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That guy can't even get quitting right.

Why are you even here? I thought we finally saw the last of you after you flushed yourself down the toilet.

Was this a case of a horrible man who hated all people equally or a completely unearned reputation? I haven't read this book either and wonder what type of conclusion it came to.

Well for starters you are constantly calling Brownie and myself homers. I love how you frame a simple internet debate as "attacking" other posters if we disagree with someone else's opinion. It sounds like if a poster thinks this is a solid team that has underperformed yet don't see the need for drastic moves this means you should be constantly chided about being a homer. You can go ahead and point out where I refuse to debate or discuss criticism of the front office where it's warranted. If I don't agree with some of the criticism and *gasp* formulate a different opinion than what has been presented in front of me why should that lead to a constant series of attacks from the likes of you? Like it or not there are going to be different opinions on this message board, and most of us here are very knowledgeable and don't just spout nonsense without applying some kind of logic behind it. This may come as a surprise to you but we are free to have our own opinions and to share them without the likes of you chiding us for not blindly following along with the overwhelming negativity that permeates this place when the team is struggling. There is a difference between thinking that this front office has mostly made solid moves in the buildup of this team, and there is no need to start running around like chickens with our heads cut off when the team is failing to live up to the pre-season expectations.

So basically you are saying that it's perfectly fine for you to go around calling other posters names and getting up in their faces about how their opinions are incorrect, but at the same time you pretend you are some sort of righteous crusade against this exact type of behavior? I'm honestly not surprised in the least, good thing you are so readily showing your true colors and exposed the giant façade all on your own.

Yeah I realized that after the fact. It was still a glorious burn in the moment though and you'll never take that away from me.

Wait a minute, not all wives are nags? Well that changes everything.

Edwin is another relevant Jays example as he also experienced a breakout in his age 29 season.

You should take a few moments to back and look at your recent posts. One of the biggest things I've taken issue with your recent posts is how you are constantly goading other posters about how they were wrong about some of their posted opinions. I've seen plenty of posts calling out those who thought the Rangers would come crashing down to earth, how the Orioles weren't to be taken seriously yet as a real threat etc. If you really take issue with other posters trying to show up the rest of the board then you look like a giant hypocrite if you are doing exactly the same type of thing that you claim to take issue with.

I like to choose samples to show trends in production, or relative performance vs various teams in order to show a little different perspective outside of the total sample. I could just go with the norm and rage on about how a player sucks because his overall season numbers are bad, but I prefer to look for signs which indicate better results are likely on the way.

Come on man, cherry picking is so passe. I like to think of it as selective sampling.

Ouch can't say I'm very hopeful about this lineup's chances vs Alcantara. At least Gausman is on the mound so it's not totally hopeless.

I'll make a custom sample for you. Since May of 2013 you've contributed 13,332 mind numbingly nonsensical posts to BJMB. This has led to a sub-replacement thanks/post ratio of 358/13332 (0.0269 tPr).

If you aren't miserable then why are you acting like such a miserable whiney little baby in most of your posts lately? This team certainly deserves criticism leveled their way, but so much of the criticism is so over the top it's ridiculous. Fire the GM, fire the manager, fire the team president, fire the mascot etc. Despite the uneven play they still find themselves within striking distance of the wildcard at a single game back. The way the board carries on lately you would think we have been watching an all time bad team like this current edition of the Oakland A's, or an actual disaster level potential contender like the Cardinals.

The last few series certainly didn't help my narrative any but it still remains true this Jays team had been very solid against baseball as a whole while struggling against Baltimore and Boston. Did Kirk have a 120 WRC+ for two weeks in May? That's cool I guess, thanks for sharing. I haven't heard or read anything Wilner has done for years, what flavor of kool aid do I need to drink? I never did care much for kool aid anyway though, I've always been more on an iced tea guy.

Why don't you go away then if you are so miserable?

This guy is quite possibly the most annoying poster on this forum now.

Oh give it a rest already. Vlad isn't the 70 WRC+ or whatever the hell he's done since May, Chapman isn't the kind of bat he's shown from the start of May and Manoah isn't baseball's worst starter. I guess I should just go ahead and put you on my ignore list since you are quite possibly even more irritating than the mouth breathers who sign up just to stir up s***.

This team needs to figure out how to get some of their best players back to playing like their best players. If Chapman, Vlad and Manoah continue to struggle the way they have been this team is going nowhere.

Jesus f*** man you should go back to the homer version of yourself, this current version is absolutely insufferable.

I know you have decided to join the doom and gloom crowd but Orelvis looks like he's figured something out in the last month and a half or so. His power has returned, but more encouragingly strikeouts are way down, walks are way up, and batting average has increased dramatically as well.

I remember that top, it really felt like a case of fixing something that wasn't broken. Cimber wasn't necessarily a guy you wanted to bring in with runners on base as he didn't induce many strikeouts , but he was still a really effective middle reliever. Middle relief is somewhat surprisingly the main weakness of this pen as the leverage relief (aside from Garcia) has mostly been quite effective.

The team could really use the non s***** version of Pop for middle inning relief. Especially given how awful Cimber has been this season.

Yeah the dude has a well deserved 7.40 ERA with a 7.48 FIP to match. He's been absolutely killing the team the last few weeks, surely Jay Jackson, Hatch or any other assorted warm body from the minors could give them better innings than Cimber right now.

Does it really? It makes perfect sense to me that an elite defensive centerfielder or shortstop is going to accumulate a lot more defensive WAR than a first baseman given the difficulty inherent to each position. On top of that a really good defensive outfielder is going to be able to save a lot of extra base hits from falling in, and has more opportunities to accumulate defensive runs saved based on their ability to limit baserunners from advancing on the bases.