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  1. David
    [tweet] [/tweet] a little weird but very cool
  2. David
    i'm so excited for dexy
  3. David
    They got these big chewy pretzels here that asdf;alsdkfj...five dollars?! get outta here
  4. David
    fastball down almost 1.5 mph from last year...right in line with every other year since he became a starter.
  5. David
    that doesn't mean that the shops who make the funky donuts (depending on which you're talking about is where i'd argue about what is being ruined) don't do an amazing job at simple it's a donut. of course they don't [expletive] up a simple donut b/c it's really hard to [expletive] up fried dough and sugar. If you're mostly known for putting cereal on a [expletive] donut it's b/c your standard donuts aren't amazing (if they were, people wouldn't stand in line for an hour to buy a donut with [expletive] cereal on it). The best donuts are consistently the local places that just make awesome [expletive] donuts. KK are fine, but I pass up KK in the office almost every week. Someone rolls up with some maples bars from Original Bakery and I'll pull the fire alarm to get to the front of that line. Still never had a chocolate cinnamon roll as good as the ones in the local bakery in my hometown in middle of nowhere iowa. I didn't argue otherwise. that's basically exactly what i was saying in the post you quoted.
  6. David
    i never equated catsup with the others but i guess it's legit
  7. David
    i remember going on brewerfan.net for schadenfreude. that august sweep was glorious.
  8. David
    in like 6th grade i was in the spelling bee with a few other kids. i have no recollection of what i got eliminated on, but i remember the smartest girl in our class (who is now an MD) getting eliminated by spelling it D-O-N-U-T. all the 6th graders were theorizing that she tanked it on purpose because she didn't want the all the glitz and attention of winning the spelling bee.
  9. David
    the real word is doughnut
  10. David
    [tweet]https://twitter.com/DexterFowler/status/756334307828985856[/tweet] This team is legitimately this lovable.
  11. David
    And it officially just hit me how far we've fallen. So, if we improve, maybe we're back to 114 win team . . . alright, I gotta go! Nope
  12. David
    3.71 is not nearly 4. Umm what For the scale and purpose of this stat, 3.71 is way lower than 4. There's no way you don't realize this, right? Whether it's ill advised or not, he hasn't been less effective than last year.
  13. David
    I don't know - '98 yankees? '84 Tigers? The 1998 Yankees won 114 games for .704 winning percentage. The Cubs aren't winning 114 games (call me crazy, but I think they lose more than 11 games the rest of the year), so that's not us. And it officially just hit me how far we've fallen.
  14. David
    I don't think that is fact. To a degree worth arguing about? So what do you think the best team in baseball's (or the best roster you can reasonably construct, however you want to look at it) odds of winning are going into October? Assume HFA, as any best team in baseball would typically have.
  15. David
    No matter how good this year's roster ends up being going into the playoffs, there will be close to an 80% chance it doesn't win the World Series. I don't see how much more plainly it can be put.
  16. David
    The crapshoot thing isn't being overstated. It's still being understated. The very fact that people are making arguments for trading Kyle Schwarber for relief help in the playoffs is practically objective proof of this. The best way to maximize winning ONE World Series (nobody is saying anything about multiples) is to maximize your chances at making the playoffs numerous times. Having Kyle Schwarber for 5 years beyond this one does more to that end than Andrew Miller for a little under 2.5 (and, for that matter, Chapman for a little under half). Except they are already virtually in this year and have an ageing pitching staff. I think those two would make the pitching pretty dominant as it shortens the outings for everyone. At this point, who do you have confidence going deep into games? Lester? What is the marginal value? Are you considering leverage? Simply comparing projected WAR is over-simplification. Where is Schwarber going to play? Who is not going to play then? I understand your point and maybe you are right, but I think it's simplified too much. Having a better team in October does give you a better chance to win. The bold is precisely why it's even sillier to trade future assets off for the short term.
  17. David
    The crapshoot thing isn't being overstated. It's still being understated. The very fact that people are making arguments for trading Kyle Schwarber for relief help in the playoffs is practically objective proof of this. The best way to maximize winning ONE World Series (nobody is saying anything about multiples) is to maximize your chances at making the playoffs numerous times. Having Kyle Schwarber for 5 years beyond this one does more to that end than Andrew Miller for a little under 2.5 (and, for that matter, Chapman for a little under half).
  18. David
    Funky donuts are ruining a good thing. They are inedible. Same with cupcakes. KISS that doesn't mean that the shops who make the funky donuts (depending on which you're talking about is where i'd argue about what is being ruined) don't do an amazing job at simple
  19. David
    i've had those many times. they're fine. good even (i mean, it's hard to horsefeathers up a doughnut). but come the hell on.
  20. David
    yep. people around me go crazy for weird [expletive] pumped out by Hurts Donut (:eyeroll:). I'll take a bag of little Hostess ones or a hot Krispy Kreme with the glorious [expletive] all over it i totally get the krispy kreme thing...but hostess ones over a good specialty doughnut shop? this post sounds like GET OFF MY LAWN WITH ALL YOUR FANCY NEWFANGLED HIP DOUGHNUTS
  21. David
    Nah. http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=14221&legend=1&statArr=50&split=base&time=game&ymin=&ymax=&start=2016&end=2016&rtype=single&gt1=15 Not that I think there's a chance in hell he just picks up where he left off and keeps rolling.
  22. David
    If society at large decides his name is Dwayne, I think that makes it so. Common usage
  23. David
    3.71 is not nearly 4. his stuff is damn good so he doesn't necessarily need to be getting lucky. his babip is right in line with hendricks and arrieta, who we believe to be gods of weak contact. going into this season, before a single pitch was thrown, cooper and sale both said his goal was to pitch to contact more so he could last longer. chase strikeouts less. the numbers seem to reflect that and the results are still stellar. his fastball is also in line with previous seasons and his pitch mix has seemingly narrowed.
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  25. David
    I don't even necessarily think 'yes I would trade this player for Miller today', but I don't think any of those guys is an unreasonable ask for the Yankees to make. Asking for Schwarber is a nonserious starting point, asking for any of those other guys listed is a point from where reasonable minds can disagree. Fair enough.
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