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Geez. I'm sorry I answered the questions you litteraly asked rather than try to makes sense of whatever your thought process is. I'll know to ignore you from now on. Replace Sierra with an OF. Swap Kratz out for one of the relievers. Use ANY of the 2B to backup 3B (Getz if you must have the one with the most 3B experience). All problems solved. I don't know what was so hard to understand about that. -
Legal concepts don't even enter the discussion. This is the corporate world where you can do whatever you want. The NBA is within its rights to kick out an owner if it doesn't like the look of his face it it wants. It just comes down to what creates more controversy, keeping the owner or kicking him out. The NBA isn't part of Government, it's not part of the legal system, it's not accountable to anyone. It doesn't even have shareholders to answer to (although some ownership groups would on their own). What's fair doesn't even enter the discussion. It was fine with this guy as long as the negative attention he attracted was constrained to insiders. Went this went viral, they had a problem on their hands and they just dealt with it. The fact that the evidence was obtained in a bogus way, the fact that it's not entirely fair to the ******* doesn't diminish the size of the scandal so it doesn't really matter. To paraphrase Peter Dinklage, if you're looking for justice in the corporate world, you've come to the wrong place.
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People still read Sports Illustrated?
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Like I said. The whole thing was Cole's fault anyways. He acts like a man and nothing happens.
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#TeamMaicer2015
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Yeah it's a pretty defensible move once you break and down and consider all the factors. a. Familiarity with the hitting instructor and manager. b. Success so far this season (albeit it's only 18 games). c. Comparable career stats to other options. d. 40 man roster spot easy enough to open. There's really nothing wrong with Getz per say. It's the overall state of the position that is abysmal.
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Racists usually don't have any problem making money off the labour or other races. Heck, he might have even preffered to be making his money that way.
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Yeah it's impressively decisive. I'm just not sure how they are going to justify it other than saying "we knew he was a jerk all along and put up with it but when the media asks for a pound of flash, godammit the NBA delivers".
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Not sure how to interpret your comment. Are you saying the discrepancy was too small?
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I meant that he got off easy in the court of public opinion. All the focus seemed to be Gomez who is justifiably a lightning rod but Cole was being pretty childish.
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AnemicOffense is gonna rage and he'll probably have a point. The NBA was fine with him being a total racist when it was less well know. All it cares about is the media firestorm not the fact that he's a vile character. It's media justice but at the same time, it's hard to cry for the *******.
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Gerrit Cole got off pretty easy. He's the one who provoked the damn incident. Not sure what Snider did wrong other than defend himself in a melee and get sucker punched to boot.
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A. I think Getz has played the most 3B of them all although any of them could probably handle it. With Lawrie healthy and Bautista able to play there in an extreme pinch, I fail to see why this is relevant. B. The best option to hit LHP isn't in AA, the best option is Kratz. If it's so important to have someone who can do it, the bench should be expanded to allow for Kratz and a backup OF.
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That's what I'm starting to suspect. I was under the lingering impression that Kawasaki had better number than he does, I guess it's because JFaS champions him. Goins has the lowest floor but otherwise there's not much to choose from.
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... and Gomez probably said something far worse except it was in Spanish and Snider couldn't understand.
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I was just looking for the statistical argument for Kawasaki and to my surprise I didn't find it. Fangraphs has Getz at 1.2 wins over 449 games (0.00267 per game) and Kawasaki at 0.3 over 160 games (0.00188 per game). Normally, I wouldn't advocate making personnel decisions based on who's hot in a small minor league sample but in this case should we really have a problem with it? Other than the fact that you had to open up a 40 man spot (at the cost of an inconsequential player) for Getz, I don't really see the argument against him.
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I think that if something like Shields/Myers trade had been on the table, Price would have already been moved.
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You make it sound like the Rays traded Kazmir for Zambrano but it was the other way around, the Rays traded Zambrano (Victor) to the Mets for Kazmir.
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If it does turn out to be Getz, you'd have to think he's being lobbied for by one of his former Royals coaches, either Gibbons really likes him or Seitzer thinks he can fix him (sigh). The only way Getz makes sense is a speed off the bench guy but that pushes Diaz into an everyday role not to mention that Mastroianni could just as easily be the speed off the bench guy while also doing both of Sierra's jobs (backup OF, RH bat) more competently.
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Holly s***. I had missed it.
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I don't understand why'd you want to keep Francisco on the team. It's nice that he did well in a small sample size but that doesn't justify re-assessing hit talent level nor does it justify wasting a roster spot on a backup LH DH.
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Yeah but what are they waiting for? Why did Mastroiani have to get reps in the minors in the first place? He's an established CF. The perfect time to sneak Sierra through was when Masto was added to the roster. They wouldn't have had to DFA Wilson if they had done that. All signs indicate that sneaking Sierra through waivers isn't the plan. The plan is to continue to give him chances until he gets hot (which is bound to happen if they wait long enough but doesn't really mean anything in the bigger picture).
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AA: Jays need to upgrade at the 5th starter and 2B spot
KingKat replied to TDotttt2005's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Wow. That's pretty sobering. -
Sierra's presence in the majors makes even less sense now that Mastroianni is in the fold. Mastroianni can do both of Sierra's jobs, backup OF and right-handed hitter off the bench, and be much better at the former and probably no worse at the later. Ideally, Kratz would be the main right-handed hitter with Gose or Mastroianni in a more limited role but if you must have one player to do be both backup OF and right-handed hitter, Mastroianni is the better option over Sierra and the terminally slumping Pillar.
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Infographic Showing Every MLB Parks' Dimensions
KingKat replied to walkoff93's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
You could argue that the dimensions in baseball are limitless. Theoretically, as long as your ball is between the foul poles, it is fair, even it it goes all the way to China. There is also no theoretical limit on the time of a game. A tie game could theoretically go on for years. Baseball is infinite both in time and space.
