Doubleday's Random Matter

by **BigEd76** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 17:08:53

Wheels Tupay wrote:The Detroit Single A affiliate's stadium is on fire.

by **ReadingPhilly** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 17:17:14

snowing in lakeland, fla?

by **BigEd76** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 19:34:29

West Michigan (their low-A team)

by **BigEd76** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 01:46:23

Jeff Suppan and Ryan Theriot retired

by **pacino** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:50:19

so he's an asshole. good to know.

by **MoBettle** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:52:33

morris played until 1994...

by **kruker** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 13:17:10

ReadingPhilly wrote:dodgers beat writer ken gurnick voted only for jack morris on his hof ballot. no unanimous entry for maddux.

Morris has flaws — a 3.90 ERA, for example. But he gets my vote for more than a decade of ace performance that included three 20-win seasons, Cy Young Award votes in seven seasons and Most Valuable Players votes in five. As for those who played during the period of PED use, I won't vote for any of them.

Unbelievable. Fuck that guy.

by **kruker** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 13:20:42

Because he works for MLB.com, Gurnick is not a current member of the Baseball Writer's Association of America, the voting body responsible for electing most of the former players in the Hall. (MLB.com reporters, among others, are excluded from the BBWAA.) But Gurnick had a BBWAA card for at least 10 years before, which gives him lifetime voting privileges for the Hall of Fame. That's a shame.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-l ... --mlb.html

by **cartersDad26** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 14:03:11

I propose we start a HOF discussion thread since this is a big year. I was gonna post that Maddux story. Can a mod start one with the posts above?

by **Trent Steele** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 14:11:17

It's a shame, but ultimately the answer is just not to care about the HOF vote because the process renders it meaningless.

by **swishnicholson** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 14:22:29

Trent Steele wrote:It's a shame, but ultimately the answer is just not to care about the HOF vote because the process renders it meaningless.

I don't find it meaningless, though it doesn't mean what many would like it to mean. There are parts I hate about the process (particularly the replacement for the Veterans Committee,which was supposedly a reform) but at least it does mean that asses like the guy from LA, or those who want to add some undeserving guy to the ballot 'cause he was a good egg have very little effect on the overall results. I certainly couldn't care less if a guy's a unanimous choice, or even what his percentage was. In or out is really all that matters, but it does matter, at least to me.

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 15:52:10

swishnicholson wrote:In or out is really all that matters, but it does matter, at least to me.

In the cosmic sense?

by **swishnicholson** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 16:07:04

mozartpc27 wrote:
swishnicholson wrote:In or out is really all that matters, but it does matter, at least to me.

In the cosmic sense?

Probably in the PiP sense, now that i look at it that way. Also known as the Clintonian sense.

by **Soren** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:11:37

Topps is releasing these to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the movie

by **cartersDad26** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 13:49:26

wow, we're all getting fucking old. I remember seeing it in the theater with my friend and our dads. I was only 10 or 11.

by **BigEd76** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 16:43:00

Rumors floating that the Indians are making the red "C" their primary logo, which means Wahoo would be a sleeve patch away from being completely phased out

by **Soren** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 17:02:56

BigEd76 wrote:Rumors floating that the Indians are making the red "C" their primary logo, which means Wahoo would be a sleeve patch away from being completely phased out

good

by **BigEd76** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 17:20:42

Also the Pirates made their yellow "P" cap logo their new primary one

by **phorever** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:00:26

those who have interest in new stats developments but don't regularly read fangraphs "community research" should check in there at least once monthly. the latest post there (http://www.fangraphs.com/community/grad ... ted-balls/)
is on a pretty cool straighforward way to figure a pitcher's park and defense-independent performance relative to his league with appropriate adjustments for the types of batted balls he allowed. jimenez was 18th in the al, just three spots behind price and well ahead of e.santana and garza. false fausto was right in the middle.

of course, new stats don't necessary mean better or more reliable. case in point:
http://www.fangraphs.com/community/rank ... s-by-tips/
another new stat of this offseason that had garza, santana, hernandez, jimenez exactly in the reverse order!

subprime fa pitcher ranking is a funny game.

by **CalvinBall** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 15:52:21

I can't find the Marlins thread but...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miam ... 3204.story

Asshole stole my dream.

Last summer the outspoken Samson was far less visible around Marlins Park, prompting many to speculate owner Jeffrey Loria muzzled him. Samson’s participation in Survivor: Cagayan, as season 28 has been dubbed, would explain his absence.

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