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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    Pirates TV guy said Alvarez can get you "three quick points."
  2. Hairyducked Idiot
    You have no idea how close I was to typing "If Shark gets a DP ball and Lillibridge boots it, I'll..." but I couldn't think of a good threat. Well, at least we're getting ground balls.
  3. Hairyducked Idiot
    *sigh*
  4. Hairyducked Idiot
    Tell us more. In fairness, it was a different, meatier pitch. Castro hit a lowish curve. Rizzo crushed a high, hanging fastball.
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    Wasn't it last year where we were like threatening to make it to May without a HR? This is all Samardzija needs.
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    Yes. Yes. Yes.
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    If Burnett gives that same pitch to Rizzo that he just gave to Castro, it'll be 2-0.
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    It's basically just nacho cheese colored. The third pitch to DeJesus was a ball. Screwed up the whole PA.
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    Your dissent only convinces me I'm right. It's not even gold. It's just yellow.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    Yellow is such a stupid color for a sports team. I want to sweep them.
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    Pitching matchup favors Cubs and their lineup is barely any better (both are awful). Advantage: Cubs.
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    Eww. MLB.tv basic gives Pirates feed
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'm upping my projection to 13 wins a year. That's what first-class instruction does for you in your teen years.
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    Was really hoping the final round of the World Chess Candidates tournament would finish up before the Cubs game started, but it looks like the pivotal game is going to go quite long.
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    I hang my hat on his peripherals outside of power all being better than Stewart's last year. But he's probably pretty bad.
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    Has to do with being added right around Rule 5 time. AZPhil's site has the explanation on it somewhere, iirc.
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    Barney DLed, Gonzalez rostered, Whitenack removed from roster (presumably DFA/waived).
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    ...because Samardzija is actually the perfect example of this? Yeah, I realized that after I typed it. I almost got away with that one. Still don't think it's common enough to be a point in someone's favor.
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    How do we know it's not like that? I can think of lots of trainable skills where you if miss certain windows, you'll always be inferior. Foreign languages and chess, off the top of my head. I'm willing to draft/sign raw players on the chance that they develop skills, but I'm not going to give them extra projection credit over a player the same age who has been trained properly.
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'll never get how "not getting premium, baseball-specific instruction during key athletic developmental years" is an argument in favor of guys like Castro, Szczur, or Samardzija.
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    If two wins a year from a single player is a rounding error, then I think the valuation method may be ill-considered. (aka, I still hate linear $/WAR, no matter what Dave Cameron says)
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    Yes, and? I think he might be on a HOF track. I'm curious how many stagnant years it would take before that isn't the case anymore.
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    Pirates are going: Marte LF r Jones RF l McCutchen CF r Alvarez 3b l Sanchez 1b r Walker 2b s Martin C r Barmes SS r Burnett P r That's a little better than I thought their lineup was. But if Samardzija can't dominate that on a coldish day in April, I will be disappointed.
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    Fernandez will be back in AA sometime in May, I'd imagine.
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    Castro, Rizzo, Baez for Harper? I think so.
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