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  1. David
    Disappointing to only get 2 runs out of that inning. Hopefully we'll have this guy on the ropes quite a bit more, though.
  2. David
    It's sad that the most redeeming thing people can come up with in defense of Marquis is that he's average for a bad pitcher... Still, hope he pitches a decent one today.
  3. David
    Take some pitches plz Sori... You seem to be doing more of that lately..
  4. David
    I'd sure rather have a "good" number five (bad pitcher) than an average number five (bad pitcher)
  5. David
    To right center... good to hear
  6. David
    GEO!
  7. David
    Booyah.. back to back walks
  8. David
    Otto talks so freaking much that I'm getting the info on the pitches from Gameday before I am from the radio.
  9. David
    Nice, Jimmy
  10. David
    19
  11. David
    Oh well. At least we got their starter to throw like 20 pitches in the first inning of a double header.
  12. David
    do work aramis
  13. David
    I'd let her hit me too
  14. David
    If you do not think that referring to others as stupid or ignorant because they do not understand something you might is condescending, I don't have much else to say. Come on. It's not an inability to understand. It's a flat out refusal to be open minded about things even when obvious common sense is presented. These aren't complex concepts that only certain people can grasp. It's simple and a lot of people just refuse to embrace it because it goes against what they've always believed (obviously, this idea goes beyond the W-L stat, baseball, sports, etc. and applies to many aspects of life)... So now it is your contention, unlike in the first quoted post where you stated these people are " stupid " or "ignoramuses ", that they are just stubborn ? It is now your contention that these ideas are not complex concepts that only a chosen few can understand ? That approach sounds much less condescending. Thank you. Ignorance has nothing to do with a lack of ability to comprehend or understand. It's the refusal to learn or to want to learn. At least, that's the way I use it. I didn't refer to the people as stupid, but the concepts they adhere to. But I could see how one could misunderstand that.
  15. David
    The other day Steve Phillips said, on what is considered the premier baseball show on the premier sports network, that the Jason Bay trade was bad for the Red Sox because he was hitting .230 or something with RISP this year. There are countless things wrong with this statement that even a fan with a basic understanding of statistics would see. Or is Phillips just another exception like Joe Morgan? The fact is, fans are being spoonfed this crap over and over and people really believe it. Whether you choose to believe that it's because they're pandering to a certain common denominator or because they really don't know is up to you. And if you try to argue with those same fans, they'll just toss out the old, "I heard it on ESPN. They must be right, and you must be wrong." You can't even discuss things that way.
  16. David
    If someone is taught all the facts about evolution and responds with some stupidity like, "Come on, there's no way we came from monkeys. If we came from monkeys, why are there still monkeys today?!" (I've heard someone make this exact argument, BTW)... it's not at all condescending to call that person a moron. Just IMO.
  17. David
    If you do not think that referring to others as stupid or ignorant because they do not understand something you might is condescending, I don't have much else to say. Come on. It's not an inability to understand. It's a flat out refusal to be open minded about things even when obvious common sense is presented. These aren't complex concepts that only certain people can grasp. It's simple and a lot of people just refuse to embrace it because it goes against what they've always believed (obviously, this idea goes beyond the W-L stat, baseball, sports, etc. and applies to many aspects of life)...
  18. David
    Go Cards If this is anyone but Steve Allen you're stealing my bit. Gabbo!
  19. David
    Another one - the notion that strikeouts = impatient hitters
  20. David
    Another one - the idea that MVPs have to come from winning teams, unless there is a really, really good player on some losing team that deserves it more by some arbitrary wide margin. It's an individual award. Unfortunately, I don't think this one's ever gonna change much in any sport. Sucks to be a great player on a crappy team, I guess.
  21. David
    I'm honestly not even sure if the glove gets to the ball any faster than his foot would when the player dives. Baseball players can't catch balls with their feet, so there's really no counterexamples to go on.
  22. David
    I can't tell you how often a person who isn't a casual fan will be informed of/look at a pitcher's sparkling stats and be like, "Yea, but how many games has he won." Conversely, you'll often see these same people respond to a pitcher with horrible stats but a decent win total and they'll be like, "He knows how to win games. That's all that matters," or some other similar anecdotal nonsense. These aren't people that just go to a few games a year or catch a few on TV, either. These are fans that consider themselves big fans, post on baseball message boards, listen to sports radio and call in to shows. It's stupid. People aren't being condescending by pointing out that it's stupid. They're just not being baseball ignoramuses Really, I have no problem with them continuing to think that way. Ignorance is bliss. People can keep believing in Santa Claus. My main problem with it is that they are the ones who act ridiculously condescending when their "facts" are challenged.
  23. David
    you should take the things sulley says as tongue in cheek and not take "meatball" as a personal attack. with that said, i can't go on with this.. gotta go to sleep... see you guys in tomorrow's game thread or something.
  24. David
    Adding Angel Guzman to the pen for September would be cool.
  25. David
    I said he has. I still had to argue with the notion that he hasn't had any bad starts, though. The start against the Cubs wasn't even mediocre, IMO. I'd take a tightrope act like that from Marquis happily, though.
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