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Throw in a Notre Dame loss and we have perfection.
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Larry is a switch hitter. Got the DP, anyway :(
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He was hurt a lot, otherwise the Braves would probably be in 1st and he would be the runaway MVP winner.
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Performance with RISP (Discussion from Game Thread)
justin23iu replied to Jazz's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
To refute this, I'm saying that a player's performance does not shift whether or not there is a base runner on or not. The fact that his numbers are different with runners on is all just a matter of coincidence. A player doesn't suddenly gain better offensive ability (or worse), based on the situation at hand, i just cannot believe that theory. Well, you're wrong. Pitchers pitch differently with RISP, and are likely to leave more balls over the plate. Therefore, there is a difference when hitting with runners on. Good hitters, like Ramirez, will make pitchers pay for challenging them. I love it when people who are wrong are so emphatic about it. 100+ years of baseball statistics say you're wrong. What about my statement, exactly, is wrong? -
Performance with RISP (Discussion from Game Thread)
justin23iu replied to Jazz's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
To refute this, I'm saying that a player's performance does not shift whether or not there is a base runner on or not. The fact that his numbers are different with runners on is all just a matter of coincidence. A player doesn't suddenly gain better offensive ability (or worse), based on the situation at hand, i just cannot believe that theory. Well, you're wrong. Pitchers pitch differently with RISP, and are likely to leave more balls over the plate. Therefore, there is a difference when hitting with runners on. Good hitters, like Ramirez, will make pitchers pay for challenging them. -
I'd rather the Braves end this thing ASAP so I don't even have to worry about it.
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It's a religious thing, much in the same vein of the people that have protested Arizona State and Duke to drop the "Devil" from their team nicknames. Doesn't that seem a little.... creepy to anyone else? There's nothing wrong with the word "devil" especially when describing a breed of ray. You'd think they were the Tampa Bay Satanists or something. The Minnesota Timberwolves dropped the "Timber" off their name too. I imagine it's just easier to market shorter names. The Diamondbacks shortened it to D-Backs on most marketing material. In this case, it is a religious thing. The new ownership, as they've hinted at, was never comfortable with the word "Devil" being a part of their franchise. And yes, it's creepy.
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I keep on forgetting Monroe's on the team. I wish Lou would, too.
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Like we should care about the bandwagon fans? I'm sorry, your question makes no sense.
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It's a religious thing, much in the same vein of the people that have protested Arizona State and Duke to drop the "Devil" from their team nicknames.
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Ha, that was a strike to Soto earlier.
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Wow, Howry staying in.
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That call actually hurts Matt Murton's average...funny how things work out.
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This is sad to see. Even though he's the competition, Jr.'s a great guy and it's just horrible to see this again...hope it's nothing too serious.
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That is not a strike.
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Ugh. At least it's not a DP
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"He is a bulldog!" -Ron Santo on Ted Lilly...a pretty intense Ronny, I might add.
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Uno mas, Teddy!
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Lee makes that play 9 out of 10 times. This isn't good.
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Un-freakin-believable
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My god, enough with the DPs already. They have absolutely KILLED us the last couple weeks. AHHHHHH!
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What are people getting instead? ESPNNews So it's blacked out for a 500 mile radius? That's terrible Baseball's territorial rights are insane. No doubt. I've had Padre games blacked out here and I live 10 miles from Dodger Stadium. I didn't get that one. Cubs games on ESPN are blacked out here in Bloomington, Indiana, 4 and a half hours away from Chicago and with no access to CSN Chicago. It's ridiculous. Of course, I'm in Cincinnati's blackout radius also, so no chance of getting the game on ESPN here tonight. At least I can watch it on FSN Ohio (Jeff Brantley is tough to listen to, though).
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Way to criticize a guy based on a hypothetical situation. That's fair. He didn't criticize him; he just stated facts. Fact: Kendall's arm is crap. Based on that, it's reasonable to infer that he may not have been able to make that throw. Why trash Kendall's arm because of a play Soto makes? Does that make any sense? To show it was an exceptional play that the normal catcher doesn't make? I don't understand why this is such an issue. It was a very good play by Soto, and you should have just left it at that. Bringing Kendall up in regards to that play makes zero sense.
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Way to criticize a guy based on a hypothetical situation. That's fair. He didn't criticize him; he just stated facts. Fact: Kendall's arm is crap. Based on that, it's reasonable to infer that he may not have been able to make that throw. Why trash Kendall's arm because of a play Soto makes? Does that make any sense? Are you being serious? The catcher who is currently playing makes a great play, A poster comments that the teams catcher who would regularly be playing may likely not be able to make that same play. It wasn't really off topic. Actually it was. All you guys who are all over Soto use anything you can trash Kendall. The fact is, we have no idea how that play would've been different had Kendall been playing. Maybe it wouldn't have gotten through him in the first place. It's completely unfair to criticize players based on plays that other guys make.
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Way to criticize a guy based on a hypothetical situation. That's fair. He didn't criticize him; he just stated facts. Fact: Kendall's arm is crap. Based on that, it's reasonable to infer that he may not have been able to make that throw. Why trash Kendall's arm because of a play Soto makes? Does that make any sense?