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  1. Mephistopheles
    There's no proof that it does happen. I don't need any proof because the argument I am countering has no proof. Not really, no.
  2. Mephistopheles
    So you don't think a pitcher is more likely to wear down if he throws more innings? There are two arguments that I can use to refute a post like this. Only one of them has to be "right" for your point to be wrong, however, both are right so I'm covered. 1. No a pitcher isn't more likely to wear down if he throws more innings spaced out over time. If the WBC's in January, that's another thing. It's not. 2. The pitchers really aren't throwing more innings. They would have pitched those innings somewhere, most in a spring training game. If he were to throw two or three fewer he would have made those up in a bullpen session in Spring Training and two or three more innings and March doesn't mean jack.
  3. Mephistopheles
    It probably has a lot to do with the travel and training regimine's that don't follow the ballclubs policies. Besides the risk of getting injured, which you are probably right that if they get injured there, it was bound to happen with their own club, but that's for your basic baseball injury. It does not necessarily follow the same line of a freak injury, where someone rips one back up the middle off of the pitcher's forehead. Would someone hit one off the pitcher's forehead? Who knows. Could someone hit one off the pitcher's forehead? Sure. How often does it happen? Not that much. But, the risk of something like that is there because they are in that environment, just not with the club that's paying the big contract. the flipside is that some pitchers would "avoid" the chance of getting nailed in the head on a combacker in other spring training games. that chance is the same. the fact youre in the WBC doesnt make the likelihood of getting billy wagner'd more likely than a game in Arizona.
  4. Mephistopheles
    I can understand why they'd be worried, but just because they're worried it doesn't mean that there an actuall increased likelihood of an injury or lackluster performance later in the season. as i said before, the WBC probably helps more than anything.
  5. Mephistopheles
    10.0
  6. Mephistopheles
    if hes going to get hurt hes going to get hurt. if anything pitching in the wbc would be expected to help. of course people ignore logic.
  7. Mephistopheles
    i still cant believe people think the wbc hurts pitchers. it's one of the dumber consensus thoughts out there.
  8. Mephistopheles
    I remember watching the last inning or so. It was the sixth grade and I was riding the bus home from school. I was watching it with a small pocket TV that I snuck to school at the time. I didn't have the volume on so I didn't know he was K-ing a zillion guys. I just knew the Cubs were up and that's all that mattered.
  9. Mephistopheles
    No quotes (not yet at least). But he's getting his groove on: http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5814/mla0902080502003p31bu5.jpghttp://img5.imageshack.us/img5/807/mla0902080502003p1uv6.jpghttp://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6192/mla0902080502003p2ca6.jpg Japan's manager Tatsunori Hara has said that he might use Ichiro late in games. Ichiro has topped out in the low 90s hitting 95 before. Of course, the Mariners have said this won't happen http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090210&content_id=3816358&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea I don't think Ichiro gives a damn. If there's a chance he's going to take it consequences be damned. He's apparently been itching to pitch in a major league game since he's gotten here and has asked every M's manager. Jose Canseco says hi.
  10. Mephistopheles
    if only he felt this way about kosuke.
  11. Mephistopheles
    Seriously, it's grotesque and wrong. We should be able to marvel at the beauty that is marissa miller a long time before we should be able to watch the death of someone.
  12. Mephistopheles
    i just want to see gathright jump over a car.
  13. Mephistopheles
    Okie State vs OU all time: 16-79-7 Les Miles vs Bob Stoops: 2-2 Stoops got outcoached by him.
  14. Mephistopheles
    They said and still say that Bush was at the top of their board regardless of cost. I have my doubts.
  15. Mephistopheles
    That's their answer to losing the immortal Garrett Anderson.
  16. Mephistopheles
    I've got dibs on Jim Edmonds and Julio Franco.
  17. Mephistopheles
    at least kiffin is a colorful guy. every week or so it seems like he does something wrong or stupid. the sec needs more colorful guys with saban, meyer, richt, spurrier and miles. it only remains to be seen if kiffin can coach like saban, meyer, richt, spurrier and miles who have a combined 5 national titles and 15 SEC titles or something ridiculous. im betting on no.
  18. Mephistopheles
    Barry Bonds was great before he took steroids. He was going to be in the hall. But he wasn't going to be arguably the best player to have ever played without the juice. Steroids created this Barry Bonds - the greatest player ever. instead he was one of the top five or ten ever to play the game.
  19. Mephistopheles
    or gathright and so taguchi make the roster.
  20. Mephistopheles
    Well we won't hit that either, but that's something else entirely.
  21. Mephistopheles
    Not exactly, but if that convinces you as to why PECOTA doesn't apply to him, fine. That's not the real reason, but it's close enough. It's like calling a Serbian a Yugoslav.
  22. Mephistopheles
    But seriously, what PECOTA spits out for Jeff Samardzija is irrelevant.
  23. Mephistopheles
    syzygy!
  24. Mephistopheles
    or just get firefox and adblock plus. sorry tim.
  25. Mephistopheles
    There's a double standard. Always has been always will. Get over it.
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