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by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 10:42 PM CDT
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42 pitches on the Twins 'pen
against a crappy starter.
Nice swinging, asshats.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
The Rangers had no business losing that game...
even having watched it. Fuck you, Baseball. Burn in hell.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 10:44 PM CDT reply actions
Why in the hell was it Alex fucking Cora running?
He’s slow as fuck! Why don’t you run Blanco there????
God Gentry would have been perfect for that situation. Perfect.
Overmanaging, terrible umpiring, and absolutely maddening baseball. Fucking playoffs, baby.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
my thought as well, Why Cora?
Baseball ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays. ~Yogi Berra
Yes, I know that.
That’s why I said he WOULD HAVE BEEN perfect for it, had he been available.
What is with two-letter usernames and having to correct things that don’t need correcting?
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
SORRY
I miss read your comment… I am still fuming about that loss
PS…its one of my nicknames from college…and the one I chose to use…sue me
by RQ on Sep 3, 2010 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions
The last part wasn't directed at you.
Just an observation of a general trend.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I guess Im still mad at the game
no hard feelings
by RQ on Sep 3, 2010 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
TAG wanted him to go...
So you can believe that a lot of experienced baseball people would have run in that situation. But Repko had him set up with great shallow positioning in right field, charged the ball well, and made a superior throw. Earlier in the evening he had another runner out at third but the throw was on the leftfield side of the bag.
The luckier team...
on this night, you mean.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
no, i don't
the Twins weren’t especially lucky. They had their fair share of hard-hit balls that found Ranger gloves.
Plays like Borbon throwing to 3rd and allowing the runner to advance to second are what tell me this team isn’t mentally ready for the playoffs.
I think the things you said were wrong...
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
8x more wordy
Nice expansion
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
"If I had caught it, the force would have taken me through the fence." -- Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs about a Nelson Cruz line drive.
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 3, 2010 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
In the way that you have no idea what anyone is mentally ready to do...
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions
He shouldn't have thrown to third
I cussed the radio when I heard that.
so you don't think we can use the continued low baseball IQ actions we've observed repeatedly in the regular season
to make a judgement on what we’re likely to see when the stakes are raised?
Wasn’t AJM lamenting on a recent podcast about how this team just isn’t that smart?
it manifests itself painfully from time to time. It doesn’t mean that they’re doomed, but I think it’s a sign that there’s work to be done before the postseason begins.
I don't think Borbon...
has a low baseball IQ and that can’t be proven tonight.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
The Rangers hit a lot of shots that were caught.
Many of the Twins hits were well placed grounders and bloops. The hardest hit ball was a opposite field liner by Thome to Murphy. Were you watching the game tonight?
"Well-placed?"
Do people not realize that placing the ball in that way is NOT A SKILL?
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Not unless you are Rod Carew, or that HOF from San Diego...
oh yeah, Tony Gwynn. But mostly seeing-eye singles are luck, with line drives having a much better chance of being base hits….except for tonight.
I may get blasted for saying this, but...
I agree.
This team is not very good right now. They’re mediocre. They have games where they do everything right and games where they do everything wrong. They are never consistent, which tells me they are not ready for the playoffs. They may fight really hard against whoever the play in the playoffs, but I have a bad feeling about our chances of making the WS. If they do, it will be because they played much higher quality baseball than they did tonight.
So how will they get "ready for the playoffs," oh Lord of Folksy Wisdom?
Is it by playing well against good teams, because they’ve done that very recently. Is it by playing well against bad teams, because we’ve got that down, too.
Reveal to us the mighty secret, Professor of Incredible Truths!
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Welcome to Lone Star Ball.
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We are cranky after losses
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Don't be a bitch.
Except for one month of interleague play, the Rangers are a .500 team. Ever wonder why the Rangers can’t sweep anyone? Because they aren’t consistent. The only argument that can be made against it is that the Rangers haven’t been healthy.
Yeah it is hard...
but the other playoff teams don’t seem to have a problem doing it against good teams.
Yankees
have 6 sweeps: 2 against Baltimore, 2 against Oakland, 1 against the Rangers and 1 against Houston.
1 of those is a good team. Maybe 2.
so
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
So you're changing your argument
from “Good teams sweep good teams” to “Good teams don’t get swept by good teams”?
It's about consistency.
The Yankees are consistently good. The Rangers haven’t been consistently good or bad (other than interleague play). It’s very hard to just flip the switch and play consistently good baseball in the playoffs.
And the Rangers are a young team
They are not going to be the Yankmees this season but that doesn’t mean we can’t beat them or anyother team in the playoffs.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
The Yankees
have a $200 million payroll. You fucking better be consistent with the pockets they have.
Fuck Arias
by hornedfrogs45 on Sep 3, 2010 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions
An
inability to sweep isn’t inconsistency. In any series, so many things come in to play that affect your chances of a sweep: where you end up in your rotation, where your opponent ends up in their rotation, length of the series, injuries, and plain luck. Pointing to a lack of sweeps doesn’t strengthen your argument about this being a mediocre team.
No shit
As long as they just keep winning series’ I don’t care. 2 out of 3 is just fine.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
I don't think they need to be mediocre.
Talent-wise they’re a great team, but they are currently playing mediocre baseball. I hope that changes in the month of September.
Why can't they sweep anyone?
Because it’s fucking hard to sweep a team, that’s why.
It’s not about consistency or being “ready for the playoffs,” it’s the fact that teams getting swept is actually a pretty rare occurrence.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Inconsistency does not mean a team will do poorly in the playoffs
It means they suck sometimes and are good at other times. If they catch the suck stick, they go out after one round. On the opposite of the coin, if they catch a hot streak going into the playoffs, they can go to the World Series like the Rockies a few years back. You can’t assume that the bad half of an inconsistent team will always show up, that’s not a logical argument.
But when has the good Rangers team shown up...
other than against the bottom-feeders of the National League? Very rarely.
Really?
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Don't be a cunthole, iow jsj
You have no experience to base your dumb on.
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"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
They're mediocre. . .
The guy that just replaced the No.5 pitcher just went on the road and the only reason he didn’t shut down a playoff team was bad luck. And the offense that’s finally intact was stopped by only bad luck from smacking around said playoff team.
If that’s mediocre then David Murphy is an All-Star.
We also lost to a 28-y.o. making his major league debut.
He’s a guy who doesn’t have the upside Holland does. Yes, more runs would have scored in the BPIA, but that doesn’t excuse the mental mistakes and bad pitcher management that occurred in the game.
Um.
They lost to him because of bad luck on balls in play, both for and against.
Not sure how you just responded to my post the way you did.
Also, their were absolutely bad mental mistakes and pitching management that made the game even harder to win.
But what happened on hard/soft hit balls was more significant than that.
True.
but “that the way baseball go.”
They need to play really well in the areas of the game they can control so that when they get unlucky, they still maximize their chance to win. They are very inconsistent in doing that right now.
The Rangers did play really well in the areas they can control.
It’s unreasonable to expect a performance that will usually end up being something like 5-2 to be not enough because bad things might happen that you can’t control.
I didn't mean for this debate to go this far.
I just don’t have a good feeling about the Rangers right now.
But isn’t it fitting that I’m watching “The Outlaw Josey Wales” on TNT while arguing with everyone?
Are you surprised
that Borbon doesn’t make the best decisions? I think it was a big part of the reason he got so much rest in August.
Barkley could well have been talking about Borbon with his “they run like deer, they jump like deer and they think like deer” line.
"Look, we're basically on earth to shit and fuck. So unless your job's to help people shit or fuck, it's not that important, so relax."-https://twitter.com/shitmydadsays
it isn't an unreasonable to have an a priori belief going into any game that the Twins are a smarter team than Texas
Go Rice Owls!
The "smarter" team?
You mean the luckier team.
Seeing-eye doubles down both lines in the first inning, bloop hit after bloop hit in the seventh, a fucking cavernous field sucking up should-have-been home runs.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
smarter....we hit the hell out of the ball and it went straight into their gloves all night
they hit dribblers thru the infield
by RQ on Sep 3, 2010 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
no one seemed to bitch this hard when the Rangers took 3 of 4 from the Twins last week....
all of a sudden they’re terrible.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
That sucked.
See you guys tomorrow.
by Past A Diving Michael Young on Sep 3, 2010 10:44 PM CDT reply actions
On the bright side, without the sweep, I think it likely the Ranger don't get HFA
That will make it easier for me to make my travel plans for the playoffs. Of course it also leaves open the possibility that I fly to Texas and only get to see one game.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
"If I had caught it, the force would have taken me through the fence." -- Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs about a Nelson Cruz line drive.
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 3, 2010 10:45 PM CDT reply actions
I'm looking for anything to cheer mtself up at this point
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
"If I had caught it, the force would have taken me through the fence." -- Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs about a Nelson Cruz line drive.
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 3, 2010 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
And it makes it more likely we face the Yankees in the first round
Or don’t have HFA against the Rays.
But bully for your travel schedule, that’s what’s really fucking important.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
The Rangers still can and should win these next two games...
in which case they’ll be a half game back. It’s not over. They could lose this series and I wouldn’t call it over yet.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Ogando....be a man and take that loss please
has to be the worse pitch of the YEAR
so why did we pinchrun for Vlad
Vlad’s already proven that he can make dumb decisions and get thrown out on the bases.
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by AndrusImpersonator on Sep 3, 2010 10:45 PM CDT reply actions
0-10 on the road against the Rays, Twins and Yankees this year.
This is why some people don’t think we can beat good teams.
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And 6-3 at home...
is why people think they can.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
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by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 3, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Which makes us
6-13 over all. That spells 1 round and out.
I didn't know...
you just took the record of the two teams in the regular season and declared the team with the better record the winner of the playoffs series. Interesting. I seem to recall actually watching playoff baseball games.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 4, 2010 12:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Oversimplification is fun.
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by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
0-10
is a decent enough sample size to say there is a problem. A team that should go .400 in that case would only go 0-10 4% of the time…
Go Rice Owls!
And do we not realize that 3/5s of the 0/10 came in May
When this team didn’t really have its best player (Hamilton) and actually didn’t have its best pitcher (Lee)?
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
And six of those games...
were before June even began. Three of them were before April 20th. A lot has changed since then. I don’t think it’s a sample that means much other than those teams are better than the Rangers which no one will dispute.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes...
Before Cliff Lee was on the team. Unlike you, I don’t think it is a bad thing that he is on the team.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
eh
it’s fair to say his performance as a Ranger to date doesn’t dramatically raise this team’s expected winning percentage by .200 points… (boy, do I know how to get GoET’s goat…)
My point was simply that philkid’s statement that 0-10 was a small sample size is factually incorrect. 10 games is a sufficient sample to say that 0 wins is poor perforamnce. It isn’t something to be outright dismissed – at least not solely because 10 games is not enough to judge performance.
Now, your point that these teams are not the same is valid – but I would argue that it isn’t sufficient to change the equation. The team has played badly against the teams it will face in the playoffs in the road, and that observation is statistically significant. This isn’t to say that they can’t win any games on the road – obviously that isn’t the case. But it does mean that home field advantage is probably necessary for the Rangers to be considered a favorite in any given matchup.
Go Rice Owls!
Haha...
I just like watching you try to slip in a “Cliff Lee is bad” reference every few days.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree that homefield advantage is necessary for the Rangers to be favored in a given AL matchup.A
Has nothing to do with 10 games.
Thank you.
Just posted this exact point.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
well then, your problem is with the way the problem is stated
because the math is the math. 10 games is significant number if you say that the record against teams X,Y, and Z on the road has any predictive power at all.
This is the entire problem when people yell out “small sample size!!!!” willy-nilly. 0 for 10 is not enough to discriminate between a .270 hitter and a .330 hitter. But it is enough to say that a team is not a .500 club under “road” conditions against those teams. Quite significantly so too.
Go Rice Owls!
well
I’ll agree with your above point, that the contributors changing mean that the games have diminishing predictive power.
But the 10 games is significant. For all intents and purposes as significant as if they went 0-11 or 0-15 or 0-20. I’m talking about extremely simple binomial statistics. The odds that a .500 team (one that is equally good as the teams it is facing) goes 0-10 over any given set of 10 games is easy to calculate ~ 0.1% (1/2)^10. That is statistically significant by any measure.
There are many possible complaints about LSJ’s statistic up there. In the regular season teams use #4 and #5 starters, who won’t affect playoff games. The Rangers hopefully will be healthy, the teams are different now than then.
Small Sample Size is simply not one of them, however.
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Can you show me why it's statistically significant?
Do team performances tend to stabilize over 10 games? Does a ten game sample against a talent level show to be fairly predictive?
I'm really not trying to make a very big claim here
Say you have two teams, team A and team B. They play each other 10 times.
Now, I make a hypothesis that team B = team A, that B is as good as A. Essentially, that means that each team has a 50% chance of winning each game – Luck determines the outcome. You can come up with the odds that team B wins N games by using the binomial equation
Here is a very simple calculator…
You can do this for any ideal winning percentage. What are the odds Team B would go 0-10 if they, over a large number of games, would win 40% of them? It is really low by this equation (actually lower than my in-my-head calculation above)
Basically, my point is that 0-10 on the road against those teams is really bad. It isn’t something just to dismiss. Yeah, there are a whole lot of mitigating factors; and as I said below, you could argue that those 10 games aren’t independent enough samples to use binomial statistics (since they’re clustered).
Go Rice Owls!
I agree it isn't something to dismiss.
But I also don’t think it carries more weight than the larger picture we have. The truth may well be somewhere between “the Rangers are typical going forward on the road against teams that are ~10 (or whatever) games better in true talent” and “the Rangers cannot beat teams on the road who are ~10 (or whatever) games better in true talent,” but I really don’t think the truth is closer to the latter.
and I'm not saying 10 games is always useful
in most cases it isn’t – you can’t look at a 4-6 record and say “Hey, this is a .400 team, not a .600 team!” with a ton of confidence.
I’m just saying that 0-10 is significant when compared to our threshold for if we should worry, which is roughly .500.
Go Rice Owls!
Well sure then.
But I’m also not really sure I’d expect the Rangers to beat the Yankees 40% of the time on the road with one or more of Lee/Cruz/Kinsler out over a five game stretch.
Small sample.
Plus, your (1/2)^10 example is misleading. All three teams have better records than the Rangers, so we don’t have a 50% chance of winning to start with. Combine that with the fact that the other teams have home field advantage in the selected game, and it is less significant. Worrisome, slightly, but given all the things affecting that record, I’m not particularly bothered by it.
Well, that is why I said it depends on the question
If the question is “From the Rangers 0-10 record on the road against Tampa, NY, and Minny, how probable is it that the Rangers would actually be better than whoever they play in their ballpark”
Now, you could cite all of their superior winning percentages and say that that is a silly conjecture to begin with (given that all are better than the Rangers overall). But I’m simply talking about whether you can glean that knowledge based on 0-10 alone. The binomial statistic is valid.
My original point way above is that even if you’re hoping the Rangers could essentially have a 40% chance of winning any given game on the road in the playoffs, based on the 0-10 record that is highly unlikely. There are other obvious factors that complicate that (roster composition, injuries, etc), but small sample size is very simply not one of them.
Go Rice Owls!
I thought
everyone else succinctly covered the other issues that complicate it, so I chose the sample size one. I really don’t have that strong of a conviction for it. Plus, I forgot what I was arguing about.
my only point ever has been the sample size one
It is a pet peeve of mine. When people feel like dismissing a number that they don’t want to believe, they just yell out “Small Sample Size!” as if it applies. While convenient and usually very effective at marginalizing one’s adversary, sometimes that statement is wrong and I feel that that needs to be pointed out
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how many of those games were we healthy though?
We played our JV team in that series against the Rays.
by JimCrankshaft on Sep 3, 2010 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions
This is the issue.
bot the 10 and 9 game samples are strewn about the season at very different points with very different teams playing.
You need to judge what the players going in a series have done over a large sample, not what the franchise did in a small sample.
by philkid3 on Sep 3, 2010 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well said, good sir.
My thoughts exactly…only more eloquent.
by JimCrankshaft on Sep 4, 2010 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Depending on what question you are trying to ask
10 random data points are essentially as good as 162 random data points. Given that the team the Rangers have in October is going to be just some random version of their 2010 club (silly to just assume that all the variables like health, etc will be in the Rangers favor come playoff time), the sampling is okay.
Though actually, as I write this I think the best argument is that they aren’t really random data points. All those games came in 3 or 4 game series, which means that those 3 games in Tampa or the 3 games in New York or the first 3 games in Minnesota aren’t independent measures of those events. They’re related samples, so you’re talking about something that is actually less than 10 independent observations – closer to 4. Those four were all negative, but that is more likely to have by chance.
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K
Given that the team the Rangers have in October is going to be just some random version of their 2010 club (silly to just assume that all the variables like health, etc will be in the Rangers favor come playoff time), the sampling is okay.
You’re right, but you can’t assume they won’t be healthy, either. You make the best guess you can based on the roster you think you’ll be seeing in the postseason, not simply the team overall.
I’m not saying 10 games is completely insignificant, because it’s not. I’m saying it doesn’t outweigh larger evidence. It’s more likely the Rangers are closer to a typical road team than a team that simply cannot win on the road. The truth may well be more in the middle. In other words, when the playoffs roll around, our predictions should be closer to what a standard team of the Rangers’ talent level at that point does on the road against the standard team of the Rangers’ opponent’s talent level, rather than just looking at what the team did in 10 games against select teams.
If 10 games is all you’ve got, it’s significant. But baseball plays in a larger sample and we have more research than simply going to record on the road against specific opponents to make our expectations. Perhaps the term should be relatively small sample, and I also assume it’s understood the reason it’s small is because things happen in those events that don’t necessarily continue over a larger test, including things like injuries and roster changes.
I agree with everything you're saying
Ultimately, those 10 games are just one of many factors that one is going to have to consider when looking at this team’s chance. I would argue that those ten games are a legitimate piece of evidence – one that is statistically significant – but it is still only one piece of evidence. There are plenty of other things as well, and there are reasons to question the applicability of those 10 games that were mostly pre-ASB to October.
I guess I’m being very much a scientist on this point. An experiment (say those 10 games) can give you a very strong and significant result, but it may not necessarily paint the full picture. Doesn’t mean that you need more data to prove that point, just means that other perspectives can yield useful insight as well.
Obviously those 10 games aren’t entirely predictive of what will happen. Just as the team’s records over 162 games aren’t entirely predictive. Or their 3rd order BP expected winning percentages.
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Well it's weird we've spilled this much when I think I agree with it.
There was actually a FanGraphs article I think last season about how people use small sample size as “this doesn’t matter at all!” instead of “this matters, just less than it will when we have more data.”
like I said
it is just a pet peeve of mine; it is as if the first stage of learning real baseball statistics involves dismissing all observations altogether, and then only gradually learning to accept data under certain conditions.
Ultimately, the highest form of baseball stat guru-ness will involve an ability to look at individual box-scores again and neither over-react or under-react
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10 random data points are essentially as good as 162 random data points.
The fuck?
Tell that to my boss please.
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Sep 4, 2010 1:27 AM CDT up reply actions
OK, my list of hate.
1) Bad outfield play by Rangers.
2) Bad bullpen management by Rangers.
3) Sucky offense.
4) Home run balls in most parks staying in this downdraft venue in Minnesota.
5) All of the above.
Don't forget the ump sticking a telephone pole in Derek Holland's ass during the Repko "walk"
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It was two missed calls, actually "ball four" was on the outside corner.
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ogando
throwing meat slider on 0-2 when hardy had no chance of getting around on his fastball…
Ogando has not been good with inherited runners
He needs to come in with a clean slate.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
"If I had caught it, the force would have taken me through the fence." -- Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs about a Nelson Cruz line drive.
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 3, 2010 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
He shook him off
Or so the Twins broadcast said.
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Sep 4, 2010 1:28 AM CDT up reply actions
I did miss a few of the middle innings but
what outfield play?
Ogando was the right choice in the pen…he just blew it
the offense squared the ball all night and had nothing to show for it
by RQ on Sep 3, 2010 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Two atrocious throws by Borbon and Cruz
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuck...
Me too. I also share in the blame.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 3, 2010 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions
i seriously hate the fox mlb games on saturday's
give me lewin and tag any day
Hoe the FUCK did we not blast that fucking rook out of the park.
Fuck fuck fuckity fuck!
Jesus was my closer, till he blew the save.
rhetorical
Jesus was my closer, till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Sep 3, 2010 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Blech.
Just got back to the hotel in OKC. Ballard looked decent, Eppley got into a lil bit of trouble, Madrigal closed it out. A little weird seeing Josh Rupe and Madrigal pitch for the Omahas. Also, the whole Omaha team wears stirrups, which is odd.
OKC won, 3-1.
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
When did Madrigal go to Omaha?
I must have missed this.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Oops
I meant Mendoza. I guess I was blocking his suck from my mind.
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
LOL
No problem. I was like what….
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Yeah, me too...when did that happen?
Jesus was my closer, till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Sep 3, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
To me he does.
He didn’t run well out of the box, and his throw to the cutoff man from 100 feet was a two-hopper.
Games where the Rangers suck make me angry at the Rangers.
Games like tonight make me angry at baseball.
I'm going to domestic abuse baseball so hard tonight...
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Fake mustache night?
"Hell's frozen over, Pigs are flying! The Saints have won the Super Bowl"
Shreveport Captains in LSB H2H Fantasy League
Tired
I’m tired of Judy and the mismanagement of the pen. This was a Twins team that was beat up from last night and we couldn’t take advantage of it. Fox, fucking Fox had a 12 pitch first inning. If not for Kins in the second inning taking pitches…
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
I still haven't earned my LSB decoder ring, so tell me
why do we call Borbon “Judy”?
Jesus was my closer, till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Sep 3, 2010 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
because he's the ultimate Punch and Judy hitter..and both names start with Ju
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
Because we are stupid.
Don’t call him that.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
cause he throws like a bitch
hence the female name (no offense to the other females except judy)
x
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
LMAO
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
I've always had a thing for Mariah.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Me too
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
she fine
I even thought she looked good when she was lugging around those extra pounds a few years ago when she went crazy
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
x
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Because Josey Wales really does have more influence than we like to think.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
in this case blame and credit are the same thing
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Well, he's the one who propagated it at least.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
Well if he did it's a decent nickname and I don't care. If Josey comes up with something people like there's nothing wrong with that, even if he's Josey.
But I sure as hell don’t think of Josey when I think of Judy, I think of whoever it was that thought the term was Punching Judy.
Going by
linear weights (batted ball types, K and BB), you get this:
Twins expected runs: 3.28
Rangers expected runs: 5.53
by ACWNS09 on Sep 3, 2010 10:48 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
unfortunately thats why the game is played in a park and not on a saber calculator
by RQ on Sep 3, 2010 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh really?
I thought we played these games on MLB 2011.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Bazinga!
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
I'm just saying
they played well enough to win. They didn’t, because that’s simply the way baseball goes sometimes, but to say that this game is an indicator of the Rangers’ inability to play with playoff-caliber teams or a sign that they aren’t as good as we think is pretty short-sighted.
I must be doing something wrong, because I was actually doing the same thing (since I'm a masochist). . .
And I get 2.04 for the Twins.
Care to correct me before I publish this and make a fool of myself?
I used a slightly simplified tRA formula
expectedRuns/expectedOuts * 27.
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/6/23/557089/the-big-tra-post
That’s the only place I can find the formula right now. I really need to find my old spreadsheet…or a calculator.
I think you're numbers are right.
They have Ks as much less damaging than Tango’s weights do, though, which I think is my big difference. I’m sure that has to do with tRA, but I’m not entirely sure what I should be using and why.
OT: Went to a Captains playoff game(Independent team)
And in one at bat twice in a row the guy swung and the bat flew into the stands. The second hit to the left of where it first hit and each time they returned it to the hitter. Never seen that my entire life.
"Hell's frozen over, Pigs are flying! The Saints have won the Super Bowl"
Shreveport Captains in LSB H2H Fantasy League
I agree with Crankshaft
Don’t watch the fucking games. And sure as hell don’t come in here with your shit.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Glad you stopped by after a long furlough to drop off this pearl of fucking wisdom.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep, they've sure shit the bed all year
with their 9.5 game lead.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
It is I'm or I am not Iam...ok?
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
No problem
Have a great day!
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
You teachers don't get paid enough.
by dolphinpuncher on Sep 3, 2010 11:20 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Dude I'm a real estate agent
My wife was a teacher though.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Which two teams?
They won 3 of 4 against the Twins at home. Even with their abysmal 0-4 performance at Target Field, that really doesn’t suggest a serious inferiority.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
Especially on a night when Fate and Umpire Fuckitup conspire against them.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
We are all upset.
Read the fucking thread.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Well, being upset is fine
Predicting our demise in the playoffs is where you went wrong.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
by LSJ on Sep 3, 2010 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Even though I'm often the predictor of doom, and I was one of the naysayers earlier in the season
You and Cliff Lee convinced me we can win in the playoffs.
Mainly you.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
If you win the Rangers a playoff game...
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 4, 2010 12:43 AM CDT up reply actions
what if philkid doesn't affect the playoff game
but Cliff Lee loses?
(sorry, had to ask…)
Go Rice Owls!
Then I suspect...
you’d be one happy man.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 4, 2010 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Neither did Cliff Lee...
The man you’re thirsting to blame is Jon Daniels.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 4, 2010 4:24 AM CDT up reply actions
It's not about you being upset, it's about you making
a ridiculously moronic point about the Twins and Rays being supposedly “superior” to this team, something which evades all avenues of knee-jerking.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
They didn't
look good tonight? Aside from the 7th inning bullpen fiasco and two bone-headed throws, I wouldn’t say the Twins looked like the better team at any point.
Quit using big words.
He doesn’t understand.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Nevermind tonight was absolutely no indication the Rangers can't play with the Twins.
It was indication they can and unfortunate things happen in baseball. Like two groundballs barely staying fair and turning in to doubles in the same inning.
You're so right.
This team has been absolute shit while matching the biggest lead in franchise history.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
ugh
cue the silly, ‘not mentally ready for the playoffs’ comments after dropping 1 run game decided by a few bounces.
Yeah...
it wouldn’t be a post game thread after a Rangers loss without these comments. It happens EVERY TIME. It’s awesome.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
And every time they win it's "OMG we're the best team ever, praise the fucking bug"
It’s just a case of extremes.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
No...
but thanks again for trying to be our little scales of justice, Jon.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just to compound my anger...I randomly found myself with the definition of 'hipster'
on Urban Dictionary…
The first definition is THE BIGGEST PIECE OF SELF-SERVING SHIT I HAVE EVER READ. HOLY FUCK HIPSTERS ARE FULL OF THEIR NOT ACTUALLY ICONOCLASTING SELVES. I BET ALL OF THEM ARE GIGANTIC DOUCHEFUCKS.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
DAMN I was really enjoying that bike ride..
and then Ogando came in..
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
You mean when Holland came out.
Never should have happened.
Wash in the playoffs scares the absolute shit out of me.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that's what I'm concerned about
Not the team so much, but I have my doubts as to whether Wash and Maddux are capable of managing a team successfully in the playoffs.
Games like this don’t do much to help.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
yeh I know I don't mind Wash up til the playoffs but after we might be screwed..
he’s going to be outmatched.
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
same here, the guy is not the sharpest knife in the drawer
Baseball ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays. ~Yogi Berra
Joinging the chorus here..
I get he’s a player manager..but the doubts has been creeping in as well given some of the decisions. And yeah well be on pins and needles come playoffs.
I don't mind him taking Holland out.
But Ogando and Harrison in? I like O’Day as a stopper in that situation, to hold the lead. Is Kirkman even on the roster?
The bump in the road...
that caused the spill over the handlebars was the umpiring fucking Holland in the butthole on that walk.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't understand how calls like that happen with no repercussion.
And then we get geniuses on here arguing that to try to change things for the better, i.e. eliminate the chance for umpire mistakes, would be BAD for the game.
As if an umpire blowing a call somehow makes the game better.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
This game was not a fun.
I want to tear Minnesota asunder with telekenetic manifestations of my rage, but until then I will take it out on this delicious Philly cheesesteak.
Fucking baseball…nom nom nom
by dolphinpuncher on Sep 3, 2010 10:52 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Holland has the worst luck
He pitched a fucking gem tonight. Harrison can smell my taint for all I’m concerned. He and ogando fucked Derek I. The corn hole. I want to smash something right now. Cruz is clearly still favoring his leg. Hammy is breaking down in front of our eyes. Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack Daddy
Read this
and know that two of these players are in Rangers’ uniforms:
http://www.thinkbluecrew.com/2010/09/comparing-swing-happy-swing-zones.html#more
I really think we're all underestimating the terribleness of Francouer, just because we're glad to be rid of Arias.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
Atleast Francouer can hit the occasional homerun..
Arias added what, exactly?
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 3, 2010 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think anyone here thinks Francouer is good...
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks for cheering us up.
Vladdy has 99 RBI’s and got a pinch hit tonight. Young had a ball caught on the track that is out of many stadiiums. I don’t remember any errors from him. I haven’t even see Francour hit as a Ranger yet, so why get upset about that?
Delmon Young?
The point is the underlying philosophy. Francoeur just doesn’t have the ability to be a very valuable hitter with his approach, and Vlad’s ability to do so is decreasing.
Cruz and Hammy have so much pure talent, but it seems their bodies are never going to let them be all they can be
i just hope Ham and Cruz can have some good health from here on into the playoffs
Baseball ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays. ~Yogi Berra
Holland truly didnt desserve this..
Just goes to show you, its not always about the win and losses when it comes to pitchers. Still cant believe we lost this game, has got to be one of the most painful ones yet.
That game made me so mad.
I turned it right when the right fielder caught the ball for the final out. Fucking stupid shit.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Looking at that .gif in GDT3...
I would stick toilet paper down his fucking throat and strangle to death. Piece of shit.
Kids like him don’t deserve to be on this earth.
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
that little bastard needs an old fasioned ass whippin
this kid is on the path to having his ass kicked daily in school
Baseball ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays. ~Yogi Berra
Fuck any dumb bastard
That “doesn’t get what people see in Holland”. If you were standing in front of me I would beat your skull with a mother !!!!!ing shovel.
Jack Daddy
by Jack Daddy on Sep 3, 2010 10:59 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
and I'd wioe the sweat from your brow, hand you some Gatorade, then give you a fresh shovel
Jesus was my closer, till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Sep 3, 2010 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
'wipe
/typo fail
Jesus was my closer, till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Sep 3, 2010 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Was that a cutter or slider
He was throwing? Whatever it was, it was filthy mixed with that kind of fastball command.
Jack Daddy
wasn't someone going to taco bell?
I never got my nacho supreme sans beef
I’LL FIND YOU!
That was me
Sorry I ate it I was very hungry. I will catch you next time.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
I guess after an anal raping like that,
The only thing we can do is say “fuck it’ that’s the way baseball go” and perhaps go watch some porn before going to bed with the little bit of comfort that THAT Derek Holland will be very fun in 2011. I got nothing else. Already had sex tonight so can’t go back to that well. Sigh.
Jack Daddy
Guess you'll just have to settle down with a Jane Austen novel
"'Over'? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!"
by rubberbiscuit on Sep 3, 2010 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Inglorious Bastards on Showtime
it’s times like these I wish I was employed and upgrade my package. Dish Network is expensive
That movie kinda sucked when I watched it the second time around.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
really?
that first scene where he goes to that house and drinks milk is awesome, I need to watch it again.
Have you seen The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly?
The first scene in Basterds is very much a homage to Lee Van Cleef’s first scene in that. Personally, I prefer the original (although this isn’t a rundown on IB. My second fav QT film behind Jackie Brown)
by vfn on Sep 4, 2010 1:00 AM CDT up reply actions
Louis CK
is on the other showtime channel. He is fucking hilarious
Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules
by AndrusImpersonator on Sep 3, 2010 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions
In other news...
I don’t get to watch the game tomorrow and I’m almost glad.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 11:07 PM CDT reply actions
I might miss three games in a row
I’m almost looking forward to it.
This team ain’t much to watch these days.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
I miss at least part tomorrow
I will miss on Sunday.
Who has the Monday game, or is there a Monday game?
The stupid Canadians scheduled the game to start at noon in CT and in the middle of the fucking morning in PT.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
Like Robert said above...
it’s not the Rangers I’m sick of. I like them. They’re fun. It’s baseball. Baseball is a nasty she-beast whom I’ve had enough lip from.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 3, 2010 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions
They playoffs really need to just fucking start already.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
Me too.
All day tailgating = Shit Fest
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 3, 2010 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions
x
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Remember when Rangers fans
had to hope in Juan Dominquez? I try to think of that whenever I get mad about a loss this season.
Fuck Arias
And Ramon Nivar.
Or as I like to call him “Julio Borbon— the Prequel.”
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Who remembers Mr. Santos?
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
I
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
oh man
that guy was genius. I was still a lurker then, but that’s when I really started to understand this place…
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
I once saw Juan Beniquez airmail a throw to third...
All the way into the stands. At least he had an arm.
This one's on Nelson Cruz.
Two terrible at bats with the game on the line and runners in scoring position. He’s too anxious right now.
Orange grab the snakes LSB is going up in flames!
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
by BigGuns on Sep 3, 2010 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rec for the greatest movie in history
“Paging Mr. Herman. Mr. Herman, you have a telephone call at the front desk.”
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Buy this man a drink..
Minus the drink part. And the Hawaiian part.
Unless you’re being punched by a big ass fucking Samoan.
by dolphinpuncher on Sep 3, 2010 11:25 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Don't worry guys
Colby and CJ
woooo wooo we’ll win 2 and then be all tied up for HFA again! woo woooo!
i ain’t closing that tag
This team hates Colby Lewis though.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
well
the average guy in a ML clubhouse…is relatively a douchebag.
by JimCrankshaft on Sep 4, 2010 1:16 AM CDT up reply actions
We'll be down .5 games even if we win both.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions
On nights like this, one thing that makes it better...
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 3, 2010 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
mmmm
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
We agreed up top
I’m as pissed about this game as you are.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
I'm forced to follow games via gameday
So on nights like this I’m eternally grateful that I’m spared the visual evidence of such irritating losses. But I’m still fucking pissed, ask my poor co-workers
by dolphinpuncher on Sep 3, 2010 11:34 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Your head would have exploded if you had to watch
the 7th inning tonight.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Nice fucking nose.
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 3, 2010 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Nose meme needs to die, who's looking at the nose.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
That's because you weigh about a buck twenty five...
…and the wind ends up blowing you down the road faster than Bengie can run. AJM on Aug 30, 2010
Not a meme.
Nice tits, but after that, meh.
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 4, 2010 1:28 AM CDT up reply actions
oh man
I’m pretty sure I’m never going to stop looking at this
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
She's amazing.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 4, 2010 1:11 AM CDT up reply actions
I can't even see that picture, but I know it's of Elizabeth Banks.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 4, 2010 1:14 AM CDT up reply actions
lol
She played Betty Brant and said “iggles” in a movie. There may be no better way to become my crush than that.
Just for good measure she went on 30 Rock.
I've loved her since she was on Scrubs for like a season.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 4, 2010 1:19 AM CDT up reply actions
red x
but I’m imagining either more Ms. Hayek or a pic of Flo (in case you were being sarcastic)
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
argh!
I keep right-clicking to “show picture” but all I keep getting are those flarning red Xs
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
uh...don't worry about the size
where do I know this fine young woman from?
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
AH
isn’t that the chick from 30 Rock? The news anchor that Donaghy’s banging?
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Indeed it is.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 4, 2010 1:23 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't know about Jack Donaghy
he shoulda locked up Ms. Hayek when he had the chance. And his choice now is quite clear to me….take the salty, New England broad. She’s way more interesting and would probably appreciate him more than Avery.
Wait…..whatdya mean it’s fiction???
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
x
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Sep 4, 2010 1:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Only 14 years late
"Hell's frozen over, Pigs are flying! The Saints have won the Super Bowl"
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Ha
It’s still crazy that it’s actually coming out. And Gearbox is going to finish it. They’re a really good studio. Located in Plano, I believe.
Fuck Arias
by hornedfrogs45 on Sep 3, 2010 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm gonna rip your head off and shit down your neck
"Hell's frozen over, Pigs are flying! The Saints have won the Super Bowl"
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by LSU Ranger on Sep 3, 2010 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Best used in the famous Duke Nukem Ventrilo Harassment
Peggy is greatness
by dolphinpuncher on Sep 3, 2010 11:46 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Just think, if you were born the year Duke Nukem Forever was announced...
You’d be a freshman in high school next year.
Yeah he was damn good
problem was that Molina dropped his glove when he tried to frame that missed strike 3. Molina fucked it up
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Sep 3, 2010 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Seemed like he missed a few other low strikes last in the game too.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
Good chance you might
"Hell's frozen over, Pigs are flying! The Saints have won the Super Bowl"
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BOS and MIN are at least 4 losses for Oakland
I think they lose at least 8 by the 19th
"Hell's frozen over, Pigs are flying! The Saints have won the Super Bowl"
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I went to see the Rangers tonight
still worth it.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Where'd you sit?
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 3, 2010 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions
LF Terrace
the Twins apparently had a huge celebration so there weren’t that many good tickets.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Make it happen.
I hate watching games with people like you it’s absolutely miserable. One fucking game against a good team does not mean anything in a five or seven game series. It does not mean this team can’t beat the Twins,Rays, or the fucking Yankees in a five or seven game series.
by deityofElvis on Sep 4, 2010 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions
I just rediscovered a birdhouse/windchime my Grandpa gifted and made for me
Oh bother, Pooh Bear…sad Panda.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
So this'll be our fourth year ever...
…in the playoffs, and every year we will have gone out in the first round to the New York Yankees.
Rooting for this team hurts. It hurts bad.
Find another team then.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
I want a monkey to shove its finger up your ass and never take it out.
So when you sit down it goes up further. And it blocks up all your shit and then finally you shit it out and then thats where a rhino comes in.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 3, 2010 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Amoebic dysentery might be more fitting
To match the mouth diarrhea
by dolphinpuncher on Sep 4, 2010 12:04 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I had that once
Not good
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
that looks extremely fake!
look, it's CashMonay , bitches! you down with da O.P.P... Cash does, give it up !
what ! it ... it is ?
look, it's CashMonay , bitches! you down with da O.P.P... Cash does, give it up !
whew, knew there were something unfake about this fakeness
look, it's CashMonay , bitches! you down with da O.P.P... Cash does, give it up !
hahahahaha
he had the entire ocean..why jump directly into there? Geez, dude..at least give yourself a chance of not being eaten
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MOVIE?!
It caught my brother and I by surprise late one night on Sci-Fi and it was AMAZING! It was only after that I discovered it has a cult following.
Seriously the hardest I’ve ever laughed at a movie. By farrrrrrrrrrr.
“I’m really tired.”
“Me too.”
“I’m really wired, though. What’ya say I take you home and. . . eat your pussy?”
SUDDEN SEX SCENE!
In the Sci-Fi version he says “watch Lucy,” which makes the ensuing sex even more hilariously random.
I have seen it and I loved every minute of it...
It was like the reverse of watching the baseball game I watched tonight.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 4, 2010 12:51 AM CDT up reply actions
what movie you guys talking about ? jaws 25?
look, it's CashMonay , bitches! you down with da O.P.P... Cash does, give it up !
We should make a LSB Bad Movie night...
we all get a flick and hope on Skype while we watch it and riff the holy hell out of it.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 4, 2010 1:03 AM CDT up reply actions
In the next one...
the shark should make wisecracks.
by ghostofErikThompson on Sep 4, 2010 1:09 AM CDT up reply actions
just saw the clip, that line is pretty sweet lol
i think there is one where Megaadon battles Giant squid is also quite funny , without the ‘porn lines’ though.
look, it's CashMonay , bitches! you down with da O.P.P... Cash does, give it up !
So did the Lee back problem issues and shot story ever get mentioned?
Or was it just never a front page story?
"Hell's frozen over, Pigs are flying! The Saints have won the Super Bowl"
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So I'm working security tonight outside the MS Tavern, about to shut down
And the co-owner just came out with a double shot of Crown Reserve and said “you know I normally wouldn’t let this fly, but someone at the bar bought you this because they said you looked like you really need a drink.”
Rangers misery fucking resonates.
by dolphinpuncher on Sep 3, 2010 11:54 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
yeah i want to find my secret santa and thank them
This ain’t cheap shit.
by dolphinpuncher on Sep 4, 2010 12:24 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
the rangers are on auto pilot
regular season is over for the Rs . it’s all about the playoff for here on out…
i am hoping my giants will meet you guys in the playoff.
look, it's CashMonay , bitches! you down with da O.P.P... Cash does, give it up !
Tough loss...
but I’m very encouraged by what I saw from Derek. He looked great, and the control was there tonight, That’s why he should have been in the rotation a month ago. Will he have starts where he struggles? Sure, most young pitchers are inconsistent at times. But this kid is going to be good. He just needs to be given that extended chance and to stay healthy. Hopefully he builds on this start so I can stop hearing stupid shit about how Kirkman has passed him and about how far his stock has fallen.
Hamilton needs to sit out for 2 weeks and then get another shot right before the playoffs and hope it holds up for a month. Between him, Nellie, and Ian I’m so damn nervous watching this team play right now because I’m deathly afraid of seeing one of those key guys get hurt and our chances in the playoffs going up in smoke.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
The more I think about it
the more I think that Hamilton really shouldn’t play much in September, and realyl just DH. No need for him to play the field.
Heck, just outright platoon him with Vlad for the next 3 weeks. Vlad could use the lighter load also, and he’s a good bench bat.
Go Rice Owls!
I think it's a good idea to limit him
but I want him to be able to stay in some sort of rythym at the plate…it seems like he requires a routine more than a lot of other guys (like when he tried to sock dingers in BP a few weeks ago and it screwed him up for a couple of games)
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
if Lee
none will have the same impact if Lee goes up in SMOAK… Nellie ,Ian and Cruz are fairly pedestrian guy outside of Arlington…you want to beat the Yankees or others… you need a lights out Lee and a healthy Hamilton.
look, it's CashMonay , bitches! you down with da O.P.P... Cash does, give it up !
Nellie, Ian, and Cruz?
If you meant Josh, Ian, and Cruz, there’s nothing pedestrian about any of those three guys. Especially when you look at how much better they are than any of the guys who would replace them. Josh has been the best player in baseball this year, obviously he’s huge for this team.
Do the Rangers need Lee too, of course, but those three have to be healthy for this offense to be good enough in the playoffs.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
i meant kinsler and cruz
by and large , it’s always a team effort. kinsler and cruz has no one comparable to replace them on the rangers.
my point simply is , Hamilton and Lee will be the two vital guys in play if Rangers were to face the Yankees. beating Yankees with left hand power hitter and left handed pitching in YS is vital and necessary of the equation.
look, it's CashMonay , bitches! you down with da O.P.P... Cash does, give it up !
geez
this loss really brought the scientists out of the laboratory…
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
The Holland bashing was pissing me off too.
I don’t understand how a 23 year old who posts an ERA in the 1’s at the AAA level catches so much flak from a fan base who has been pitching starved for so long.
by JimCrankshaft on Sep 4, 2010 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Whoever this is > Hayek
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 4, 2010 1:29 AM CDT up reply actions
well
There comes a point of hotness where they all just end up tied for first place. It’s impossible to distinguish between one another…it’s like picking up coals from the bbq and saying “I think this one might be hotter than that one” when they’re both burning the shit out of your hands.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
I already thought that Kim was one of the hottest women on the planet.
Then I recently found out that she went to Permian High School in Odessa, just like me. So the idea of running into her at a reunion makes her even hotter to me.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
I think Hayek's pretty, but I certainly agree with you she's overrated.
I also agree this girl is better.
mammalia glands
she has big personality.
look, it's CashMonay , bitches! you down with da O.P.P... Cash does, give it up !
I'm back, and a little intoxicated
But the male student body at TCU needs to fuck off. They’re full of Chris Kris’s and douche bags. It makes me embarrassed to be a student here. I shouldn’t generalize. The majority of my friends are really nice people. It just pisses me off to see the attractive women hang on the lowest common denominator. I guess I should just treat women like second class citizens, and rake in the vag.
Fuck Arias
by hornedfrogs45 on Sep 4, 2010 1:59 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Don't let your penis be a commodity, unless you're a freshman
Save the reel-em-in-with-your-dick-and-boorish-attitude maneuver for vacations, holidays and Bud Light cruise ships. Don’t sell your cycle-producing abilities for the home run just because frosted hair Polo shirt meathead got tail. They’re all one trick ponies, and the chick usually has herpes.
by dolphinpuncher on Sep 4, 2010 3:22 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
It's that way every where man.
I’m at ACU and it’s the same way sadly.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
That's because you weigh about a buck twenty five...
…and the wind ends up blowing you down the road faster than Bengie can run. AJM on Aug 30, 2010
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