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Postby The B1G Piece » Sat Apr 23, 2016 02:14:22

ReadingPhilly wrote:Braves have four hrs and a team wrc+ of 62

Not tanking!

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Re: Defending World Series champs KC Royals: Random MLB Thou

Postby Monkeyboy » Sat Apr 23, 2016 06:38:21

Yeh, it sure looks like they are deliberately tanking. They seemed like they went out of their way to get worse. It's very different from what the Phillies did.

Combine this with the shadiness of their stadium deal and a few other things and it seems like they are really screwing over the city of Atlanta, not that I mind much. I just hope they get called out on it.
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Postby Wolfgang622 » Sat Apr 23, 2016 09:25:49

Bucky wrote:Bad Yimmy hits 9th inning go-ahead dinger

subtitled "Well at least McCarthy isn't the WORST PBP guy in baseball"

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/8878818/v575144983


Harrelson >>> McCarthy. Genuine excitement for team he actually roots for.
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Postby Wolfgang622 » Sat Apr 23, 2016 09:26:41

Cubs +67 run differential already LOL

Can't wait for 8th inning meltdown in game 6 of NLCS.
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Postby Ace Rothstein » Sat Apr 23, 2016 09:43:16

mozartpc27 wrote:Cubs +67 run differential already LOL

Can't wait for 8th inning meltdown in game 6 of NLCS.



+23 the last 2 games with a no hitter thrown in

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Postby Wolfgang622 » Sat Apr 23, 2016 10:29:43

The B1G Piece wrote:
ReadingPhilly wrote:Braves have four hrs and a team wrc+ of 62

Not tanking!


And yet: 10 more runs than the Phillies.
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Postby Wolfgang622 » Sat Apr 23, 2016 10:38:30

smitty wrote:
bleh wrote:
smitty wrote:Old friend Bauman is now a BP writer. What do you think?:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/artic ... entMessage

it could use some convoluted analogies


Yeah. He writes to impress, not to communicate. I'm not impressed. I taught writing and he breaks every rule in my book. Yes, did write a book. It was the Army. We could do anything back then.


I don't know, I love this article tbh.
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Re: Defending World Series champs KC Royals: Random MLB Thou

Postby smitty » Sat Apr 23, 2016 14:37:32

mozartpc27 wrote:
smitty wrote:
bleh wrote:
smitty wrote:Old friend Bauman is now a BP writer. What do you think?:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/artic ... entMessage

it could use some convoluted analogies


Yeah. He writes to impress, not to communicate. I'm not impressed. I taught writing and he breaks every rule in my book. Yes, did write a book. It was the Army. We could do anything back then.


I don't know, I love this article tbh.


If he has a point, I don't see it. Article is really much harder to read than it should be.
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Postby Wolfgang622 » Sat Apr 23, 2016 14:46:46

smitty wrote:
mozartpc27 wrote:
smitty wrote:
bleh wrote:
smitty wrote:Old friend Bauman is now a BP writer. What do you think?:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/artic ... entMessage

it could use some convoluted analogies


Yeah. He writes to impress, not to communicate. I'm not impressed. I taught writing and he breaks every rule in my book. Yes, did write a book. It was the Army. We could do anything back then.


I don't know, I love this article tbh.


If he has a point, I don't see it. Article is really much harder to read than it should be.


I wrote this when I'd read about 2/3 of it. I thought it was going somewhere. I loved where it was going. Then it took a turn into off-road trail-making of some kind. Then it disappeared.

Ah well.
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Postby stevelxa476 » Sun Apr 24, 2016 17:09:05

The Barves haven't hit a homerun in 2 weeks.
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Postby smitty » Sun Apr 24, 2016 18:04:27

Scouting report on the Braves: they're stinky.
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Postby Wheels Tupay » Sun Apr 24, 2016 18:19:42

Has anyone read "The Cardinals Way?" Asking for a friend, of course.
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Postby BigEd76 » Sun Apr 24, 2016 18:33:42

Pooholes tied Reggie Jackson on the all-time HR list

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Postby phorever » Mon Apr 25, 2016 05:51:39

at the end of fangraphs always pretty cool "sunday notes" column of this week (which also features a review of appels's last start) is this stupifyingly and awesomely weird pedro autobiography excerpt:

According to Pedro, Manny Ramirez once came up to his locker and put on his socks and underwear. He then went over to David Ortiz’s locker and put on his undershirt. Ramirez’s reason? He told Pedro that he had three little midgets in his head and they needed different clothes to wear.

“That’s the way Manny would pass his time,” wrote Pedro. “That’s how he clipped his flowers.”


start counting the different ways this is weird beyond words. i get to at least 5.

i think i'm going to have to order the book. and i have a new signature.
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Postby WhiteyFan » Mon Apr 25, 2016 13:52:33

According to Yahoo's Jeff Passan, the Braves have tried to trade Hector Olivera since his arrest for assault and battery earlier this month in Arlington, Virginia.
Olivera was taken into custody April 13 outside the Braves' team hotel in Arlington -- a suburb of Washington, D.C. -- after a woman called 911 alleging that she had been assaulted by the 31-year-old Cuban outfielder. He's on administrative leave and a suspension is likely coming under MLB's new domestic violence initiative even if the misdemeanor is dropped. As for the trade inquiries, one opposing executive told Passan that he "can't believe they even asked."


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Postby Wheels Tupay » Mon Apr 25, 2016 20:20:36

https://www.facebook.com/BusinessInside ... 989431449/

pretty cool video on how hitting a mlb fastball should be impossible
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Postby Wheels Tupay » Mon Apr 25, 2016 21:50:59

Wheels Tupay wrote:https://www.facebook.com/BusinessInsiderScience/videos/1006761989431449/

pretty cool video on how hitting a mlb fastball should be impossible



Cool video, Tupay. Thanks for posting.
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Postby Wheels Tupay » Mon Apr 25, 2016 22:25:51

Wheels Tupay wrote:
Wheels Tupay wrote:https://www.facebook.com/BusinessInsiderScience/videos/1006761989431449/

pretty cool video on how hitting a mlb fastball should be impossible



Cool video, Tupay. Thanks for posting.


No problem, pal.
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Postby slugsrbad » Tue Apr 26, 2016 08:11:17

https://www.facebook.com/BusinessInside ... 989431449/

Anyone see this video regarding how friggen impossible it is to hit a fastball? Brains man, what can I say?
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Postby Ace Rothstein » Tue Apr 26, 2016 08:39:07

slugsrbad wrote:https://www.facebook.com/BusinessInsiderScience/videos/1006761989431449/

Anyone see this video regarding how friggen impossible it is to hit a fastball? Brains man, what can I say?





Cool video Slugsrbad, thanks for posting

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