John_Havok

An excerpt from the Buffalo game recap: "Power…in the form of Mauro Gomez as the slugger launched a three-run opposite field home run in the eighth inning that gave Buffalo the lead. And then even more power from closer Neil Wagner, who hit 101 mph on the Louisville Slugger Field in-stadium radar gun, in picking up his 10th save of the season."

This thread and it's contents are the property of bluejaysmessageboard.com and me, John_Havok. Any re-threading, rebroadcasting, written accounts or descriptions of this thread is strictly prohibited, without the express written consent of bluejaysmessageboard.com and my ballsack. W - (v) Buffalo 5, Louisville 4 SP Claudio Vargas 6 IP, 2 ER on 7 hits, 2 BB, 3 K Jeffress 0.1 IP, 2 ER on 3 hits, 2 BB Carlyle 1.2 IP, 1 K Wagner 1 IP, 1 hit, 1 K, save(10) Gose, 1-4, walk, run, 3 K Sierra 2-5, RBI, run, 3K L. Jimenez 1-3, walk, 2 runs Gomez 3-4, 3-run HR Thole 1-3, walk, RBI LaRoche 1-4 New Hampshire did not play. L - (v) Dunedin 2, Fort Myers 6 SP Aaron Sanchez 5 IP, 3 ER on 3 hits, 4 BB, 1 K Antolin 0.2 IP, 1ER on 1 hit, 1BB, 1K Davis 0.2 IP, 1K Grifantini 0.1 IP, 2ER on 2 hits, 1BB Gracey 1.1 IP, 1 hit, 1 K Berti 2-5, 2 SB(19) Burns 2-3, walk, RBI, CS(6) Talley, 1-4 AJ Jimenez 1-3 Mooney 1-2, 2 walks, run Chung 1-3, walk Newman 2-3, walk, RBI, run W - (h) Lansing 5, Great Lakes 0 SP Daniel Norris 4 IP, 1 hit, 3 walks, 5 K Ghysels 2 IP, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 K Kadish 2 IP, 4 K Sikula 1 IP, 3 K Pompey, 0-3, walk, run, SB(9) Smith Jr, 1-2, 2 walks, run Lopes 0-3, walk, run Fuenmayor 1-4 Sweeney 3-4, 2 RBI, CS(1) Guerrero 1-3, 2 RBI Havok's performance of the day goes to Mauro Gomez

A little. You'd think MLB would be able to find a sweatshop a little closer to home. Maybe angrioter has a few dozen cousins that could use some work.

Well high school picks are far more of a crapshoot than any other pick since they are far more raw in their skillsets, so even the most optimistic results from a high school oriented draft philosophy will yield few results, bad luck or not

Just yahoo. it should tell you there's a trade proposed when you go to set your lineup. I wrote the details in the note for opposing owner

You had a chance to mull that trade offer in FC?

Agreed that it's not all on the drafting philosophy. The player development hasn't been there either with regards to the hit tool, basic base running, basic fundamentals like hitting the cutoff man, when to throw home or hen to throw to 2nd to keep the the guy at first, how to bunt...

The NCAA would love that though the low minors of baseball would really suffer

It's games like today that keep guys like Boni employed. He showed every tool today and there's no doubting his physical talents. Unfortunately those talents are extremely inconsistant

I feel honoured. My thread got copy/pasted to the MLB forum.

Interesting. And here's a link for anyone curious http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/chicago-cubs-sign-anthony-rizzo-to-long-term-extension-jed-hoyer-theo-epstein-051213

Holy s***. Not only did he imply that closers are more indefensible than starters, he used Valverde as his example....

Yeah they ball flying out of there today. Buxton was a HR shy of the cycle

What can I tell you? It's been that way since the early 1990's so....

haha, my fiancée's work computer. Don't really have the choice.

Well I don't use chrome or firefox so I guess that fix won't apply to me. Rats.

Do you have a link to the article or video where he argued this? I'd love a good laugh

I don't think it's dumb. Just unwilling to be open minded. Save yourself the headache and IL the guy like I just did. You'll feel about 20-25 baseball IQ points come right back to you.

Oy. So this is how the scholars felt back in the dark ages when they tried to educate people that the world wasn't flat....

You really need to stop listening to Pat Tabler.

IN baseball terms.. yes.

I had his number blocked the minute he called about acquiring J.A Happ.

Jesus man, 1330 posts in just over a week? Do you ever leave the house?

You pigeonholed the #2 hitter on the team. He must be X. He cannot be anything else. He must be X. So therefore, if you aren't X, you can't hit in the # 2 spot. There is no room for any other way of thinking. Yep, I'm the one dismissing other ideas and progressive thinking and logic.