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  1. Derwood
    3rd place :shock:
  2. Derwood
    i've had Vista since it came out and have had no problems. big difference, however, is that I use Firefox
  3. Derwood
    he was due BOLD PREDICTION: If the Cubs lose this, Milwaukee wins tonight. No question.
  4. Derwood
    it's gonna be one of THOSE games, I see
  5. Derwood
    by OPS .235 (Marshall) .822 .711 .785 .735 .926 .898 .723 .847 Hmm kind of proves my point more than OBP, but I still see agree with you on how it doesn't matter as much as I thought. Thank you for looking that up. what the two lists (OBP and OPS) show me is that the ideal lineup would be something like this: Theriot Kendall Lee Ramirez Soriano DeRosa Jones Murton Pitcher
  6. Derwood
    very true. Although I think the Yankees one is obvious. no, Scott Brosius retired
  7. Derwood
    by OPS .235 (Marshall) .822 .711 .785 .735 .926 .898 .723 .847
  8. Derwood
    if Cedeno was hitting behind Ramirez, wouldn't you want to throw good pitches to Ramirez, as putting him on base is fine considering how unlikely it is that Cedeno would drive him in? So why not pitch to Ramirez in that situation? Walking him would mitigate some potential damage, but he's still getting on base
  9. Derwood
    who is the face of any team? Who's the face of Boston? Dice-K? Ortiz? Schilling? How about the Yankees? A-rod? Jeter? Rivera? this is all sorts of stupid
  10. Derwood
    theriot is such a great leadoff hitter! :roll: just kidding, it was a little ambitious though
  11. Derwood
    ah hamburgers
  12. Derwood
    alright, MojoPin can do PBP, as i'm on about a 30 second delay on mlb.tv
  13. Derwood
    double into left center for Ankiel, Ryan at 3rd, 0 out
  14. Derwood
    single for Ryan on an 0-2 pitch. 1 on, 0 out
  15. Derwood
    i can
  16. Derwood
    doesn't look too bad there on mlb.tv
  17. Derwood
    depending on the radar you're looking at, clouds don't always mean rain.
  18. Derwood
    agreed, and the Saints "love" only came about in the wake of a) Reggie Bush and b) Hurricane Katrina.
  19. Derwood
    you beat me to it, actually
  20. Derwood
    Then why was everyone soo upset when Neifi and Izturis went 1-2 in the lineup last year? If it wouldn't matter if they batting 7th 8th, or 1-2, I don't see what the uproar was all about. Because by having Neifi and Izturis at 1-2 you are giving them more ab's than what they would get if they were batting 7-8. Actually, the whole Neifi thing was a perfect example of why I don't believe the lineup doesn't matter. When Lee was having a career year, he only ended up with a little over 100 RBI. The reason is because Neifi and Macias, among others who sucked were batting in front of him. Not only does it make it worse that these guys get more AB's but the fact that don't get on base also causes the players behind them not to get RBI opportunities. the neifi/macias problem was less about where they batted in the lineup and more about the fact that they were in the lineup at all
  21. Derwood
    Then why was everyone soo upset when Neifi and Izturis went 1-2 in the lineup last year? If it wouldn't matter if they batting 7th 8th, or 1-2, I don't see what the uproar was all about. Because by having Neifi and Izturis at 1-2 you are giving them more ab's than what they would get if they were batting 7-8. So lineup construction does matter...similarly...I've got to think that, with all respect to Mr. James, the pitches that Lee/Soriano/Ramirez sees (with one or two other power bats behind him) are much better than they'd be if it was Ramirez followed by the pitcher, or some other non-hitter...Maybe its just me, but I think lineup construction does matter.... what's the difference between hitting your way on (because you see better pitches) or walking your way on (because you're being pitched around)? The end result is still a) getting on base and b) not making an out
  22. Derwood
    I don't know why we continue to discuss this, we all think Soriano would be better in the middle of the order and playing RF, but Lou has said Soriano will bat leadoff and play LF and his is the only opinion that counts. it's discussed because we're frustrated that our manager is more interested in placating a pouty superstar than putting the best lineup on the field. would you be okay if, say, Carlos Zambrano said "I would really rather pitching the 6th inning out of the pen instead of starting"?
  23. Derwood
    sure, and Bill James isn't saying "put your horrible OBP guys at the top" or "draw names out of a hat". He's just debunking the conventional wisdom of "leadoff hitter, guy who can bunt, best hitter, best slugger, etc." lineup construction
  24. Derwood
    they would complain because their idea of what a good lineup should be is so ingrained in them that they can't handle a little statistical analysis. Here's your "oh god what a horrible lineup" in terms of OBP: .150 (rough average of our starting pitchers' OBP) .404 .332 .366 .331 .368 .405 .350 .336 minus the pitchers spot, that lineup is barely different than the "traditional" lineup (and both, in terms of OBP, are poorly constructed)
  25. Derwood
    ESPN showed the tarp on the field. Delay?
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