Not really into sports biographies tbh. Might make an exception for Pedro - we'll see.
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Wolfgang622 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 13:58:07
Not really into sports biographies tbh. Might make an exception for Pedro - we'll see.
"I'm in a bar with the games sound turned off and that Cespedes home run still sounded like inevitability."
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Wolfgang622 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 13:59:54
philliesphhan wrote:phatj wrote:Compared to a three-game wild card series it does
I think if you play it as 3 game series all @ Wild Card #1 (giving some reason to actually BE the first wild card as getting home field for a single game doesn't seem like a big deal to me) and play it MON-TUES-WED, then the rest can still start at the same time. Ditch the tiebreaker game like moz said and go off regular season record. If a team is 5-1 versus the team they're tied with, then fuck the other team; play better during the regular season then.
edit: oy vey, this would have not sorted out the Texas-Tampa deal as they, for whatever reason, played 8 games head-to-head and both were 4-4. I guess you could just do it the way the NFL does it and figure out various tiebreakers from there, like overall record in the AL and things like that.
^ Yeah, use the regular season to determine as much as possible. They play 162 games for heaven's sake, make 'em count for as much as possible.
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by BigEd76 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 16:24:23
GeeAMbee says he'll come back for one more season to make it an even 20. He'll be 43 in January
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Polar Bear Phan » Thu Oct 03, 2013 20:45:27
Let me just say that it'll be a crock of shit if Puig gets NL RoY over Jose Fernandez.
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Phred » Fri Oct 04, 2013 08:45:16
Polar Bear Phan wrote:Let me just say that it'll be a crock of #$!&@ if Puig gets NL RoY over Jose Fernandez.
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Doll Is Mine » Fri Oct 04, 2013 15:00:49
Matt Gelb @magelb
“If he was a fish, I would call him a flounder,” Pedro Martinez said of Alex Rodriguez.
“If he was a fish, I would call him a flounder,” Pedro Martinez said of Alex Rodriguez.
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Wolfgang622 » Fri Oct 04, 2013 17:54:26
Doll Is Mine wrote:Matt Gelb @magelb
“If he was a fish, I would call him a flounder,” Pedro Martinez said of Alex Rodriguez.
Never mind what I said above, I am getting Pedro's book.
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Slowhand » Fri Oct 04, 2013 18:46:30
Arod gonna sue
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Wolfgang622 » Fri Oct 04, 2013 18:58:41
Albert Belle was an Eagle scout who graduated 6th in his high school class.
Who'da thunk it?
Who'da thunk it?
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by TenuredVulture » Mon Oct 07, 2013 16:13:09
mozartpc27 wrote:Albert Belle was an Eagle scout who graduated 6th in his high school class.
Who'da thunk it?
Well, graduated 6th isn't a huge surprise. Indeed, I suspect being smart might have been part of the problem--lotta smart people are arrogant, and I think for smart athletes it's a double whammy (eg Reggie Jackson, Rube...). The Eagle Scout bit, on the other hand, is a bit surprising.
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by 1 » Mon Oct 07, 2013 16:49:38
Grotewold wrote:
Who hasn't been there before?
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Grotewold » Tue Oct 08, 2013 09:27:09
I agree with almost everything Brian Kenny says, but his Twitter stridency grates
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by pacino » Tue Oct 08, 2013 09:33:31
1 wrote:Grotewold wrote:
Who hasn't been there before?
oh, a ridiculously unnecessary high-kick can screw you up? who knew?
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Werthless » Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:14:53
The high leg kick was the only swing-like part of his motion! 
My favorite part is his left leg being in front of his right leg as he swings. I'm not sure that's ideal, for a lefthanded batter.
My favorite part is his left leg being in front of his right leg as he swings. I'm not sure that's ideal, for a lefthanded batter.
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Wheels Tupay » Tue Oct 08, 2013 13:26:06
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by BigEd76 » Tue Oct 08, 2013 13:44:47
TenuredVulture wrote:Well, graduated 6th isn't a huge surprise. Indeed, I suspect being smart might have been part of the problem--lotta smart people are arrogant
I graduated 6th overall too
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Grotewold » Tue Oct 08, 2013 14:01:10
BigEd76 wrote:TenuredVulture wrote:Well, graduated 6th isn't a huge surprise. Indeed, I suspect being smart might have been part of the problem--lotta smart people are arrogant
I graduated 6th overall too
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by philliesphhan » Tue Oct 08, 2013 18:14:06
Werthless wrote:The high leg kick was the only swing-like part of his motion!
My favorite part is his left leg being in front of his right leg as he swings. I'm not sure that's ideal, for a lefthanded batter.
I feel like his style would work well in 19th century baseball. Ideal to get a running headstart to first
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Re: Doubleday's Random Matter
by Roger Dorn » Tue Oct 08, 2013 18:30:47
Danny Knobler is the ugliest dude out there
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