Derwood
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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 -
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?) -
Following up on Gaudin getting the win over the weekend when he blew the lead. which is why.... (everyone together now) .... Wins are a dumb stat
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Howry has now given up earned runs in 6 of his past 9 appearances.
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Baseball Tonight and franchise players discussion
Derwood replied to Paladin Cecil's topic in General Baseball Talk
why would you put Sosa so low? -
there's no way that certain teams (yankees/red sox) would agree to that. and frankly it would be unfair to them. they didn't have a wildcard pre-1993. It's not unprecedented to have both teams not make the playoffs every year. I'm pretty sure that the D-Backs wanted to be an AL team since the time they were created, so they would seem like the natural team to move in an expansion scenario It's not that the Yankees and Red Sox have to make the playoffs, but that generally they are two of the best teams in the AL so having them in the same division wouldn't be fair to them if only one of them was going to make the playoffs every year. It doesn't just go for those two teams but for the divisions in general. The year the Mariners won 116 games, the A's won 100+ and had the second best record in the AL. Under the four divisions, four teams per division, one playoff spot per division format, that team would have missed the playoffs. well you can't expand the playoffs anymore unless you cut some regular season games I never said the playoffs had to be expanded. so you're arguing against a 4 division per league format then.
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Dr. Andrews is the luckiest doctor ever. Dusty alone has made him a rich man
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SORIANOWNED!
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that'll tie it
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Offense is picking Howry up, which means he's gonna get a free pass
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howry has given up runs in 5 of his last 8 outings
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HOWRY LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
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there's no way that certain teams (yankees/red sox) would agree to that. and frankly it would be unfair to them. they didn't have a wildcard pre-1993. It's not unprecedented to have both teams not make the playoffs every year. I'm pretty sure that the D-Backs wanted to be an AL team since the time they were created, so they would seem like the natural team to move in an expansion scenario It's not that the Yankees and Red Sox have to make the playoffs, but that generally they are two of the best teams in the AL so having them in the same division wouldn't be fair to them if only one of them was going to make the playoffs every year. It doesn't just go for those two teams but for the divisions in general. The year the Mariners won 116 games, the A's won 100+ and had the second best record in the AL. Under the four divisions, four teams per division, one playoff spot per division format, that team would have missed the playoffs. well you can't expand the playoffs anymore unless you cut some regular season games
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crikey
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I think you have to use the DFA method and expose him to waivers in order to get him to the minors. Eyre will be traded, probably for a PTBNL in the next 10 days. If not, somebody will claim him in the waiver process. Zero chance anyone claims Scott Eyre off waivers. 100% chance someone does. Shall I say it again for emphasis? No one is going to take on a $1+ million commitment for two months of a mediocre (at best) relief pitcher who has a very real chance of being horrible. sure they will
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Baseball Tonight and franchise players discussion
Derwood replied to Paladin Cecil's topic in General Baseball Talk
Banks, Sosa and ???? -
where was this team last night?
