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  1. Soul
    I hope they don't. It would be very dumb to waste a pitcher who is going to to get thrown out in a DH day when arms are needed. Nothing is gained from "protecting" Soriano by throwing at somebody else. Wait until tomorrow if need be. If there's a big lead either way though, trot someone out there and peg 'em. Right in the back.
  2. Soul
    Marquis proved he can still beat a lightweight ballclub, so we're on to the 2nd half of the DH. The Cubs roll out the heavy weaponry with Rich Harden: http://www.nwherald.com/baseball/photos/CubsWin712.jpg Rich has been amazing since the trade, posting a 2.10/214/1.033 and generally dominating teams. he will face this guy: http://msn.foxsports.com/fe/img/MLB/Headshots/140x170/7548.jpg Jorge Campillo came to the Braves from Seattle and has posted a nice line: 2.83/145/1.058. Needless to say, it's good to have won the first game and have Harden going in the 2nd game. We've hit good pitchers many times this year, tonight is no different. DOMINATE.
  3. Soul
    It's definitely time to rest a few guys.
  4. Soul
    I'm sorry I can't watch now. Would like to see that.
  5. Soul
    what's a BAYBUH? Don't read it, say it.
  6. Soul
    In play, run(s) BAYBUH!
  7. Soul
    What just happened for those of us who can't watch?
  8. Soul
    They're lucky they were able to get those two gaffs from Sacrimone. Otherwise we're talking full blown controversy, because aside from those 2 mistakes the US girls had a good case for being better. But the main problem is that the Golds are handed out based on a panel of opinions, nothing more. Not that it will change, but to me it will always mean much less than something like, say, scoring more points than the opponent, or posting a better time.
  9. Soul
    The Olympic equivalent of "icing the kicker."
  10. Soul
    Oh please. No you weren't.
  11. Soul
    Who cares really, all their medals are in crappy judged "events", or weightlifting. i wish we could beat communists at anything, though. it would make me feel so much better about my own mode of production. what's their incentive, anyway? Survival and what's the incentive of those threatening their lives? those folks are doing all the work anyways. Public humiliation if they fail. Loss of standing in the elite class (which is supposed to be an oxymoron for communism but somehow it never works out that way). why would it be humiliating to fail when there is no real incentive to succeed anyway? the loss of standing in the elite class bs isn't really worth responding to, try again. Don't need to try again. I'm not the one turning an olympic athletic competition into a referendum on the glories of communism, you are. You're holding the chalice of ridiculousness in this thread, by far. what are you talking about, psycho? Ooooh, personal insult from the resident commie. Classy.
  12. Soul
    Who cares really, all their medals are in crappy judged "events", or weightlifting. i wish we could beat communists at anything, though. it would make me feel so much better about my own mode of production. what's their incentive, anyway? Survival and what's the incentive of those threatening their lives? those folks are doing all the work anyways. Public humiliation if they fail. Loss of standing in the elite class (which is supposed to be an oxymoron for communism but somehow it never works out that way). why would it be humiliating to fail when there is no real incentive to succeed anyway? the loss of standing in the elite class bs isn't really worth responding to, try again. Don't need to try again. I'm not the one turning an olympic athletic competition into a referendum on the glories of communism, you are. You're holding the chalice of ridiculousness in this thread, by far.
  13. Soul
    Is that from the same book as "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you." ?
  14. Soul
    What's weird? The fact that double headers are swept like 49% of the time. The fact that it's so far from 50 percent, or so close? I think it's about where it should be. It shows that it's slightly harder to win a doubleheader than to win 2 in a row, but not as much as conventional wisdom would believe. Well, before any games are played (or coins are flipped) the odds of a 50/50 (which these games more or less are) going the same way twice in a row are 1/4 or 25%. ...and now that's causing me to confuse the hell out of myself trying to figure this out. It's 48% for either team to sweep. Think of it as 24% chance Braves sweep, 24% Cubs sweep. 52% split. Over the course of baseball history then, that 2% becomes indicative of something, correct? Psychological letdown after winning game 1 of the DH?
  15. Soul
    True, but if there are going to be judged competitions, have an analyst in there that understands the nuances of the sport and can explain the judging results better than "X had a fall and a step on the dismount, but Y had just the step on the dismount, but somehow X's score was higher and I don't like it." Maybe the problem is nobody really knows all the things that judges can and will deduct for. Which of course means nobody knows who really won. Which of course means judged competitions are inherently inferior :) I see your point though about the analysts. It's probably pretty difficult to find someone who is both able to pick out all those nuances, and also able to sound good on TV. And do it just for one big bash every 4 years, then that's it.
  16. Soul
    http://blogs.suntimes.com/bears/2008/08/camp_notes_hester_to_quarterba.html Just as long as they teach him to pull the ball down and run if the receiver is covered. ...and teach him well.
  17. Soul
    It's hard to determine, since the commentators only ever pointed out obvious problems, like dismount steps, going out of bounds, and falling (the kind of thing anyone can see). I imagine there are more subtle things that go wrong, especially artistically, that never got touched on by the commentators. ...goes back to the reason why judged competitions are inherently inferior.
  18. Soul
    Most of the current Braves have very little history against Marquis. Andruw Jones killed him, but he's moved on. Chipper has hit 3 home runs against him in only 6 at-bats. Overall though, there's no real idea if this Braves squad is a bad matchup for him. every matchup is a bad matchup with marquis That's not really true. Let's give Marquis credit for the good starts he's had. He's not a 65 ERA+ pitcher this year. He's a 95 ERA+ pitcher, which isn't really all that horrible for a #5. The Braves are no juggernaut this year, it's nothing like facing them when they were a playoff team. The other thing is, he's been holding pretty steady through the year. Putting up some bad starts, then some mediocre ones, with a smattering of good starts. We're in mid August now, which is usually well past the time when Jason collapses. Hasn't happened yet. Let's hope it continues. I agree with what you're saying. I take issue with the bolded part though. It's much better than "not all that horrible." For a number five starter, it's actually pretty great. Cool. I haven't done a league-wide comparison of #5's so I wouldn't really know for sure. I just figure if the back of my rotation is sitting around the 100 mark I'm doing pretty darn good.
  19. Soul
    Kick back and live the life off the millions you make in endorsements. I just wonder if there is any pattern of depression with people in his position. We know what happened with Nadia Comenici. I mean, how many times is he going to hear "hey, weren't you that guy who..." There could be, but let's take Eric Heiden as an example. 1980 Olympics, sets a ton of world records, I think 5 Gold. Then he comes back home, finishes his medical degree, and becomes a doctor. My understanding is he's still a doctor now. Doing fine. There's a part of this equation that says, if you have the skills, desire, and work ethic to accomplish something like this, then you likely can transfer that to other areas of your life.
  20. Soul
    Most of the current Braves have very little history against Marquis. Andruw Jones killed him, but he's moved on. Chipper has hit 3 home runs against him in only 6 at-bats. Overall though, there's no real idea if this Braves squad is a bad matchup for him. every matchup is a bad matchup with marquis That's not really true. Let's give Marquis credit for the good starts he's had. He's not a 65 ERA+ pitcher this year. He's a 95 ERA+ pitcher, which isn't really all that horrible for a #5. The Braves are no juggernaut this year, it's nothing like facing them when they were a playoff team. The other thing is, he's been holding pretty steady through the year. Putting up some bad starts, then some mediocre ones, with a smattering of good starts. We're in mid August now, which is usually well past the time when Jason collapses. Hasn't happened yet. Let's hope it continues.
  21. Soul
    The fake to third throw to first move should be a balk, as the whole purpose is to deceive the first base runner and that's supposed to be against the rules. Yet, they have it in the rulebook that it's legal, even though you aren't supposed to try to deceive the runner. I hate that. It's an unnecessary exception for a move that rarely does anything in the first place. I also get annoyed with all the non-arguments against replay. "Human error is part of the game." WUT. Human error is part of life, mandinga. So what?
  22. Soul
    I know NBC hasn't been talking about it much, but this Michael Phelps dude is doing okay. Yeah but the commies aren't really trying so it doesn't count.
  23. Soul
    I know NBC hasn't been talking about it much, but this Michael Phelps dude is doing okay. Yeah but the commies aren't really trying so it doesn't count.
  24. Soul
    I know NBC hasn't been talking about it much, but this Michael Phelps dude is doing okay. Yeah but the commies aren't really trying so it doesn't count.
  25. Soul
    Yeap. He's not automatic against *US*, so if we faced Milwaukee in the playoffs and put, say, Z against CC -- I'd feel like we have a very good chance of winning that ballgame.
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