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  1. USAFChief
    Oh FFS. edit: ninja'd
  2. USAFChief
    Another reason why I sure wish the front office had gone out and gotten a real 4th OFer this winter. Let's hope Kepler's injury isn't serious or we're looking at 2 of Grossman, LaMarre, and Granite every day. Yeesh.
  3. USAFChief
    They don't have much bench left. Adrianza I guess.
  4. USAFChief
    What a rope.
  5. USAFChief
    Right. Dr Rumack in the background.
  6. USAFChief
    Kepler's out with a knee injury. Don't worry about not knowing, the crack ESPN announcer crew missed it as well. No word on severity.
  7. USAFChief
    Big deal. I can not comprehend Greek with one eye, and simultaneously not comprehend Latin with the other.
  8. USAFChief
    Or did you mean James J?
  9. USAFChief
    Mod note: Let's try to keep politically slanted posts to a minimum in game threads. Thanks.
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  11. USAFChief
    I get your point, Brock, but the wording brought a chuckle.
  12. USAFChief
    The AB in question is the bottom of the 3d, vs Kluber. Down 5-1, against Miller, working a walk is absolutely the right approach. And for the record, IMO "run expectancy tables" are a pretty bad way to manage a baseball game. Very few individual situations are exactly the same as the aggregate of thousands of situations. Mike Trout against Taylor Rogers isn't the same as Adrianza vs Andrew Miller. But a run expectancy table treats them both the same.
  13. USAFChief
    "I wonder if the Mauer love so evident around here is because he is white, and most of the posters here are white males." Explain to me, Pseudo, how the statement above is materially different than the OP in this thread.
  14. USAFChief
    No one has called anyone else a racist? Then what, pray tell, is the question being asked? If you think people on this board are racist, then have the courage to come out and say so. Otherwise, please stop with the sideways allegations.
  15. USAFChief
    Some of us don't consider him "amazing." Nor "legendary."
  16. USAFChief
    Wade Boggs doesn't take that 2-0 pitch. But you're right about one thing...I don't give a damn about "clutch OBP." And BTW since teams abandon right field against Mauer, even a double to right scores Grossman, with two out, easily.
  17. USAFChief
    Concur. Which is why it's important to attempt to take advantage of situations where you have a better than ordinary chance. Mauer--regarded as a "great hitter" by many here--bats left handed and has a fairly predictable pitch coming at 2-0, against a tough RH hitter. He takes the pitch. Ultimately, he leaves it to Sano, a strikeout prone RH hitter who was, I believe, something like 1 for 20 against Kluber coming into the game, to drive in the run(s). Very few "great" hitters take that pitch in that situation. For a good reason. It's a bad approach.
  18. USAFChief
    The score was 0-0 in the bottom of the 3rd. Grossman on base. Kluber on the mound. And for the record, I don't hate Mauer. I just don't think he's nearly as valuable as he gets credit for around here. And I personally don't think his approach to hitting is the most effective way to play baseball. The way you can tell that is, really good hitters don't take 2-0 pitches in situations that call for an extra base hit. And that situation SCREAMED for sitting on a pitch and trying to make the game 2-0. Again...if this was an isolated incident, I wouldn't have this opinion. But it's not.
  19. USAFChief
    We saw it last night. Mauer takes a get-me-over cutter on a 2-0 count without so much as a flinch. Pitch could not have been more center cut. With a runner on base, in a close game. He ends up walking, and leaves it up to Sano, against a RH pitcher like Kluber, to get the job done. How do you suppose that ended up? I don't think that's good baseball. I think a "good hitter" has to be attacking that 2-0 pitch. I don't give a darn if his "clutch" OBP went up. If that was an isolated incidence, ok. It wasnt.
  20. USAFChief
    No bueno.
  21. USAFChief
    I'm suggesting exactly the opposite. The assumption should be that criticism of a player must NOT be racist. I assume a poster asking why Eddie Rosario didn't run out a popup is because players should run out popups. To assume otherwise is, well, it's racist. It makes assumptions about the poster that aren't in evidence based on the assumed race of the poster. And BTW, it does a disservice to Eddie Rosario as well. You are, in fact, stating that Eddie Rosario shouldn't be subject to criticism because of his place of birth. Held to a lower standard. I call foul.
  22. USAFChief
    I don't agree that the "25th guy" is only there to provide pinch hitting/pinch running, and a useless place holder for getaway day games. For one thing, teams only carry 12 or 13 players, so the term "25th guy" isn't even really that accurate. Smart GMs squeeze as much value as possible out of each of those 12 or 13 guys. A dangerous RH hitter, who could spell the corner OFers and occasionally DH against a LH starter, would provide much, much more on field help than someone who only pinch hits/pinch runs. And there's no reason a good bat couldn't do both of those things, too. It's a long season. Squeezing a little extra talent onto the roster will pay off.
  23. USAFChief
    For me, the perfect 25th man would contribute quite a bit on the field.
  24. USAFChief
    He can change his name legally through the court system quite easily, so there's always a chance.
  25. USAFChief
    Dunno, but he hit them in Detroit, so probably.
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