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  1. USAFChief
    By not being taller?
  2. USAFChief
    If life gives you melons...You're prolly dyslexic.
  3. USAFChief
    I went to the doctor yesterday and he said I needed to add some resistance training to my workouts. So now I refuse to go to the gym.
  4. USAFChief
    Some of you know I retired some years ago. I decided to get a part time job just for fun. I found employment helping a one armed typist do capital letters, but I had to quit. I don't like shift work.
  5. USAFChief
    Looks like I win my bet!!
  6. USAFChief
    Every team in baseball could make the same claim. Every team has an entire infield (2 even!) at AA and AAA. There's no trick to playing rookies. The trick is playing rookies who are better than other MLB players.
  7. USAFChief
    If Arraez loses by one AB we have Celestino to thank. Should have been a sac fly last night (no AB) instead of a fly out.
  8. USAFChief
    I bet you can't drink enough to make this look like an MLB game.
  9. USAFChief
    I don't think the idea the manager should be insulated from criticism stands up to any analysis. First, there's no proof I'm aware of that Falvine are making in game decisions. And in fact, I'd bet a large sum of cash they aren't. Second, that Rocco is implementing an overall strategy with regards to pitching decisions is plausible, even likely. But even within that framework, individual, game level decisions are on Rocco. Is it your contention Falvine are calling down to the dugout during games and telling Rocco who should be on the mound, and when? Does Rocco consult the FO when decisions are made to warm up reliever(s)? I think the opposite. That's Rocco and his pitching coach. And third, there are PLENTY of other reasons someone could question the manager. Playing time, lack of fundamentals, plays put on, not put on. Infield in, or not. Sacrificing. Batting order. You name it. If you like Rocco, fine. You have every right. But stick to why. Jumping on others, for holding the manager responsible for managerial decisions, isn't a valid argument.
  10. USAFChief
    One of CB's better games.
  11. USAFChief
    We've missed you, my good man. And yes, you should feel an overwhelming sense of guilt.
  12. USAFChief
    That may be, but the gaffe today is 100 percent on Celestino. Completely, totally his responsibility to know the situation and react properly.
  13. USAFChief
    No exaggeration, I believe Celestino is the worst baserunner I've ever seen in MLB. Inconceivable.
  14. USAFChief
    I'd say they're rebuilding. They weren't winning with that group, and IMO were unlikely to. In any case, they're not even in last place in their own division, much less MLB. If they're tanking, they suck at it. But as I said, if you want to call it tanking, or if it IS tanking, I don't care much. There's a lot of disincentive already built in not to do that. And there's too many examples of teams NOT tanking, but lacking talent that the draft is supposed to help address.
  15. USAFChief
    Without looking it up, I'd venture it's like that most years in the history of MLB
  16. USAFChief
    A draft should be the way it always was...worst teams get the best picks. Nobody is tanking in baseball, and I don't care if they are anyway
  17. USAFChief
    A draft lotto is an incredibly stupid idea. That said, hope we get lucky. MLB ****** this up, we might as well benefit.
  18. USAFChief
    He's been in MLB since 2015 and has managed a .250 BA once. It's not just the shifting.
  19. USAFChief
    Lol. This says all one needs to know about WAR.
  20. USAFChief
    The Front Office's pitching staff decisions, ot lack thereof, doomed this season, exacerbated by Rocco's use of same.
  21. USAFChief
    One more year. Plus a club option on 2024.
  22. USAFChief
    Never happened. Seriously. You're making that up.
  23. USAFChief
    Pfft. I have another full week to bask in my futile hopes and dreams.
  24. USAFChief
    "Starting in 2020, Statcast posted an active spin leaderboard, which can also include an active spin %. They offer a longer explanation at their site, but the nuts-and-bolts description is the spin that contributes to movement, including up or down and side to side." Um, wut? Active spin %? seriously, I have no idea what this even means.
  25. USAFChief
    First, about damn time. Carrying Kepler as a cheerleader for a couple weeks was...suboptimal. Second, Kepler will be in RF to start 2023. What are they going to do with him? I don't think he's tradable. They're not going to eat $10.5m. He can't be sent to AAA.
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