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Russell Martin
abuck1220 replied to EhDubya's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Catchers have worse aging curves than any other player. I hope the Cubs stay far, far away. Pay a coach $100,000/year to teach Wellington to frame, if it's that important. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/catcher-aging-is-a-curve-not-a-cliff/ And I understand your inclination to write off pitch framing as nebulous sorcery. I really do. But when you consistently grade out as really terrible by everyone who evaluates such things, something is probably pretty wrong unless you think there's some sort of Welington Castillo conspiracy among these guys. I don't doubt that he's terrible at it, I just doubt it's worth 25 runs a year or whatever. -
Russell Martin
abuck1220 replied to EhDubya's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
well if questioning that the difference between montero and castillo's ability to catch a ball is 50 runs per season counts as skepticism, I guess i'm skeptical. -
Russell Martin
abuck1220 replied to EhDubya's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
so pitch framing is going to be the thing smart people swear is undervalued this offseason, huh? that's kinda boring. -
I wish there was a way I could properly express how little I care about the football game between these teams in comparison to the basketball game between these two teams. I would gladly accept a 49-0 loss this weekend if it somehow gave iowa st 1 additional point in the basketball game.
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A&M is certainly a dumpster fire right now, but Tennessee is definitely a team on the rise. Regardless of whether they are that good or not, you are still having to play against and get pushed around by very high caliber athletes for 5 straight weeks. Replace Tenn and aTm with Big 10 teams like Illinois and Minnesota and it's not the same. Illinois and Minnesota, between them, have 2 four-star players they've recruited in the past 3 years and 0 five-stars. On the contrary, Tennessee and aTM, in the same three year span, have 63 four-star players and 6 five-stars. This isn't an SEC rah-rah post, it's just the truth when you objectively look at the numbers. You aren't playing the same type of athletes when you play a Minnesota as you are when you are playing a Tennessee. well at least now i don't feel bad for ole miss after last night anymore
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Russell Martin
abuck1220 replied to EhDubya's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
well that's [expletive] bonkers. no way he gets McCann money. -
ole miss does not excel in end of game scenarios. yikes.
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I heard that comment too and was about to steer my car into a light post if not for the fresh pizza sitting on my passenger seat. If you want to say they are 2-3 years from reaching the peak of their collective performance, I suppose that argument could be made, but 3 years away from even being a playoff competitor is ridiculous. the royals nearly won the World Series with james shields, three good relievers and a bunch of turds for crying out loud.
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oklahoma's no joke either. can't believe iowa st bball is to the point where they lose TWO first team all conference players and i still think they are better this year. also can't believe that they had TWO first team all conference players...
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maybe if your joke was funnier people wouldn't be so annoyed.
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I mean wow matheny. wow.
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Oklahoma St. is not good. They struggled against a bad Texas Tech team, struggled against a worse ISU, and barely beat an even worse KU team. I know they played FSU close in the first game of the season, but their backup QB is now the full time QB, and they're about to start playing real teams now. I wouldn't be surprised if they closed the season 1-5, with their only win coming at home vs WVU. yeah, you can put okie st there for now if you want I guess, but there's no way they're anywhere close to that by the end of the season. wasn't impressed by them at all.
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Arkansas' qb is just horrendously awful. is he like a 3rd string freshman or something?
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previous "record" was $10k for mike leach in 2007. yeah, i'd say alleging the conference is scheming to specifically screw your team over is probably gonna get you the biggest fine in the history of the conference....
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lol, iowa st AD fined a whopping $25k (big 12 record) for postgame presser where he indicated his frustration with iowa st consistently getting screwed.
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it's weird to think that people thought paying soriano crippled the team or whatever.
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javi baez deep concern and probably giving hope up thread
abuck1220 replied to treebird's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
so this is going to be kyle's thing for the next six months. awesome. -
Over. Iowa, Penn State and Nebraska NOOOOOOOOOOPE
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http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6ht47A6s11qc073co1_400.gif lol didn't say there'd be no emotion. it just wouldn't be anger. let's not be careless here or anything. in nsbb's ongoing competition to be the most sophisticated fan, you have taken the lead. i mean, everyone knows by now that complaining about such trivial matters as "wins" and "losses" is beneath the refined fan. but now we also know that only neanderthal savages get upset when their best player gets hit in the face and then the next guy almost also gets hit in the face. HOW UNCOUTH. lol go [expletive] yourself ok well that's certainly not very refined.
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http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6ht47A6s11qc073co1_400.gif lol didn't say there'd be no emotion. it just wouldn't be anger. let's not be careless here or anything. in nsbb's ongoing competition to be the most sophisticated fan, you have taken the lead. i mean, everyone knows by now that complaining about such trivial matters as "wins" and "losses" is beneath the refined fan. but now we also know that only neanderthal savages get upset when their best player gets hit in the face and then the next guy almost also gets hit in the face. HOW UNCOUTH.
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why did this stupid dolt risk his career to spare ray [expletive] rice a few games? unreal.
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probably need a weekly transactions limit next year.
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i wanted to keep you in the chat room as long as possible so i could board the windows and get my family into the panic room.
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i really wish you could go back and read all the stuff in chat to see which one of us truly "flipped out."
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hey psychopath, i'm not throwing a hissy fit about anything. did i say it was against the rules or that you were getting docked points? calm the [expletive] down weirdo.