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well, another one trick pony ex-st. louis cardinal (o. smith) got in on the first ballot while a much more complete cub (sandberg) didn't. so you never know.

sosa's not willing to humiliate himself? really? i think that ship has sailed.

Might have something todo with the fact ISU has no post game and thus shoots a lot of jumpers. (They're one of the worst teams in the Big 12 w/ regards to getting to the line). Conversely, KU has plenty of bigs to toss it down to, adn they also penetrate more, which is why they shoot more FT. iowa state's offense is completely dependent on penetration. blaylock and stinson taking to the rim is their whole offense. they do chuck a lot of threes, but those mostly come from penetration or the threat of penetration.

kansas has only shot 21 more free throws than iowa state today. that seems about right.

as i've been saying for weeks, the brewers need to go after weaver.

someone else was saying its good. hard to trust the opinions of college kids sometimes so its good to hear it from you. Has to wait for PPV though! it is really good. it's quite similar to crimes and misdemeanors, one of my favorite woody allens.

last year's standings say different. actually guys like clark, davis, and turnbow have done something...much, much more than cedeno or murton, that's for sure. why should we give the benefit of the doubt to the cubs' young guys (murton, cedeno), iffy veterans coming off bad years (jones, pierre), and guys coming off unusually good years (howry, dempster, lee, neifi, eyre) but not the brewers'?

yeah, it looks like he was a bigger part of the offense.

wonder if he'll start in des moines given that the weather probably won't be too good.

i'm looking forward to going to a bunch more games this season. they've done some remodeling at the park, so it should be pretty nice.

a month and a half and i'll be in sunny arizona!

Bullpen: Demptster 1.45 WHIP, 3.97 ERA, 7.0 VORP Eyre 1.40 WHIP, 4.28 ERA, 5.6 VORP Howry 1.29 WHIP, 3.98 ERA, 6.7 VORP Novoa 1.36 WHIP, 4.16 ERA, 4.9 VORP Ohman 1.42 WHIP, 3.88 ERA, 6.5 VORP Williamson 1.29 WHIP, 3.43 ERA, 9.3 VORP Wuertz 1.36 WHIP, 4.10 ERA, 8.3 VORP With just these numbers can you pick out the $3M+ players from the $1M (or less) players? If those numbers are correct, it's going to be a looooooonngg year. Probably unfair on Dempster's numbers, as I imagine starting numbers are included in there, thus inflating the ERA significantly. that, or they think his 2006 will be more like the nearly 1000 bad innings he threw from 1998-2004 than the 60 or whatever it was good innings he threw last year. as i've said before, i'm concerned about this bullpen...much more so than the rotation. dempster has the potential to really be bad. hopefully he found a niche as a reliever because he's never been much good as a starter.

if it makes anybody feel better, nolasco (eight) and pinto (thirteen) are in the marlins' top 30.

well, you do have sample size on your side. seriously, all you guys that like to make snide, smart ass remarks about moneyball, beane and OBP are just making yourself look stupid. NOBODY includes that stuff in their posts more than you. either you're imagining everybody mentioning beane, moneyball and james in their posts or you're just reading your own posts, which are littered with references to those things. enough playing the 'woe is me, i'm the poor guy in the minority on every issue that everyone hates...i'm such a martyr' card. no one's buying it. lol. glad you didn't get personal, and hendry's done several things wrong... ah, the final piece of your typical posting plan. 1. determine what the majority opinion on an issue is. 2. take the opposite of that opinion in snide, quick, baseless, inflammatory remarks. usually add a rolling eyes smiley. 3. wait for someone to call you out on your post that you have to know is ridiculous and has no support. 4. claim that your post is just being attacked because your a rogue, independent minded, outside the box, free thinker who doesn't fall into everybody else's follow the leader mentality. 5. wait for someone to call you out on that. 6. whine about being personally attacked (even though you technically personally attacked everyone who you claim to be part of the group think) and usually throw it out there that the mods are allowing the personal attack because the poster 'attacking' you is part of the in crowd. 7. shrug it all off because, well, that's just what you do. someday we'll see the err of our ways and realize you were right. so is the life of a martyr. This is the kind of post that really turns me off of this board. Tim should change the name from NSBB to the "Billy Board". I'll admit, Beane is onto something, but it is far from a perfected philosophy. Statheads like to spit out a stat and call it gospel, all the while, there are numorous variables that play into that stat that are considered "unimportant". :roll: :roll: :roll: thanks for proving my point. and three eye rolls...always adds quite a bit of strength to your argument. two is good, but three...that really seals the deal.

well, you do have sample size on your side. seriously, all you guys that like to make snide, smart ass remarks about moneyball, beane and OBP are just making yourself look stupid. NOBODY includes that stuff in their posts more than you. either you're imagining everybody mentioning beane, moneyball and james in their posts or you're just reading your own posts, which are littered with references to those things. enough playing the 'woe is me, i'm the poor guy in the minority on every issue that everyone hates...i'm such a martyr' card. no one's buying it. lol. glad you didn't get personal, and hendry's done several things wrong... ah, the final piece of your typical posting plan. 1. determine what the majority opinion on an issue is. 2. take the opposite of that opinion in snide, quick, baseless, inflammatory remarks. usually add a rolling eyes smiley. 3. wait for someone to call you out on your post that you have to know is ridiculous and has no support. 4. claim that your post is just being attacked because your a rogue, independent minded, outside the box, free thinker who doesn't fall into everybody else's follow the leader mentality. 5. wait for someone to call you out on that. 6. whine about being personally attacked (even though you technically personally attacked everyone who you claim to be part of the group think) and usually throw it out there that the mods are allowing the personal attack because the poster 'attacking' you is part of the in crowd. 7. shrug it all off because, well, that's just what you do. someday we'll see the err of our ways and realize you were right. so is the life of a martyr.

oh, and as long as you want to play that game... 162 games and a .326 obp isn't too impressive, but hendry can do no wrong.

well, you do have sample size on your side. seriously, all you guys that like to make snide, smart ass remarks about moneyball, beane and OBP are just making yourself look stupid. NOBODY includes that stuff in their posts more than you. either you're imagining everybody mentioning beane, moneyball and james in their posts or you're just reading your own posts, which are littered with references to those things. enough playing the 'woe is me, i'm the poor guy in the minority on every issue that everyone hates...i'm such a martyr' card. no one's buying it.

it's pretty clear the author was more interested in being funny than informative or accurate.

listed under the category of "losers":

speaking of which, you have beaten the horse dead six times over and pounded the dirt on which it laid until you were half way to china...all in the span of three pages.

i don't think anyone brings up moneyball in a higher % of their posts than you. maybe that's why it seems like you're always reading about it on here.

my goodness, am i sick of hearing about that stupid steal. people act like the red sox stole their way to 100 wins and a world series that year. enough already. of course, the 'yay for steals!' crowd seems to forget that he was pinch running for a guy who got on via a WALK.

yeah, his 1.17 whip last season (9th in the NL, right between zambrano and beckett) was awful. ugh, i wish he were dead.

wow, marte has the chance to be named by BA as THREE organizations' #1 prospect for 2006. impressive...i think.