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Social Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: Shale on April 06, 2010, 01:23:13 AM
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The season's well and truly on, with a full day of games either finished or wrapping up right now. The Phillies look like they're in good shape again, as much as you can tell anything from nine innings of murdering the Nationals. A six-RBI day for Placido #$%!ing Polanco is just weird, but I'll take it.
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My Red Sox are on track for an undefeated season!
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The Rays are off to a good start! Lets hope they do somethign this year, because this is the last year the band will be together.....sadly.
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My Red Sox are on track for an undefeated season!
Now you're on track for 50-odd wins. Yay, statistics!
Liking the Phils so far, but let's see what happens when they play a team that belongs above AA.
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>Giants
What the hell.
Also glad to see my common fantasy picks of Brian Matusz and David Price working out so far.
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Fantasy baseball? Good lord, Kilga. You can't hate life that much.
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Needs more fantasy golf.
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Philadelphia leads the major leagues in almost every offensive category and has allowed the fewest runs in baseball. I know, this isn't going to last, but still, it's pretty badass.
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In fairness, the Phillies have defied their own suckage for at least 2 seasons in a row. So I wouldn't hold anything as a given!
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Stay classy, Philly fans. (http://cbs3.com/local/Philadelphia.Phillies.Matthew.2.1636036.html)
Fantasy baseball? Good lord, Kilga. You can't hate life that much.
Baseball is the best fantasy sport. Takes more actual thinking and commitment than anything else. <3
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Police identified that individual as 21-year-old Matthew Clemmens from Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
That explains everything.
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Well, things started good for the Giants this year, but everything is back to normal now. Sanchez and Romo combine to throw a 1 hitter and the Giants lose 1-0. (Sanchez did give up 3 walks, but still.)
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Forget about last night's performance and you could say the Rays have one of the deepest pitching squads in baseball!
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PERFECT! Holy shit.
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Homicide watch for Jim Joyce officially in effect.
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So, talent-wise, we had three perfect games in a month. Wow.
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I read that at the time, Joyce did not think that Galaragga (or whatever the kid's name is) had control of the ball. And in the pros, ties to the batter-runner.
So let's just call that play an E-1 and give Gallaragga a No-Hitter.
Then again, I didn't think that Halladay's 1st Baseman had his foot on the bag for #27 when I saw that live on ESPN.
I just say, put the entire half of the 9th in question under Review when you have a potential Perfect Game or No Hitter. History needs to be defended from Judicial Error!
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So this Strasburg kid might be a bit real.
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Uh yeah. Fourteen fucking strikeouts in seven innings is WTF.
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Set the Nats record for Ks in a game. Crazy shit.
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I just say, put the entire half of the 9th in question under Review when you have a potential Perfect Game or No Hitter. History needs to be defended from Judicial Error!
No. If it's historical, you have to deal with the same conditions you dealt with before. Treating it special just because it's OMG history is stupid. If you can't seal the deal without it, you don't deserve it. Period. Even ref foul-ups like this one are totally within the confines of it. In the perfect games in the past, there were a few close calls that went in the pitcher's favor too.
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Ah, bullshit. The ref fucked up, there's nothing wrong with correcting that. The kid deserved the game, he was screwed with a terribly botched call.
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A friend of mine was at the Strasburg game (she actually works as a school reporter for her college so she gets plenty of access to O's and Nats games). She said the place was like they had a rock concert going with how raucous it was.
She's snagging me a Strasburg shirt, too. \m/
And holy moley does that kid have some movement on his pitches. Those sweeping fastballs were nuts.
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Yeah. I knew he threw heat, but from what we saw today (against the Pirates, granted) he could be a pro pitcher on touch alone. Those breaking balls were brutal.
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Yeah, Pirates or no Pirates, no one was catching up to some of those fastballs, and if he can throw his curve consistently, no one's going to be touching that either.
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http://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/474586/youngcurve.gif
Thing of beauty.
(Warning: Very large.)
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Figure we should probably continue this in the topic made for it.
I'd define "success" mainly in ecomomic terms - do you attract fans with your play? Fans like a team that wins, of course, but also one that shows the capability of winning. It isn't just about championships, nice as they are - the Vancouver Canucks fanbase is loud and dedicated, and I don't think they've failed to sell out a game in about a decade; they've never won a Stanley Cup ever - it's about making your fans believe you could nab one. In that regard, the Braves certainly experienced success; quite apart from the fact that they -did- have a World Series title in there, they threatened for many more. I somehow doubt they had too much trouble selling tickets or TV deals, or that they lacked for people in Atlanta talking about the Braves (or, for that matter, people outside Atlanta; they were a pretty darn popular team).
A system thus should encourage situations where people believe their teams have a legit chance to win, since it's pretty clear fans like that.
You approach things like a hardcore fan of the game, which is fine, but keeping people like you happy isn't what sports are in the business of; you'll follow them regardless. If the way a sport operates is losing them their more fickle casual fanbase (as baseball is), chances are they're doing something wrong.
The thing is that the tightwad teams still make a notable profit even with a tiny fanbase because they spend so little (Marlins), so they're not about to change if they don't have to. This is where a salary floor would help, more than a salary cap would. Forcing the Yankees to spend no more than $150 million a year is not going to make the Marlins or the Pirates spend any more than they already do.
I recall both Boston AND New York management being on record as supporting a system that instituted both a salary cap and a salary floor, and that it was the management of lesser-spending teams objecting to the idea because they don't want a floor.
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http://withleather.uproxx.com/2010/07/mets-ink-bobby-bonilla-to-25-year-deal - The Mets are once again a paragon of balanced, well organized management.
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Isn't it interesting that the very day that Steinbrenner died was the day that the NL got its groove back.
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RIP I guess? I was never really a fan.
That being said, it's still sad...I guess?
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I just wanted to remind you all that the Rays are STILL in 1st place, and are tied for the best record in baseball.
Holla~
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Wow.
Roy Halladay is unreal.
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THE RANGERS WON A PLAYOFF GAME!!! OH MY GOD THE WORLD IS TURNING UPSIDE DOOOOWN~ They've won TWO playoff games since 1976 now.
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They won pretty convincingly in fact. Honestly I'd peg them to win the AL (Yankees have been on a downswing since the start of September, and I don't think the Twins have the bats to get past them), though whether they beat whoever gets though the NL I dunno.
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Wow.
Roy Halladay is unreal.
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NO!
My Rays will not lose this year!
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Dear Fox,
We haven't all run out and bought HD TVs yet. Fuck you.
Love,
Pirate's Cove
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Holy shit.
Clifton. Phifer. LEE.
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(http://i52.tinypic.com/11l3if8.jpg)
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Fuck the Red Sox and Fuck any and everything Boston related!
that is all.
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Fuck the Red Sox and Fuck any and everything Boston related!
that is all.
We welcome your hate. We use negative emotions as an alternative energy source to weather the cold New England winters.
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It's true.
We also have anger-powered jetpacks. They're pretty neat.