07-08-2008, 08:21 PM | #1001 |
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Looks like a nice deal for the Cubs, provided Harden is healthy. From his last game: "Harden did not. His truncated evening ended with his most electric moment of the night, striking out Guerrero with runners at first and second with two outs in the fifth, but his final line was pretty ho-hum by his lofty standards: five hits and a walk with five strikeouts. He never topped 93 mph on the radar gun and was far more frequently checking in at 87-89."
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07-08-2008, 08:31 PM | #1002 |
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Nice to see the Mets keep the offense going now they are back at Shea. And yea, that 2nd AB of the game was probably the one of the worst calls I have ever seen. Since when is it ok to run on the IF grass to avoid a tag?
This Harden trade really has me confused. If I was an A's fan I would be pissed. Haven't checked the standings in a few days but I'm pretty sure they are still very much in contention, and they go and trade perhaps their best pitcher, who's not gonna be a FA next yr and isn't a burden financially. Doesn't make much sense to me. |
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Harden being healthy is the big key, isn't it? I guess Beane figured might as well deal Harden on the rare occasion he's actually healthy and his value is high.
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07-09-2008, 10:21 AM | #1004 |
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Btw, what in the Hell has gotten in to Fernando Tatis? Not that I'm complaining..
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07-09-2008, 03:47 PM | #1006 |
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Yankees sweep the Rays on Bobby Abreu's game winning hit! Andy Pettitte, Sidney Ponson, and the Yankee bullpen shut down the Rays for the 2 game series. People thought the Yankee bullpen would self-destruct without Joba Chamberlain, but Veras-Farnsworth-Rivera have been stellar at the end of games.
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Odd stat from the Braves-Dodgers game tonight.
In the series, the Braves are 0-for-36 in innings 1 through 4.
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07-12-2008, 09:54 PM | #1008 |
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Very happy with tonight's fangraph:
Yes, DDJ is that clutch so far this season. Leads the league at .468 (29 of 62) with RISP this year. SI
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And in San Diego, Greg Maddux just stole the 11th base of his career at age 42.
Now 11 of 14 lifetime in stolen base attempts. Just a random fun moment from MLB on a Saturday night.
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07-12-2008, 10:04 PM | #1010 |
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Lots of fun baseball today. I watched a pair of almost-comebacks today with the Tigers falling short against the Twins and the Rangers falling short against the White Sox. However, I did just see the Cards/Pirates highlights and Pittsburgh did not come up short
In the Royals game, along with DDJ's walkoff 2-run game winning homer, Mark Grudzelanek got hit number 2000. SI
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The Mets are playing fantastic baseball. They've allowed 4 runs and 13 hits over the last SIX GAMES.
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07-13-2008, 03:51 AM | #1013 | |
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07-13-2008, 04:49 AM | #1014 |
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The graph represents the Royals likelihood of finishing in last place in the AL Central. From left to right, it goes by date, starting in April...So, you see, it fluctuates a bit from April 1st to April 9th, but then by the 10th it's all over.
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Touché. If Karl goes missing, I think we'll need to look at SI.
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07-13-2008, 08:02 AM | #1016 | |
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07-13-2008, 09:12 AM | #1017 |
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The graph represents the probability of each team winning the game at a certain point. When team A hits a home run and takes the lead, their win probability increases. You can find out more at fangraphs.com.
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07-13-2008, 11:07 AM | #1019 |
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That Cardinals - Pirates game about finished me off for the weekend.. good grief!!!
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07-13-2008, 11:46 AM | #1020 | |
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That warmed my heart to see but it sucks to be on the other end of one of those. We had one against the Yankees earlier this year CR, here's the Cards-Pirates fangraph: At the top is the Pirates win percentage while at the bottom is the Cardinals. Basically, this is what chance teams have to win any particular game at any given time. So, of course, each game starts at 50/50. The Pirates actually became close to a 75% favorite to win early on as they were up 2-0 and teams in that position win a lot of games. However, as the game went on and the Cards built a 10-4 lead in the 8th, the chances of the Pirates winning were in the low single digits, hence that line running along the bottom for the 7th, 8th, and part of the 9th. Even getting 2 runs in the 8th was a minor blip as you're still likely to lose 10-6 going into the 9th almost as much as if you're down 10-4. But then the Pirates tie is and it's 50-50 going into the 10th. However, Glaus's homer in the 10th to give the Cards a 11-10 lead shifts it strongly back in their favor. However, of course, Michael's home run makes it 100% Pirates as they won the game. Similar to the Royals fangraph from the previous post. They were down below 5% with 2 outs and no one on in the 9th. But it was still only a 1 run game so when Butler walked, the odds shot up a little and, of course, DeJesus's homer ended it. SI
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He seems like a geniunely nice guy. Kindof a kid who realizes he's playing baseball for money and enjoys it. Always has a smile on his face and always enjoys playing- it's great to see. His is the jersey I currently wear to the park after I had to retire my Sweeney jersey after last year. As an aside, I always love listening to the trades who always try to get him from the Royals for a pile of magic beans this time of year. C'mon, he's cheap, signed a deal that keeps him under club control for a couple more years. Oh, and he's a good leadoff hitter who takes a lot of pitches, is a career .285 hitter with about 10 homers a year, but who's value is diminished in some eyes since he can't steal that much. SI
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Really enjoyed this line from Jayson Stark's midseason column:
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So my girlfriend and myself (a another couple went too, but they aren't of importance) went to the Cubs - Reds game at Wrigley on Wednesday night. We got there early to watch them take batting practice and such. So my girlfriend is a reds fan and we are all standing along the left field line while the reds were taking BP. She made eye contact with Josh Fogg and waved and he waved back and smiled and all this. Next ball out to left, sure enough Fogg walks over to her and hands it to her. It was pretty funny, but it didn't stop there. David Ross came out there after he was done hitting and was talking to Fogg and they turned to my girl friend and waved and motioned "I love you." Five minutes later they ask her to throw the ball back on the field and her pen. I will attach a picture of what they put on the ball.. It was seriously one of the funnier things I've seen. It was flattering in a kind of jealous way because they were actually serious.
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Obviously you weren't of importance either.
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hahah - just make sure you keep her in sight the rest of the time they're in town!!
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I think FOFC should take up a collection so he can!
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Just to link up a couple of recent posts....this actually happened a couple seasons ago with my girlfriend and Brett Myers. Instead of mouthing "I Love You", he pointed at her and then held up his open palm and started punching hit.
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Former Yankees Bobby Murcer passed away. For those that grew up with 70s baseball, he and Thurmon were the only two faces of the Yanks until 1975.
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Pelfrey with another great effort tonight, 8 innings of shutout ball, 6 hits, no walks and the bullpen holds in the 9th for the 9th straight win. That's 4 runs over 7 games now, and 4 shutouts in 6 games. Saw a stat earlier that the Mets were the first team since 1900 to have 5 straight games with less than 3 hits allowed. And yet we still haven't thrown a no-hitter. |
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Hmm, seems the entire league has been "punching hit" on Myers for a while now.
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Did I miss a study on a link between artificial turf and brain cancer?
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I believe the early turf had high levels of lead?
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There were other chemicals involved as well to maintain those fields. I'll look it up this week.
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Big Puma just tore it up in the first round of the Derby...
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Can you believe the nerve of that prima donna Jonathan Papelbon suggesting that he's in the same league as hall of fame closer Mariano Rivera? They're in Yankee Stadium, Rivera has better numbers this year, and Rivera is better than Papelbon ever will be so Rivera should absolutely be closing this game, not Papelbon. Papelbon just needs to shutup and stop trying to worm his way into things he doesn't deserve.
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He did say that, not that "he's the same league as hall of fame closer Mariano Rivera", but that he thought he should close. Then he remembered (or someone told him) that these days, we like bland athletes who don't have opinions on anything and he corrected himself: "I'm making a statement right now, saying I don't want it, I want [Rivera] to have it. I said all that earlier, but that's the way I feel about it," Papelbon said. "This is what I think, of course I want to close the game out. I wouldn't be Jonathan Papelbon if I didn't want to close the game out," he said. "But at the same time, there's also things within this game I have to understand and people have to understand. It doesn't always work out that way. Last edited by molson : 07-15-2008 at 03:29 PM. |
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Would he litterally still be himself, yes. His name would still be Papelbon. I think its just an expression. Last edited by molson : 07-15-2008 at 03:52 PM. |
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Yes. I think he is saying he would still be a guy named Jonathan(sp?) Papelbon, but he would not be the athlete that has risen to the level he is if he did not have that kind of drive and confidence. But I think we all know this and just want to ridicule him for being an athlete that always thinks he can be the best on the field. Man, I'd hate to have a player like that.
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