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  1. SouthSideRyan
    Im at the office and can only see bits and pieces of the game (with no sound,) so I have no idea what reasoning he's got for this crazy all star game approach, but I think it's [expletive] awesome that it's happening in the playoffs in an elimination game and is working so well. just turned the game on. plz explain Constant pitching changes. Hellickson loaded em up with no outs in the 2nd, brought in Jamey Wright who got out of it. Moore for 2 innings, Torres for 2 innings, I'd imagine he'll use 3 more to try to close it out
  2. SouthSideRyan
    No, it isn't projecting a HOF bat for Javy. It's saying if he hits his insane ceiling he'll have a HOF bat. You know what I meant. Point is, I can't see taking any minor leaguer and saying, "if he hits his ceiling, he's a Hall of Famer". That's what you're saying by "Sheffield is too low". Well that's just silly. In any given year there are minor leaguers whose ceiling is that of a hall of famer. Otherwise nobody would ever be a hall of famer. No. There are minor leaguers whose ceiling is an elite player. Longevity is what makes them HoF. Nobody can project a minor leauger to be elite for upwards of 12-15 years. Projection is not = ceiling.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    I guess I misinterpreted that it was simply Sheffield's bat they were looking at.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    Gary Sheffield the career infielder is basically A-Rod/Chipper territory. But...he wasn't a career infielder
  5. SouthSideRyan
    Jamey Wright??
  6. SouthSideRyan
    What's Buxton's pie-in-the-sky projection? Kenny Lofton?
  7. SouthSideRyan
    No, it isn't projecting a HOF bat for Javy. It's saying if he hits his insane ceiling he'll have a HOF bat. You know what I meant. Point is, I can't see taking any minor leaguer and saying, "if he hits his ceiling, he's a Hall of Famer". That's what you're saying by "Sheffield is too low". Well that's just silly. In any given year there are minor leaguers whose ceiling is that of a hall of famer. Otherwise nobody would ever be a hall of famer.
  8. SouthSideRyan
    No, it isn't projecting a HOF bat for Javy. It's saying if he hits his insane ceiling he'll have a HOF bat.
  9. SouthSideRyan
    At the risk of making goony angry: Greg Maddux Frank Thomas Jeff Bagwell Mike Piazza Barry Bonds Tim Raines Roger Clemens Craig Biggio Curt Schilling Alan Trammell There are probably 16 or 17 guys I'd vote for. Of the 17 returning players, only Lee Smith, Jack Morris, and Don Mattingly seem like obvious noes. Of course Morris finished 2nd last year and will probably inexplicably go in with: -the 22nd best bWAR among eligibles -8th best ERA+ (Worse than Kenny Roger and MATT MORRIS) -6th in Ks And this is just compared to the guys on the ballot now. All time he sits: -Tied for 395th in bWAR (With Bartolo Colon and Steve Finley) -Tied for 484th in ERA+ (with Denny Neagle, Tomo Ohka, and Dustin Hermanson) But oh, his case is based on more than just stats, you had to be there and see how he was different, you knew when you watched him he was a hall of famer. -Never finished higher than 13th in MVP voting (784th all time in MVP shares) -Never finished higher than 3rd in Cy Young Voting (Only received votes in 7 seasons, 76th all time in Cy Young shares) -5 all star games -Top 10 in ERA 5 times (never better than 5th)
  10. SouthSideRyan
    Holy [expletive] Scherzer
  11. SouthSideRyan
    From the article Maddux obviously topped everyone with 98.5% -- brilliant reader Av wrote in with a reason why someone might not vote for Maddux that actually makes some sense. He wondered if someone might not vote for Maddux because the limit is 10, and maybe the BBAWAA member has 12 or 13 or more people he believes deserves the vote. The BBWAA person might pass on Maddux knowing full well that he will get elected anyway and use that vote for Tim Raines or Edgar Martinez or someone else who might be worthy. I don’t go along with it entirely -- I think it kind of cuts against the spirit of the Hall of Fame vote -- but I can see the argument.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    I'd almost expect Sweeney to outproduce Nate when considering defense. Bogusevic, I don't expect much of anything from him. He's still free (with at least one option? - though they may need his permission) so whatever, but I don't see anything in his record that shows we should expect much.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    am I being a huge homer when I think that the "pie-in-the-sky" projection should be better than Sheffield?
  14. SouthSideRyan
    Nice deal
  15. SouthSideRyan
    I want Acta as bench coach
  16. SouthSideRyan
    picking CHI over a winless NYG team on a short week when half of Bears Dline is dead scares me. Gaines Adams was like 3 years ago, enough excuses
  17. SouthSideRyan
    I'm in the tank for Harbaugh, I'd definitely take them if I was you. I don't like that Jets game. They're 3-2, but I just don't trust them, nor do I think Pittsburgh could possibly be as bad as they've shown. Though I am slow to adapt to previously good teams getting bad in a hurry which seems to happen a lot in the NFL. How insane is that JAX/DEN spread going to be?
  18. SouthSideRyan
    I know Houston looked like garbage, but I think I'm down to them over STL, KC over OAK, or CHI over NYG
  19. SouthSideRyan
    $96,840 in mine. Started with 3,228 guys. Down to 359 after tonight. I really hope this Pick 2 stuff was one week only because I've already used IND, NE, SEA, DEN, GB, & SF. My quick look had me thinking Bears, but I hate picking against winless teams for some reason
  20. SouthSideRyan
    Some people are just keener on these things than others.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    COME CELEBRATE WITH ME SNOOD!! 1,019 out of 1,547 entries in my pool had Atlanta as one of their teams.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    The Falcons do not deserve to win this game Please Jets, help me out here.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    Fully expecting a complete game 4-hitter from Wainwright on Wednesday. Why? He's really good and I don't trust the pirates offense? Well, Cole's pitching for the Pirates, and he's pretty good too
  24. SouthSideRyan
    Same. I'd never heard of the A's guy who walked off either.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    Fully expecting a complete game 4-hitter from Wainwright on Wednesday. Why?
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