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OK A-holes. It's fixed. Enjoy the orange links, because I have no fucking idea how to change them. I basically learned scripting in four days to fix this damned thing. - Andy
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Andy on April 01, 2009, 02:42:11 PMQuote from: SKO on April 01, 2009, 02:31:15 PMQuote from: Slakee on April 01, 2009, 12:12:30 PMQuote from: RV on April 01, 2009, 12:00:11 PM
I think Phil might have brain cancer.QuoteAt this time last season, Wise was quietly going to work every morning in the Sox's minor league camp. Few knew he was even there. He's with his fourth big league team and holds a .214 batting average and .254 on-base percentage after 240 big league games.
And this is the guy Williams and Guillen have picked to lead off for a team they privately believe should cruise to an American League Central title?
That's confidence.
One good thing about leading off with Wise is that it protects two guys who would make more sense there: rookie Chris Getz, penciled in at No. 2, and 2008 stud Alexei Ramirez, who could hit as low as eighth against right-handers.
Having a strong leadoff hitter is hardly essential to winning, however. There are only about 10 of those guys in the major leagues, and not all are on playoff teams. No need to trade for Juan Pierre to get one.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-01-rogers-baseball-apr01,0,2361957,print.column
Maybe he's just displaying his rapist's wit. Nah.
I'd actually Agree with Phil that a strong leadoff hitter Isn't essential to winning. What I'd disagree with is the idea that the you don't need good hitters at all, a philosophy the White Sox seem to be embracing. And my God am I tired of the shlop job the media is doing over Alexei Ramirez of the .290 BA with the .317 OBP.
He hit a GRAND SLAM once! A grand slam!
Quote from: Slakee on April 01, 2009, 12:12:30 PMQuote from: RV on April 01, 2009, 12:00:11 PM
I think Phil might have brain cancer.QuoteAt this time last season, Wise was quietly going to work every morning in the Sox's minor league camp. Few knew he was even there. He's with his fourth big league team and holds a .214 batting average and .254 on-base percentage after 240 big league games.
And this is the guy Williams and Guillen have picked to lead off for a team they privately believe should cruise to an American League Central title?
That's confidence.
One good thing about leading off with Wise is that it protects two guys who would make more sense there: rookie Chris Getz, penciled in at No. 2, and 2008 stud Alexei Ramirez, who could hit as low as eighth against right-handers.
Having a strong leadoff hitter is hardly essential to winning, however. There are only about 10 of those guys in the major leagues, and not all are on playoff teams. No need to trade for Juan Pierre to get one.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-01-rogers-baseball-apr01,0,2361957,print.column
Maybe he's just displaying his rapist's wit. Nah.
Quote from: Oleg on February 17, 2009, 03:01:59 PMQuote from: Eli on February 17, 2009, 03:00:39 PMQuote from: Oleg on February 17, 2009, 02:25:06 PM
Does it bother anyone else that so much intellectual energy has been wasted on questions of FAITH when that energy could have been used to actually advance human kind and further our understanding of the world?
You spend hours and hours in this place, but you think it's a waste of time to discuss faith, reason, meaning, etc.? After all, you could have been out advancing human kind and furthering your understand of the world.
Sounds like someone needs a reprogramming.
Quote from: Oleg on February 17, 2009, 12:48:06 PMQuote from: Jon on February 17, 2009, 12:47:13 PMQuote from: BH on February 17, 2009, 12:46:06 PMI blame the Russians.Quote from: RV on February 17, 2009, 12:43:43 PMQuote from: Jon on February 17, 2009, 12:40:28 PM
College words. This is why we don't see winged spiders or wolves with horns.
A wolf with horns would be pretty badass. Stupid evolution.
And yet we end up with a zebra-horse hybrid... wtf.
Just leave the Ukrainians out of it? OK?
Quote from: Bonk on January 26, 2009, 09:17:24 AM
I looked through the entire link and did a search and still can't find out what the fuck ZORP is supposed to stand for.
I'm with you guys on the statfags. A friend of a friend of mine claims he can manage a baseball team better than an MLB manager using just Sabremetrics. Then again, he's a Reds fan, so he probably could do a better job than Dustfuck.
Sabremetrics stats are mildly interesting to evaluate for people that realize they're just tools, not a way for computer geeks who've never played baseball to claim they're baseball experts because they wrote a few formulas in an Excel spreadsheet.