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No worries. Figured as much.

Gibson walked a runner in

So, basically the same as Vanimal's favorite, square pizza? :-)

and how many times have you heard it when it was true? :-)

I like how long Sanchez set himself the rest of the inning :-) Like he was sayin you know what to the 2B ump.

They said he didn't set before starting his delivery motion. He did

The Dodgers are reportedly not having any luck trying to "give away" Yasiel Puig. http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/watch/dodgers-actively-shopping-puig/vi-BBvW5nM

They are saying it wasn't a balk because it wasn't a balk :-)

Even with yet another gift strike in the plate appearance., Gibson manages to walk a guy in.

Have you seen the dbacks new road uniforms? yuuuuuck.

Sorry, I forgot, Defense is judged by errors and fielding %. I'm sure that's what Bert and Dick are using. SO yeah, Tigers Are WAAAAAAY better on defense :-)

Announcers just got done saying Tigers defense was way better than the Twins this year. That didn't sound right so I checked. Twins 29th in DRS. Tigers 28th.

It's purposely attempting to take 10-20K or more away from someone. I'm not sure that's FAR from robbery, but whatever. People can rag on Valencia all they want for this, but even though I abhor violence, in this instance, I take his side. And after what he did, if I'm Butler's teammate, I stop socializing with him, period. Interact with him as little as possible.

How do we know he was attempting to commit fraud? Do we know Butler was telling the truth? Nope and nope. We know Butler has a similar deal with a rival endorser though. Butler may have cost Valenica real money by doing that and for no other reason than to be a jackhole. And you're right, the behavior by both is bad, but Butler initiated all of that by attempting to have a teammate lose an endorsement deal. I suppose just walking away is the right thing to do when someone attempts to rob you. Which is what Butler did. I think it's clear that Butler was the bad teammate there. First by butting in and then telling the sponsor to drop Valencia. Then by saying Valencia's beotch ass wasn't going to do anything about it.

Santana is in LF

Did you read what happened? Butler butted in when Valencia was talking to an endorser saying Valenica was lying about use of footwear. So, affecting money. Then when Valenica called him on it, he said 'I'll say what I want and your beotch ass won't do anything about it'. Yeah, Valencia was in the wrong... http://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/A-s-clubhouse-fight-Danny-Valencia-Billy-9177957.php

So by metrics, you meant errors/fielding %? That's what you're using? Well, okay. That's not anything a person who references the word metrics uses. That's old school stat. Fielding % is based on balls he could get to and what happened. If you read a ball wrong (like running in on a ball and then having to turn around as it goes over your head), or you were too slow to get to a balls others would, it's not considered a chance. Completely discounts range, completed discounts reading the ball well, completely discounts whether or not he threw to the right base and many other things. For all intents and purposes, it only counts balls you got glove on. He could stand in one spot, never move, only try to catch the balls that went right to him, and that's what fielding %/errors would measure. Horrible, horrible way to evaluate defense. You mentioned metrics. I gave metrics. If you watched him play out there all year and actually think he handled himself well, I don't really know where else to go with that except to say that I'd imagine your opinion is the severe minority. He looked ridiculous out there. That's not bias. No one wanted him to stink out there, cause that hurts our team. It's just reality. As for eye test goes, here's an article about it http://www.startribune.com/it-s-time-for-twins-to-pull-plug-on-sano-in-right-field/382047201/ Back to metrics. A comparison: 37 RFs, he was tied for 34th in DRS (even though he barely broke the 300 innings played out there, the guy he tied with had twice as much time out there). The two with worse DRS played way more than him. If he had 600 or more innings out there, he'd be dead last. Horrible. That's not on him, that's on the braintrust who decided putting him out there was a good idea.

2B needs more range and then the double play moves. Covering 1B on bunts, etc. IMO, it's more difficult than 3B.

Miguel Sano had -9 DRS and a negative UZR in the OF. The metrics DO NOT say he handled the OF. And neither do the eyes.

But, but, Sano is so athletic. It made complete sense that he should be put out in RF because of that. Didn't matter that he is huge and never played there before. He was so athletic it didn't matter. Or so the people who defended that move said. Now Mauer, almost 10 years his senior and who has endured a ton of physical strain as catcher, is still more athletic.

Mauer had 4 DRS and a positive UZR in his first full season of playing 1B. And we have no idea whether or not Joe chose 1B or whether the team did.

One can only hope a good chunk of those guys are actually worth locking up.

Maddon's 6-5 guy is also 30-40 pounds lighter and it wasn't done as a permanent move. Just when other IFs needed to get some time in. Since they have actual quality depth.

Obviously was the wrong guy. And easy to see before the move was made he was the wrong guy. Pretty sure neither Maddon or Matheny decided, hey, let's move a 6-4, 270 pound career IF to the OF as a permanent move.

Just because it's uncool now for American's to have National Pride doesn't mean it should be that way or that people/athletes from other nations need to follow suit. Plenty of people from other countries are very proud of their country, want to represent their country well, and want to show their country is good in things as well. And there's nothing wrong with people/athletes thinking/feeling that way. Not everyone has to have the same opinion on that subject. The Olympics is supposed to appeal to the masses around the world. It does that. Maybe our country has gotten away from it, but that doesn't mean the Olympics needs to adjust to appeal to Americans.