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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    W-L is obviously horrible, but errors really, really bug me. There are hundreds of ways to hit the ball poorly and still get credit for a hit, including ones where the defense fails to convert what would normally be an out. But on a few highly specific circumstances (more defined by tradition than the rulebook), we call it an "error" and try to remove it from the hitter and pitcher's records.
  2. Hairyducked Idiot
    But the moment was ruined by the three-minute delay while he tried to sew his shoulder back on.
  3. Hairyducked Idiot
    As Len and Bob have pointed out, games are delayed by arguments over calls all the time. With an extended replay system, you circumvent the argument and go straight to replay. In the final equation, it probably won't make any difference with regard to "ruining moments". There's no need for it to be instant. Moving past a bad/disputed call is never instantaneous. When has the delay ever resulted in an overturned call, though? I vaguely remember one time, maybe, from when I was a kid. The opposing manager can argue till he's passed out, but once the umpire calls safe on the game-winning run in the Cubs' pennant clinching NLCS win, I can be fairly confident that it's decided. Well, maybe not "ruined for me," but I'd enjoy it more without it.
  4. Hairyducked Idiot
    It was at .705 before that last double.
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    It's not traditionalism at all. If you can find a way to make the call instant, I'm happy. I'm all for electronic balls and strikes.
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    That's such an asinine straw man. *goes to replay booth* It's not asinine, and it's not a strawman. The call on the field is overturned.
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    Oh yea, this is one of those everythings that you decide to be contrarian on something overwhelmingly popular. Unlike most issues, I've never changed on this one. It's not a "right or wrong" answer, it's just a personal preference of which one bothers you more. The occasional wrong call bothers me less than the moment-ruining aspects of instant replay. Some of my formative sports years were as a hockey fan in the late 1990s, where instant replay just about ruined the entertainment value of the games. It was hard to get excited about any goal, because it felt like half of them were coming back on video review. I hated it then, and I still hate it today. I hate it in hockey, I hate it in football, and I won't like it in baseball. Great moments are my favorite aspect of sports. They should come from the athletes and what they accomplish, not from a referee with a microphone telling you that it's okay to cheer now.
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    This is pretty much what I hoped for out of this season from Castro. He's maintaining his offensive levels from previous years, which I was a tiny bit skeptical about, but I guess I just have to accept that his natural BABIP is in the .345 range. But his defense has made a huge leap forward.
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    This really is going to be just like 2001. Horrific May losing streak, followed by a winning streak of the same length+50%.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    He's flirting with a .700 OPS, and going into today he was on pace for a 2.7 fWAR season.
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    I look forward to the number of awesome moments being ruined by five minutes of "We don't know what happened, we're waiting for the call..."
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    I think, by volume and depth, the two players I've doubted the most are Samardzija and Stewart.
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'll forget about it the first time we make the playoffs three years in a row. And that includes the half WC.
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'd be okay with it, too, but I don't for a minute believe it. Any correlation between the truth and what the Cubs' front office leaks this close to the trading deadline is a coincidence.
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    Ugh. Not ugh to you for saying it, but ugh for the fact that there's some truth in it. Once you go ahead and let your MLB team bottom out, it becomes really hard to break out of it and all kinds of inefficiencies emerge.
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    The stats say what they say. He's regained a respectable amount of power and cut his K% down from nearly 30% to 19%. That's real improvement.
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    This. Look, I understand if people don't want to take the time to learn about peripherals. But even then, you shouldn't be worried about trading Tyler Colvin after 100 good PAs.
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'm not worried about whether they can get rid of them. I'm worried about whether they want to get rid of them. Wanting Reed Johnson on your baseball team is not a desirable trait in a GM.
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    I don't think we have to choose "behind him" or "not behind him." I'm disappointed that he chose to give up on the 2012 team very early, and I still don't think it was necessary or wise. I'm quite excited about his overall organizational approach to scouting and development, and I'm quite hopeful that it pays off. I'm in love with the Rizzo and Marshall trades and think that they show exactly the sort of eye for hidden talent that we hoped for, and I've seen that he was right about Ian Stewart. I'm a bit puzzled by the Concepcion situation, but there's plenty of time for him to be proven right. I'm willing to give him a pass for swinging and missing (so far) on Volstad, but I'm not thrilled that he chose to deal Zambrano in the first place. I'm concerned about his (Hoyer's) roster moves this year. If they are just extending the concept of organizational roster fill to the majors temporarily, fine, but what if they really like having guys like Joe Mather and Reed Johnson on the team?
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    I don't think acknowledging multiple possibilities is some kind of cheap game to "always be right." It's acknowledging that it's a big, complicated world it's very easy to be wrong. A lot of bad stuff has happened since Theo Epstein was hired. It won't break some sort of magic Theo spell to acknowledge that, alongside all the good stuff that has happened. If the drafting and development turns out to be as good as it was during the early days in Boston, it'll all be worth it.
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    What he said.
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    You don't think it's basically an established fact that he is? You think it's something we want him to be? You don't think it's possible that he inherited an awesome team, had a hot run of draft picks (that he hasn't really been able to repeat since) and won't be able to duplicate that success? Even a little possible?
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'm doing a pretty good job of keeping my doom boner under control. I want very badly for Epstein to be the awesome baseball genius we all want him to be, and he certainly hasn't proved he isn't. There are some concerning stuff, but nothing that would be more than a minor footnote if he executes what appears to be his plan correctly.
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    Garza's ERA: 4.01
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    Oh good, Garza is slumping just in time to ruin his trade value.
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