Brownie19
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He's a 4th OFer guys. A good one. Why do we need 2 pages to come to this conclusion?
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I never understood how so many people missed what Billy Beane was doing. Billy Beane wasn't married to OBP.....he was simply looking for underrated value. He looked for skill sets that were grossly undervalued and underrated by the rest of baseball. During the Moneyball era - that was OBP. Over the past 3-4 years, it's been guys with big platoon splits...
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It's like the only games you've ever attended were on opening day...
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Go read your post again...it was self explanatory. Restaurants serve alcohol too....and kids are allowed in them.
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It was just a little tiring seeing people rip Sanchez all spring long while Norris walked on clouds like the guy on the Old Spice commercials. There's no evidence to suggest his struggles with control are at all related to this "dead arm" he's now claiming to have.....maybe it's causing it, but considering he's has significant issues with control in the minors - I'm not convinced. That all said - I do hope Norris figures out this dead arm thing and goes on to have a great year/career...as a Jays fan, a lot of the teams future really rides on that unfortunately. -
ban... Honestly man, a MLB game has to be one of the MOST family oriented sporting events you can attend.
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He's only hitting right handed???
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Shouldn't we have expected Norris to struggle with his command/control? Career BB/9 of like 4.0 in the minors. Everyone ripped on Sanchez all spring for his poor control (and rightfully so) while seemingly ignoring that Norris and his cool lifestyle, hipster van and handsome beard has the same flaw.
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Maybe a sign that says 'pay attention' would help...
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I have to say I never understood why people were so against the announcer being a homer. I grew up a White Sox fan (Thomas, Ventura, Durham, Black Jack, Bere, Fernandez, Thigpen.....awesome) and I always enjoyed Hawk. Although.....as I write this....all I can hear are the Jays announcers with a large slab of Russell Martin's wang in their mouth and it makes me want to punch something.....so perhaps I don't like homers after thinking about it. AAAwwwwww I hate hearing Buck and Pat assume that Jose is always talking to players about their hitting and about the game.........makes me furious. What a mess this post is.
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Yeah - that's a crazy 30 for 30 episode. The guy who was also reaching for the ball, but missed it must thank his lucky stars everyday.
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These 3 came to mind.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSFkhzpTnVU - Ankiel's throw home....runner doesn't dare test him. - Edmonds "the catch" - Wise saves Buehrle's perfect game We could do this for decades guys...so many amazing plays in baseball history. Jeter's flip (even if he was safe, what a play).
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Obviously a debate question, but off the top of my head, I go with Maddux, Pedro, Johnson. I'm bias though because: 1. Those are the guys I watched in my childhood. 2. I named my first born Maddux 1.56 and 1.63 ERA's in back to back seasons - then 2.20 era's in the middle of the steroid era? unreal.
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I'm not sure I'd compare him to one of the best 3 pitchers of all time - but that's just me.
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Well, I don't... That's really messed up. Super gay.
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I think we should get used to Martin not hitting. New league, new team and a track record that suggests he's more of a .230/.320/.400 hitter. I fully expect him to be borderline awful at the plate this year and think we'll see improvements next year... Thank god Gibby pulled the plug on him hitting 2nd quickly....I never understood how they thought that was a good fit. Now if only Gibby was smart enough to get Pompey out of the 2 hole.
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New artificial turf discussion thread
Brownie19 replied to Spoonovic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Surely they tested it... Is it going to cost them 20 or 30 points on their batting averages (a number which I think is insanely high) compared to what it would have on the old turf - or compared to what it would on natural grass. The goal has to be to try and replicate the speed of natural grass... And for all the hitters complaining, there will be the same # of pitcher applauding... -
New artificial turf discussion thread
Brownie19 replied to Spoonovic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
You mean in comparison to the teams that have triples and singles power? -
New artificial turf discussion thread
Brownie19 replied to Spoonovic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
could have/should have been singles on the "old turf" or on a standard grass infield? Isn't the intent to make it play more like grass (ie, much slower than the old turf)? -
Pretty sure we could have an entire thread dedicated to who stupid Buck is.
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There are other ways to implement a "win now mode" without sacrificing your ability to sustain success.... As a fan - I looking for sustained success, not a one year wonder. I realise it's difficult to keep looking long term and that sustaining success is challenging in the majors, but let's be honest - teams do it (St. Louis, SF, Boston, Angels, A's, TB - all have over the past 7-8 years)...and I could be wrong, but I don't think they achieve this by making short sighted decisions to sacrifice the development of their top young players to try and win in a particular year. Just my thoughts.
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Exactly....and whether pitching out of the pen delays their development as a starting pitcher which is significantly more valuable to the team than relief pitchers are.....oh and there's the possibility relieving for a couple of years before trying to transition back to a starter may significantly increase their chance of injury. and...well...never mind.
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For once - I agree with you. I don't put Estrada in the same discussion with Hendrick or Redmond
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Mmm. You present an interesting dilemma. They each seemingly have a legitimate claim to the ball, and yet the ball can have only one rightful owner. Quite the conundrum. As a federal employee, I believe the law is all we have. It's all that separates us from the savages who don't deserve even the privilege of the daily mail. Stuffing parcels into mailboxes where they don't belong!!...But I have made a decision. We will cut the ball down the middle, and give half to Castro and half to Norris.
