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Does Booger's stat of only 3.1% of appearances being for a single batter - was that it ? - ring true? Presumably that does not include starters. But at 5 pitchers a game, which I think is high, that would mean only once in 6.5 or so games does a pitcher only come in to face one batter. That can't be right??

My yahoo draft is tonight and I am woefully unprepared. Essentially 0 research this year and I'm not sure I'll have time today and with what happened last year and not paying quite as much attention as in years past I'm panicking a bit. Soo if anyone wants to throw out their favorite sleeper of the year. Not sure if he's really a sleeper - but I may overdraft because of the catcher eligibility - Isiah Kiner-Falefa - that's the one name I've come up with.

I think that proves my point. Javier Baez going by “Javy” really grinds my gears Javy is a contraction of Javier. It's not a nickname given to him...and it's not Boog.

I think that proves my point.

Fake or stage names are entirely different though. Nobody's getting worked up; it's the offseason on a Baseball board and he's a new announcer...who wants people to call him "Boog".

Bo is a least an actual name . Is Minnie just a contraction of Minoso? We could throw Catfish Hunter out there - did he call himself Catfish? I don't know. Look, I'm certainly not saying I'm in the right here or even circling the island of reasonability but a grown man who greets the world with "Hey this is Boog" gives me pause.

JD Drew Is JD not a contraction of his actual name? - or is there another story to it?

"Boog" annoys me. People who refer to themselves by their nickname annoy me. A nickname is what someone else calls you - I'd almost prefer him to refer to himself in the 3rd person. That would be funny. I'm too old to change. I don't think most of my friends from college know my real name. Do you introduce yourself using your nickname? I've had 3 pretty solidly used ones - high school, university, work - if any of those groups intermingle its pandemonium - but I would never refer to myself by any of them. Put it in a professional situation it just seems even odder.

"Boog" annoys me. People who refer to themselves by their nickname annoy me. A nickname is what someone else calls you - I'd almost prefer him to refer to himself in the 3rd person. That would be funny. I'm too old to change.

Add in a dong somewhere along the line and I'm right there with you.

Isn't this sort of a nonsensical statement? I mean, is it really that rare or unique (can't actually be both) a combination if 19 other guys have lower release points and then 5 of those have longer extensions?? So he's 75ish percentile in both groups - is that rare??

A 2 second act? Yeah, shocker it's someone else trying to minimize this sort of thing. Much less a shocker than yet another post from who someone who desperately wants everyone to believe he understands but in actuality proves with each passing post that he is closer to 12th ring of Uranus than he is to anything approximating understanding. Nobody is minimizing the act.

How do know this wasn't the case. This was a 2 second act that could have been done regardless of the environment and easily done without anyone knowing. This isn't the copy guy walking past the women in the office without any pants on and high fiving the boss for the last 5 years. It shouldn't be tolerated in any way shape or form but taking giant leaps in logic isn't particularly constructive. Certainly if if you have other information you are privy to that speaks definitively to the work environment post away. A 2 second act? 2 seconds to take a pic. The point being is that this is not something that would have been readily visible in the workplace - and may not even have taken place in the workplace - that only being relevant to the discussion that this act is definitively a comment on on the workplace environment. Again if someone has information that d!ck pic seminars were sponsored by the company then YES let the hell fires rain down and clean house.

As soon as Springer realizes that the move away from Rogers Center and Toronto is not permanent he'll demand to be traded.

How do know this wasn't the case. This was a 2 second act that could have been done regardless of the environment and easily done without anyone knowing. This isn't the copy guy walking past the women in the office without any pants on and high fiving the boss for the last 5 years. It shouldn't be tolerated in any way shape or form but taking giant leaps in logic isn't particularly constructive. Certainly if if you have other information you are privy to that speaks definitively to the work environment post away.

Utilizing the burgeoning field of onomatology I'm afraid the Hernandez signing will turn out to be a bust. Not enough pizzazz. Raino Coran will almost certainly turn out to be the blue chipper of these signings. Moises Ballesteros shows some promise and Joel Sierra comes in third as a dark horse candidate. The signing of Oferman Herandez is mystifying as it is almost always better to have a low contact rate than two last names. I'll bump this again in 4 to 5 years as an educational exercise.

They just didn't want to pay him. Wouldn't just about every player his age (who'd essentially been an everyday player) get more on the open market? I hadn't given it much thought but I'm a little surprised it was as much as it was but good for him.

The play sliding and then gunning the runner at second is one of may favorite Cubs defensive plays ever.

Yeah - don't know what that is either. LOL.

I just found out about this today Cameo If you've ever been itching to talk to Boston Rob from Survivor or find out where Steve Garvey's best pick up spots were or that dude at the third table 2 from the back on the 32nd episode of Seinfeld...well here you go. Bunch of Cubs on here Sandberg, Dawson, Pat Hughes; probably others, didn't search too much - $10 gets you Brennan Davis or Justin Steele. I'd LOVE to see sales numbers per account. I mean Chumlee from Pawn Stars. Could be a good way to get an interview...maybe...for a smaller website...I guess.

Former Cub Jay Johnstone passed away over the weekend from complications due to COVID. He was on the Cubs when I first began watching baseball in '82. The OF was a noted prankster, wrote a few books about his playing days and appeared in The Naked Gun with Leslie Nielsen. He and Jerry Reuss dressed up as grounds keepers during a Dodger game and swept the infield between innings much to the ire of Tommy Lasorda. The most notable Cubs story I recall was that he was sent up as a pinch hitter by Lee Elia (I believe) with instructions to bunt which he ignored and hit a HR. Elia fined him anyway. Godspeed Jay.

Well virtually every player has had to make adjustments multiple times throughout their career and let's be honest it's not like we've suddenly added field goals to baseball and are asking players to learn to kick a football. And nobody is "expecting" them to do it - players who can't adapt are going to start losing their jobs - just like one-dimensional players have harder time keeping a job, loogys now are a thing of the past This is just another development via analytics which will start to thin the herd of those that ignore it.

It drives me crazy that there doesn't seem to be more of an effort to hit against the shift - maybe there has been - I primarily watch Cubs games; so maybe there's more of it going on than I'm seeing. If the shift is going to stay more players have to learn how to do it - the shift is used because it works. If hitters don't adapt the result is the definition of insanity. In hitting against the shift the real goal isn't necessarily to get a hit in that at bat - I mean it is but the ultimate goal is to get them to stop shifting as much against you. Earlier this year Cubs are down by 3 in the 9th , Baez is on first, Rizzo is at the plate and the the 3rd basemen would need need a telescope to see the 3B bag and Rizzo rolls over on a pitch to the 2B. I know railing on a single AB is silly but still. That being said I really wouldn't have a problem if players had to play their positions - SS has to be on the 3B side of the 2B bag, 3B has to be within 20ft - or whatever of 3rd etc, etc. A pitcher has to toe the rubber, a batter has to be in the batters box, base runners have to stay in baseline - there are plenty of sports where players have designated spots where they have to be when play starts - A wide receiver can't start the play standing in the opponents end zone; you can't serve in Tennis from a foot behind the net. I would even argue that the only reason there isn't a specific rule is that nobody ever thought it would be necessary - I think you could even argue that enforcing it would be in keeping with the spirit of the game.

I watched the majority of the game - dozed a bit in the middle innings - but I don't remember a single ball that I thought - oh my god that's going to be a hit. Were there any great defensive plays? I don't remember any. The closest to a hit - I think - was when Javy waited back on ball hit by Garcia and then just nipped him at 1st. Mills certainly wasn't dominating in the traditional sense it just seemed like everything was a routine fly ball or a 2 hopper to an infielder. There was one hit to Happ that he had to get a good break on to catch 5 feet short of the warning track in...I want to say the 4th Yeah, watched the highlights this morning and that was the only ball they showed that wasn't a routine play - and it was a nice play but not unbelievable. I'm surprised there were 10 other "hard hit" balls. Good for him.

that's what it takes to throw a no-hitter for a Mills. I watched the majority of the game - dozed a bit in the middle innings - but I don't remember a single ball that I thought - oh my god that's going to be a hit. Were there any great defensive plays? I don't remember any. The closest to a hit - I think - was when Javy waited back on ball hit by Garcia and then just nipped him at 1st. Mills certainly wasn't dominating in the traditional sense it just seemed like everything was a routine fly ball or a 2 hopper to an infielder.