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  1. Outshined_One
    Welp, the Astros blew it open. 6-2
  2. Outshined_One
    Did Francoeur just pull a Berkman?
  3. Outshined_One
    I'm trying to figure something out, and this applies to other sports as well... In this world, I'd say that every nation/region with baseball as one of the top sports (The US, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Venezuela, The Dominican Republic, etc) combined has a population of roughly one billion. The number of men of sound mind and body who have played baseball in their lives and are an appropriate working age probably numbers in the hundreds of millions. So why in the heck is it that we can't find 32 competent managers? How many managers in major league baseball today would we qualify as not being a complete idiot when it comes to either in-game management, bullpen management, making out lineups, and playing guys who are the best choices on a given day to play baseball? 3? 4? Should it really be this difficult? Why are there so many complete dunderheads out there managing the game?
  4. Outshined_One
    I dunno, I've watched enough of Yost to have a pretty good idea of what kind of manager he is. He would be a definite improvement over the current dunce in the Cubs' dugout, but as an in-game manager...eh. I can't say I'm a fan of the way he manages a game. He makes some weird bullpen choices and calls some plays that have me scratching my head.
  5. Outshined_One
    If LaRoche swung and missed, or if the ball was in the zone, it would have been a strike.
  6. Outshined_One
    Oswalt's dealing. He's looking pretty close to unhittable at the moment.
  7. Outshined_One
    See, that's what I would think. But the head of the umpires was asked about that particular ruling and he explained the scenario as I outlined it above.
  8. Outshined_One
    Brian McCann is a little under a month younger than me. Suddenly, I'm feeling old.
  9. Outshined_One
    Francoeur murders one foul. Geez.
  10. Outshined_One
    Details, details. Fixed. :P
  11. Outshined_One
    Mike Lamb gets a gift-wrapped pitch and proceeds to crush it. 3-2 Astros
  12. Outshined_One
    Steve Lyons is livid about that call. Justifiably so. What is it about these two teams that bring out these weird moments? Remember the bullpen phone incident from last year?
  13. Outshined_One
    From tonight's Astros/Braves game. With Andruw Jones on first and Andy LaRoche at bat with a 3-1 count, Roy Oswalt is ruled as never coming to a complete stop and is called for a balk. That much I get. Yet, Oswalt threw the pitch, which was high, and Adam LaRoche was given first base. According to the ruling, even though he had been called for the balk, the pitch still counted. Meaning that if LaRoche had put it into play, it would have been a live ball. Is this the correct ruling? Let's say that LaRoche had grounded out to the shortstop, who turned the double play. Would Jones have been out at second, even though he had been awarded seconnd?
  14. Outshined_One
    That explanation for the balk made no sense. They call the balk, yet it could have been a live ball if the batter put it into play? Huh?
  15. Outshined_One
    This ump is really putting the squeeze on Oswalt. Wow.
  16. Outshined_One
    Did anyone else just see that bizarre sequence of events? Oswalt is called on a questionable balk call with Andruw on 1st on a 3-1 count with Adam LaRoche at bat. Oswalt got the pitch off and for some reason LaRoche was awarded 1st base. Francoeur was then at bat and hot a hard grounder to 3rd. Ensberg steps on the bag for one out, then launches one to Lamb at 1st base, pulling Lamb off the bag. Instead of sliding like a sane person would do, Francoeur tries taking out Lamb by colliding with him. Lamb stands his ground and Francoeur basically ends up on his rear end. Also, Brian McCann is surprisingly good.
  17. Outshined_One
    Let it be known that at 2:28 PM I said the following when Wisconsin was starting to rally on another board:
  18. Outshined_One
    Wisconsin's defense actually does something and holds Northwestern to a three and out. 1:28 left. Wisconsin has to start from about the 3. Ew.
  19. Outshined_One
    51-48, Jonathon Orr with his 4th TD today. :shock:
  20. Outshined_One
    The weird thing is, I remember people being excited last offseason for Dopirak going to Daytona since apparently one of the best hitting coaches in the system was there. I'm not demeaning Von Joshua, not by ANY stretch. Hopefully he can help out Dopirak offensively. What I think everyone has to understand regarding Dope's struggles this year is that the FSL was a pitcher's haven for the most part this year. League batting average was at .261 and the average number of HRs per team was below 100. Also, as I believe Nate Baliva (and if it was Bo Fulginiti, my bad!) talked about how the jump from the MWL to the FSL is one of the hardest in baseball because of the numerous adjustments hitters have to make. Heck, Scott Moore sucked wind his first go-round in the FSL. I think Dopirak will have a good bounceback year, but that's just me.
  21. Outshined_One
    Is he a cancer because he's one of those guys who really wants to win and would turn into a productive and chipper guy if traded to a contender, or because he's a jerk?
  22. Outshined_One
    Molina's are strong breeding stock! :wink: Personally, I think they're clones.
  23. Outshined_One
    This game is taking an excrutiating amount of time. It feels like it's been going on for the past 10 hours.
  24. Outshined_One
    Gotta love the Molinas. Knock one down and another one springs right up to take his place.
  25. Outshined_One
    Ya gotta feel for the players. The weather absolutely sucks out there right now with the wind and rain. If this weren't a playoff game, it would have been called hours ago.
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