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  1. ashbury
    I suppose so. But honestly, it's a 162 game grind, and along about game 12 or so, waking up when the alarm clock tells you to is gut check time for our guys. Character is huge but most of the bad characters get weeded out by this level. Talent level time. That's what I want to see.
  2. ashbury
    Oh, and I like this quote, but only for perverse reasons. It's typical of a person being interviewed to mangle a quote. The better version is, “Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.” I would not have expected Toby to necessarily get that one right.
  3. ashbury
    I would have enjoyed this if I had read it. / did I capture the Yogi spirit?
  4. ashbury
    In addition to the comments already made, I think Ryan has enough ambivalence about advanced stats to find it difficult to pursue such a player if it's going to be his only one. It's not that he's not smart enough to know FIP, xFIP, BABIP, HR/FB and so forth. It's that he factors in, "how the heck am I going to sell this guy to the ticket-buying fan base? They're just going to see the 5.89." I give credit to Ryan that he'd pursue such a player if he thought it would be a difference maker, damn the PR. But rarely can you separate out such factors so neatly. The Cardinals are in a different place, for making a deal like that one.
  5. ashbury
    A comic-book supervillain’s arsenal of prospects. LOL. Nice one.
  6. ashbury
    So, I haven't seen mention of this yet: Jepsen in, who goes off the 25-man roster?
  7. ashbury
    "Never get involved in a land war in Asia, never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line, and never trade with the Rays where starting pitching is involved." -- Vizzini, in The Princess Bride
  8. ashbury
    Thought I was doing you a solid, there, by letting it pass.
  9. ashbury
    For the season all his stats (BA, SLG to start with) are far better with men on base than with the bases empty, and even better when the situation is RISPy. If he's been "struggling" recently, it's the smallest of Small Sample Sizes. I really wish we could put this Joe Isn't Clutch meme to rest some year. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=mauerjo01&year=2015&t=b
  10. ashbury
    Get in line. I made the same observation about myself near the end of yesterday's game thread, and Stringer also stood up to take some blame.
  11. ashbury
    Uhhhh....
  12. ashbury
    But then that IS Twins talk at the deadline... must coordinate... does not compute...
  13. ashbury
    http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dzNcZLJ5L._SY355_.jpg Yabba dabba blue.
  14. ashbury
    Twins Win!!! Twins Win!!! Twins Win!!! http://cus.astronomyforum.net/customavatars/avatar63700_3.gif
  15. ashbury
    No indication from the Mariners broadcasters that Perkins has been anything but untouchable this season. And then the leadoff walk catches them by surprise. "We'll take it." Yo, dudes, teams have been successful since the all star break. DP does reduce the pain for us, of course.
  16. ashbury
    That's a bannin'.
  17. ashbury
    In fairness, no one expected the Chief's lifetime to reach the 21st century.
  18. ashbury
    That Whooshing sound is a Portal reference flying over many many heads....
  19. ashbury
    No, it was an unusual statistical Quirk.
  20. ashbury
    Suppose you spot the other team 10 total bases from one slot in the lineup. You take your chances with their other 8 hitters, and with the 9 of your own. Do you expect a high winning percentage?
  21. ashbury
    Only four innings to slog through. Piece a cake.
  22. ashbury
    Just the left cheek. His righty stays.
  23. ashbury
    http://www.bleachernation.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jamie-quirk.jpg "On September 27, 1984, he hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth for the Cleveland Indians in a game against the Minnesota Twins. It was the only plate appearance he had for the Indians, and was meaningless for Cleveland, which was in 6th place in its division. But the home run was crucial for his former team of seven years, the Kansas City Royals, which was in a tight race with the Twins for the American League West division crown. With his home run, the Royals moved two games ahead of the Twins with three to play. The Royals clinched the division the next day."
  24. ashbury
    Would be interesting to see the correlation of hitting for the cycle to winning. With that much offense as a baseline, I would expect losses to be infrequent. (Granting that losing a no-hitter is even more infrequent.)
  25. ashbury
    Haven't manufactured one in years.
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