General Discussion Thread

[NorthOf49]

Well that figures being the Fangraphs guy and all.

The Fangraphs guys bring up that article often and never mention who wrote it. It's kinda weird; as NJH says, Fangraphs Community stuff gets treated like anonymous content.

[Laika]

The Fangraphs guys bring up that article often and never mention who wrote it. It's kinda weird; as NJH says, Fangraphs Community stuff gets treated like anonymous content.

 

To be fair, the readership of that community post helped increase Carruthers' brand to the point that he got a job in baseball. So it can sort of be a two-way street.

[NorthOf49]

To be fair, the readership of that community post helped increase Carruthers' brand to the point that he got a job in baseball. So it can sort of be a two-way street.

Yeah getting any attention is definitely a beneficial thing. I suppose the Fangraphs guys are just used to community posts being extended comment-type stuff from fans.

[NorthOf49]

John Havok, what do you think about using player images instead of plaque images for the awards featured photos? The current two don't look great beside each other on the home page.

 

Also did you notice that traffic bumped yesterday for your Estrada piece? Someone linked to it on hfboards, which drew some clicks.

[Laika]

Chris Carruthers - any insight on the Price decision? Was it all Gibbons? Were people mad?

[NorthOf49]

Chris Carruthers - any insight on the Price decision? Was it all Gibbons? Were people mad?

Does CC have access to this sub-forum right now? I'm not sure.

[Laika]

oh f***

[John_Havok]

Someone has to write something about this game. This is the craziest game I've ever seen

[GD]

I have first-person video. If I have time, maybe

[John_Havok]

I have first-person video. If I have time, maybe

 

I'll be putting something up tomorrow after work, not sure what, if any, particular angle I'll go for, it will probably turn into nonsensical rambling as soon as I mention the Bat Flip Heard Round the Country.

[NorthOf49]

Yay the donut hole. Great work Nick.

 

Maybe I'll write something about a Royals player for Wednesday.

[KingKat]

Would someone mind taking the first "and" out of this sentence (alternatively, someone more fluent in English could just rewrite the sentence. I find it awfully hard to parse and I wrote the damn thing.):

 

When faced with multiple worthy candidates, I prefer for the player who I expect to have the best career and to be rewarded and that would be Correa who I think will be the franchise over in Houston.

 

 

[KingKat]

Going to write a piece on baseball books as Christmas presents when we get closer to the Holidays and further away from having interesting things to say. Since I never did do that book column I promised, I now have a backlog that I could cover in a survey piece.

[BTS]

Interested on the cyborg's take on whether Estrada should/will be QO'd.

[NorthOf49]

Interested on the cyborg's take on whether Estrada should/will be QO'd.

Then please PM Admin asking for him/it to be added to this sub-forum.

[BTS]

Then please PM Admin asking for him/it to be added to this sub-forum.

 

He's not in? What's the point of the subforum with no candid JFaS?

[NorthOf49]

He's not in? What's the point of the subforum with no candid JFaS?

I don't think he made it back in after being banned/deleted. He should be in here, yes. I don't have the mod ability; we have to get Admin to do it.

[NorthOf49]

The 2015 FRIAS review article is scheduled for just after 7 tomorrow morning: http://www.breakingblue.ca/?p=3290

 

Pretty encouraging. I should have 2016 FRIAS numbers (perhaps with some methodology tweaks) up soon on SaberResource.

[baubau]

A little late but should have that Osuna for starter article up soon. Working on it now.

[Laika]

~1200 visits today and counting, lmao

[NorthOf49]

Those reddit clicks lol. Good articles Nick!

[Laika]

/r/torontobluejays is massive now, apparently

[NorthOf49]

I'd like to write some offseason preview articles and do some fun projection stuff, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to. Kind of in limbo at the moment.

[Laika]

You reapplied I guess? When do they interview and make decisions?

[NorthOf49]

You reapplied I guess? When do they interview and make decisions?

I interviewed a few weeks ago (all through a separate Waterloo process) and submitted an assignment, and am getting the job. They made the decision last week. It's happening, we're just discussing logistics.

Edited November 5, 2015 by NorthOf49

[Laika]

Awesome! Third BJMB member to have that internship, lol. Pretty crazy.

 

Is Carruthers graduating this year? Going back to the team too?

[NorthOf49]

Awesome! Third BJMB member to have that internship, lol. Pretty crazy.

 

Is Carruthers graduating this year? Going back to the team too?

Thanks lol. I wouldn't be anywhere without the Darrells and BTS. That is very clear. Thank you so much for setting me on the right path.

 

Jacob doesn't think that Graydon is returning this summer but he's currently consulting and will probably continue to be part of the analytics process regardless. Hurl thinks he should ask Mark for a full-time job since he thinks they're interested in adding new people quickly.

[BTS]

Good for you North. It's awesome that it worked out for you this year.

 

GD next?

[Laika]

GD will be happy to have a friend for the summer, finally. Are you going to move in with him and his family?

[NorthOf49]

Good for you North. It's awesome that it worked out for you this year.

 

GD next?

GD will be happy to have a friend for the summer, finally. Are you going to move in with him and his family?

No I'll be living with my family in Toronto but will definitely catch a few games with GD. GD is next but he's a few years behind so it could take a while. We need to make sure he takes CS and not some pre-law program.

 

I'm really fortunate that they decided to look specifically at Waterloo math students to fill one of the positions. I was naturally the best candidate of that pool.