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Jays 2021/22 General Off-Season Discussion
John_Havok replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Or ever again really. Sure, some individuals might have good years again, but all at the same time on same team... you can never plan on that. -
Word Crimes is top shelf also
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Glad we’re on the same page. So many equate racism with anything that even mentions race and it drives me nuts
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No it’s not. Racism is attaching negative connotation to race. Making an extremely intelligent joke centered around 2 Japanese men who are leaping out of a supply closet in an attempt to surprise someone while saying “Supplies” is another level of genius.
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Best joke in whole movie is when the two Asian guys jumped out of the broom closet and yelled “Supplies!”
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WORLD SERIES!!! Best of 7 GDST: Braves @ Stros
John_Havok replied to Spanky__99's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Meh, for those of us in the west, these start times are perfect. The east can suck donkey nuts. -
Makes sense I guess. I just wonder why they’d do that with a SS who didn’t obviously need to move….seems that sentencing a kid to a life of knee problems would be the last thing you want unless it’s the last option. Catchers move slowest through the minors for the most part due the defensive rigors of the position
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You’ve taken 1 giant step up in my books for that reference. Extremely underrated comedy that was just ahead of its time
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WORLD SERIES!!! Best of 7 GDST: Braves @ Stros
John_Havok replied to Spanky__99's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Probably, but likely not from Atlanta. They’re too smart to overpay for a 3 week hot streak when they guy is average or below at this point in his career. Guaranteed the Padres sign him for 20 million. -
I don’t think they deal in absolutes, they’re just making decisions in a given situation where the numbers dictate they should do something, and truthfully, the only alternative is the managers gut feeling. And let’s not pretend that the aces and a lot of #2s in baseball are still given lots of leeway in when they are taken out. It’s usually the mid and backend guys that get yanked earlier because they already have a larger degree of drop off in results as the game wears on. I think the real issue here is that people have rosy memories about “that guy” who gutted out that one start even though he was getting hit around, never gave up a run and went as far as he could before the pen took over with the bases loaded and that guy came in and put out the fire. It was tense, gut wrenching, so emotional. Emotional memories are far more powerful than the ones that aren’t accompanied by that. That’s why fans in general don’t like blowout playoff games in any sport, they like low scoring tense games because they form more vivid and emotional memories.
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WORLD SERIES!!! Best of 7 GDST: Braves @ Stros
John_Havok replied to Spanky__99's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Really hope Houston wins so all the wankers who bitch and moan about cheating from 5 years ago cry for a month. -
Sort of. There was a zone that had baby seals in it and PETA staged an in game fight to prevent those seals from being killed in order to protest real world seal hunting
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What’s arbitrary about it? That would imply there’s no data to support why they remove the starters earlier than they used to, which is not the case. It’s never arbitrary
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Dunno. Any of the basic scouting reports from 2016 IFA sheets says pretty much the same thing.. he was a MIF who is transitioning to catcher, has a great arm and athletic build. They never really went into why he was moving positions.
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I don't see the need really. How would losing the DH after the SP is pulled incentivize finding starters than can go longer? There's already clear evidence that virtually EVERY pitcher gets worse the more times through the order they go. I'd be willing to bet decent amounts of money that even the best aces in baseball have a statistically significant dropoff in results the 3rd time through the order. Pitchers won't just suddenly be able to go deeper in games because the DH spot goes missing when they're pulled. Look at the NL who doesn't even have a DH, SP get yanked all the time in prime scoring opportunities mid-game for a pinch hitter because scoring at that time is more important that the pitcher coming back out for the 6th inning to get 3 more outs that he might labour through.
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Didn't realize there was a problem. If only there was some way to prove that the longer you leave a pitcher in the game, the worse his results get. It's unfortunate this kind of information isn't readily available to the masses because if it was it may lead to a better understanding of the game.
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f*** I love Donaldson…
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Fan bases all over the world have chants or actions that others view as dumb but the home fans love. That's what makes sports teams home stadiums, rinks, etc unique and memorable.
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Some professional hockey writer guy says they should trade Marner for Matthew Tkachuk + stuff. Genius level writing
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They don't have a home rink yet, so their schedule is a bit of a clusterf***.
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"He may have been moved from the INF to C due to strong arm and build, before his bat exploded." Or he was moved because he couldn't catch a grounder and his range was ass. Hard to say really but even when he was signed at 16 he was already being converted to catcher.
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Start calling it the "PETA Sucks Pen"
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Where does the term bullpen in baseball come from? Latecomers to ball games in the late 19th century were cordoned off into standing-room areas in foul territory. Because the fans were herded like cattle, this area became known as the "bullpen", a designation which was later transferred over to the relief pitchers who warmed up there. And now you know.
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Jays 2021/22 General Off-Season Discussion
John_Havok replied to Ryu In My House's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
But just to add to the casual fan head explosion experience when they do both leave… Semien and Ray just won a couple of Players Choice awards, Semien won the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award given to a player who inspires others to higher levels of achievement (beating Andrew Miller and Max Scherzer) and Ray won the AL Outstanding Pitcher over Lance Lynn and Gerrit Cole. -
Interesting. Bob Melvin is going to the Padres to be their manager, even though Oakland had picked up his 2022 team option. Padres then signed him to a 3 year deal, and no compensation going back to the Athletics. Weird that Oakland would allow the Padres to interview, and then hire him in a lateral move and not get compensation when he’s under contract isn’t it?
