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  1. ashbury
    Like a Reubens painting.
  2. ashbury
    That's the pattern after you're getting pwned for a while. We saw it with Hicks his rookie year. The pitchers immediately stop throwing strikes, because you're getting yourself out. You correct that part, and you get a boatload of walks for a while. Then they start throwing strikes again, and the interesting part begins...
  3. ashbury
    Si. Gracias. Las Chiapanecas. / which Google Translate helpfully renders as The Chiapas
  4. ashbury
    My bad. The one with seven notes then two hand claps. CCEGECB - AG. Fragment from Cielto Lindo? Or, what?
  5. ashbury
    Didn't have to attend hockey games to hear that. The Mexican Hat Dance at Twins games frequently turned into an impromptu rendition of those lyrics.
  6. ashbury
    The value of analytics isn't to make the decision for you (about outfield catches in the case of the Kep video) - it's when it makes you look at a play that would often be overlooked and causes you think about it. The video shows a rocket coming off the bat and extremely little time before it touches the ground. We probably see catches like that every now and then (6% of the time, the numbers say) and give those catches not enough love. I have a new appreciation. Really rare is not quite the same as really good. That's fine with me. I'll still get more worked up over a long run to catch a long arcing ball at the wall that two thirds of center fielders wouldn't reach.
  7. ashbury
    I like their bold use of color in their attire. Blue, I would say.
  8. ashbury
    The witness protection people, or whoever, later changed his last name to Sucks as a precaution.
  9. ashbury
    He definitely seems like a valuable nuts-and-bolts kind of guy, which knowledge he can now apply all around minor-leaguedom.
  10. ashbury
    You should start an Adopt-A-Draft-Prospect project and keep us all up to date.
  11. ashbury
    'Nobody Knew Slavery Could Be So Complicated' was Jackson's exact quote, I believe.
  12. ashbury
    So was I, when I was born. But then I got older.
  13. ashbury
    SABR has done study after study debunking the notion by old-time scouts and others that certain batters have the innate ability to will the ball out of the park after it leaves the bat. Yogi Berra started that unfortunate idea when he said, "How can you think and hit at the same time? You have to start the thinking part after you hit it." It just ain't true, sorry. It's the muscles.
  14. ashbury
    He had a pretty good week yesterday.
  15. ashbury
    Why stop there? He could turn out as good as Bobby's son.
  16. ashbury
    Nice bit of managin' by Molitor to put him in.
  17. ashbury
    I love watching Sano fire to first base after taking his time on fielding the ball. He probably has too much arm for right field.
  18. ashbury
    He's not Randy Johnson but he's not just a tall junkballer either. What I jotted down during Spring Training and then included in my Adopt-A-Prospect page for Aaron: "I saw 94 on the radar gun during the one Spring game of his I watched, or 91 at times (maybe a sinker?). Off-speed at 86 but I don't know if he has anything really slow in his arsenal." I mentioned also that when I watched him, some batters were having a difficult time getting a read on his pitches, with multiple hesitant check-swings.
  19. ashbury
    Does anyone know who the starting pitchers are today? / pre-emptive ninja: "yes" / pre-emptive ninja: "no, Who's on first".
  20. ashbury
    Yes.
  21. ashbury
    Hopefully not a Rhapsody in Royal Blue.
  22. ashbury
    From last night, but the thread was locked ... Yes, but only for one brief shining moment. / I see his question was already addressed but this warning seemed important
  23. ashbury
    Nice framing on some of those swinging strikes.
  24. ashbury
    Ding dong, the words had better rhyme.
  25. ashbury
    That must be one of the songs they dropped for the movie version I remember. Ohhhhhh IIIIIII may head back out fishing... My heart devoutly wishing... Help me out here. I'll check back tomorrow to see what masterpiece transpires. Oh! I'm getting lyrics in the morning....
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