Jeff Passan: Rays enlisting potentially revolutionary technology to study pitching

[Spanky99]

Where's Boxy? Dissed by his hero...

[LTR]

It's cute when you try extra hard!

 

Nobody even comes close to trying as hard. He's max effort every time.

[Boxcar]

Where's Boxy? Dissed by his hero...

 

Driving to the hospital bro. Also, what's wrong with loving sheep?

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

And now that s*** went south, they are taking measures to prevent it from happening again in the future. I don't really understand how the Rays are such a magnet for scorn.

 

Cause there is one to many Rays Fan Boys on here!

[Spanky99]

Driving to the hospital bro. Also, what's wrong with loving sheep?

 

lol

[King]

Vintage Moogy ..... ITT !

[TheHurl]

I got a chance to test the Motus biomechanics lab when I was I down south (turns out I have bad pitching and golf mechanics). It was fascinating stuff. To move this stuff out of the lab and on to the playing field is where Motus hoped to go next. Looks like they got beat to the punch. I'd love to know why the State of Florida is the front runner for this stuff? It's not like there are great minds out there.

[TheHurl]

For the record this story was leaked for good reason...there is something that was starting to get reported upon and they didn't want that. This was much easier than having Chris Archer literally s*** on the mound

[FireAlexAnthopoulos]

What happens when the team moves to Montreal in 3 years?

 

They win a few World Series, of course. Can't wait.

[KingKat]

To sum:

Boxy: Why do people hate on the Rays unfairly?

 

Copperweld: I'm not hating on the Rays, I'm pointing out the Rays' supporters are being irrational.

 

KingKat: You're a hater here, even though you say you're not.

 

Copperweld: I didn't say I wasn't a "hater," generally. That subject wasn't even broached. My point was that I'm not hating on the Rays.

 

KingKat: I have no idea what I'm f***ing saying. I'm insane. My point about you saying you weren't hating, wasn't about you hating. It was about you being mean, even though I said it was about you hating. Because I lie. Or I am too dumb to know what I'm writing. It was about you being mean, and how that relates to you being smart. Ow. I think I just had an aneurysm. Thinking is hard. So, like I said, it wasn't about you hating, it was about you hating. And, even though you were talking about hating on the Rays, or not hating on the Rays, as the case may be, when I pointed out that your point about not hating on the Rays was contradicted, I didn't really mean that you were hating on the Rays, just that you're hating, in general. Loud noises! Random keystrokes! I think I'm having a stroke! Nonsensical comment about ass hairs, which I'm too dumb to know makes absolutely no sense and has no relevance to anything or anyone!

 

And now we're caught up.

 

Copperweld: I feel the need to dictate to everyone exactly what they should or shouldn't understand out of everything. I'm basically neurotic.

[TheHurl]

Dude, go fly an aluminum kite in a lightning storm.

 

You said wrong-minded things, then couldn't just say "sorry, I misunderstood," and instead chose to double down, and then double down again, on stupid. I said I wasn't hating on the Rays here. You said my mean statements undermine my point on hating, which was patently false, as they didn't show any hating going on regarding the Rays, which, again, was my original statement. Clearly. Inarguably. Unambiguously. You realized this after I explained it, and then decided to change your story, and you rambled on nonsensically about intelligence and insults being incongruent (patently false and just plain irrelevant, regardless), and that this shows I'm a hater, and what I hate is irrelevant ... which is batshit insane because the topic was about hating on a particular thing (here, the Rays). And then you finished it off with some completely incorrectly phrased, wrongly-chosen metaphorical statement about splitting hairs when referring to me as an *******.

 

You f***ing don't understand what's going on around you. You can't just say "oh, it's open to interpretation, and you aren't the boss of me with regard to what was said."

 

And you can't fall back on "Engrish ain't even not my firstest languago."

 

You failed the logic test here.

 

No one needs to refer to Moogy as an *******

[KingKat]

Dude, go fly an aluminum kite in a lightning storm.

 

You said wrong-minded things, then couldn't just say "sorry, I misunderstood," and instead chose to double down, and then double down again, on stupid. I said I wasn't hating on the Rays here. You said my mean statements undermine my point on hating, which was patently false, as they didn't show any hating going on regarding the Rays, which, again, was my original statement. Clearly. Inarguably. Unambiguously. You realized this after I explained it, and then decided to change your story, and you rambled on nonsensically about intelligence and insults being incongruent (patently false and just plain irrelevant, regardless), and that this shows I'm a hater, and what I hate is irrelevant ... which is batshit insane because the topic was about hating on a particular thing (here, the Rays). And then you finished it off with some completely incorrectly phrased, wrongly-chosen metaphorical statement about splitting hairs when referring to me as an *******.

 

You f***ing don't understand what's going on around you. You can't just say "oh, it's open to interpretation, and you aren't the boss of me with regard to what was said."

 

And you can't fall back on "Engrish ain't even not my firstest languago."

 

You failed the logic test here.

 

Sigh... You're hating does undermine your credibility whether you want it to or not. The object of the hating is kind of irrelevant and I should have made that clearer but keep focusing on my choice of language and missing the point if you want. You can either smarten up or keep splitting hairs and telling me to go kill myself. I really wish you'd do the former but I have pleaded with you about a million times to do that and you insist on limiting your interactions with other people to juvenillia, pedantry or vitriol. For the life of me, I can't understand what anyone including yourself is supposed to get out of the way you interact with people. It seems to that if you don't have some mental issue like sociopathy or extreme narcisim you might have some desire for pleasant interactions with other human beings. Do you really just want to be a brat all the time?

[LTR]

I've never seen someone put so much effort into trolling before. It's remarkable.

 

I imagine most standard trolls are losers in real life. What is Moogy in real life... the answer to that question is terifying.

[RealAccountant]

I've never seen someone put so much effort into trolling before. It's remarkable.

 

I imagine most standard trolls are losers in real life. What is Moogy in real life... the answer to that question is terifying.

 

Lawyer.

[KingKat]

Ah, Christ. So, yet again with you (and again and again and again), you have failed on the topic of conversation, so you bring it back to this all-encompassing "why are you so mean?" irrelevancy.

 

Why do you keep veering topics off course, and on to me? You only hurt the board and the conversation.

 

Again, a question was brought up about why people hate the Rays. I responded back that it's not hating the Rays. Then you, apparently, turned it in to a personal crusade against me (even later admitting you didn't mean to actually stay on topic), as you always do.

 

You're the problem in the instant case. The sooner you learn that you keep repeating this behavior, the sooner we'll resolve the issue.

 

Yes I know I'm repeating myself but I haven't veered off topic. It's always the same topic. The point I'm trying (and clearly failing) to make is always the same.

 

I know that you don't really care whether or not I compliment you on your rhetorical skill but whatever I'll give you credit for it even though I'm merely telling you something you already know and credit from me or anyone else on this board seems to matter very little to you. That being said making credible arguments and being credible are not the same thing. Now if all you want is the rather shallow accomplishment of making good arguments then fine go ahead and keep doing what you're doing but if you want actual credibility, you might want to drop all the petty insults and name calling and vulgarities that suggest that you really ultimately care very little about what you're arguing about and care only to annoy. Nothing you have ever said has ever convinced me that you have a shred of intelectual honesty. Not about the Rays, not about the people on this board, not about anything. It's not much fun to keep having this discussion with you but if you're going to keep coming back here with the same old shtick, I'm going to keep calling you on it keep telling you exactly why I think's it's stupid and why I think you could do better if you dropped the obnoxious persona.

Edited June 17, 2015 by KingKat

[L54]

Former*

 

*still actively licensed in some jurisdictions

 

I essentially run all the non-investment activities of an alt investment firm. A COO, for short. Lawyers, compliance, tax and finance analysts, and accountants ... and , in theory, the tech geeks (though I've delegated that out from an operational standpoint, I'm still ultimately responsible for the control function within) ... they're all my bitches.

 

*nobody cares

[KingKat]

*nobody cares

 

You might not but someone ITT asked.

[Dick_Pole]

Former*

 

*still actively licensed in some jurisdictions

 

I essentially run all the non-investment activities of an alt investment firm. A COO, for short. Lawyers, compliance, tax and finance analysts, and accountants ... and , in theory, the tech geeks (though I've delegated that out from an operational standpoint, I'm still ultimately responsible for the control function within) ... they're all my bitches.

 

Translation:

 

"I spend a lot of my time during business hours typing lengthy, drawn out troll posts on a forum dedicated to a baseball team, and no doubt I have a collection of forums for which I dedicate my time to doing the same activity, because sociopaths rarely keep their antisocial behaviour confined to one entity"

 

Better hope you're firm didn't invest in AAVL or some other biotech in the crapper or else some heads are gonna be rollin', especially the guy who claims to be a COO but spends his day battling with people whose average age is probably around 20.

[L54]

You might not but someone ITT asked.

 

Nobody asked what his day to day responsibilities were.

[LTR]

You might not but someone ITT asked.

 

Nobody asked.

 

It was a rhetorical question.

 

Still, nobody cares.

[Boxcar]

This is spectacular

[L54]

It's almost as if trolling is full supported around here.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if Moogy is actually Dogg.

[L54]

Someone imagined just how big a loser I must be in real life, because they characterized me as beyond a standard troll, who is typically a loser, in their experience. Someone else brought up my occupation in response to that wonderment. I corrected them regarding my occupation.

 

You're trolling.

 

tldr

[L54]

Those weren't my day to day responsibilities. For the love of gawd.

 

Go on

[L54]

See what your love affair for the Rays (and sheep) has brought upon us?

 

The latest installment in the semi-weekly "let's all gang up on Copperweld with random insults because we're too infirm to actually address his substantive points, and this will make us feel better about ourselves" soap opera.

 

:'(

[Boxcar]

See what your love affair for the Rays (and sheep) has brought upon us?

 

The latest installment in the semi-weekly "let's all gang up on Copperweld with random insults because we're too infirm to actually address his substantive points, and this will make us feel better about ourselves" soap opera.

 

I regret nothing.

[KingKat]

So, you state you're going to continue to actually troll me (to distinguish from the nebulous catch-all "troll" label the kids throw around on this board), veering threads off-topic. That's your stance? You go, girl.

 

 

Will I do seem to annoy you and I don't really mind that I do, that's not my purpose. It's at most a fringe benefit.

 

You keep personally attacking me, and ignoring the thread, and I'll keep steering you back to the fact that I responded, on topic, to a comment, addressing it substantively and directly. You, apparently, wanted to make a personal attack for the sake of a personal attack, creating a faux position (i.e., you lied) in the process.

 

No I never lied. I tried to make a helpful observation and you got argumentative like you always do. If you're trying to establish that your position is a rationale one and that you're not a "hater". You might want to, you know, not act like a hater. Whether your hate is directing at the Rays per say or just at people who like the Rays is a moot point but keep holding on to that distinction if you think it discredits my position and reinforces yours but you're being pretty damn obtuse here.

 

 

From whom would I want credibility? Some random, anonymous dude eating Cheetos and playing Minecraft (or whatever teenagers play these days) while posting on a Blue Jays message board? I'm all about ideas and thoughts. Get it right, or get called on it. If that contains some hostility, or some colorful language, so be it. Only small minds would not be able to distinguish the substance from the fun fluff. Why would I want credibility from small minds? You come up to my level, don't expect me to crouch down to yours.

 

So you want to be respected for your ideas but don't care whether or not you're liked? Do you realize how hard that is to pull off here or anywhere else? Hostility will always undermine your point, buddy. It makes an actual exchange of ideas harder not easier. That in a nutshell, is why I question your honesty. Your behaviour and your stated intentions aren't aligned buddy. This is the wall I keep backing you up against. You're either clueless about human interactions or disingenous. There aren't really any other options.

[TwistedLogic]

you're really not worth my time.

and that makes me ignore you even more

Lead by example. I'll still ignore you

http://i.imgur.com/HeS08ng.gif

[L54]

I am best able to handle my inferiority complex by visiting the BJMB. It helps me to feel adequate.

 

We're here for you, Moogster. Next week, we'll see if we can get you outside in the sunshine.

[Dick_Pole]

It's amazing how wrong you always are in your assumptions about personality and behaviors. Your second consecutive swing and miss. You should stop.

 

Sorry, guy ... I'd have to fire myself, in reality. And I like me.

 

I said heads are gonna be rollin'...not that you'll be fired. Better hope your soon-to-be bankrupted investors don't have machetes!

 

I love this period in the stock market. The biggest piece of garbage stocks are going up 400% in a day on no news and the hedge fund guys all have big mouths on them (well except the commodity ones and short sellers). Enjoy it while it lasts, Coppy.