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  1. TheHurl
    I don't think any of the old board ratings experts have come over to this board but I'd have think this pretty much negates the improved gate. http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Mediocre+Blue+Jays+winning+turnstiles/8693981/story.html As of July 10, Sportsnet was averaging 544,000 viewers (aged two and over) for Jays' broadcasts. That's nine per cent down from the 2012 average of 595,000 at this point of the season but up 10 per cent from 2011's average of 496,000 at the same time. Breaking it down by month, the 2013 Jays averaged 639,000 in April, 403,000 in May (when the team went 13-15) and 575,000 in June (when the team won 11 straight). Moore says he is happy any time he sees ratings over 500,000. Some recent 700,000-plus games are "amazing numbers especially when you consider we're under .500 at the moment." Opening Day, a 4-1 loss to Cleveland, drew a Jays' record average audience of 1.4 million. The Canada Day game, an 8-3 win over Detroit, also drew more than a million.
  2. TheHurl
    technically Perez would fit the definition of Org guy as he wasn't added to the 40 man after his 5 years in the minors...and he wasn't picked up in any of the rule 5 drafts. Although with only 2 catchers on their 40 man I'm guessing that he's added next year.
  3. TheHurl
    lets wait for Melky's suspension then we can engage in a little Pillar talk
  4. TheHurl
    Only a blister...never mind.
  5. TheHurl
    Alex Cobb just left his rehab start against Dunedin after throwing just 2 pitches. Holding his right hand he called for the trainer.
  6. TheHurl
    Or a very conflicting message
  7. TheHurl
    Even the Free Agent draft to bring us back to 25 man?
  8. TheHurl
    Craig Simpson (hockey guy) just said something that makes 100% sense to me "the only team meetings that have any effectiveness are the ones that the media know nothing about".
  9. TheHurl

    NBA Thread

    TheHurl replied to admin's topic in Other Sports

    ah JJ Reddick...I love this, he essentially got his girlfriend to sign an abortion contract which stated that he agrees to continue to date her for a year if she gets rid of the fetus. http://deadspin.com/j-j-redick-and-his-ex-girlfriend-had-an-abortion-contr-883029608?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow That's why he went to Duke and Shaq went to LSU, he was smart enough to get rid of the baby and the baby mama.
  10. TheHurl
    but he's not signing a 4 year deal, sometimes you do things to get them done. The Sox have had their share of clubhouse issues in the past few years, getting this done now is good PR...unless of course Ellsbury takes this as a slap in the face. Also this is really only a 6 year extension as they had a 2015 option on him and he's getting the same amount in that year.
  11. TheHurl
    does this mean that he's offering me a place to live...cause I could use a place.
  12. TheHurl
    I haven't been doing much on the board twitter account and now that we won't need to have JPA retweeting anything from us we have free reign on him. Anyway rules are simple. Best joke using the #top10quitter hashtag wins a pair of my 500 level tickets to the game of their choice. I have to pick my remaining games by July 31st so I'll close this contest on the 28th. Winners will be picked here on this thread.
  13. TheHurl
    baseball is hard
  14. TheHurl
    6 non impact/maybe guys is not a big package at all. Olt while struggling will get a auto chance to start for the Cubs.
  15. TheHurl
    I'm a little surprised that ESPN hasn't picked up the Kōshien on one of it's international stations at least. With all the garbage on TV, throw this on.
  16. TheHurl
    Jays just call it playing their best. Maybe AA should tell them to tank by not swinging for the fences, they might actually realize that it will help them
  17. TheHurl
    I'm not going to argue with you about something that I not only believe to be true but know to be true...the Rays base a lot of their decisions based on numbers and projections (including defense). The Jays have some predictive models they use but I have to believe that defensive metrics are largely ignored and production is heavily weighted (which shouldn't even be in predictive models). I'm just saying that I don't think the Rays set out looking for OBP (Loney had a .293 last year, KJ .313, Yunel .300) they look for value, and say at least they play good defense and even if they don't hit they draw a few walks at a very small investment (under $10M for the 3 of them). For some unknown reason many of them do hit.
  18. TheHurl
    They aren't getting OBP cheaply. A big chunk of their walks this year are from 3 players they developed in Longoria, Jennings and Zobrist (well they didn't fully develop Zobrist) the forth guy is Joyce who similar to Zobrist has spent the majority of his pro career with the Rays. They locked up Zobrist and Longoria with team friendly contracts (not that dissimilar to the Jays who locked up their two best hitters). I would say that it's approach but if you look Escobar has a slightly better BB rate than what he had with the Jays last year but still below his other years in the bigs. Kelly Johnson is below last years BB rates, Loney right around his career averages which is also the league average...Ryan Roberts is putting up a career low BB Rate. There is little doubt that the Rays are a saber friendly team and are looking for market inefficiencies. Tell me what the Rays saw in James Loney which made them think he would hit .350 against lefties and then you have something.
  19. TheHurl
    just not licensed doctors.
  20. TheHurl
    mostly twitter (team pages, usually find a fan or two that go to every game and scouts that go to games). Also BA and local papers. Facebook in some cases and listening to the games on the radio if available.
  21. TheHurl
    Kemp going to miss a week?
  22. TheHurl
    we all know they are going to win their last 15 games to finish in 14th place.
  23. TheHurl
    A's and Angels on SN1
  24. TheHurl
    He does for sure and he'll probably stick at 3B because he's got a huge arm (but he's just too slow for RF). A 7.7 60 yard dash is Jose Molina range (David Ortiz was 6.8 last time he ran one) which makes him a 20 speed guy. He really has great hands supposedly but trading for a non athlete that is so young wouldn't be the best suggestion...I'd be afraid what the Jays would do with him.
  25. TheHurl
    I don't know, Longoria has only bunted 3 times in his career all were attempts at hits (successful twice)
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