JudasIscariotTheBird

So because I know you are all on the edge of your seats, my lineup is Cam Smith, Ancer, Dustin Johnson, Im, Rahm...and Cam Champ who went from 8th place to +4 today and just under the projected cut line. FML.

Hey! Lookit that! I'm in 38th place in the millionaire maker! Go Jon Rahm! ...now in 29th...

Its not about caring. Its like saying you follow the Cubs while not knowing who Ian Happ is. I am not exaggerating. No, it's not like that at all. That's exactly what the guy who has never heard of Jon Rahm WOULD say.

I'm not clicking the link because I don't want to reward him, but BPs stats thought deGrom and Nola were better than Bauer: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/62195/cy-young-awards-in-2020-the-problem-of-opponent-quality/ So if you're going to say "BP told me to do it" then explain Bauer at #1. Yeah, that was my issue with it. He says he likes using DRA but even though Bauer was worse in the metric than deGrom and Nola, his 1.73 ERA (which he admits is flawed) stood out while Darvish’s 2.01 didn’t. Just illogical. If you’re going to discount Yu for only facing crappy Central teams, you have to do the same with Bauer. And Devin horsefeathering Williams, obviously.

...that's dumber than the Slate article, which I have to imagine was partially in jest. caring about individual golfers is the dumbest thing of all Its not about caring. Its like saying you follow the Cubs while not knowing who Ian Happ is. I am not exaggerating.

...that's dumber than the Slate article, which I have to imagine was partially in jest.

Show me on the doll where Slate hurt you. I don’t really care for them either way, just seems like they’re going out of the way to be whimsical and too cool about it (like the “sports ball” mention above) or they just didn’t take any time to do some basic research. It is the biggest tournament of the year and was part of a tradition at Augusta with trying to skip the ball on the water to the hole during practice rounds and it was done by a current top golfer in the world and a favorite to win. It wasn’t some dudes caddy or kid or spouse during the par 3 event they normally do. Yep. We are all well aware. I posted the article because the "who is this Jon character?" bit was ridiculous and topical. I thought the Trout comparison made that clear.

Show me on the doll where Slate hurt you.

This was cool enough to catch Slate's attention. The headline: In the body: Poor Jon Rahm. He's the Mike Trout of the PGA (if there were about 8 guys as good as Mike Trout)

I kinda like fading him this week. Not a great history at the course, wet conditions will hold back his drives from rolling out as much, it’s a second shot/wedge around the green and putting course. He isn’t very good at that and you can’t use a putting book on the greens which seems like something that would mess with his methodology. Maybe he’s just able to bomb and bully the course and being 25-50+ yards longer than the field leading to having more wedge/short iron shots than everyone is enough to overcome his deficiencies there, but I’m looking at some H2Hs and like outside top 15-20 finish for him to bet. I only do large multi-entry draftkings, and I'm fading him for partly those reasons, but largely straight ownership reasons. Completely unrelated side note: I went golfing the day after election day, and I shot a 100. Got beat by an 80 year old guy named "Mondo," who appearantly shot his age a month ago.

Just keep playing Goedert and profit.

I'll put this here.

It probably just takes getting used to. My 3 wood is my favorite club, and that wasn't the case until I started playing real courses. After that, for a while I was just using half and quarter swings with my 3 wood or 5 wood to avoid the attrocites that were my long irons, but after I forced myself to use them, they have gotten almost as good as my fairway woods. Now I have a real shot of putting it on or very near the green all the way to 230 yards out. Progress! yes, that is it exactly. I don't spend enough time at the range to be consistent with those clubs and never hitting them hinders improvement and consistency. The range isn't the same anyway because of the lie factor. Did end yesterday's 6500 yard round by hitting the back of the green from 180 yards so that was nice. Sure. You just have to kind of luck out of you have a bad lie. Add a club or thee depending how bad it is. Those kind of shots are for the pros to hit consistantly. And having consistent ranges is kind of the same thing. I'm still working on what my range IS with each club. First things first. The last two times I played, I was hitting it over the green much more often than being short, which I think it a good sign overall. I'm just hitting the ball cleaner more often than I used to. (Btw, if the distance that I mention I'm hitting shots sounds long, know that I have the Coors effect going for me. Which is nice.)

One thing I have learned in the last few weeks, is that I cannot hit anything longer than a 6 (except the driver). Stands to reason since most of our rounds are at a course where any decent drive puts you into wedge territory. Time for longer courses but boy are those exhausting when you horsefeathers long clubs. It probably just takes getting used to. My 3 wood is my favorite club, and that wasn't the case until I started playing real courses. After that, for a while I was just using half and quarter swings with my 3 wood or 5 wood to avoid the attrocites that were my long irons, but after I forced myself to use them, they have gotten almost as good as my fairway woods. Now I have a real shot of putting it on or very near the green all the way to 230 yards out. Progress!

Ha, oddly enough I have Kyler and Herbert too (I just picked up Herbert a few weeks ago). I told my league I'm willing to listen to offers for Kyler (who's locked in at $12 for next year) to see if I can upgrade the rest of my lineup. I'm about to lose for the first time this season, though, in large part because I didn't start Gio Bernard over Jerick McKinnon yesterday - I'd grabbed Gio just to block other people from getting him and should've put him in. That was a dumb move on my end. I can still win today but it would take a pretty bad bed-crapping from Jared Goff. I have Mahomes/Herbert and I'm really fighting the urge to shop Mahomes. I feel like if I did, Herbert would immediately fall back to earth, because of course. ...why not shop Herbert?

yeah yeah yeah. we get it. we know. go away man. Damn. I knew Sliders wasn't popular but I didn't think it would be that controversial to reference. I'm more of a Gimli guy.

I am glad you have chosen this stance.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-the-chicago-bears-good-or-just-lucky/

I was running a middle school wrestling camp when I was in college, and a kid dislocated his elbow. I tried my best to act like it was no big deal while we waited for the ambulance, but it sure as hell looked like his arm was snapped in half. I think I played it off effectively.

I just watched the footage. It might not be as bad as everyone assumes. (Stress might). It could be as simple as a dislocation and a boat load of sprains. Prob done for the season tho.

What you do with the ball is your own business, no need to bring it in to the wholesome Golf thread. I actually typed mis-hit without the hyphen, and there we are. (The profanity filter is insanely horsefeathering dumb.)