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  1. ashbury
    We had them then. They were called "games".
  2. ashbury
    And yet you know Hingle McCringleberry, I am guessing.
  3. ashbury
    So no change, you're saying.
  4. ashbury
    As for me, my love of Postmodern Jukebox confuses both young and old. [video=youtube;8H6XEIEqYik]
  5. ashbury
    Style points still matter.
  6. ashbury
    Oh, you're being given slack. When you're older, you'll know to read between the lines.
  7. ashbury
    I failed to note this before. Why not Colabello, against the lefty?
  8. ashbury
    Josh Willingham is not a fast man down the first base line.
  9. ashbury
    Jays announcers getting full enjoyment from that home run a couple of batters ago.
  10. ashbury
    Good thing Hughes isn't pitching in Yankee Stadium anymore.
  11. ashbury
    Then again, in fairness, I know of Jay-Z.
  12. ashbury
    If you listen to the youtube link, you may recognize some iconic moments in history and go, "oh, HIM". PS. "I know of Vin Scully." Kids, these days.
  13. ashbury
    You might be a little younger than the median poster here at TD if you need to look up Vin Scully. Even though your liking of the Jays' announcer has no bearing, the following might be interesting, if only to add to your lore of the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLexiZHy9wI If the Jays' announcer (still need to look up his name) doesn't credit Vin as one of his influences, I'll be surprised.
  14. ashbury
    Do you like Vin Scully? That would be a reason to.
  15. ashbury
    Never would have guessed that Keuchel would be pronounced Kike-ul.
  16. ashbury
    No flight to Rochester was available overnight?
  17. ashbury
    The video was clever but that intro voice-over had me thinking Teen Girl Squad and Strong Bad.
  18. ashbury
    That was last night. New thread.
  19. ashbury
    Why is this considered comedy, but a Three Stooges short counts as a documentary about men in the workplace?
  20. ashbury
    Or if the spouse is walking the dog and gets stuck on the conveyor belt.
  21. ashbury
    When one entity sews up the entire Demand side, the "free market" ceases to function.
  22. ashbury
    That's why there was a smiley face at the end. I also committed a rookie mistake: I didn't notice the thread had continued to another page, and on that page the tone of discussion had gone seriously downhill. So my bit of exaggeration for humor's sake may have seemed more pointed than it was. I went for humor rather than the dry approach. "Data shows all hitters with high walks have high HR totals". (All A is B.) "Therefore without high walks, you won't have high HR totals". (Not A implies not B - a fallacy.) "Pitchers don't walk slap hitters." (Not B implies not A - a valid conclusion.) "But pitchers don't walk other hitters too." (Not A may still allow B - also valid.) The data you provided simply didn't say anything about "Not A", and not everything about "B"; I provided some. You can hit homers without being among the league leaders in walks. Dry enough?
  23. ashbury
    Yes, but then you'd have to add Duensing to sweeten the deal.
  24. ashbury
    Generally yes, but the stats you cited, ordered the way you did, exclude any chance for evidence to the contrary. For a fuller picture, here are some other guys with 20+ HR: Pedro Alvarez (36 HR. 48 BB), Alphonso Soriano (34 HR, 36 BB), Adam Jones (33 HR, 25 BB), Raul Ibanez (29 HR, 42 BB), Domonic Brown (27 HR, 39 BB), Nelson Cruz (27 HR, 35 BB). Of course he won't continue this current abnormally low walk rate. But he can walk at the rate he did last season, and be in some pretty good company. I don't take issue with the idea that Arcia will have to adjust when the pitchers do. I just take issue with the use of stats this way. Said another way, the evidence you gave would be consistent with "pitchers don't give tons of walks to slap hitters", but does not support "if Arcia doesn't walk more, he'll become a slap hitter".
  25. ashbury
    Yes, the 15-day Day-to-day List.
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