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  1. John_Havok
    I'm glad you brought that up, because I think it's completely hypocritical of the mlb establishment to glorify the best closer but downplay the best DH's like Edgar Martinez. About Ortiz, I don't think he'll make it to 500 and won't get in.
  2. John_Havok
    It wasn't an argument defending the procedure, just pointing out the silver lining for the Rangers.
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    Don't get me wrong, he's an incredibly talented relief pitcher, the best at his position ever. But his position isn't anywhere near as important as it's made out to be, so excelling a t that position doesn't really make me feel that he should be mentioned with the greatest players to ever play the game. He's a guy who couldn't even cut it as a back of the rotation starter. A one pitch, one trick pony only good for 70 IP per year. Exceptionally good for those 70 innings, but still doe ant warrant mention as one of the greatest players to ever play the game.
  4. John_Havok
    And if they win they'll have only burned 1 SP, before the wildcard. The team that loses the first game, say they win the second game, they'll have burned two starters before they even get to the wildcard game, and 3 guys if they win the Wildcard. Not exactly prime going into game 1 of the next round with your # 4 guy
  5. John_Havok
    Sure he does. Any late inning reliever would have an automatic advantage in WPA since they largely only pitch the 9th inning. It's one of the largest flaws of WPA in regards to closers.
  6. John_Havok
    When did people in the minority who are questioning the majority opinion and challenging a century of traditionalist thought process considered sheep? The irony is incredible.
  7. John_Havok
    I think it's pretty retarded myself, but the again I also think closers are completely overrated In general and therefore being the best at an extremely overrated position shouldn't even be a consideration for the hall of fame. I just think this is another example of the Yankee bias that runs rampant through MLB as a whole. If he pitched his career in Houston and puts up similar numbers, no chance he gets anywhere close to the recognition or respect he gets now. May as well start putting in the best career bench players and pinch hitters too.
  8. John_Havok
    From the article I read, they were saying that Cubans would be allowed to play in the Mexican league, but made no mention of MLB or other minor leagues. Should maybe wait for more details on this.
  9. John_Havok
    Seems to make perfect sense to me. The team with the best combined record between the three teams chooses what they want, the team with the second best record chooses what they want and the team with the third best record doesn't get a choice and only 1 chance to advance. What would be an alternative? Round robin style and runs for and against used to determine any tie breakers?
  10. John_Havok
    More sounds like people think AA should be listening to fans wants and making decisions based on them. The reality is if a GM listens to fans, he becomes a fan. This isn't excusing or defending AA's bad decisions or the organization's poor talent evaluation, but let's face it, the majority of fans really have no idea how s***** JPA is. Sure they see a low batting average and realize he's not perfect, but 20 HR excuses a lot for the masses. The vocal minority is just that, a minority.
  11. John_Havok
    That last part is about the only thing in this thread that made any sense. There was a article written on fangraphs the other day stating how the A's are succeeding again these past few years. Basically it boiled down to them not having a lot of overall strengths, but rather that they have a collection of players without any glaring weaknesses.
  12. John_Havok
    Do you honestly think that AA gives one flying s*** about what any fan thinks and made any personnel decisions based on it? If you do, you're as delusional as JPA about his productivity
  13. John_Havok
    #getoffmylawn!...damnkids
  14. John_Havok
    #allthecoolkidsdo
  15. John_Havok
    Guaranteed JPA wouldn't kand a blow #swingandamiss
  16. John_Havok
    Isn't it Mario Mendoza? C'mon man let's not sink the credibility of this thing by making basic errors.
  17. John_Havok
    Get him a good platoon partner with some semblance of defensive usefulness and you'd have something pretty good.
  18. John_Havok
    99 and painting the corners, that's nasty with a side of filthy and topped with holy s***.
  19. John_Havok
    Of course. Just a wacky stadium all around. Severely pitcher friendly to LH pull hitters, severely hitter friendly to RH pull hitters
  20. John_Havok
    330 wall scraper that would be just a routine fly out in Fenway. It's a good thing park factors exist to tell us that A season of those fly balls in Boston would be less valuable than those in Toronto or Yankee stadium.
  21. John_Havok
    Triple shy of the cycle for Gose! Really hope he gets another AB to go for it
  22. John_Havok
    Not at all but it would be nice if that optimism was based on something other than an argument that pretty much boils down to " well I haven't seen him fail yet, so he obviously has a a real chance at being good"
  23. John_Havok
    After reading the article and finding out that JPA refused a cortisone s*** or his knee and has been playing hurt all year yet somehow thinking he deserves credit for doing so, I've come to the conclusion that he is bordering on delusional. Athletes and sports people in general really need to get away from the mentality that playing hurt and performing terribly is something that should be seen as a positive. Who cares of you're playing hurt, you're f***ing up the team with your hero attitude. This belief that playing hurt is somehow putting the team first is ********, people play hurt because they want to be seen as "heroic" and pass it off as being a team guy, when in reality it's the ultimate selfish act. If you really wanted to help the team when you're hurt to the point that you should be on the DL as part of your treatment, you would go on the f***ing DL so that someone who isn't hitting and catching like Helen Keller can come in and actually help the team, rather than putting up practically the worst season in the history of the entire game.
  24. John_Havok
    Moreno is very hands on in LA for the Angels, though I'm not sure it approaches this alleged degree of tyranny in Miami
  25. John_Havok
    And Tabata singles to break up the no hitter in the 7th.
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