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Siddown Hill, you slimy s***, twinkle-toed **********.

Tek 3-3? Wow.

I worry about the deductive reasoning of the generation coming up after me. Follow the evidence, my dear Watson. Just about every Crespo post in this thread has been about picking winners from matchups or had references to Vegas. Bush pitches for Milwaukee. Felipe Lopez took him deep to start the game tonight. Add it all up, and he's either betting the games or tracking his performance.

I think Youk is seeing the ball tonight.

Got away with a hanger there to Vernon. The curve is pretty inconsistent tonight, but he's cruising.

Come on, admit it. It was a little funny.

Your seat is to the left, Mr. Lind.

Well, they are in Canada.

So this is kind of fun.

Have I mentioned how much I hate Aaron Hill? f***er has been a pest every game against them.

Good to see Youk brought his rake to the park tonight.

How old are you?

He doesn't have the curve tonight. Not a good team to not have it against. Oh well, he's doing a good job limiting the damage.

Gonna ground him?

Kid's killing the ball lately. Killing it.

It wasn't bang-bang, nor was it 5 feet. Put it this way, the swipe tag got there early enough that Hill almost missed him on the upswing.

Liner to Lind, came off the heel of his glove as the slid to get it, Lugo tried for 2nd and Lind recovered to gun him down.

Should be two.

Cut the f***ing s*** with the baserunning. Holy s***, it's like every game now.

Hitchhiker: 7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 doors. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office. Ted: Why? Hitchhiker: 'Cause you're f***in' fired! http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/images/something-about-mary-hitchhiker.jpg

Is Roger going to be teleconferencing his developmental lessons to the youngsters? Last I heard, he got the same sweet perks of showing up on his pitch days that he got in Houston. Jus' sayin'. As for Rivera, the meme of "he'll be OK" is an annual prediction from Yankee fans. It's held up thus far, but with advancing age the year it doesn't happen is approaching. If it's this year, and no one knows if this is the year or not, you guys are done.

[table=Mussina '95 vs. Dice '07]Name| H9 | HR9 | BB9 | K9 Moose|7.59|0.97|2.03|6.42 Dice|8.28|0.47|3.55|9.24[/table] The big negative for Dice is the BB/9. But, like I said, the thing holding him back is the Mr Hyde inning which is characterized by an inordinate amount of walks. He doesn't struggle with command unless he gets upset by the ump, a lot like Moose himself only worse. Again, I've said it is the one thing holding him back. Of his 15 BB this year, 9 have come in 3 innings. That is the corner he must turn. If he can, there's no doubt he can put a seasonal line better than Moose did in '95. Moose pitched to a 3.87 FIP in '95 with those rates. Dice's is 3.26 right now. No doubt in my mind he can do it at all. It will take some maturation and a little luck, like Moose was that year, but dismissing it as not possible shows your complete lack of statistical analysis skills. Objective enough for you? And this doesn't address the change in scope of the discussion. You started this out saying he doesn't have the talent. That's wrong, the talent is there, but it won't be seen in the results until he gets beyond the one flaw he's shown. Of course, you can't see the difference in talent and performance. They are related, but there isn't a perfect correlation between the two. Look at Felix Hernandez last year. Immense talent, but not very good performance. For the other side of it consider Aaron Small from '05. Not much talent, but insane performance for you guys. No matter how sweetly you ask, I'm not touching your jock. Seek gratification elsewhere, you butt monkey. Check my posts re: Matsuzaka. I never bought into the hype and was skeptical of how he'd perform until I saw him. I like what I see minus the headcase issue, but I'm pretty confident he can overcome that. I think this is commonly found among mental patients. The rest of the world just doesn't get their brilliance. Might want to think about admitting yourself so you can find an audience that actually thinks you have a clue.

Beltre off Rivera, SEEE YAHHH!

I'll drink to that. Cheers.