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  1. ORS
    Mediocre is, at best, average by definition, with a lean toward inferior or below average. That does not describe JD Drew. He's better than average, not by a lot, but certainly better by modern analysis measures.
  2. ORS
    Yeah, and his BABIP in that situation is .044 lower than his nonRISP BABIP. Plus, he has the gall to make less outs when the team has a good chance to score and there are two outs. What a selfish prick! This career loser doesn't have what it takes to win. That's why his tie game and 1-run game OPS is higher than spreads of 2,3,4 runs, and it's why he performs at his worst when the game is out of reach either way. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I think the career numbers tell the best story of all, because in the end, performance in situational hitting tends to gravitate toward the career numbers as the sample expands. By his career numbers and injury history, JD Drew is a very talented ball player who will help your team.......when he takes the field. He will miss time with injury, cramps (both muscle and menstrual), family concerns, sandy vaginitis, what have you, and this is what pisses most people off about him, but in reality, he's quite good at what he does, that is, when he does it.
  3. ORS
    Seeing how butthurt you get when people use that is pure awesomeness. Kinda sucks when everything people need to know about you can be condensed into six little rows on a table, huh?
  4. ORS
    I did. They are all very similar, but if one year had more "noise" on the LF side, it's this one. I think you are grasping at straws here.
  5. ORS
    I will tomorrow, because it's a pain in the ass that takes a little time that I'm not interested in spending on pointing out the obvious. Are you sure you can't put your glasses on and look at the years again? I looked at Fenway only too, and there's no way you can be serious about him going oppo less this year.
  6. ORS
    The only stat of any value pertaining to RBI is found here: Link. Seriously, 100 years ago they counted hits to ID good players, then some revolutionary guy said, "Well yeah, but how many chances did they get?", and batting average was born. This is no different.
  7. ORS
    Hanley Ramirez? Hawt. Right?
  8. ORS
    What charts are you looking at, because the one's I get for 2009 show all of his doubles to LF and a larger percentage of his homers than the 2004-2007 stretch? You can't hotlink those flash players, but I can print screen and change the file format to a jpeg if you need me to post it.
  9. ORS
    Please read the rest of the thread. Papi's .750 is composed of a stretch of a .570 piece and a .900 piece (that we are currently still in). Those pieces for Kotchman are .745 (opening day to 5/31) and .757 (6/1 to present day). Yes, it's a downgrade.
  10. ORS
    I just caught an error in my BABIP calculation. It's been .256 during his recent stretch (forgot to take HR away from the AB total). Still low for him. When did the shift start getting employed full time? I'd say, by memory, it was 2005. Since 2005 his BABIP has been .293. Compared to his career average of .304, I'd call the impact of the shift a minimal one, and not something that should account for the -0.050 he's experiencing during his recent stretch.
  11. ORS
    He was dead cold for the first two months of the season. For the last two and a half, he's been as a700 states, just below elite. Since June 1 his line has been .259/.349/.554, with a BABIP of only .230. Is that BABIP real? I don't know. His LD% is in-line with his career, his GB% is lower at the expense of a higher FB%, and GB's tend to find a way through for hits at slightly higher rate than FB's tend to find a hole, but not enough to account for the .070 drop in BABIP from his career .304. During that stretch he's walked 13.9% of his ABs compared to about 15% during his 2004-2007 peak, and he's struck out 23.2% of the time compared to about 21.5% from 2004-2007. Anyone who wants to contend he can still be elite has a case.
  12. ORS
    I'd be interested to know if KP happened to be watching when Matt Clement got hit in the head, and if she had any thoughts about that?
  13. ORS
    Twins win.
  14. ORS
    Film at 11? I dunno, but this read like a late night news promo.
  15. ORS
    Yes, it's harder to tell with LHP, which is why they are much better at controlling the running game, and it's why Andy Pettitte has gotten away with more balks than any pitcher in history.
  16. ORS
    Even failblog can't find an image file that demonstrates failure on the "Walking Encarnacion" level.
  17. ORS
    They aren't chasing the neck high stuff, so let's bag that, mm'kay?
  18. ORS
    BBBBBBuchholz.
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  20. ORS
    Yes, welcome to KPK.
  21. ORS
    Do you live in a relationship devoid of emotion? Not picking a nit, but all the things you mentioned are physical support (health professionals, people who have been through the experience). Most women I know are emotional creatures, and they want their husband there for emotional support. But that's just my experience, I can't speak about other relationships.
  22. ORS
    Wow, swing and a miss. Those guys underperforming was something that "could" happen, but it might not. Charging the mound is 5 games, almost guaranteed. This is why he said "easily avoidable". Use your head.
  23. ORS
    I'm getting ready to go swim with the kids (the ritual after work) out back, but once I'm done, I'll be following the game on my PC. The wife will have TC on, so I'll be kind of watching both. I hate reality TV as a genre, but I do like that show.
  24. ORS
    There's a thread about Youkilis being selfish for letting emotion take him out of some games in this pennant race. I posit that anyone upset by Pedroia spending time with his wife through this experience is demostrating an avalanche of selfishness that soundly covers what Youkilis did.
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