Hairyducked Idiot
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I hope Silva pitches a perfect season.
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1997 averted!
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That was so close to being terriawesome.
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No.
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Lottery numbers, plz
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You certainly can if you watch from the same angle for tens of thousands of pitches, like most of us have done with the camera at Wrigley. You just need to adjust to the skewed perspective. Adjust how? Do you look at the same pitches with and without the skewed perspective to learn?
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Send the runner there. I'd rather risk a bad throw than hope for a two-out hit. Smoltz in the Braves booth points out that you can't tell if a close pitch is a strike because the camera angle skews the view. I heart him forever.
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For Castro and arbitration, the key is that he not be in the top 1-6th of all players in his rookie class in terms of service time. There's no set date, but it's usually between 1 and 2 months I think
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So the Braves announcer says "Throws across for two" and I heard it as "Throws across, 4-2" and for a brief second, I'm trying to figure out why the second baseman was shifted over there and the catcher was covering first. Cool story, huh?
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Colvin smashed a fastball that missed thigh-high inner half.
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Hit those harder, plz, Braves. See Ryan Theriot's video for tips.
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Frankly, it'll be nice to have a decent 4th OF who won't be horrible when the inevitable Soriano injuries/slumps occur. I expect Colvin to be horrible when it all evens out. Sub .300 OBP, imo
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fortunately it won't work that way. FYP
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lol, Spring Training means everything. Colvin got a total meatball, but crushing meatballs is important.
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We got him right where we want him! I don't think the bottom of our order can put him into play much, so the pitch count should continue to be high.
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Because speedy scrappy guys always hit leadoff. Duh. That still doesn't explain Theriot leading off.
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The gun is a little juiced, imo. Hanson's probably throwing more like 94 or 95. His fangraphs chart confirms what you would expect: his slider is a great out pitch.
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Oh man, I remember when we used to have a bottom-of-the-lineup that was bad, but was leaving good players on the bench. Colvin-Baker-Hill is just awful.
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I have no idea how to project Wells, but it sure would be *nice* if he stayed good. We'll find out in a few minutes.
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It's definitely a skill. But even with it being a skill, you won't get it every time. If you get four or five chances a game, even if you can get it on net and past the keeper 50% of the time (which seems way too high to me), you'll have long stretches where you don't get any and it will seem like the other team's goalie is unstoppable.
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I think in hockey there's a lot of "shoot toward the net and hope it just happens to pick a corner or hit someone on the way and deflect in," and a lot of hot goalies are really just teams whose opponents aren't getting much shooting luck.
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I'd expect the inferior team to win a 1 v. 8 matchup in baseball at least 35% of the time, maybe more.
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Hockey playoffs aren't at baseball's level for coinflippery, but they aren't really a place where you can sure of your edge if you are the better team. There's definitely a chance that the Hawks could flame out in the first round, despite their recent hot streak. Stupid playoffs :(
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I will, indeed, carry on.
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Is anyone remotely excited for this season?
Hairyducked Idiot replied to RegulusBlue's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I still think there's a chance they could sneak into a playoff spot. That's kind of exciting.