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  1. BTS
    Confirmed.
  2. BTS
    Nobody on Bruce Rondon for a waiver pick?
  3. BTS
    I'll be very surprised if he escapes this with his career intact.
  4. BTS
    I don't think his running has impacted the public response whatsoever. He could have waited to be escorted out by security and the mob justice would have been identical.
  5. BTS
    That's the problem though: that isn't possible. A significant fine, and ban from the park would have sufficed. But the internet has created this system where the idea of paying for a mistake and moving on isn't realistic. He'll be paying for this forever. It's really sad, especially for something that wasn't premeditated.
  6. BTS
    At some point in life you'll get older and become one of the 99.9% of people that have done incredibly stupid things and not had their lives ruined as a result, and it will knock you off that high horse. Take a step back and realize that this guy's life has been ruined because of a decision made in about 2 seconds. You really can't empathize?
  7. BTS
    I feel really bad for this guy. One bad decision made because he was drunk, and his life is ruined. And nothing bad even resulted from his actions. Kind of seems like the police should just leave him alone... he has been and will continue to be punished far more than the legal system will punish him.
  8. BTS
    It's the backwards hats.
  9. BTS
    I disagree fundamentally with that. There's too much luck involved with 5- and 7-game series to have such a narrow definition of success. Even the best teams of all-time have something like 20% odds of winning the WS when the playoffs start. The Cubs have had a remarkably successful season even if they get swept in round 1. I consider a failed season to be a sub-0.500 season. We're seeing teams shift more towards this model now: aim for 85-90 wins every single year, because if you get in, your odds aren't much lower than the powerhouse with a 97-win team.
  10. BTS
    Even if you don't win in scenario 1: if the Cubs repeat this season for the next 7 years but never win a WS and the Indians win this year and then then are mismanaged to also-ran sub-0.500 status for the next 7, which team has the more successful and interesting 8-year stretch? I think it's the Cubs, and it isn't close.
  11. BTS
    That looks like a terrible group of people.
  12. BTS
    Because idiots like Jonn think rape is the appropriate punishment for throwing a beer can and will destroy his social media.
  13. BTS
    I don't usually
  14. BTS
    Toronto's offence is really bad (if you exclude Donaldson).
  15. BTS
    I think Cleveland is easily the weakest AL team. No Salazar or Carrasco, and Kluber isn't 100% healthy. Trevor Bauer and Josh Tomlin are going to combine for 3 starts.
  16. BTS
    Their team graded out as average in DRS and UZR. They don't have one of the league's worst defenses.
  17. BTS
    http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=sta&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2016&month=31&season1=2016&ind=0&team=13&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0 Their biggest problem has been their most obvious problem: their rotation after Hamels and Darvish is a tire fire. They started complete gas cans in more than 60% of their 2nd half starts. I think this would get them in a 7-game series, but they can pretty much hide their biggest weakness in a 5-gamer.
  18. BTS
    My body is ready.
  19. BTS
    Don't forget that the Blue Jays led the league in errors committed on Sunday afternoons on the West Coast, so their defense is in serious trouble this series.
  20. BTS
    I mean, where are the holes here? C - Lucroy 1B - Moreland 2B - Odor 3B - Beltre SS - Andrus CF - Desmond RF - Choo LF - Gomez DH - Beltran I see 2 superstars, 6 players that are average or better, and Mitch Moreland. I don't really understand how people think that lineup, with Hamels and Darvish staring probably 4 times out of 5, and Dyson, Jeffress, Bush, and Diekman in the back of the pen, is an easy matchup.
  21. BTS
    Who thinks they're dominant? Toronto has probably a 50-55% chance of winning. I was responding you using pythag as the basis for the opinion that the series should be an easy win.
  22. BTS
    your dumn
  23. BTS
    I don't really care what their pythag is, that's not a team anyone can expect to 'handle easily'. Their run differential was hurt by a lot of things: - Fielder playing most of the season with a bad neck - Choo being out most of the year - Darvish being out most of the year - Lewis, Holland, Perez, Griffin et all gas canning it up Now Fielder is gone, Choo and Darvish are back, and only one gas can will likely pitch in the series. Also, they've added Lucroy, Belltran, Gomez, and Jeffress. They're going to throw all star caliber starters out there in 4 of 5 games, and the only weak spot in their lineup is 1B: they're at least average in the other 8 spots. Looking at their pythag and determining that they should be easy to beat is really, really lazy.
  24. BTS
    I think the current arrangement hints at them using Hamels and Darvish twice. They're probably reluctant to use Darvish on 3 days rest, but starting with Hamels allows them to get two starts from each, with Hamels and his rubber arm the only one of the two to go on short rest. Or maybe they'll start Perez and Holland again and we can all laugh!
  25. BTS
    I don't understand why you'd focus on this when they absolutely dominated teams that were above 0.500. Is that less telling than a 0.500 record against sub-0.500 teams? I don't think there's any information be gleaned from the distribution of their wins, but your homer level has gone from its annoying baseline to off the charts.
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