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  1. ashbury
    Cruz's check-swing strike was so bad, but then the double down the line was a beauty. Everybody seems to be aggressive on first pitch again.
  2. ashbury
    Wait, so you're not expecting a team batting average of .107 to be sustained over the entire season?
  3. ashbury
    Your dad's 96? My dad's 96! Amazing.
  4. ashbury
    I don't see him on their 40-man. http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/roster/40-man
  5. ashbury
    Heinie, my man(ush)! Good to see you after all these years! A pity that fans in the Twin Cities never got to see you play, since your years with the Senators came well before the franchise moved.
  6. ashbury
    I see Buxton dancing off of second base with nobody out. Another ringing double, I presume?
  7. ashbury
    Too late. We missed the boat on that opportunity approximately 47 years ago.
  8. ashbury
    I didn't like the lack of command on the fastball that walked Ramirez, but aside from that, so far so good for Odo.
  9. ashbury
    Carnac the Magnificent: "oh-duh-RIZZ-ee" Ed McMahon: Oh-duh-RIZZ-ee. Oh-duh-RIZZ-ee. Oh-duh-RIZZ-ee. Carnac: There seems to be an echo in the room. Ed: I am merely trying to discover, to anticipate, the wisdom of this mystical incantation. Carnac: You may have entered the wrong studio door if wisdom is what you were after. Ed: Not so. Your powers of divination are exceeded only by your humility. Carnac: My humility is the one thing I'm most proud of. Ed: To a fault. I daresay, there is NO ONE in the world more humble than yourself. Carnac: (stage whisper) Where're we going with this? Ed: I state again, there is NO ONE more SELF-EFFACING than Carnac the Magnificent! Carnac: (pause for effect) You're trying to get us in hot water with the censors again, aren't you? Ed: No, no, O Great Sage. I merely bask in your reflected glory. Carnac: May the fleas of a thousand camels take residence on your bathroom mirror. Reflect on that. Ed: I shall, your eminence. I shall. If you feel ready, would you please open the envelope and reveal the question which you have already answered with 100% accuracy? Carnac: (tears open the end of the envelope, blows into it, removes card, reads) "What pitcher's name looks like a better source for puns than it actually sounds?"
  10. ashbury
    I was hoping for Berrios. Word is that he's on a pace for 162 games this season. Why jinx it by letting someone else be his Opener - what if Odorizzi pitches a perfect game and they can't take him out? I say leave well enough alone and go with Jose.
  11. ashbury
    I looked him up on Out Of The Park 20 just now. His initial contract request was $4.4M. I did not pursue it further.
  12. ashbury
    Gee whiz, I didn't think at first to look up the league as a whole for this situation. Man on 3rd with 2 out, the MLB OPS is .864, versus .728 for all situations. Lots of sac flies result in higher batting/slugging averages. Nothing to see here, IMO.
  13. ashbury
    Slicing and dicing the data can lead to insight, but sometimes you just have to shrug and figure that SSS is getting in the way. He has 2750 career PA, and the situation you pointed out is just 140. Taking 140 PA for any player, in a variety of seemingly random ways, will usually lead to some kind of anomaly, such as a terrible inability to hit on Thursday afternoons but not nights. His OPS for overall RISP in 893 PA is slightly higher than with bases empty, which is about what to expect of the league as a whole. He's good in the clutch, just like most players who make it to this level. Aside from SSS, my first reaction to the stat with a runner at 3rd base and less than 2 outs was "well, maybe that's what can happen when the coach tells the pitcher, 'whatever you do, don't walk this guy.'."
  14. ashbury
    Not even a minor-league contract. I suppose one was offered and he said no thanks. The end, if this is what it is, is a bit unusual for someone that age, but I'm sure not unique.
  15. ashbury
    Indeed, I was planning to say, "good first post, don't let it be your last," but you were way ahead of me.
  16. ashbury
    That's a good observation for any position, but especially at catcher. On b-r.com play index, the 26 MLB players who played at least 81 games in 2018 at catcher had a median OPS of around .730. Maybe a more careful analysis would give a slightly different result (e.g. the Twins' nominal backup was in this list while our starter was not, due to injury), but this quick-and-dirty approach is probably close.
  17. ashbury
    Yes. Parker Hageman, Nick Nelson, John Bonnes and Tom Froemming, among others, all got their start in online journalism by being one warning point from the moderators away from a permanent ban at TD. Originally TD was just moderators, and then we started allowing members, and eventually culled some owners and featured writers from among the worst of the worst offenders. / I could be mis-remembering
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  19. ashbury
    Did I miss seeing a chart of Kluber's called strikes? It would be interesting to know if he and his battery mate stole any.
  20. ashbury
    I went ahead and made the change, but probably you could do this too. (I think it becomes possible after you reach a certain low threshold of posts.) Click on your username near the top of the page and pick "My Profile" in the dropdown menu. Click the black Edit my Profile box, then go down to "Member TItle" and enter the string you would prefer. There are other user-settable items on this page - knock yourself out!
  21. ashbury
    Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your theory, man. Oh yeah? Well, you know, that's just, like, your practice, man.
  22. ashbury
    I was laughing when I read it the first time, and I'm laughing again. Figuring out something witty to say in reply to it was apparently above my pay grade, so I let it stand as the last word.
  23. ashbury
    2018 MLB splits for ERA: March/April: 4.12 May: 4.05 June 4.05 July: 4.42 August 4.14 September/October: 4.15 I'm not seeing this short-lived cold-weather trend. Maybe that one month when it's pretty sure to be hot, OTOH....
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  25. ashbury
    Moderator note: Just a reminder, to all and not merely in response to this one post - personal swipes are not allowed at the site.
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