I keep seeing mocks that don't have Kozma going in the first or supp first rounds, and I get my hopes up that he'll be there for us at 48, then I realize that most baseball mocks are worthless outside of the first few picks.

Who is a terrible coach? Clearly I'm talking about Bryan Murray of the Ottawa Senators.

who cares? he's a terrible coach

What kind of changes should we do? The sooner we start talking about it, the better.

Murton is so much better than Pagan, it's almost hilarious, because Murton may not even be average overall.

If Cleveland can win the east with Lebron at 22+crap, is there anyway they don't own the conference for the next decade? Think about that, in ten years, Lebron will have been in the league for 14 seasons...and he'll be 32. Amazing.

if we trade Cruz for Lowell, I am done with this team.

But Barrett hypnotized Kerry to do it for him.

Someone mentioned this in the game thread. I think ERA is and should be a pitching statistic, not pitching + fielding. While I agree with that, is there a stat for pitchers that combines ERA, pitcher errors and pitcher offensive output? I don't know how it would be done, but it could be interesting. If that doesn't make sense, I'm trying to ask if Pitcher A puts up a 4.00 era but hits 6 homeruns, is he more effective than Pitcher B that has a 3.75 era but no hits all season or Pitcher C with a 3.75 era but tons of errors? I don't know, I think it would be interesting and could be a nice way of measuring overall effectiveness as a baseball player, not necessarily as a pitcher. I think the problem with that is that by far the most important thing a pitcher does is pitch. Pitching is 80% or more of what a pitcher does while defense and offense make up the other 20%. A pitcher may have 3 or 4 ABs in a game at most and an average of 2 or 3 defensive chances per game, while he throws to probably 80+ pitches to 20+ batters. The difference in pitchers offensively and defensively is not going to make up much of any difference in them in pitching. Yes, I agree. Pitching may be even more than 80% importance. But if we're truly looking for who helps a team win -- and that should be the goal, not just who pitches better -- little things could make up a small difference in ERA. I just wonder how much pitcher offense/defense can make up for pitching. BP did a study about that recently. I can't remember the final tally, but someone with a bat like Marquis subtracted a significant number off his ERA.

grandslam by 2B Tyler Mach, OSU up 8-1, with 2 out, still in bottom of the fourth. Arkansas' staff lost all command of the strike zone, without looking at my notes, they've walked four batters this inning, one on five pitchers and three on four straight.

Todd out after walking the first batter he faced in the fourth on four straight. 3.0 IP 4ER 6H 1BB 2HBP he leaves with a runner on first, and with the way OSU swings the bats, be prepared to make it 5ER.

Todd is struggling to get ahead of hitters right now. He has a little hitch in his delivery that has to help him, because he doesn't look to have overwhelming stuff. Of course now that I type that he just strikes a guy out.

Go Hogs! Also, everybody knows Nick Schmidt is a beast, but I didn't realize how ridiculous Jess Todd's numbers were this year, especially after he struck out 17 in 8 innings last weekend. Anybody know what he throws, and what his pro prospects are? He's pitching today, so I look forward to seeing what IMB! thinks. Get ready to wait. I've been at the park since 2:30, and we're still an hour away from OSU at Arkansas. Creighton beat Albany 21-11 in one of the longest baseball games I have ever seen. The first six innings took two hours, the next three took over two more. Just brutal.

Arkansas vs. OSU tomorrow. Look for me down the third base line if you happen to see the game.

someone record the post game press conference

that was hilarious what a weird day

Bullington?

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