Hello

[Jayhawk Bill]

Hi there!

 

I'm Jayhawk Bill, a long-time Red Sox fan whom a few of you may remember from other sites. I wanted to wait until after the excitement of the World Series victory before joining a new online group. Your autoregistration was kind enough to accept me--thanks for letting me join your community!

 

My approach to posting is heavily stats-oriented as a rule. Please understand that my belief in metrics doesn't mean that I don't watch the games. I cheer for our victories, gnash my teeth at mistakes, pound my head into the wall over blown saves, and get a tear in my eye when anybody mentions Tony C. But if something can reasonably be quantified, I often attempt to do that, borrowing heavily from Baseball Prospectus, The Hardball Times, Baseball Reference, and several other sources, right down to pitch-by-pitch records from MLB.com Gameday. I don't do that to be difficult (at least I hope not); I do that because often the conventional wisdom appears to be wrong, or, at the least, eligible for reconsideration.

 

Again, thank you for allowing me to join your site. I look forward to our Hot Stove discussions.

[yeszir]

Welcome to Talksox. I definitely look forward to seeing your stat-oriented approach, its always nice when people actually back up their arguments.

[Thumper]

Welcome aboard!

[zackredsox]

Welcome

[Jayhawk Bill]

Welcome to Talksox. I definitely look forward to seeing your stat-oriented approach' date=' its always nice when people actually back up their arguments.[/quote']

 

Thanks--my first post besides introductions is up in the Lowell thread, where I attempt to offer a rational model for a possible free agent salary.

 

Thumper, zackredsox, thanks for the welcome!

[a700hitter]

Welcome to TalkSox, Bill.

[mtbykr]

Welcome, glad to have you.

[sue]

Hello, I am a very big redsox fan and I watch most of the games when they are on. My whole family is excited that the team are the best in baseball. I am happy they have taken it all home with them. I am sorry that it is over for this year but watch out for them next year! I know they will be great.

[Soxfan1]

Hey Bill!

 

I'm the guy that told you about this place at DHB. You'll love it here.

 

This dude has the best analyzation(sp?) skills.

[Thumper]

Hey Bill!

 

I'm the guy that told you about this place at DHB. You'll love it here.

 

This dude has the best analyzation(sp?) skills.

 

Analysis works. Ha ha, I look foward to them.

[yeszir]

Hey Bill!

 

I'm the guy that told you about this place at DHB. You'll love it here.

 

This dude has the best analyzation(sp?) skills.

 

I'm petitioning Webster's to add this word as an alternate spelling. I used to make that mistake all the time.

[KeepTheFaith1229]

Hey Bill!

 

I'm the guy that told you about this place at DHB. You'll love it here.

 

This dude has the best analyzation(sp?) skills.

 

I told him whore.

[Jayhawk Bill]

I told him whore.

 

KTF1229, you did tell me about this site, and you did so before you knew that I was already a member. Soxfan#1 was first, but I thank you for the good advice, just as I thanked him.

[Soxfan1]

I told him whore.

What now f***er?