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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    It was in the context of teams unwilling to draft HS pitchers b/c of injury possibility being increased. I'm sure he knows the differences between the two in both development and arm structure but he would draft a HS arm in the 1st unlike some clubs. I'm not sure at all that he knows that. He seemed to be saying that if you scout a guy properly, the risk is identical, because that's what scouts do. His response to the assertion that high school pitchers get hurt more was "college pitchers don't get hurt?" That's a dumb argument.
  2. Hairyducked Idiot
    Leiter, Alou, Kevin Brown, Nen, Grissom, Floyd, etc. He was pivotal in the success of the Expos and Marlins of the 90s. If you don't remember how good the Spos were, look it up. I'm confused, are these players he scouted? Because they came from disparate organizations in the minors and were acquired by the GM in Florida, which he was not. Those Expos teams were nice. Floyd and Alou were nice first-rounders, but I don't know that it took scouting genius to find them. The best player on those teams, Larry Walker, predated Hughes' run as scouting director by two years. Nor did the two key rotation pitchers come from the minors. It looks to me like he just had two or three draft picks that turned out well and happened to be in the organization at the same time as a bunch of other talent was acquired, thus cementing his reputation.
  3. Hairyducked Idiot
    What accounts? I keep hearing about his amazing history of talent evaluation. What is it?
  4. Hairyducked Idiot
    Are you sure he didn't understand or is it that his job is to try to beat the odds? I'm very sure he didn't understand. Are you sure you read the interview?
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    The man's job was to evaluate amateur talent, and he clearly didn't understand why there might be a difference in the odds of a high school pitcher vs. a college pitcher reaching their ceiling. One bad interview didn't make him look dumb. His dumb made him look dumb.
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    He didn't understand why high school prospects are more of an unknown when you draft them. He suggested that statistical analysis means "I want this guy because he has 120 RBIs" He suggested that the statement "High school pitchers have more injury risk" is the equivalent of saying "College pitchers never get hurt." He dismissed, out of hand without the slightest interest in any evidence, the usefulness of AAA stats in predicting major league performance.
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    Why is it that when someone preferences something with "The fact is," it is almost never a fact?
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    I don't think there's any way a guy who just hit 40 HRs between AAA and the majors could be a bad option for a bench bat. But that's got to be all he is.
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    So does LaHair's awesomeness.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    That's the same defense that is dead last in team defensive efficiency right now. I think that's a big problem.
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    Maybe you can repair in time to realise that all I'm suggesting is that we try to get a little something for nothing. It's not like I suggested we trade Starlin Castro for some obscure kid from the Ham Fighters. No such team as the Ham Fighters.
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    Awesome. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Video-Foul-tip-causes-sparks-to-literally-fly-f;_ylt=Ao0ZjlZNpHHetFgwEkJ497MRvLYF?urn=mlb-wp19467
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    I know Sosa proved that anything can happen, but I really doubt Castro will ever develop into a player who takes a lot of walks. If his power keeps developing and he becomes a plus defender, that's more than enough.
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    If we're playing "What motivates some guy we don't know," you could just as easily say he has nothing to gain by trying with another team. If he stays with the Red Sox, he'll always have a perfect record of winning championships for teams he GMs.
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    I don't want to be the one paying for Jose Reyes when his BABIP normalizes next year. And it's not like our infield defense isn't bad enough already.
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    2011 MLB stats LaHair 438/471/875 Pujols 297/368/547 Fielder 293/407/538 The choice is clear.
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    Colletti, however, would probably want to lick the slime.
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    This is really going to hurt our chances of landing Epstein or Freidman.
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    It was a clever ploy to get him to use his considerable skills to save the industry.
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    By very recently do you mean like 3 years after it was created? It turned its first profit five years after it was created, in 2009, and most industry analysts were surprised. I think that counts as very recently. I've actually seen a lot of people in the newspaper industry advocate for trying to negotiate user fees directly from the ISPs, like television channels and cable providers. (Yes, I know that's idiotic and would never work).
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    Okay, those are pretty good plans.
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    I've been trying to come up with websites all morning that are profitable, offer primarily free content, and have their content produced by full-time, professional staff. I think the Gawker network qualifies, but I'm not entirely sure how profitable they are or how they pay their staff. ESPN.com, as mentioned, is a loss leader. The NYTimes.com web site used to have some incredible ad revenue, but they are no longer straight free. Think about Facebook. It has massive, international appeal, the users produce its content for free, and it has access to the highly granular personal information that advertisers can't get enough of. And until very recently, there were serious questions about whether it could pull if enough ad revenue to pay the bills.
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    That's the future of content. But since the Daily Herald doesn't have any other businesses, their options are die, start an entirely new business that would benefit from their web presence, or try to convince people to pay for content. Well no, that's the past, present, and future of web content; newspapers are just not all that bright about it. You can productize the news in several ways, but few newspapers attempt to, and even fewer devote enough attention to it, instead desperately clinging to the subscription model. Seriously, $20/month for just web access? Double charging print subscribers(even at a discounted rate)? Did anyone put a moment's thought into this? Okay, you own the Daily Herald. What's your solution?
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    Deciding not to buy it is not emotional. Immediately assuming they must be idiots who don't understand their business, however, is.
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    That's the future of content. But since the Daily Herald doesn't have any other businesses, their options are die, start an entirely new business that would benefit from their web presence, or try to convince people to pay for content.
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