David

uh, no. you don't walk 14% of the time by being "free swinging" it just means he swings and misses a lot (aside from all the deep counts that being not free swinging gets him into) Oh, OK; THAT makes a 40% k rate less appalling. did anyone say anything about how appalling a 40% k rate is? the tv booth keeps talking about how much ian happ loves to swing often and has called him free swinging like 5x when he is not.

yeesh you show up for the first time in god knows how long with this awful take? Was there any doubt? I didn’t think anyone cared about how long between posts to be honest. it's just strange to not post in what seems like years (i'm sure you've popped up a time or two) and then immediately post a bad take like wanting a guy who has been a 20% above league average hitter and is on pace for a 3+ win season gone

jesus christ i had not been paying attention and just looked it up. 39.7% thats insane Holy horsefeathers. David was being a wee bit selective there. uh, no. you don't walk 14% of the time by being "free swinging" it just means he swings and misses a lot (aside from all the deep counts that being not free swinging gets him into)

yeesh you show up for the first time in god knows how long with this awful take?

damn now happ pulled the kipnis :(

ian happ is not free swinging you morons. he has a 14% walk rate.

i know people don't like having their broadcasts interrupted but i would really like to get behind the scenes stuff like that on the local broadcasts

smoltz is all in on how bad baseball sucks right now huh

my annoyance level at john smoltz just ramped way the horsefeathers up in the last 5 minutes

who is this justin wilson somehow looking actually good

cabrera did the same thing last night from the other side of the plate but in the 9th iirc the kipnis foul ball

who the horsefeathers is this guy and why are we using him in a tied game late

i felt like heyward should've been further along than 2b there that ball seemed to be in the air for so long.

ugh...at least we get to face the depleted bullpen soon

considering he strikes out only 16% of the time i'm pretty sure that's not true

i love how they turned all the hand wringing about the bullpens being weird and not seeing the players into the awesomeness that is the dancing

i swear to god i don't care if it's 25 degrees out and snowing you better be running during the world series

you'd think they would program around that my echo does not respond to the echo commercials where they say alexa

what the horsefeathers are you doing here go find your running shoes

That inning is on Willson schwarber swung at 3 straight fastballs up and in (and out of the zone)

schwarbs what the horsefeathers

that's been the case this year. i know i read it recently. maybe BN or maybe Duke's post. https://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfx.aspx?playerid=4940&position=OF&pitch=FA https://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfx.aspx?playerid=4940&position=OF&pitch=SL https://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfx.aspx?playerid=4940&position=OF&pitch=CU https://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfx.aspx?playerid=4940&position=OF&pitch=CH

and without looking i'm gonna guess they've played fewer games than the teams around them in the rankings Yep. And even better way to put the RD into perspective: +87 in 54 games = on pace for +261 RD for the season 2016 Cubs RD: +252 ohhhhhh that's the good stuff

Win shares can be based so much on usage and rates. Jordan's peak was played within an offense that encouraged him to share the ball and Pippen did a majority of the ball control. LeBron is in an offense that is stand and watch LeBron play. I think it's why so many of his teammates that were stars before him(Bosh and Love) struggle to find roles with him. I personally believe LeBron would have been even better than he is if he would have been forced to play for a coach like a Phil Jackson that could have convinced him that he needed other teammates capable of making big plays to win championships. Either way, it's splitting hairs. I have no problem with LeBron being someone's choice as the best. But, I don't think it is insane to still suggest Jordan could be as well. The main pet peeve I have now is the people that argue out of one side of their mouth how watered down the league was when Jordan played, but then prop Pippen up like he was somehow immune to that. Sure seems convenient. What? LeBron has a usage of 31.5% for his career. Jordan 33.3% I'm not taking sides of this but I've literally never heard anyone say Jordan's edge is that he shared the ball and LeBron doesn't. LeBron is a facilitator and an incredibly skilled passer and one of the most common criticisms people levy against him is that he's too willing to defer at times he needs to take over. What in the hell? EDIT - LeBron career AST% - 35.7% (and in the 40's the last couple years) MJ - 24.9% (and only eclipsed 30% two times, one of which was one of those dumb Wizards seasons) Also Phil Jackson is overrated as hell and is a complete dinosaur in today's NBA...someone like him would do nothing for LBJ. EDIT 2 - and reminder that i horsefeathering hate lebron james

This very well could be true, but a washed up Jordan did go for 20/6/4 against the guys that were LeBron's contemporaries. The guys from 15 years ago?