Jump to content
Jays Centre
  • Create Account

John_Havok

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    21,482

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    29

 Content Type 

Profiles

Toronto Blue Jays Videos

2026 Toronto Blue Jays Top Prospect Rankings

Toronto Blue Jays Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Toronto Blue Jays Fan Guides & Resources

2025 Toronto Blue Jays Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Toronto Blue Jays News, Rumors & Analysis

2026 Toronto Blue Jays Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by John_Havok

  1. John_Havok
    I feel honoured. My thread got copy/pasted to the MLB forum.
  2. John_Havok
    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
  3. John_Havok
    Holy s***. Not only did he imply that closers are more indefensible than starters, he used Valverde as his example....
  4. John_Havok
    Yeah they ball flying out of there today. Buxton was a HR shy of the cycle
  5. John_Havok
    What can I tell you? It's been that way since the early 1990's so....
  6. John_Havok
    haha, my fiancée's work computer. Don't really have the choice.
  7. John_Havok
    Well I don't use chrome or firefox so I guess that fix won't apply to me. Rats.
  8. John_Havok
  9. John_Havok
    Do you have a link to the article or video where he argued this? I'd love a good laugh
  10. John_Havok
    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.
  11. John_Havok
    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....
  12. John_Havok
    You really need to stop listening to Pat Tabler.
  13. John_Havok
    IN baseball terms.. yes.
  14. John_Havok
    I had his number blocked the minute he called about acquiring J.A Happ.
  15. John_Havok
    Jesus man, 1330 posts in just over a week? Do you ever leave the house?
  16. John_Havok
    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.
  17. John_Havok
    So is logical thought, progressive thinking and the ability to make an argument using said skills.
  18. John_Havok
    Oh I know, I'm really just arguing against the "it's been that way since 1900 so it must be right" point that metallijay is trying to throw out there. Heck, we used to build things from asbestos since the early 1900's too, sure glad we learned how stupid that was. I wonder how the NFL would look right now without the forward pass.... or basketball without dunking? Sure glad those other sports were able to get past the "it's been this way since X date" garbage line of thinking.
  19. John_Havok
    And your #3 hitter comes up the most times with nobody on base and 2 outs. In reality, lineup construction really matters very little. And making the argument that " it's been that way since the beginning of the 1900's" doesn't mean it's right.
  20. John_Havok
    Well in the absence of a real leadoff hitter, I have no issues with Melky hitting leadoff with Jose and Edwin right behind him. what I would love even more is Lind to keep up his hitting so he could hit third between Jose and Edwin against RHP until Reyes comes back. Against LHP, I would probably move him lower to 5th or 6th.
  21. John_Havok
    85 wins would probably be a bad scenario. you'd then have AA selling more of the farm to get even older players who will then go on to underperform.
  22. John_Havok
    I think the goal has to be far simpler. For the hitters, have good plate appearances. Make the opposing pitchers work to get you out. You do that and they will start throwing you hittable pitches. For the pitchers, trust your stuff and make them hit their way on instead of issuing free passes. That's where I would start the speech. After that, just talk about winning the game and series you are playing. If you win series' you start to avoid those 3+ game losing streaks that just cannot happen if you want to contend
  23. John_Havok
    Scutaro probably has one of the best contact swings in the game. He very rarely swings through a pitch without getting wood on it.
  24. John_Havok
    Hey, as long as he doesn't strike out a ton and maintains his line drive stroke, a 5-8% walk rate will do just fine.
  25. John_Havok
    AS soon as he can throw his fastball for strikes consistently, I would agree. He has a very good slider but it doesn't play if he can't locate his fastball at all. That was his big problem when he was up with the Jays last year.
×
×
  • Create New...