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They would rank number one if I gave them credit for Darvish, but in my mind that is unfair to the other teams: I see him as a major league free agent, not a prospect.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
SheaWasBetter cares
Josey Wales: "And if you think intangibles really do exist, how in the F could you vote Ellsbury as the MVP?"
Adam J. Morris: "If it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college."
Is he the new Josey?
"A lot of people may not know this, but I happen to be quite famous." - Sam "MayDay" Malone
I don't know
He uses phrases like “The Show” alot, never admits to being wrong, and engages seeminly intelligent posters in never ending circular arguments that last for hours.
Watch out for him. He’s a top prospect.
"A lot of people may not know this, but I happen to be quite famous." - Sam "MayDay" Malone
Flash in the pan.
Doesn’t have the material for prolonged success.
by LiamP on Jan 23, 2012 4:32 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
You would think
at some point he would return to the Mets blog. Then again JW is a Dodgers fan and that hasn’t stopped him.
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 23, 2012 5:02 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I don't think he's a Mets fan
I mean, he might be, but he has more posts under that name here than he does on the Mets blog.
Not that it matters.
Because I follow all of baseball, but the hot news in Mets country is Cody Ross. Any questions?
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 11:02 PM CST up reply actions
So you are a Mets fan?
I guess I was wrong.
by ab03 on Jan 23, 2012 11:16 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
No.
Indians
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 11:42 PM CST up reply actions
The Show
Used it once. But your conclusion is consistent with most of what passes off as baseball analysis on the web.
I find it tedious to dig up data that is in plain sight for everyone to see. Besides, you can make numbers tell you anything you want. 1 day some heavily biased, entirely subjective defensive metric is an accurate measure of a player’s value, the next day it’s not. Another day someone is going to rely on a stat designed to foster medians, averages or correlations, without any reflection of variance, which will get passed of as the definitive measure of the quality of all things baseball.
I post contrarian theories, thoughts and conclusions because there’s no need to compete with the dozens of sources of the same old meme. Of course, you don’t want the point. Never did. You just want to express your sentiment in the form of rational thought, however irrational it might be. Most of what passes off as thought nowadays are just a manifestations of our biases.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 10:56 PM CST up reply actions
I've never seen someone say so much
Without saying anything at all
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
by JDT217 on Jan 23, 2012 11:03 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
he's
like the written version of talk radio
by Goyogringo on Jan 23, 2012 11:04 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
He is very, very persistent.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
I really really am.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 11:48 PM CST up reply actions
I come here everyday
read but hardly write anymore because if you have any opinion that differs from the sabers you are wrong. The crazy thing is I believe in metrics and their importance, I just don’t think they tell you everything. I treat them as a piece of the puzzle, not the holy grail.
by corbsclinton on Jan 24, 2012 9:10 AM CST up reply actions
Ingredients for the Blender of Information...agreed.
I have the 1982 Bill James Baseball Abstract and believe very strongly in stats telling us more than our eyes when it comes to the Great Game but there are still some things within the sport that numbers cannot capture.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
you know he didn't stop writing them in 1982.
Some see a glass half empty, some a glass half full. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be. - George Carlin
Well
I’m not here to teach you how to think. Anyway, let’s devolve to our usual discourse.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 11:06 PM CST up reply actions
There you go again with the word "devolve" again
How do we devolve?
Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that, plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself."
---Merlin Olsen
Yes, let us. You've got me in the mood, sport.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
You don't need me for this.
You have your zealots here. Pander away.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 11:09 PM CST up reply actions
I don't even know what this means?
What does this mean?
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Precisely.
Simpleton.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
by Aqua on Jan 23, 2012 11:12 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Who are his zealots?
Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that, plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself."
---Merlin Olsen
We're not interchangeable
Do you even know if this person has said anything to you? Do you know if has opinions on Darvish? Do you realize we disagree about most things?
by ab03 on Jan 23, 2012 11:14 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
MODERATOR'S CHALLENGE:
Please make us an MS Paint image combining the following items into a lovely pastiche:
Synergy
The Show
B’More
Devolution
Alexi Ogando
You have 24 hours.
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 23, 2012 11:14 PM CST up reply actions 11 recs
Hahahahahahahaha
Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that, plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself."
---Merlin Olsen
Wow. That's hardcore.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
fuck I better never have this happen
I don’t even know what that means
Please tell me where I said I would not have sex with her. I dare you. - Loblaw
by Chrom on Jan 23, 2012 11:19 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I don't think he realizes you're serious about this.
I do like this new game, though.
Garoon: Banned on LSB. Available Only Via Supplement.
You must not have ever read Ed Coffin
"A lot of people may not know this, but I happen to be quite famous." - Sam "MayDay" Malone
I didn't think you were arrogant enough to be Josey
Yet here you are critiquing modern Western thought.
by ab03 on Jan 23, 2012 11:12 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 5 recs
Heheheh.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
for the record, I like you.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Ryin A on Jan 23, 2012 11:12 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
"You can make numbers tell you anything you want."
This is the calling card phrase of people who don’t understand how others are using numbers.
SB Nation Dallas-Ft. Worth - Christopher Fittz is better than porn!
Exactly.
You can put a cat in the oven, but that don’t make it a biscuit.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Everyone so often, there's what seems to be the germ of a decent point.
The variance issue, for example. But it’s wrapped up in so much nonsense…
Garoon: Banned on LSB. Available Only Via Supplement.
Dismissiveness
The calling card of people who don’t like to think.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:03 AM CST up reply actions
Isn't that exactly what the statement "you can make numbers say whatever you want" is?
Dismissiveness?
SB Nation Dallas-Ft. Worth - Christopher Fittz is better than porn!
No.
But that’s a snappy comeback.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:06 AM CST up reply actions
Wait, "no?"
Like, are you serious?
SB Nation Dallas-Ft. Worth - Christopher Fittz is better than porn!
Like, yes.
You really think this is the place for the discussion you are implying that you want to have?
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:09 AM CST up reply actions
So, you really and truthfully do not believe that sentence is dismissive.
For real honest fact.
SB Nation Dallas-Ft. Worth - Christopher Fittz is better than porn!
No, I don't.
But I know what you mean by it, which is why I said your comeback was “snappy”.
I get your point. I have no interest in debating semantics.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:13 AM CST up reply actions
Why isn't it?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
Too broad.
It’s a topic with too many angles. I don’t see it working in this context.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:15 AM CST up reply actions
And we all know it is really about the context
Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that, plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself."
---Merlin Olsen
Context
Context is everything.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:19 AM CST up reply actions
Enron? Arthur Andersen?
Are you really saying this doesn’t happen? What do you think Scott Boras is doing with Fielder? His numbers say he IS Babe Ruth.
by corbsclinton on Jan 24, 2012 9:14 AM CST up reply actions
How could you make the numbers tell you that Barry Bonds was a terrible baseball player?
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 23, 2012 11:14 PM CST up reply actions
.298 average.
You’re not a contact hitter unless you hit .300.
SB Nation Dallas-Ft. Worth - Christopher Fittz is better than porn!
STEROIDS BRO
WOULD HAVE HIT .200/.225/.250 IF IT WASN’T FOR STEROIDS.
"The Rangers system just happens to be stupid with depth." - Jason Parks, 7/14/11
2011-07-25 17:44:05 - benjihana: Ahh my backdoor!!!
"It appears I made a mistake. I did not know what pegged meant" - Schultzy, 11/13/11
Did he have three times as many RBIs as home runs?
Nope? Then didn’t do his job, according to Jim Rice.
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
I've admitted to being wrong...have you?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 23, 2012 11:36 PM CST up reply actions
Don't keep a record.
But someone corrected me very recently when I said Ogando “won” the job over Feliz, which was I agreed was a good correction.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 11:40 PM CST up reply actions
I was posting to SoWasRed.
Don’t be afraid to say when you’re wrong…most of the LSB Blowhards are afraid to admit when they STBF.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 23, 2012 11:45 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ah ok.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 11:46 PM CST up reply actions
"Welcome to Troll School. I'm your instructor J Dubya."
I sports hate you CJ.
by Parman on Jan 23, 2012 11:50 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
I'll admit it.
I thought the Rangers were going to win the World Series.
Boy, was I off.
by AsDevilsRun on Jan 23, 2012 11:56 PM CST up reply actions
No, he's just very, very persistent.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
All the time.
Oh, wait: do you mean the movie?
Garoon: Banned on LSB. Available Only Via Supplement.
Worth it.
Less inspired than Shaun of the Dead but worthy as a follow-up.
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Human Behavior
It seems you don’t think dismissing the quality of foreign leagues means anything to anyone. I think you overestimate humans.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 10:36 PM CST up reply actions
I agree with the spirit of his decision; there isn't a quantitative way to categorically call Darvish a non-prospect.
It can only be done with an asterisk rather than ML playing time. Fine by me. I like this better than BA approach.
MLBTR had him as the #5 MLB FA, just behind CJ. But, they’re wrong. He’s ahead of Reyes and CJ. Interesting argument comparing the value of Prince and Yu.
Everybody needs somebody to love... I need Yu, Yu, Yu! I need Yu, Yu, Yu!
I hope I haven't offended the Blues Brothers with this.
I'm not sure.
Depends on your risk tolerance.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 23, 2012 4:30 PM CST up reply actions
Sure. I was going by upside potential. Reyes v. Yu upside is a fun debate, but I would still go with Yu.
Everybody needs somebody to love... I need Yu, Yu, Yu! I need Yu, Yu, Yu!
I hope I haven't offended the Blues Brothers with this.
I was very ambivalent about CJ vs Yu.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 23, 2012 4:42 PM CST up reply actions
I like that the players are excited about Yu.
And that the clubhouse might be… smoother.
"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else." by Earl Weaver
I know a certain someone that thinks his contract may cause rifts in the clubhouse.
by lost in space on Jan 23, 2012 4:45 PM CST up reply actions
Pffft.
Getting rid of the American player who likes race cars and hot women in favor of the half Iranian/half Japanese player who just went through a divorce and will be bringing hordes of media attention is going to make that clubhouse work more smoothly?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 23, 2012 4:49 PM CST up reply actions
I think...
Getting a guy who’s more low key in personality may have an impact, yes.
Colby’s comments in the World Series about being a family man and not the kind of guy who kicks a water cooler immediately made me think he was talking about C.J.
"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else." by Earl Weaver
Yeah,
I’m not trying to say it’s impossible, just that it’s incredible to me how much we let CJ’s personality issues overshadow his value.
I mean, this is the site that defended the acquisition of Milton Bradley, Vicente Padilla, etc.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 23, 2012 4:55 PM CST up reply actions
I don't think they overshadow his value with us.
But we’re not the decision makers.
I’ve heard the winning was what made people put up with it… the playoffs may not have helped with that.
Players and coaches aren’t necessarily good at objective analysis.
"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else." by Earl Weaver
Nail on the head stick.
A wise man once said, you can fuck a goat on your front lawn as long as you’re winning. CJ was a great pitcher but as some point you wonder if the negatives outweigh the positives.
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 23, 2012 5:00 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Sounds like a Texas HS football coach.
"the PGT isn’t about alerting drunk guys on their mobile as to what the score was." --goET 7-24-11
"Replace Ace? Done. Ace's was too long anyway." --Micah 1-17-12
That doesn't sound like something a wise man would say
A wise man once said, you can fuck a goat on your front lawn as long as you’re winning.
In fact, I’m pretty confident wise men aren’t in the habit of discussing “front lawn goat fucking”, in general, are they?
I like where your mind is at.
Oh, WooWoo. You're so young.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
We know bettah
We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames.-Wash, 04/03/11
Hell to the fucking no. -Wash, 10/07/11
Yesterday someone mentioned - "shine like a dime in a goat's ass"
I bet there are enough wise, crude goat proverbs floating out there for a book.
by Colonel Travis on Jan 23, 2012 9:18 PM CST up reply actions
Holy cow!
It’s a figure of speech. As in, you can do outrageous things, i.e. fucking a goat, if you’re winning.
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 23, 2012 9:19 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Indeed.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 23, 2012 5:00 PM CST up reply actions
*10
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 23, 2012 5:25 PM CST up reply actions
Seriously, that guy is going to be able to swim in a sea of vaginal secretions
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Texas Rangers
This franchise is awesomely awesome.
Not mediocre. Right about average
It's truly amazing how far we've come.
I hate The Angels so much, it's actually cramping my style. (See RevHaloFans SBN profile page)
by Gay For Feliz on Jan 23, 2012 6:31 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Cards at 5?
Had no clue..oh, hey, Shelby Miller.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Ryin A on Jan 23, 2012 5:42 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Back-to-back pennants.
Elite farm system.
My god we’re lucky, gents.
SB Nation Dallas-Ft. Worth - Christopher Fittz is better than porn!
These are the good old days
Let us never, ever forget them.
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
by Keynes on Jan 23, 2012 10:33 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
terrible sadness
I still can’t believe it
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
That was crazy stuff.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 11:59 PM CST up reply actions
Moderator Challenge Submission
SB Nation Dallas-Ft. Worth - Christopher Fittz is better than porn!
by philkid3 on Jan 23, 2012 11:27 PM CST reply actions 8 recs
Where is the synergy?
Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that, plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself."
---Merlin Olsen
Yeah nothing to see here
Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that, plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself."
---Merlin Olsen
I suspect the devo gun has something to do with it.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Ogando is describing synergy...
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 23, 2012 11:33 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I completely glossed over that
Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that, plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself."
---Merlin Olsen
Flattered
This is hilarious.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 11:36 PM CST up reply actions
You still have to do one...
And it has to be better than this one.
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 23, 2012 11:42 PM CST up reply actions
I'm not this funny.
Honestly.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 11:43 PM CST up reply actions
This is my new wallpaper.
True story.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 23, 2012 11:38 PM CST up reply actions
x
Just don't piss her off, otherwise she'll get all Dien Bien Phu up in your Boxer Rebellion - caknuck
btho Iowa State
by MonkeyEpoxy on Jan 23, 2012 11:48 PM CST up reply actions
This pair of responses may now be my favorite of LSB, ever:
Garoon: Banned on LSB. Available Only Via Supplement.
That was the best part.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
Can you give us 10 opinions of Snark that were wrong?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 23, 2012 11:46 PM CST up reply actions
How about 5 minutes?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 23, 2012 11:51 PM CST up reply actions
That is within 24 hours, so yes...
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 23, 2012 11:52 PM CST up reply actions
Had to find it...
“Big one – I said Juan Dominguez was going to be a stud major league pitcher and trading him was a giant mistake. Still remember his great outing v the Yanks in NY ’2004.
Another big one – Said Soriano would hit 45-55 HR in Texas. How the sonofabitch doesn’t do it in Texas but does it in DC still boggles my mind.
I said after 2007 that the Rangers should keep GLaird because I thought he was capable of bumping up his trade value (swing and a big miss).
I said the Rangers should have given Blalock a 3 year / $ 30 million deal before last season. TBD.
I had the Yankees & Indians making the playoffs last year (Indians winning it all).
I thought Laynce Nix was going to be a very good major league player. His dad is a really nice guy.
I thought Kevin Mench was going to have a really good major league career (his so-so obp at age 26 outed him eventually).
Bravo Kenny Lofton makes for an interesting case because I was partially right and partially wrong. Lofton was brought here because Boy Blunder thought a 40 year old CF could play a quality OF, hit lead-off and help the Rangers contend for the division. 40 year old CF’s are nearly non-existent in MLB history for a reason. Lofton tanked the first two months (Rangers were 18-31) but then he played his ass off at a very high level (wanted to be traded?) for 6 weeks and then JD traded him Max. That was the last year Lofton played.
I thought Ramon Nivar had a decent chance in The Show.
I said Ron Mahay had no trade value and he was part of the Tex deal.
I also thought that since the Rangers did not give Washington an extension last summer that there was no way he would be coming back in 2009.
That’s just off the top of my head but glad to know you’ve been following what I write for a long time."
“Dying ain’t hard. It’s living that’s hard.”
by Josey Wales on Jan 6, 2009 3:30 PM EST
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:12 AM CST up reply actions
Moderator's Challenge brings us closer together!
For the record, I was wrong about thinking Dane Cook was funny once.
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 24, 2012 12:17 AM CST up reply actions
I didn't actually think they were more likely to make the Final Four than any other team in that bracket.
But I did think it was likely enough that was not an insane pick, and I’m pretty sure that was wrong.
SB Nation Dallas-Ft. Worth - Christopher Fittz is better than porn!
THOSE STUDIO GUYS ARE SAYING VCU DIDN'T EVEN DESERVE TO BE IN THE TOURNAMENT AND THEY MADE IT TO THE FINAL FOUR LOLOLOLOL THEY'RE SO DUMB
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 24, 2012 12:25 AM CST up reply actions
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR TEAMS TO GET HOT IF THEY DID NOT HAVE A BETTER SEASON THAN OTHER TEAMS.
SB Nation Dallas-Ft. Worth - Christopher Fittz is better than porn!
Texas Tech...10 wins in 2010
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:24 AM CST up reply actions
"I have a double major and the rest of the world gives a shit."
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:28 AM CST up reply actions
FSU would beat OU in '10
…. then again in ’11 at home.
First one cost me money, second one only cost me a week of a horrible sig.
It was after the 2007 season when there was no hope and after Tex was traded.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:24 AM CST up reply actions
Indians
I have $100 on the Indians winning it all in 2012 at like 30 to 1.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:26 AM CST up reply actions
Ron Paul for 2012!
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:28 AM CST up reply actions
And it's all coming together.
"The Rangers system just happens to be stupid with depth." - Jason Parks, 7/14/11
2011-07-25 17:44:05 - benjihana: Ahh my backdoor!!!
"It appears I made a mistake. I did not know what pegged meant" - Schultzy, 11/13/11
Thought you'd like that.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:30 AM CST up reply actions
Oh, good grief.
That’s your example of being wrong?
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IF!!!
If Ubaldo reverts to a low 3’s FIP guy to play the role of “ace”, Choo stays healthy and Santana improves as projected, I think they have a shot.
I also think Barnes, De La Cruz, Brantley, Lowe and Laporta are deent sleepers to greatly exceed expectations.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:30 AM CST up reply actions
I think he could also exceed expectations. If he doesn’t pitch, it opens the door for one of the kids. I like my bet better with him on the team of course.
Scott Barnes’ velocity spiked to touching mid 90s last season. I’d like to see him get a good shot anyway.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:34 AM CST up reply actions
So, let me get this straight.
Your contribution to a sub-thread in which people are volunteering instances in which they were wrong in the past, is to post something that you feel is very unlikely to happen in the future.
Jeff Sullivan is really onto something.
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Josey's Prediction
I was responding to Josey saying he had the Indians winning in 2011.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:34 AM CST up reply actions
That was an old post...maybe from 2009...I thought the Indians
were going to beat the Dodgers in 2008…fuck, they had CC and Cliff Lee with a shit-load of talent…how did they not finish above .500??!?!?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:37 AM CST up reply actions
You will love this.
I bet big on the Tigers beating the Yankees, and then bet most of the winnings on them beating the Rangers.
Freaking Cruz. (Who I actually love.)
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:37 AM CST up reply actions
Aw come on.
Innocent answer – Thought a Rangers fan would enjoy someone getting bitch slapped betting against the Rangers.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:40 AM CST up reply actions
It's just the realization that my good mood is limited,
and that barring stronger substances, it probably doesn’t extend to having an extended exchange with Shea, even if I ignored the fact that he was calling me an asshole and a moron a couple days ago.
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Heh.
There’s been a lot of that going on. Are you mobile posting?
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I really don't know how that happened.
I was trying to use Facebook chat, which looks completely different to SBN, but yikes.
This is what I get for delaying my physical exercise, I suppose.
i tell the truth; i lie a lot
Heh.
philkid’s had a few excellent mis-posts lately.
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You were coming at me pretty hard.
For a point that I didn’t think deserved that much intensity.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:48 AM CST up reply actions
And I didn't call you a moron.
I said you were acting like one. There’s a difference.
Most arguments are really about context.
by SheaWasBettor21 on Jan 24, 2012 12:49 AM CST up reply actions
Well, he didn't go first, but that's ok.
I’m in a good mood, and just for tonight, I’ll make an exception.
This is still not an invitation to a conversation.
I could go way over 10. I’ll limit it to 2011-2012 Rangers or Rangers-related opinions, and go off the top of my head. I thought:
Mitch Moreland would fail to impress at first, and Chris Davis would get yet another shot (with the Rangers).
Elvis Andrus would continue to struggle at the plate, and post a wRC+ of ≤ 90.
Colby Lewis would be the Rangers’ best starter in 2011.
Matt Harrison would continue to struggle as a starter, with an FIP ≥ 4.00
Alexi Ogando would be back in the bullpen after 10 starts.
Arthur Rhodes would deliver the same sort of performance Darren Oliver did.
Mark Lowe would have a breakout season in the ’pen, and establish himself as a set-up guy.
Koji Uehara would be brilliant after his trade to the Rangers.
Edinson Volquez would figure it out in Cincinnati.
The 2012 Texas payroll would be $105-115 million dollars.
Buy 10, get one free, though this one’s much more dated: at one point, back over at NMLR, I tried to convince everyone that you were actually capable of sustaining a constructive exchange with someone whose opinions differed from yours, and strongly criticized Jamey and Ed for banning you from the forum.
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Look where they are now...Soze, Doug and a bunch of dumbfucks while this place became the Mecca.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:13 AM CST up reply actions
And I'm not banned...I left.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:14 AM CST up reply actions
I was banned for 2 weeks and then the next year I was banned for 2 months.
You left for the same reason…the place became a joke and it’s obvious that the powers that be owed some of their participants big, big favors for reasons not related to the website.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:21 AM CST up reply actions
And what I'm saying is, when you were banned, and before you came back
as Billy Costigan, Jr. — who “just wanted his identity back,” as you put it on your return as Josey Wales — I criticized Ed and Jamey sharply, on the forum, for banning you.
I was convinced, somehow, that the problem lay equally with wufdog, Lynn Foster, Mike Hodson, and a couple others.
I was obviously very, very wrong.
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i
As well..A folly of my youth I guess..
JD’s like, "you want some f*&#ing pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, b*#&hes!"- RCCook
LSB: "Oh s#*t, JD. You crazy!"
LOL
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:25 AM CST up reply actions
There are a couple good people over there
not many, but some
Just don't piss her off, otherwise she'll get all Dien Bien Phu up in your Boxer Rebellion - caknuck
btho Iowa State
by MonkeyEpoxy on Jan 24, 2012 12:24 AM CST up reply actions
very occasiona;ly
i don’t post much outside of the minor league section
Just don't piss her off, otherwise she'll get all Dien Bien Phu up in your Boxer Rebellion - caknuck
btho Iowa State
by MonkeyEpoxy on Jan 24, 2012 12:25 AM CST up reply actions
ming is a pretty cool guy, very useful for dat information
i like 363dp as well
Just don't piss her off, otherwise she'll get all Dien Bien Phu up in your Boxer Rebellion - caknuck
btho Iowa State
by MonkeyEpoxy on Jan 24, 2012 12:26 AM CST up reply actions
i can't really act like myself over there though
pretty sure a lot of them would get buttmad
Just don't piss her off, otherwise she'll get all Dien Bien Phu up in your Boxer Rebellion - caknuck
btho Iowa State
by MonkeyEpoxy on Jan 24, 2012 12:27 AM CST up reply actions
I can't remember the last time I checked over there.
Is Doug still posting?
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yes
Just don't piss her off, otherwise she'll get all Dien Bien Phu up in your Boxer Rebellion - caknuck
btho Iowa State
by MonkeyEpoxy on Jan 24, 2012 12:29 AM CST up reply actions
hey
at least you no longer grace wufdog’s signature!
Just don't piss her off, otherwise she'll get all Dien Bien Phu up in your Boxer Rebellion - caknuck
btho Iowa State
by MonkeyEpoxy on Jan 24, 2012 12:31 AM CST up reply actions
Do I not?
matchst1ck was the last person to mention that — he seemed to think I was still in there.
I’m glad to know he finally gave it up.
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Doug is very protected at NMLR.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:32 AM CST up reply actions
It's not even the JV...it's where the freshmen go.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:26 AM CST up reply actions
You could expand the definition of "at first" and say you were right about Moreland.
It is still “at first!” Semantics!
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I don't think you'll let yourself publicly admit when you were wrong.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:15 AM CST up reply actions
http://www.lonestarball.com/2012/1/23/2728138/john-sickels-farm-system-rankings#89710669
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So you can't admit when you make a mistake?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
I guess he couldn't click the link?
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So you're too proud to list 10 things you fucked up on with regard to the Rangers?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 11:11 AM CST up reply actions
I could, but that'd be cheating.
I really didn’t think the Mitch Moreland Experience™ was going to have legs much beyond May.
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I felt the same way
although it was less for Davis, and more that I thought when someone like Moreland struggled, Wash would sit him first for a lot more Face.
"The Rangers system just happens to be stupid with depth." - Jason Parks, 7/14/11
2011-07-25 17:44:05 - benjihana: Ahh my backdoor!!!
"It appears I made a mistake. I did not know what pegged meant" - Schultzy, 11/13/11
I thought the defense-at-first factor,
combined with one last, desperate hope that Davis would get out of his own head and figure it out at the plate, would win out, once Moreland hit the way I expected him to hit.
Thing is, Moreland hit much better than I expected him to hit. I’m not sad.
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FTR
Agreed
Disagreed
Agreed
Agreed
Didn’t even think it would take 10.
Disagreed, but I thought he’d be better than he was.
See above.
Agreed.
Agreed. Got sig’d for it.
I don’t think I ever had a belief on payroll.
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And that's just for 2011-2012.
No need to go back any further than that. Baseball is a funny game, that way.
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I also thought Koji would be brilliant.
Mark Lowe would be good, Harrison and Ogando would suck, Colby would build on 2010, and … I don’t remember thinking anything specific about Moreland either way. Same with Rhodes, I think.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
I thought the way the Rangers handled the Ogando/Feliz/Hunter injury at the end of spring was ridiculous...
and would backfire horrible.
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 24, 2012 12:23 AM CST up reply actions
I thought it was certainly stupid, since they still had time to switch Feliz back considering they had decided earlier the same day.
Welp.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
Yeah, I was SO stoked when the Koji trade was announced
way more so than Mike Adams. I still think that Koji could have turned it around this season, but if they’re freeing up money for… A MOVE, then I’m OK with it.
I was also such a big Davis bandwagon guy. Every time he came up, I was sure he was going to turn it around. Now that he’s in another team’s colors, I can hate him for having given me such false hope.
"The Rangers system just happens to be stupid with depth." - Jason Parks, 7/14/11
2011-07-25 17:44:05 - benjihana: Ahh my backdoor!!!
"It appears I made a mistake. I did not know what pegged meant" - Schultzy, 11/13/11
I should admit: I thought Davis would fail again, too.
But I can’t really count that as being wrong, right?
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I thought Mike Napoli's BABIP in the small sample size of early 2011 was unsustainably low, and was likely to regress to the mean given more playing time.
Wait. . .
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I thought the same with Beltre!
Pity it was one of the few things I actually got right, except for being really really confident that the Rangers would win the division.
i tell the truth; i lie a lot
What hot sports opinions did you get wrong?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Jan 24, 2012 12:29 AM CST up reply actions
Just in 2011? I'm pretty sure most of the predictions I made in the predictions thread were wrong
As for others, I’ll probably just go by names: Julio Borbon (hmph), Michael Kirkman, Rhodes, Lowe, Koji, Chris Davis, the performance of everyone in the rotation except for Ceej (who I thought would be quality), and probably a few more. But whatevs.
Also, back in January I thought that the Dallas Mavericks had a very good chance of winning the NBA championship whoops.
I did think Naps, Kinsler and Beltre would do well, and frankly, that’s all I really care about.
i tell the truth; i lie a lot
POOR J SICKELS
POST ABOUT HIS FARM SYSTEM RANKINGS GETS ~150 POSTS AND THERE ARE MAYBE 5 THAT ARE ACTUALLY ABOUT HIS RANKINGS.
Clones would be covered by the Declaration of Independence, right?
If I clone you, I am your creator. I endow you with certain inalienable rights. Correct?
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You, Philkid
i have a feeling that you would enjoy this
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7354757/1/The_Game_of_Champions
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btho Iowa State
by MonkeyEpoxy on Jan 23, 2012 11:56 PM CST up reply actions
"The legal age being lowered from 16 to 11."
Heh.
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dat Youngster Act
killed a buncha childrens
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btho Iowa State
by MonkeyEpoxy on Jan 24, 2012 12:32 AM CST up reply actions
I was trying to figure out what innuendo this was before I got it.
This continued until I won one time and a girl roofed my ball in retaliation. I stopped playing around there.
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JOSEY WALES I WAS WRONG ABOUT WHAT THREAD I WAS IN.
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I hate all of you.
You guys are stupid and suck ass.
i tell the truth; i lie a lot
by jonthefon on Jan 24, 2012 12:14 AM CST reply actions 3 recs
I miss LSB
I think I’m going to come back full time, but to make it tolerable I’m going to come up with a gimmick. Reply to Certain People in nothing but Guided by Voices lyrics? Something like that…
Billy Butler
So there was a Billy Butler trade rumor last night that ended up not coming to fruition. What would you guys think if we traded for a 1B like Butler to fix our offensive problems at that position rather than signing Prince?
Depends on what the Royals want for him.
If you can get him for peanuts, sure.
But giving up anything of real value, ehhh.
Everything about people is the worst. - Jeff Sullivan
Unless we're getting a huge upgrade
I’d rather keep the positional flexibility so Napoli and Young can play there.
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