David
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Another one - the notion that strikeouts = impatient hitters
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Adding Angel Guzman to the pen for September would be cool.
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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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Either it's an automatic win, or it's not, right?
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I don't see what other start dexter could be calling anything less than very good, though. I guess the first one, vs. Colorado, could be considered mediocre.
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You could say it was mediocre based on the ERs, but he was pretty much walking a tight rope all game... lots of baserunners
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and he called me ridiculous. i've never been an optimist, but at least i'm not a meatball. I called you ridiculous for acting as though the Cubs are just kidding themselves and are just waiting to be overtaken by the godly Brewers. Why am I a meatball? And did I say C.C. hasn't been dominant? Nope, I sure didn't. You called him automatic (which was clearly innaccurate) and I pointed out that he's had the advantage of facing some terrible offenses lately. In his 3 starts against good offenses (which, again, is was what I was talking about) he has been good in one and very shaky in the other two. Not automatic. first, we haven't had a 9-inning shutout all season from a starter. second, see above. Do they give extra points for those?
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His start against the Cubs was pretty bad, any way you look at the numbers...
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Well, since the Cubs aren't going to win the division, gotta keep an eye out on the Wild Card race. you're a little late on that one. he took a different approach, though...
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jeez just let him have CC, dude has been dominant
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We don't want the Cubs to win the division and play Arizona. We're winning the wild card and will be facing Philly, anyway. Sulley's got me convinced.
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Nah, I don't blame you. I don't really fear choking till the playoffs though...but that's got more to do with how easily it can happen within a couple games...
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I think before Saturday's game they said we were 25 over with Soriano leading off and 1 under when he is not, which given that we split the 2 games since would still hold up. 46-21 with him 25-26 without Wow... not exactly a tiny sample size either...
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Good start
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Inning over
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Just out of curiosity, does anyone know our record with and without Soriano? I remember that it was just about .500, if not exactly that, without...
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Does the level of competition not count? they're winning every game against inferior competition. that's what playoff teams do. i still think that they overtake us, and i don't think that's so crazy to believe. And you still have provided no substance to your claims. Why are they a better team than the Cubs? The Cubs have a better rotation, a better offense, a better bullpen, better defense, and more depth. We're better them in every facet of the game. It's just a defense mechanism. Lots of Cubs fans have it... expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised if it doesn't happen. Kind of a crappy way to enjoy being a fan, though, IMO.
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Even in the last ten games, while the Brewers have been absolutely on fire, they've only been a game better.
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Does the level of competition not count? they're winning every game against inferior competition. that's what playoff teams do. i still think that they overtake us, and i don't think that's so crazy to believe. Not really, but yea, they're doing well. Not as well as we have, though...without our most productive offensive player for, what, 2 months?
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Not to mention the fact that we finally have Soriano back, and we've been MUCH better with him than without him.
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Whoops, you guys were on that one before I had the chance...
