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  1. USAFChief
    It’s that Immovable object Irresistible Force thing. Gibson with 3 losses in a row vs. the Royals 6 losses in a row. ftfy.
  2. USAFChief
    it would be easier to have this conversation without the hyperbole. Can you find me one instance of a player getting thrown at because someone stole a base in a 3-1 game? For bunting against a shift? On the other hand, Personally, if someone feels the need to premeditatedly show up the other team by excessively pimping a home run, I'm ok with him wearing a fastball later. I like the game better without it, and the threat of it keeps that crap to a minimum.
  3. USAFChief
    1. Wait till you get to be my age. You'll long for the good old days of mere oozing. 2. Precisely. This trade was a very good example of why the Twins needed a new front office. Regardless how Hicks turns out, and regardless how Murphy turns out.
  4. USAFChief
    In other news, Generalisimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
  5. USAFChief
    IMO that's where he should be getting the majority of his ABs, corner OF. Actually, they should have found and signed (or traded for) a lefty masher for the spot, but since they didn't, there you are.
  6. USAFChief
    I'm saying it's not ROUTINE in baseball for accidents to result in retaliation. Players get hit all the time, they trot to first and the game moves on. Players bump the first baseman on the way by, knock over the second baseman on a slide, etc etc etc. Retaliation happens when players perceive things WERENT accidental. One anecdotal instance doesn't negate the other 99.9 percent of play. Incidentally, that's why Sanyo got so ****** off. Boyd WASN'T following the "rules."
  7. USAFChief
    Yeah, that prolly outweighs all that other stuff.
  8. USAFChief
    China has pretty much the same problem we have...just what exactly do you do about anything in N Korea? They don't respond to sanctions, don't care about world opinion, and military action would be incredibly bloody. If you take out nuclear facilities from distance, you are likely forced into a ground conflict. This isn't a new problem, which is why the strategy has always been to let the damn thing collapse on its own while watching closely.
  9. USAFChief
    It's not routine to plan a retaliation for an accidental foul in baseball, either. Honestly, the contrived hand wringing over this is lame.
  10. USAFChief
    It seems to me that given the reluctance to award errors, we should consider a player who accumulates them to be pretty unreliable. You don't get cheap errors any more, with the possible exception of an OFer who's throw hits a runner and skips away. So fielding percentage, while not a be-all, end-all measurement, has value. If they were awarding errors willy-nilly, then you could ignore it. They don't. They are clear, unambiguous indications of plays that should have been made. If we consider a SS who gets to 15 extra balls a year to be great (by UZR), then we should also consider extra errors.
  11. USAFChief
    maybe the .713 OPS (106 OPS+ from a catcher) and obviously better play behind the plate? Just spitballin' here. Maybe it's just me but there's a visible improvement in the catching so far this year.
  12. USAFChief
    winnah!
  13. USAFChief
    no.
  14. USAFChief
    In all seriousness, I realize Ervin Santana's not anyone's definition of an ace, but if you just go by results, since the middle of last season, he's been about as good as anyone in the big leagues.
  15. USAFChief
    Santana and Santiago, then let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
  16. USAFChief
    This was really funny folks. Really, really, funny.
  17. USAFChief
    Well, I was proud of it.
  18. USAFChief
    It didn't require effort. It required elegance.
  19. USAFChief
    Presley's leverage index trending down.
  20. USAFChief
    ftfy
  21. USAFChief
    I'm thinking about buying a VW.
  22. USAFChief
    You're a whole minute late with that, Canuck.
  23. USAFChief
    Yes.
  24. USAFChief
    again?
  25. USAFChief
    Ervin and Hector, then three days of "wrecked 'er."
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