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  1. USAFChief
    Congrats to Jeremy for scooping this a full day ahead of anyone else!
  2. USAFChief
    Pretty sure he was referring to the "Chief and Brian" part.
  3. USAFChief
    Seriously...they have absolutely zero regard for us as fans, running this collection out there night after night. I feel bad or Dozier. If I was him I'd be asking out. This is not a major league team. This is not a major league manager. It's just sad.
  4. USAFChief
    Debate? It's settled case law. Mary Ann.
  5. USAFChief
    This is all true, except the bolded. It's gotten to the point where it's ridiculously hard to be charged with an error. Anything on the edge of anyone's range is going to be ruled a hit, not an error. I seriously doubt anyone is racking up errors because they're diving for balls that are passed other fielders, and not coming up with the play cleanly. There are occasionally errors charged to outfielders that really aren't their fault...they make a good throw, the ball kicks off the runner, and runner(s) advance. Error charged, but no real misplay was made. Outside of that, charged errors, particularly to infielders, can be reasonably assumed to be legit. An out should have been recorded, and wasn't, or an extra base(s) gained that shouldn't have been. And so errors are one of the things that need to be considered. I also find it ironic that people often scoff at errors because "it's just a judgement call, made by a human," but then turn around and swear by advanced defensive metrics, which rely on humans making judgement calls based on taped replays.
  6. USAFChief
    I hope you're right. But, again, I'll be mildly surprised if you are.
  7. USAFChief
    Yeah, well, that's just like, your opinion man.
  8. USAFChief
    http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/019/304/old.jpg Part of me wants Mcleod only because Ashbury will eventually post a "Old man yells at Mcleod" meme in response to something I say.
  9. USAFChief
    I posted a month ago or so, semi-joking, that Rob Antony was the front runner. I will be mildly surprised if he's not in one of these two positions, likely the GM chair.
  10. USAFChief
    We don't have relief pitchers that can go through one inning, Mike. And you think they can find a whole slough of em who can go through three innings?
  11. USAFChief
    The way to improve next year's rotation is to keep this year's rotation?
  12. USAFChief
    your new appreciation for whiskey will help with that
  13. USAFChief
    Horrible footwork by Murphy. What's he doing up the first base line?
  14. USAFChief
    Looked safe in real time
  15. USAFChief
    Stay with the tag, Polancozee.
  16. USAFChief
    Too many?? Too few, I think.
  17. USAFChief
    Still having them.
  18. USAFChief
    I’m Straight Outta Compton… Well… No Not really… I’m from Minnesota so that would be silly. I eat hot dish.... when the weather goes cold… I dress warmly when it’s 20 below. I take walleye… from the lake… the DNR tells me how much I can take. Officer Jim… he is my neighbor… when I need something… He’ll do me a favor. Uffda.
  19. USAFChief
    It's not the only way to judge a defender, for sure. But reliably turning the chances you get into outs is at least as important as range. Probably more. Getting to 15 extra balls per year is nice. But it doesn't outweigh booting 20 extra ground balls. Nor is range more important than knowing how to play the game, anticipate plays, and be in proper position. That's one reason why all the angst of the sabremetric community over Jeter was terribly misplaced. He didn't have range towards the end, but the Yankees kept playing him there because, in total, he was still a very good SS. He made the plays he got to, and almost never made the wrong play or was caught out of position.
  20. USAFChief
    My impression, based on entirely too little information, is that it isn't Polanco's arm that's his primary problem, nor his range. It's his "hands." Playing SS involves accepting and catching so many hard chances that someone with a bit of a case of "iron hands" is probably destined to fail. I haven't seen enough, though, to form any kind of solid opinion. Based on lack of SS play in his recent minor league history, I'd guess the Twins already decided he's not going to be able to play the position long term. Teams don't often move players off SS in the minors until they're forced to. SS's are too valuable.
  21. USAFChief
    I can't afford a wench.
  22. USAFChief
    I do the same thing! Does yours end up looking like #2, like mine?
  23. USAFChief
    "Cep-se-dus."
  24. USAFChief
    Wrong thread, but it boggles my mind that Berrios can be in the organization since 2012, and they're just now deciding to change his motion.
  25. USAFChief
    No.
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