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seahawks fans not quite loud enough to drown out joe schmuck. why does this terrible announcing team get such a big game?

Can you get a sack and a fumble on the same play? that was 4th down anyway. plummer turned it over once each half. Well the interception this half plus giving it up on downs by fumbling would count as 2 to me in this half. And that's the ball game. that was the punter. plummer turned it over twice in the first half actually. whatever, he tried to do too much - you are correct.

Can you get a sack and a fumble on the same play? that was 4th down anyway. plummer turned it over once each half.

I doubt they throw another pass.

wow, I can't believe lynch missed that one.

cowher better call some passes or this could become a game.

hahaha - dumbass steelers db celebrating on ground while he PI is called on him.

bad manners but they didn't screw him. he got a contract and won a WS after all. screwing is what houston is trying to do to Bagwell.

uh oh - good thing you are a robot.

rod smith is a great great football player.

good challenge - this will turn the game around! :D

How did the Cubs screw him?

yea, watching sports over the internet or on radio is brutal. the steelers are going to win this game, trust me.

what I always remember is his utter disgust when he would say when a cub came up with a runner on third and less than two outs "He POPPED it up."

I really don't think so. I'm pretty sure getting players who have played in 3 different decades is undervalued, or players who can't switch hit but can bunt from either side are undervalued, but that doesn't mean having them is best for the team. huh? undervalued means the contribution to winning is underpriced.

yea, haven't liked grace since. real douchbag.

I realise (*most of) this. However, its in my nature to worry. And the longer it goes on, the worse it will get. this isn't the cubs!

good grief, the steelers are getting every bounce!

Denver's D couldn't stop the pass all year. They relied on ball control to win. They can't stop Pittsburgh on third down today.

go carolina - who doesn't want to see the super bowl of trash talking?

you could argue that what is undervalued is best for the team.

Either that, or they're in denial. "No, I won't watch all the game" "Oh, I have done" heh, "I'll only have a couple."

I don't know about most states. In Colorado you can buy beer at grocery stores on Sundays. A lot of states allow local regulation of alcohol sales. Broncos in big big trouble.

especially when they are protected by the ridiculous tuck rule. Anyone else think those guys running to buy beer at halftime are just poor planners?

Ok, lets review. 1. Bill James didn't write Moneyball or have anything to do with it. 2. Moneyball did not address the importance of OBP other than that Billy Beane recognized its value. 3. Just because you criticize the moves a GM makes, does not mean you think you could be a better GM. This is similar to arguing that because you criticize a player for striking out you think you could do better. 4. Most people don't scapegoat Neifi other than to point out the fact that his playing everyday and batting at the top of the order probably cost the Cubs a lot of runs. 5. Neifi's production could be obtained from a player making near league minimum. This makes Neifi's contract a bad one. This is not remotely related to fantasy baseball. This is very related to Moneyball. Have you read it? 6. The judge and jury part I don't understand. Yes, Neifi's abilities can be evaluated based entirely on statistics. What does he provide that can't be measured by statistics? Please don't hurt me this is my first post. I would like to refute some of Poudre's six points of light. 1. Although James did not write Moneyball saying he had nothing to do with it is like saying God had nothing to do with the writing of the ten commandments. 2. On the Billy Beane valuation of OBP my thoughts are: Beane recognized that players with high OBPs and lower BAs were being undervalued. To maximize his meager payroll he decided to pick-up as many high OBP players as possible. If high BA low OBP guys were what Beane perceived to be undervalued those are the players he would have been aquiring. It was all about getting the most bang for his buck, not about OBP. 3. Let's be honest here. We all know that we could do no better than the major league hitter who strikes out. But, at the end of the day we all think that we could do Hendry's or Baker's job. 4. Maybe this board needs to adopt some Neifi post traking statistics. My observation tells me that Neifi gets slammed at about a 4:1 ratio on this board. 5. Maybe Neifi's production could be obtained cheaper, but the Cubs are a large market team with a $100 million dollar payroll. Having a major league starting infielder who has won a GG on your bench is a tremendous luxury, and completely useless. Except, when your starting shortstop goes down in April for four months. But, how likeley is that to happen? 6. Obviously a player's abiities can not all be determined by statistics alone. If statistics were the only tool for determining a player's value Todd Walker would not be staring down his fifth team in six years, and D'Angelo Jimenez would have a starting job as a major league middle infielder. Not points of light, points of discussion. 1. Either way, James was not associated with the writing of Moneyball. Most people's opinions come from reading James, BP, Neyer, not from reading Moneyball. 2. Yes. Sulley you misread this. 3. I don't think I could do Hendry or Baker's job. 4. Regardless of how many don't like neifil, most people don't blame him for last year's fiasco. 5. Yet, we don't pursue players like Giles or Weaver that could help us because they are too expensive. 6. Yes, they can be measured by statistics. Defensive statistics are admittedly unreliable but they exist. If a players "intangibles" help a team, that will reveal itself in more runs scored or fewer runs allowed - the only statistics that really matter.