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  1. Outshined_One
    The problem with it(sorry if this has been addressed) is that in order for it to be faster you have to time your dive perfectly such that you land at just the right point. It's possible to time that dive perfectly, but most of the time you would either break stride to time the dive, or you'd dive too late and get to the bag later than if you ran through. But isn't it just as likely that you would have to break stride to step on base anyways? Potentially, but it depends on if the difference between breaking stride to slide and breaking stride to step on the base has any meaningful value in this analysis.
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    Link :D
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    How the hell did the Indians get into this :rotfl: Can we get Asdrubal Cabrera from them if they get Roberts? I've been coveting him for the past year now.
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    Hypothetically speaking, if sliding would get you to the bag faster than running, at what point should you begin your slide? With sprinters, you're just talking about getting a part of your body over an imaginary line. With 1B, you're talking about getting part of your body to touch a specific object on the ground that you must reach and with which you must make contact. I'd have to imagine there's some ideal point in the course of running that would be the time someone should slide instead of run, but if that point is a limited area, I'd imagine it would be hard for someone going into a dead sprint to know exactly when they should attempt a slide into the base. Moreover, in the times I have seen guys slide into first base, umpires have not been forgiving. It could be as I mentioned before, where they lack a good spot from which to view the base and therefore cannot make a good call. On the other hand, sliding into first base is usually done in situations where there is a likely close play at the bag. I wouldn't be surprised if numerous umpires had a slight bias against people sliding into first under those circumstances and would be more likely to call someone out.
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    I can't wait until some of the Reds start lashing out at the fans for their struggles and Baker condones it. I've never seen a manager in my life who didn't hold his veteran players accountable the way Dusty did. Guys like LaTroy Hawkins could have gotten away with murder on those Cubs teams.
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    :lol: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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    I see Samardzija's growing the mullet back out.
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    If we were talking about times and deviations in terms of full seconds, I'd be inclined to agree with you on this matter. However, when you start getting into fractions of a second, it's very difficult to get accurate readings across the spectrum. The deviations when you hand time someone comes from two sources: when you start the watch and when you stop the watch. You have to be able to start it at the exact moment the person starts running and stop it the moment they hit the bag. If you start the watch too soon or stop it too late, you could have an extraordinarily different results in terms of the fractions of a second. It takes some people longer than a tenth of a second to blink, you know?
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    Sorry i was off, I just looked back at the results. Running through was 4.425 secs, Sliding head first was 4.325 secs, and sliding feet first was 4.2 secs. So it was about .2-.3 secs faster from sliding feet to running. I'm guessing you hand-timed this?
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    You need a "dude" in there.
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    No. Since you are ignoring my earlier explanation entirely, and the link that followed it up, I'll post it again. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_sliding_into_a_base_make_you_reach_base_faster Read it this time. And yes, the Mythbusters episode "busted" a "myth" that didn't actually exist in the first place. Total waste of time. One thing I would argue is that the umpire is not typically in a very good position to judge whether a runner sliding into 1B is safe or not. I think part of the difficulty of sliding into 1B is that your hand might not be easily visible to the umpire when it comes into contact with the base. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I'd imagine it might make a difference in terms of deciding whether to run or slide.
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    Vote to add this to the smileys!
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    And that is why you don't post someone's initials.
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    I think Cintron's an insurance policy if Cedeno or Theriot gets traded. No one else on this roster can play SS at the kind of level this organization clearly values to the extent that they would merit any significant playing time. Moreover, between Pie, EPatt, Colvin, and Fuld, the Cubs have enough guys in the organization who can adequately play CF. Moving Cedeno out there would not help settle any conflicts between that glut of players.
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    Too many. :(
  16. Outshined_One
    It's a minor league deal. The Iowa Cubs are trying to win the PCL Championship! They don't need some stinking bum at SS.
  17. Outshined_One
    Can we just give up on all of this arguing crap altogether? It'd be one thing if people here were more willing to accept each other's points of view. That is clearly not the case here. Both sides should just drop it and not press the issue. It's getting ridiculous around here.
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    Law school, as a matter of fact. You'll be happy to know that one of my areas of focus is sports law.
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    Sorry, its gone now. But it is not correct. Average is very important. There's a reason why that is the 1st stat shown when a player comes up to bat. It shows how good a hitter is. There are other stats that might tell more about a player, but there is no way that average isnt an important stat. You are a very good hitter if you can bat .300 over a season. Hopefully you have some other tools as well besides being a batting average hitter, but having a high average is a good stat to have. http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1356/scannersse1.gif
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    I think he's got the best shot of any non-Cub. The Cardinals' fans are not going to shut up about him and his hype will be impressive if he gets a starting nod out of spring training.
  21. Outshined_One
    NOW EES ZEE TIME ON SPROCKETS WHEN WE DANCE! :stickman:
  22. Outshined_One
    I'm okay with it as a minor league deal. That's about the extent I'm okay with this deal, however.
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    Welcome aboard!
  24. Outshined_One
    Apparently catching a ball and then diving into the stands will make you a great defensive SS in the eyes of the fans.
  25. Outshined_One
    He wasn't GM in Chicago, either. We all saw how that ended up going for the team.
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