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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    If I cared about the White Sox at all, WSI would be so much more amazing. I wish GRB wasn't so rational.
  2. Hairyducked Idiot
    It sure as hell looked to me like he advocated small ball and questioned the take-and-rake "get the pitcher out early" method we've been building on. And I think he might be right.
  3. Hairyducked Idiot
    Because you have no inside information whatsoever?
  4. Hairyducked Idiot
    I owe the Astros an apology.
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    I can't see a fit. Anything the Phillies would accept is too much when you can just go get Lester for the same contract plus a year or two. Philadelphia needs to offer to eat most of the contract and ship him off to a small-market team with ambition but no cash.
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    OK, the wish list for next year. Not necessarily in order of importance: 1) Three starting linebackers 2) An offensive tackle 3) A safety (I'm not even going to be so greedy as to ask for two) 4) A field-stretching deep threat 3rd WR (I think this would do huge wonders for the passing offense) 5) An athletic DE who can play both the run and pass 6) An entire special teams unit outside of kicker 7) Do we need another CB maybe? Are we happy with Jennings? Ugh.
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    It's just crazy to think guys have exactly one swing they employ for every pitch or situation they encounter. Do you think hitters put the same swing on a slider low and away that they do on a fastball on the inner half? Javy does, and if it's good enough for him...
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    I did my best work under bosses I feared. But I wasn't a professional athlete so that is probably irrelevant.
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    And in an incredibly competitive environment filled with ridiculously educated men working day and night to find every possible edge, Maddon's going to make less than Scott Baker did. As long as he doesn't Dusty any arms or anything, I'm happy.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    Not for a very long time. Which is why I clearly qualified my statement that obviously the hitting coaches know more than I do. At first glance, it strikes me as the same kind of false dichotomy that leads people to think that walks and strikeouts are the opposite. But what do I know?
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    The Bears are pretty bad at football.
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    Have you ever played or watched golf? There's a minimum of a half dozen swings used in any one round of golf, and I imagine that, much like a varied golf swing, when you practice that alternate swing enough, it becomes a muscle memory thing and not a big deal to pull off. Can we all just finally agree that Kyle doesn't actually understand baseball? I understand that it isn't golf.
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    I see this notion all over the place and it always fails to recognize the role of manager beyond game time decision making. If horrible managers can find themselves in the postseason, why bother trying to quantify the credit a manager deserves? Perhaps the only way to truly discern the good from the bad is recognizing their ability to manage people off the field. Think of a baseball team as any other work environment. While a manager isn't going to write a report for an employee, they will have an affect on the quality of their work. Employees respond to the atmosphere of the work environment their manager provides. The healthier and more positive the environment, the better the work produced. Conversely, the more dysfunctional and negative the environment, the poorer the work. Baseball is no different. By all accounts, this is an area Maddon excels in and what separates him from the rest of the pack. I'm not sure how much I believe any of that. The people who say "happier employees mean better work" are usually employees wanting their bosses to do things for them. Which doesn't disqualify it from being true, but makes me wonder.
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    If the hitting coaches say it, then they know better than me, but it seems weird to me that you could just have a whole second swing for two-strike situations. It seems like it would mess up your timing something fierce and make you less likely to make contact at all.
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    Aren't we already really good at defensive positioning?
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    How could he wear glasses? He's a name on a screen. These aren't real people, you know.
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    Basically: - he's eloquent - he happened to have the job when a bunch of young talent broke in with Tampa Bay and may or may not have helped it develop, but didn't stand in its way. I'm not in ZOMG MUST HAVE HIM mode because I don't think managers make all that much of a difference unless you let them do damage, and it's impossible to tell how much credit a guy like Maddon should really get, but I'll take him if he wants us that badly.
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    Of course they're looking into a tampering case. They'd be negligent if they didn't.
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    OK bet
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    If we get him, we don't even need a major TOR pitcher.
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    He's got a lot of money. He'd get it done if he wanted.
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    I didn't realize it was a meme. I assumed you really did die.
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    I seriously think this is possibly the best team we've sent out there during this run. TvR looks shockingly solid out there. For his role, he's amazing. Saad, Shaw and Smith have all taken steps forward and are better than they were at this time last year. Saad is still my pick for a breakout year. Even Richards is better than our usual "designated slow veteran center who ruins the pace of every line he's on."
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    We've been doing that to everybody, just some bad puck luck keeps it from looking that way. Finally gotten our due on the scoreboard.
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    Only defenses left. If Houston shuts out Pittsburgh, scores at least 35 points, creates 7 turnovers and scores 3 touchdowns on defense, I got this.
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