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  1. Dick_Pole
    I don't feel bad for him. I don't dislike most of Gibbons moves within the bullpen, but I hate that he takes the starters out too early. Sanchez and Stroman I can understand. Trying to protect their arms. Liriano is a vet. 104 pitches. 10 K's through 6. He was killing it in that game. Let him get to 120 pitches to see if he can get into the 8th. I don't see the advantage to putting in Cecil in that situation over Liriano, although it worked out well so maybe it isn't the best example. But he did the same thing against New York. Liriano gets auto-pulled at 100 pitches and at the time the game was only 3-0. I pull my hair out at these instances. I hate to be that douche but if Liriano pitches into the 8th yesterday maybe Grilli doesn't get into the game and Osuna gives up a game-tying instead of game-winning home run? Yeah, Liriano could have easily s*** the bed after giving up two singles in the 7th but I find those instances to be less irritating.
  2. Dick_Pole
    More morbid thoughts....but with the speed they were going at and the surface they landed on...there's probably no shortage of errrr....DNA on those rocks. Find out who landed where along with the trajectory of the boat, do some simple math and you know the approximate position of everyone on board.
  3. Dick_Pole
    There might be some advanced forensics/Sherlock Holmes type of s*** they can do to measure the trajectory of the bodies and work backwards to find out who was manning the wheel. f***, that previous sentence I just wrote sounded so morbid.
  4. Dick_Pole
    This story is very strange. It went from "it's a boat owned by someone else and he was not the operator" to "the boat is his, and we don't know who the operator was".
  5. Dick_Pole
    Another thing to add I guess is that this point is moot anyways. If a fairly progressive baseball crowd like the one on here is split on this topic, the BBWAA vote would probably max out at 10% support for him, assuming the minimum service time clause gets waived. That would do more to dishonour him in my view, rather than come up with some alternative remembrance in the HOF as proposed by others here. The good thing is that at least he has been a good player with such a s*** organization. He'll get topic honors and recognition from the Marlins that'll last decades. As opposed to being a Yankee where he'd get lost in the crowd.
  6. Dick_Pole
    Totally get what you mean. But is it fair to just assume he would have had a career at least the length of Koufax and let him in anyways? There are certainly no easy answers here but I'd still be firmly in the "no" camp. It's the Hall of Fame, not the Hall of coulda shoulda woulda Fame if the cards somehow fell a bit differently. If people wish for him to be in, it has to be purely on the merit of his accomplishments. Dominant performance, but only over 470 IP.
  7. Dick_Pole
    No offense, but no. 470 career IP. Plenty of examples already given ITT. Doc Gooden being my fav. Gooden's numbers blow his out of the water in his first two years covering Jose's IP. I know Fernandez had higher K/9 but he also wasn't "burdened" with having to pitch 270 IP in a year. Let's say he doesn't die. Let's say he breaks his leg. He's out for over a year and once he comes back he isn't the same pitcher and has a pretty mediocre career. Do people still call for his induction then? I understand people have sentiment and this story is fresh in everyone's minds and it's particularly tragic. But to get into the HOF you have to have one part talent, one part longevity and one part luck. If baseball re-examines his case then they should go back and re-examine every case where someone was dominant over a very short time frame then for whatever reason didn't last. Gooden, Lincecum and Prior being just three of them.
  8. Dick_Pole
    I don't expect money to be an issue for the family, though they definitely aren't going to see nearly as much as they could have. They'll be taken care of either officially or unofficially. Maybe someone like TheHurl or another person who has a pretty good knowledge of the CBA can chime in. But it just seems natural to have some kind of standard life insurance policy. I mean, even us working class slobs who have family members in unions get some decent pensions in these types of scenarios. I would expect it moreso from the MLBPA.
  9. Dick_Pole
    For all the s*** Gibbons takes on this forum, he certainly made the right calls today.
  10. Dick_Pole
    Nice job Royals. Finally that useless team comes in handy.
  11. Dick_Pole
    http://www.fangraphs.com/coolstandings.aspx The Jays are back up to an 88.2% probability of making the playoffs. The Yankees are down to 0.1% and were around 3% or 4% at the start of this series. Let's rob them of that final 0.1% today
  12. Dick_Pole
    If you're going to speculate at least make sure you have the facts straight first...f***. Now I could be wrong but the fact that they said "the boater" was familiar with the area instead of using Fernandez's name, that he was not the boater.
  13. Dick_Pole
    Only he knows for sure, but if you were to line up a bunch of 37 year old players with approximately the same skill level, I would choose him as the most likely to take that course of action.
  14. Dick_Pole
    If that's the best Jose can do, I would take a guess that his ego is big enough to accept the QO and try to deliver a big season next year to up his value. I can also see him doing a Cespedes-type of deal, for much less money of course.
  15. Dick_Pole
    Nothing good can come out of debating/arguing whose death is more tragic than the other. It's all bad news. This one reminds me of the first time I ever heard of active baseball players dying. A boating accident killing two Cleveland pitchers in the early 90's.
  16. Dick_Pole
    A slap hitting catcher with absolutely no power and some speed (we know that skill will have a short time limit for his position). He's basically a second chance at A.J. Jimenez before he got injured. I'm not sure how much time I'd want to invest in trying to make him a starter, especially if he has an MLB-level defensive skill set at a position of need next year.
  17. Dick_Pole
    Should be an auto-ban for this defeatist attitude. If the Jays are within three of Boston by the series in Fenway, they pretty much would have to have locked up WC1 anyways. Die Red Sox Die.
  18. Dick_Pole
    Aren't the Jays grooming McGuire for the role next year? Although it wouldn't be a bad idea to secure another back up in case he isn't ready.
  19. Dick_Pole
    Magic numbers (number of combined games the Jays need to win and their opponents need to lose to clinch a playoff spot): KCR - 2 NYY - 5 HOU - 6 SEA - 7 BAL - 8 DET - 9 With 9 games left it looks very doable
  20. Dick_Pole
    Interesting situation for Cleveland. If they split the first two games against Detroit they probably have the division wrapped up (if not before then). Does Cleveland then take it easy the final two games given a. they can get their players well rested and b. knowing how well they have played against Detroit, they give them a bit of help to get them into the playoffs?
  21. Dick_Pole
    The only thing that sucks is that he threw 100 pitches. Would have really liked him to pitch another inning or two.
  22. Dick_Pole
    Highly unlikely, but in any other year it would be even less likely. This might be the best chance we have in our lifetime to witness a 4-way tiebreaker for WC2. Plus a tiebreaker in the NL as well. At least one tie breaker would be nice....as long as the Jays have WC1.
  23. Dick_Pole
    So a two-way tie for WC2 gets played Monday. A three-way tie and they have to improvise the schedule. And a four-way tie and the league probably says f*** it and just gives WC1 the win Regardless of how the Jays fair in all of this, that would be pretty cool as a baseball fan to see how a multiple tie breaker scenario plays out.
  24. Dick_Pole
    Boston's done excessively well this month. Even if the Jays went a respectable 11-8 instead of a disastrous 7-12 they are still 1.5 games behind. So I wouldn't call it letting the division "slip away". If they fall out of the WC race, yes that would have been tossed away.
  25. Dick_Pole
    I'd love to see the Jays win WC1 and a three way tie for WC2
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