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  1. twinsnorth49
    That is just brutal.....there is no excuse for that bs.
  2. twinsnorth49
    Guess that's a no.....
  3. twinsnorth49
    Give me a break. Gibby just refuses to throw strikes with runners on, his breaking stuff isn't fooling anyone.
  4. twinsnorth49
    What an awful slide.....that guy's Pee Wee coach is yelling at the tv right now.
  5. twinsnorth49
    That ball travels another 5 feet and this isn't even a conversation.
  6. twinsnorth49
    Benched? No, reminded of the importance of being a leader and setting a good example? Sure. Now, benching him for his plate discipline...……..that's another story, lol. At least a few games down in the order to hopefully help him get his head out of his ass.
  7. twinsnorth49
    Neither am I, velocity is still king but only if you can combine it with movement, location and effective change of speeds. All of those obviously make the best MLB pitchers but having at least two of them when you throw 100 will make you awfully effective. Not sure Graterol can combine any of them consistently enough yet, he’s close though.
  8. twinsnorth49
    He was regularly hitting triple digits in the most recent Cleveland series, with some sink. Might not have had the best feel for his pitches last night or he’s still working through being a big leaguer. He is 21 after all.
  9. twinsnorth49
    Last words spoken by Rocco to Torreys before his AB. “We’ve got ice”.
  10. twinsnorth49
    How else would this game end? The ol hbp walk off....crafty.
  11. twinsnorth49
    Hmmm, should I crack out the Sam Deduno jersey for this, or the Scott Diamond?......decisions, decisions.
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  13. twinsnorth49
    He did fool McCann however....
  14. twinsnorth49
    Sweet move, sweet slider.........job done.
  15. twinsnorth49
    Take that running back who carries the ball 30 times every game vs the running back who carries the ball 20 times every game, into week 15 and there will on average be a distinct difference, talent levels aside. Now extend that 3 years into their careers. Again, you're looking for absolutes, they don't exist. Fatigue is real, it is related to performance and it is related to injury. How much and to what extent that effects each individual is different and part of what teams are paying more attention to. Which also only includes the physical, the mental side is an entirely different topic. I'm sure it's not relevant though......
  16. twinsnorth49
    Sorry, was looking at the wrong category. 38 played 155 or more, 14 in the AL. I think the point still stands, that is low percentage of players. Essentially 1 per team. So far only 6 players have appeared in 150 games so far this season. Splits obviously play a role in that number, but I'd still expect that number to be higher if it were so easy. The high water mark for the last 10 years is 53.
  17. twinsnorth49
    Each season, less than 125 players play more than 135 games. The number that plays 155 is very low. Lat year only 6 played 150.
  18. twinsnorth49
    I wonder why so few players play every game?
  19. twinsnorth49
    No, it actually isn't. There is no historical data to indicate performance is either helped or hindered due to more or less rest. The prevailing sentiment is it's common sense. Having said that, scheduled rest has been a part of MLB for years. Pitchers have always rested, because throwing a ball 90+mph, 100 times, is going to fatigue your arm and unless you rest it, you are going to suck the next couple of days and also get hurt.
  20. twinsnorth49
    Since 2010, less than 125 position players on average have played 135 games or more in a season. That includes stints at DH. Could time on the DL been mitigated or reduced due to more rest? How do we know which injuries could have been prevented if players had more time to recover? There are no absolutes either way, which seems to be what some are looking for.
  21. twinsnorth49
    So, rest is not a component in injury prevention? What is a component? It's a widely studied field, surely there are some concrete examples. Are people really saying fatigue is not a factor in injury among athletes? There is a difference between damage to connective tissue, muscle and cartilage injuries due to overuse and direct injury due to impact. Running into a wall at high speed has nothing to do with rest, the cumulative wear and tear on a body over the course of playing 135 games of baseball is quite different. Rest will definitely help keep the latter from potentially turning into something worse, it has zero to do with the former, until after it happens ironically. There is a reason you rest injuries. The equivalencies being made in this thread are completely false. "The importance of resting seems to be too obvious for science to bother testing directly". -Paul Ingraham
  22. twinsnorth49
    Keplanco.......followed by Crugers.
  23. twinsnorth49
    Heroes yesterday, zeroes today. Come on people, they did not need to sweep Cleveland. They needed to win the series, they did just that. Fear is so irrational.
  24. twinsnorth49
    MMMM, looks like Kung Pow chicken from Pagoda.
  25. twinsnorth49
    Clearly went back to the dugout, recited a rosary and atoned for it.........................IN SPADES!!!! That was the redemption AB of the year!
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