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  1. Riverbrian
    Former Commune? A commune is a gathering people... Right? If that's true... You sent Ash to a place that people used to be. (Thinks about that) I love it... Brilliant!!!
  2. Riverbrian
    If Schafer and Santana can continue getting on base... They might be fun to watch on the bases with Molitor in control.
  3. Riverbrian
    If the Elevator is broken and the building has a lot of floors... You'd like to face the minimum.
  4. Riverbrian
    If it's a book of humour... You were clearly dating Canadian. That's gonna be part of the problem.
  5. Riverbrian
    And now a runner in scoring position
  6. Riverbrian
    Rogue Elephants... You'd like to face the minimum
  7. Riverbrian
    Yeah... You gotta change it to "facing the minimum" Kind of like bad dates... You'd like to face the minimum.
  8. Riverbrian
    Someday... I'm going to Ft. Myers... Maybe next year.
  9. Riverbrian
    I think you're right... I'm gonna. I think I have an old mop in the garage that I used to clean up an oil spill in Western Dakota.
  10. Riverbrian
    If the full crew was here... Somebody would be able to post a best guess photo.
  11. Riverbrian
    I wonder how I'd look with Ervin's hair?
  12. Riverbrian
    I've been reading Betts can do no wrong!!!
  13. Riverbrian
    Santana and Santana doing the job
  14. Riverbrian
    You know what we need. A Daily 2015 Torii Hunter Tracker thread. Just to watch the swings as they happen. It could be informative for those inclined to watch such things.
  15. Riverbrian
    It all depends if my employer wants me to remain sane. If I don't step away from the data entry... my eye balls start to bleed and my brain turns into a squirrel. What a second... "Remain" Sane What am I saying... That shipped sailed a long time ago. It's already rounding Patagonia.
  16. Riverbrian
    I wasn't aware of those new rules... I'm stepping away so much from the data entry I need to do that I should be able to conclude this project sometime in 2017.
  17. Riverbrian
    I look forward to watching him in multiple games this year and judging with my Bi-Focal aided eyeballs. If I see balls dropping that Arcia would have caught and the Batting... Average to below average. I'll be praying is mentoring is off the charts.
  18. Riverbrian
    I raised my hand so fast that I threw it out of socket and had to type this post one-handed.
  19. Riverbrian
    In all seriousness. Ben will never have Puig's Arm or Harper's Arm... His arm is a liability in certain situations. But... that 6 hopper thing may have happened. But that's fixable over time. I'll play Ben in my OF and not worry about it much. His speed will cover for his arm in most cases. Now if a runner ist on third with less then two outs then I'll worry about Ben some. Those are situations that I'm hoping the hitter flys out to Puig instead.
  20. Riverbrian
    I was joking... It's a dry sense of humor and I get stared at a lot because of it. (-;
  21. Riverbrian
    And... And... What happens... If Torii Hunter ends up with a UZR Rating of... Let's Say... 2 in 2015. Now what do you have? Does anyone trust UZR enough to say that Hunter can't be a 2 in 2015?
  22. Riverbrian
    Pfft... That's only because AJ is AJ... Most people simply don't go.
  23. Riverbrian
    His arm ain't good... I'll never argue that. However... He can still throw the ball faster then a base runner can run... Even Billy Hamilton. With his speed he gets on the ball quicker and into throwing baseball position faster then others. This fact prevents runners from taking the extra base on him... Cuz a runner isn't going to advance when the guy has the rock in his hands. People always assume that runners are taking the extra base on Ben because of his poor arm. However... You won't find any statistical evidence that more runners advance on him. If I'm rounding 2nd and I see that Revere is centered on the ball and ready to throw... I ain't going. If I'm rounding 2nd and I see that Puig still has his momentum toward RF and he hasn't centered into a throwing position. I'm going for it. As for the bad routes... He was young... He'll get better at it. However... the spectacular catch is a source of fist pumping and motivation that I believe in.
  24. Riverbrian
    It's going to take a long time to balance it out theoretically because of all the routine catches that are made routinely before you get a chance at a balance out making play. If Ben doesn't make that catch... He will be UZR punished. He makes the catch and gets very little for it. To me that's a bottom line. I agree with you 100 percent... UZR is more a measure of outcomes then actual skill. Sincerely, Fellow Revere Bobo
  25. Riverbrian
    Just watch this play... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAts428eqQ0 Anybody with an eyeball can see that this is incredible off the charts range. Maybe 1 or 2 players could have made this catch from the starting position that Ben was at in LF. But Here's the Deal... The Ball was caught in what is most likely a high percentage zone. This Catch probably did very little to advance Revere's UZR upwards when it absolutely should have. UZR will also factor that it was a left handed hitter and not a right handed hitter. Was Ben in left because he was drifted there on his own talking to the left fielder about Pizza between pitches or was he placed there by a coach reading a spray chart. Regardless... This is Range at the very Top of the Range scale and I'm pretty sure it was minimized by UZR methodology.
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