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Postby swishnicholson » Thu Mar 28, 2013 01:02:19

Barry Jive wrote:i thought this thread title would stop making me cringe eventually but there's no end in sight


would of stopped
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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby Barry Jive » Thu Mar 28, 2013 01:04:19

let's name the next one after the Macarena
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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby Swiggers » Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:11:49

DERP

Venters to visit Dr. James Andrews next week.
jerseyhoya wrote:I think the reason you get yelled at is you appear to hate listening to sports talk radio, but regularly listen to sports talk radio, and then frequently post about how bad listening to sports talk radio is after you were once again listening to it.

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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby phdave » Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:36:43

I'm sure it's just a routine checkup.
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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby smitty » Thu Mar 28, 2013 14:52:45

Another Verducci Effect victim.

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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby smitty » Thu Mar 28, 2013 18:56:44

Zach Greinke says field independent pitching stats are bad for you. Get wins instead. He's right of course. The team that leads the league in wins wins their division every time.


Greinke became a sabernetricians’ favorite when he mentioned Fielding Independent Pitching after winning the American League Cy Young Award in 2009 with the Royals. However, Greinke feels his affinity for FIP had a negative effect on his pitching in 2010 and 2011.

“I started pitching to try to have a good FIP instead of pitching to win games,” Greinke said. “I started worrying too much about trying to get a lot of ground-ball outs instead of just concentrating on getting outs any way I could. It definitely changed the way I pitched for a while.”

Greinke’s ERA was 2.16 and his FIP was 2.38 in his Cy Young season. In the three years since, his FIP has been better than his ERA.

However, Greinke says he still believes there is value in FIP. “I use it to try to get a gauge on some of the younger pitchers to try to figure out what kind of talent they have,” he said. “It’s still a good stat, but I’ve just learned that it doesn’t tell you everything about a pitcher.”

Greinke admits he is intrigued by the abundance of PITCHf/x data that has become available in recent years. However, he is somewhat wary of relying too much on it when he sits down to develop a game plan for facing opposing hitters.

“From the things I’ve read, the cameras still aren’t completely calibrated the same in every park, so there is some distortion,” Greinke said. “I look forward to when it all becomes standardized. That’s when the data will become better and more usable.”
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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby 702 » Fri Mar 29, 2013 03:46:31

Going to Dodgers/Giants Opening day in LA Monday.

Last time I was there, that dude got put in the hospital.

Here's to another fun opening day.

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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby cartersDad26 » Fri Mar 29, 2013 08:14:47

Giants extend Sabean's contract. I guess winning two world series in three years makes you forget you have one of the worst GM in sports.

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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby smitty » Fri Mar 29, 2013 15:16:02

cartersDad26 wrote:Giants extend Sabean's contract. I guess winning two world series in three years makes you forget you have one of the worst GM in sports.


Amaro makes all the other GMs look good.

Thanks Amaro.

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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby phdave » Fri Mar 29, 2013 16:01:06

He's the one GM dumber than CrashburnAlley.
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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby CFP » Sat Mar 30, 2013 21:38:53

Rockies sent Tyler Colvin down. I would slit my wrists if I were a Rockie fan

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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby Bucky » Sat Mar 30, 2013 21:46:22

McCarver announced that the 2013 season will be his last in the booth

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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby Ace Rothstein » Sat Mar 30, 2013 21:54:47

Bucky wrote:McCarver announced that the 2013 season will be his last in the booth

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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby Bob Loblaw » Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:15:44

Jose Fernandez, Marlins' top prospect who has never pitched above the Florida State League....is in their starting rotation.
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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby Grotewold » Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:18:00

Bob Loblaw wrote:Jose Fernandez, Marlins' top prospect who has never pitched above the Florida State League....is in their starting rotation.


Also, Polanco cleanup

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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby jamiethekiller » Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:57:19

so amazing

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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby Bill McNeal » Sun Mar 31, 2013 14:30:50

It's like they are trying to be embarrassingly bad.

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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby Monkeyboy » Sun Mar 31, 2013 14:58:58

Yeh, if ever there was a case to NOT start burning your best prospect's options and service time, this is it. I hope they lose forever
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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby Doll Is Mine » Sun Mar 31, 2013 19:54:45

I must say, the new Astros unis are fantastic.

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Re: Could of sworn we had a Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

Postby smitty » Sun Mar 31, 2013 20:01:59

Monkeyboy wrote:Yeh, if ever there was a case to NOT start burning your best prospect's options and service time, this is it. I hope they lose forever


Well he'll who cares about service time in the Marlins organization. If he's any good at all they'll trade him long before that becomes and issue.

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