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  1. SouthSideRyan
    Not necessarily. On average I believe it's true, becuase you're less likely to face horrible hitters in the 9th inning(pinch hitters) You're not going to have nearly as many pinch hitters in the AL because of the DH, though. And even if it's in the NL, there's a decent chance that the pitcher was double switched so the No. 9 spot might not even be the pitcher's spot anymore. It might be a little bit tougher, bot not that much tougher as to make designating one player to be the closer and only pitch the ninth inning that important. I'm not arguing for the importance of closers, just saying that the 9th is when teams go all out more than any other inning. And I think pinch hitters are a lot more common for position players in the AL, because of the DH. You don't have to worry about holding back a bench guy to hit for the pitcher in extras. You can pinch hit for your crappy 8 and 9 guys with actual bats in the 9th, bring in their defensive replacements for the 10th, and go with that lineup the rest of the way.
  2. SouthSideRyan
    I mean, really. Did anybody seriously think that he was going to do that all season? I did until he got a code red. Then I knew everything would be fine.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    Cardinals plz. And Dodgers in the first round.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    Aramis would need to go on a tear and hit like, 200 more home runs in his career which is tough since he's on the wrong side of 30 now. Derrek Lee actually could have had a shot after that huge 2005 if he didn't hurt his wrist, derail his career and lose all his power :( Ramirez turned 30 at the end of June. Saying he's on the wrong side of 30 makes it sound like he's got 3 seasons left.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    Description of Fonzie's shenanigans?
  6. SouthSideRyan
    2006 Cubs Team OBP: 319 2007 Cubs Team OBP: 333
  7. SouthSideRyan
    Yep, he accrued next to no service time as all his DL stints have been in the minors. This will push him back a season. I guess my questions are specifically: Does he have anymore options? When does he hit arbitration? (it looks like he has a little less than 2 years major league service time) When does he hit free agency? This is all off the top of my head, so somebody else can feel free to correct me. This is his 3rd option year, which I'm unsure on, gun to my head I'd say that's his last option. He won't hit arbitration until '10. He wouldn't be a free agent until after the '12 season.
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    After walking about 1/11 PAs to begin the year, Corey has gone 144 PAs in a row without a walk. He hasn't walked since APRIL.
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    viewtopic.php?f=26&t=47932&p=1733077&hilit=bailey#p1733077
  10. SouthSideRyan
    Looks awfully white.
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    viewtopic.php?f=26&t=47932&p=1733077&hilit=bailey#p1733077
  12. SouthSideRyan
    If the Pirates are serious, and want to be taken seriously, they'd back up a dump truck full of cash to Sabathia's or Sheets's house this offseason. It might not work, but getting a Dempster, or someone along those lines as a backup plan wouldn't be too bad either.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    Yep, he accrued next to no service time as all his DL stints have been in the minors. This will push him back a season.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    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? It means Anson was on a really good team. OPS+ is relative to league averages, so saying that a bunch of his teammates had good OPS+s means little.
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    wut? why would the 4 division winners all be mediocre or bad? I'm saying within a certain division.
  16. SouthSideRyan
    I think a battle of 4 mediocre-bad teams doesn't sound fun at all.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    Cardinals' pitchers' ERAs are about to shoot up.
  18. SouthSideRyan
    83-79? 101-92 sounds more realistic. Not for the Bulls.
  19. SouthSideRyan
    Does that include CSN+? There are 2 games on CSN+, 2 games on WICU, and 1 game that is currently scheduled to not be on TV at all in September. That game is likely a TBD. It's definitely going to be on TV.
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    Not necessarily. On average I believe it's true, becuase you're less likely to face horrible hitters in the 9th inning(pinch hitters)
  21. SouthSideRyan
    Nitpick, the Rockies were a half game worse than the D-Backs last year.
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    Brink of disaster?? Despite LemmeHearYa's claims, this wasn't a disaster.
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    A pitcher can be bad even if he doesn't walk guys Lou.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    Why did one of the lefties need to go. Not everyone who throws with his left hand is a LOOGY.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    Remlinger and JoBo were both DFAd. Hawkins was dumped in a trade. Sosa was dumped in a trade. Jacque Jones was dumped in a trade. Hendry's had no problem dumping players if he didn't feel they were productive. And regarding Eyre being an 8th pitcher in postseason, teams pretty much never take 8 bullpen arms to the postseason. 11 man staffs are the standard. You never have a use for an 8th guy out of the bullpen with all the off days.
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