John_Havok
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I don't see how they can miss the playoffs with their division being so absolutely awful. I don't think they can out-tank the bottom feeders even if they trade Lowry now.
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Raptors Tank nation is on life support. 4 straight wins including beating Indiana when the Raps where on the second night of a back to back, the last few games have actually not been agony to watch.
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Dan Shaughnessy and BBWAA are a joke.
John_Havok replied to Angrioter's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
It would be really admirable of him to point this out as a negative, if he didn't spend the rest of his article being a prime example of it. -
He did throw all his pitches in all locations, it was just easier for him since he only threw one pitch
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Will Gibbons be the Manager on Opening Day 2014?
John_Havok replied to oakville69's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
There's nothing on that old board other than dj dumbass stroking his own ego every 5 minutes, it's a cesspool of blissful ignorance. -
Have to be willing/able to throw all pitches in multiple locations or a pitcher would be way too predictable.
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Will be interesting to see how you come up with numbers on a change up, considering speed is very important, but its importance is tied to how much slower it is than the pitcher's fastball.
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Yes. In 2007 the BBWAA expanded it's membership to allow "full-time baseball writers who work for websites that are credentialed by MLB for post-season coverage." No bloggers allowed. Read all the fun stuff here: http://bbwaa.com/constitution/
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And the way it started out was writers in each baseball city were given votes because way back in the day, writers only really followed their own teams around, national exposure was just nowhere near the level it is today. And you never lose you vote, so the 80 year old dinosaurs that haven't covered baseball in 20 years still get to vote. It's too bad Stephen Brunt gave up his vote years ago knowing the controversy that the steroid era would cause, he'd be a guy I'd really like to hear from about all this
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I like it too, but when you put something like this out there and then end with "I won’t pretend my ballot is perfect. No ballot is perfect. All voters can do is take their best shot every year. And then try again." .... You're basically saying " I have a vote for the HOF and I can be as retarded as I want to be every year since nobody can really tell me I'm wrong."
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"In recent years, I have not voted for any first-timers, using my ballot as a form of protest, a way to distinguish players from the Steroid Era (however undefined it might be) from the greats of the past." Hate s*** like this... Just vote for who you think should be in, it's really a joke that writers like him feel the need to add their own ego to the voting
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it's more the fault of the 10 vote limit rather than the criteria as he explains in his other article
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Provides accompanying article explaining his thought processes
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The one and only Masahiro Tanaka posting and bidding thread
John_Havok replied to SAAviour's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
No chance AA lands Tanaka. AA clearly has no ability to function in the free agent pitching market and this is basically that. I'm sure he put in the 20 million posting fee, and throw out some wacky offer that is less than 5 years and low on money because that's what the Jays "value" on him will be, which will be nowhere even close to market value. -
AA will probably send him through waivers right away anyways since this, once again puts the Jays at a full 40 man roster.
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Yeah I know what you mean. But my point is, if you're okay with Ozzie being in the hall and he's a guy who's value was defense only (and legitimately the best ever defensively), then logically you value defense, and Jones was legitimately elite defensively while also providing big value with the bat and doing it for a decade before injuries derailed him. When you compare jones to McCutcheon, you see Cutch with a decent edge with the bat, but very inferior defensively.
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Jones was never linked to steroids, so why does he get suspicion on him?
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I think Jones is going to suffer from the fact that he played so long after his elite years at a far lower level due to injury. To me, there's no question he was a hall of fame talent in his peak years.
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How do you feel about Ozzie Smith in the hall? Just curious as his HOF credentials are essentially all defense.
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ESPN insider - Fixing Surprising Team weaknesses
John_Havok replied to leaffie's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
If AA wanted Neil Walker in return for Lind, his price for Bautista would probably start with Trout... -
Who is the Jays #1 Top Prospect Going Into 2014?
John_Havok replied to admin's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
The definition of top prospect is subjective, each person has their own views and opinion. Heck, even all the big publications and people within them have different opinions. That's now Nay ends up #3 on one list and not even top 10 on another -
This could be taken horribly wrong.
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Wait till he tries to explain what an "uphill gardener" is...
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Good. Start dropping the hammer.
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Davidi: Jays looking at "in house options"
John_Havok replied to G-Snarls's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
This, unfortunately, became very obvious about the same time those "Pittsburgh called Toronto about Lind and Alex asked for Neil Walker - at which point Huntington fell over laughing, called AA a troll and hung up." That's not say that AA shouldn't be trying to get the maximum back for any player, when you value your own platoon DH as worth something equal to a 2.5-3 WAR 2b, you're going to be stuck with your "in-house" options every time.
