Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

Game Thread Twins vs Red Socks 12:10pm cdt 4/15/2021 ad

sampleSizeOfOne

By sampleSizeOfOne
in Archived Game Threads

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 478
  • Created
  • Last Reply
Mike Sixel GOAT

Mike Sixel

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

 

Why would anyone want to watch a Baldelli press conference?  

 

The only thing I can come up with is someone who has a being-shot-in-the-face-with-manure fetish.

 

Why anyone watches any coach or athlete talk about the sport they play is beyond me....

 

If today's game doesn't convince people pitcher wins are silly.......

IndianaTwin Wichita Wind Surge

IndianaTwin

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Lady from my church called in the bottom of the ninth in a tie game. What was she thinking? 

 

Then again, I answered. What was I thinking? 

 

At any rate, I would have observed that as the not-so-proud owner of Ottavino in not one, but two fantasy leagues, I could have told you that it was very likely the Twins would score. Sorry I wasn't here in advance to put everyone's mind at ease. 

ashbury GOAT

ashbury

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

as the not-so-proud owner of Ottavino in not one, but two fantasy leagues

Two different guns were put to your head? :)

 

Couldn't you at some point just say, "I pick LaTroy Hawkins. Yeah, I know he's retired - but at least he won't cost me points."

 

IndianaTwin Wichita Wind Surge

IndianaTwin

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

 

Two different guns were put to your head? :)

 

Couldn't you at some point just say, "I pick LaTroy Hawkins. Yeah, I know he's retired - but at least he won't cost me points."
 

 

Welcome to my strategy for drafting catchers. There was at least a hope that Ottavino might end up a closer. 

Nine of twelve Wichita Wind Surge

Nine of twelve

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

 

 Harry S. Truman

Warning, nit-pick alert.

 

 

This is incorrect. His name was Harry S Truman. He had only a middle initial, not a middle name. A period after an initial denotes an abbreviation of a name and is not used in a case like this.

ashbury GOAT

ashbury

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

Warning, nit-pick alert.

 

 

This is incorrect. His name was Harry S Truman. He had only a middle initial, not a middle name. A period after an initial denotes an abbreviation of a name and is not used in a case like this.

SSo1 is not required to spell out Harry's middle name if he does not wish to. The abbreviation should be permitted to stand. :)

 

Nine of twelve Wichita Wind Surge

Nine of twelve

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

 

SSo1 is not required to spell out Harry's middle name if he does not wish to. The abbreviation should be permitted to stand. :)
 

I sit corrected. S can be abbreviated as S.

Otto von Ballpark All-Star

Otto von Ballpark

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

 

Throwing last years shortened season out for reasons I am happy to get into, increasing prevalence of shifting by teams hasn’t meaningfully changed league-wide BABIP. Theoretically, this is what shifting should impact the most.

 

 

I did some of this work last year and can't find the work but mostly, I'm speaking of the infield shift. And from my recollection (again, can't find the work right now) the BABIP on groundballs has consistently gone down for the past 5-6 years and is well down from its historical average.

 

If you folks want to continue this discussion, I've split it into a thread here:

 

http://twinsdaily.com/topic/50059-effects-of-the-shift/

sampleSizeOfOne MVP

sampleSizeOfOne

Verified Member
Posted
  • Author
Posted

 

Warning, nit-pick alert.

 

 

This is incorrect. His name was Harry S Truman. He had only a middle initial, not a middle name. A period after an initial denotes an abbreviation of a name and is not used in a case like this.

 

SSo1 is not required to spell out Harry's middle name if he does not wish to. The abbreviation should be permitted to stand. :)
 

 

This is the kind of nit picking i'm proud to be a part of!! Like pointing out 1=0!

 

And it gives me a guilty pleasure to use an abreviation longer than what is being abbreviated.

 

Kind of like taking the scenic route.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing
The Twins Daily Caretaker Fund
The Twins Daily Caretaker Fund

You all care about this site. The next step is caring for it. We’re asking you to caretake this site so it can remain the premier Twins community on the internet.

Become a Caretaker

  • Member Statistics

    20,441
    Total Members
    48,845
    Most Online
    Paweł Dąbrowski
    Newest Member
    Paweł Dąbrowski
    Joined
×
×
  • Create New...