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I can't wait to hear Lou defend Marquis today
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well he didn't miss on strike 3. OUCH
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that strike 2 pitch should've been parked
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http://northsidebaseball.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=47932&p=1733077&hilit=bailey#p1733077 yeah, from what i have heard, he has the arm to be a good pitcher, but not the mental makeup. so he's Kyle Farnsworth redux?
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ho-hum first inning
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I think any Cubs fan who willingly watches a White Sox telecast deserves what they get
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Sean Gallagher to DL?
Derwood replied to badgercub's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
well that deal is working out swimmingly for the A's* * in the short term -
Soto batting 8th is still weird to me. It's like Dusty is managing with his "speedy OF leads off, MIF bats second, catcher bats 8th" nonsense. Batting the guy with the 3rd best SLG and OPS+ 8th is bad managing.
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too long for yahoo, and there's no DL in football. aside from that it's great, though not particularly creative or amusing. BITTER EAGLES FACE
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Baseball Tonight and franchise players discussion
Derwood replied to Paladin Cecil's topic in General Baseball Talk
yes but under the rules that they played by during his era, offense was hard to come by, and yet he was very good at providing offense. it's not as silly as derwood's "everyone was very bad at baseball back then," but i don't think that different rules are a good reason to discount someone's ability as a player. offense was hard to come by? I picked a random "good" year by Anson (1884) where Cap had an OPS+ of 176. He had teammates with OPS+ of 152, 169, 150, 150 and 184. In 1886 (the year Anson had 147 RBI), he OPS+'d 178. Other teammates had 152, 117 and 191. That's just looking at his own teammates. does that mean the majority weren't very bad at baseball? i didn't list the other OPS+'s, which were all pretty atrocious -
Baseball Tonight and franchise players discussion
Derwood replied to Paladin Cecil's topic in General Baseball Talk
yes but under the rules that they played by during his era, offense was hard to come by, and yet he was very good at providing offense. it's not as silly as derwood's "everyone was very bad at baseball back then," but i don't think that different rules are a good reason to discount someone's ability as a player. offense was hard to come by? I picked a random "good" year by Anson (1884) where Cap had an OPS+ of 176. He had teammates with OPS+ of 152, 169, 150, 150 and 184. In 1886 (the year Anson had 147 RBI), he OPS+'d 178. Other teammates had 152, 117 and 191. That's just looking at his own teammates. -
wut? why would the 4 division winners all be mediocre or bad?
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I'm pro-wild card and, I guess, anti-4 divisions per league. And I don't know why you're hung up on the Yankees and Red Sox. i'm not. I don't care if one of them is left out every year. Look at the year when the Braves and Giants each won over 100 games and one didn't make it to the playoffs. That was the main reason we have the wild card today, because of the uproar of a 100+ win team sitting home in October. I think it has a lot more to do with keeping fan interest in more cities. The wild card keeps a lot more teams "in the hunt" and that means a lot more fans willing to pay to watch more games deeper into the year. sure, but expanding to 4 divisions per league keeps the same # of playoff spots to be won. I think a perennial AL East battle where one of the "big two" won't make the playoffs is more interesting than seeing them both in the playoffs every year
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agreed. If games are on WGN, I tend to watch them in the guest room on the 19" generic TV, as they look better there than they do on my 46" LCD.
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then you just get to be annoyed by arcane blackout rules (grrr) Yeah, that part of it sucks. But it only affects me on Saturdays so it's not a huge annoyance. For me it's Saturdays as well as any game against the Pirates (for I'm apparently in the Pittsburgh "viewing area", though I don't get FSN Pittsburgh. In other words, they're blacking me out for a game I can't get)
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I'm pro-wild card and, I guess, anti-4 divisions per league. And I don't know why you're hung up on the Yankees and Red Sox. i'm not. I don't care if one of them is left out every year. Look at the year when the Braves and Giants each won over 100 games and one didn't make it to the playoffs.
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Plesac is still better than Joe Carter, Randy Hundley or Dave Otto
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then you just get to be annoyed by arcane blackout rules (grrr)
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Which he actually did a good job of last night, which made it odd that you ignored that when you posted his AAA numbers. I did so because the argument was that Wuertz replacing Howry is a move that should've been made long ago. He had the second-best ERA on the team when he was demoted. and since ERA is the best way to evaluate relief pitchers with a small amount of innings pitched.... I never said it was the best way. Did you happen to check his % of inherited runners that scored? no, but I checked his WHIP
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Which he actually did a good job of last night, which made it odd that you ignored that when you posted his AAA numbers. I did so because the argument was that Wuertz replacing Howry is a move that should've been made long ago. He had the second-best ERA on the team when he was demoted. and since ERA is the best way to evaluate relief pitchers with a small amount of innings pitched....
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so he's anti-wild card, but also doesn't want a scenario in which the Yankees and Red Sox can't both make the playoffs?
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it's magic
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ESPN said Joba Chamberlain should be the AL Cy frontrunner
Derwood replied to badnews's topic in General Baseball Talk
Let's just say that Dr. James Andrews isn't in the business of giving clean bills of health -
Baseball Tonight and franchise players discussion
Derwood replied to Paladin Cecil's topic in General Baseball Talk
that's because it's easy to dismiss 19th century player stats since the majority of those playing were very bad at baseball. Also, Anson played from age 19 to age 45, so his high career numbers are as much a product of longevity as anything else. that said, his peak years had some amazing OPS+ numbers (but again, were the pitchers he was facing any good?)
