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  1. User Name
    Sharpens focus. That's why adderall is a banned substance too. Thats a pretty significant performance edge.
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    No, Bellhorn is absolutely right. Even though Murphy and Cespedes made critical errors, the implosion from the Mets BP was the key factor in assuring victory for the Royals.
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    But it doesn't take away from the fact that he used a banned substance that helps with both performance and the ability to withstand the grueling schedule of a baseball season.
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    Didn't enforce because it didn't test for. The point still stands. Why have guidelines if you're not going to follow them? (Character clause). I will admit though, and I mentioned this in my post, that if they allowed amphetamine users, they should let in users of other PED's as well. I am very much on the fence about this.
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    And the Royals are built on the current sabermetrics approach to a tee. Common sense please.
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    Hank Aaron used greenies. Did he make a mockery of the HR record?
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    That would be a good argument, if steroids hadn't been banned for use by MLB since 1991. It was testing that began after Bonds', MM's, and Sosa's career was over. Then again, amphetamines were banned when some guys who are current members of the HOF were using them, so MLB is pretty hypocritical about the whole banned substance thing. However, hanging your argument on the fact that "it wasn't illegal when they were doing it" is very much incorrect, since it very much was. This is in response to Palodios.
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    McGwire shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as Bonds. I'm on the fence about it, but goddamn Bonds was good before any steroid allegations surfaced.
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    What the f*** did crocodiles ever do to you?
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    Yet Mark Mulder was 6'6, just like Owens, threw with even less velocity, and was an extremely succesful pitcher smack dab in the middle of the steroid era. Not to mention that Owens actually has above-average velocity for a lefty. These "one size fits all" explanations are wrong 99% time of the time. People with actual experience in the area of pitching (or more specifically, coaching it or developing it), as well as people who play baseball for a living will tell you that long, gangly guys (and even moreso if they are lefty) have a harder time repeating their delivery, but their velocity and break plays up because the hitter sees the guy as being right on top of them when they finish their delivery. With Owens, it's a matter of command and control, not stuff.
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    Ugh. f*** Papelbon.
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    Do not ignite my hate. It's a power you cannot control.
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    Welcome to the rogue state.
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    I met DD at an event the Tigers held at WMU when I went there and he was very gracious, pleasant and patient. He's a human being like the rest of us, and was probably caught on a bad day.
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    Except that this is a terrible misconception. The guy who really brought advanced stats to the mainstream media played professional baseball, but didn't excel at it. And he sure has had a good record of success with very little money over the years. Also, a lot of former players who are now doing scouting/FO work rely on advanced statistics to do their work. If the guys who played use a mixture of traditional scouting/advanced analytics, how would we, members of Talksox, know better?
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    It is a factor. Not for everyone, but it is. Let's call a spade a spade. The Bill James example is a terrible one because he was in his 20's when he started proposing sabermetrics, and it was the old guard, resisting change, that kept it from advancing the game for three decades.
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    How is that a good point? Sabermetrics research began before the 70's hit, but took almost three more decades to enter mainstream consciousness. When Bill James refined the sabermetric approach, he sure as hell wasn't 66. Baseball is extremely resistant to change, and that's just further proof.
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    Why did the Angels trade their best pitching propect for him?
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    Number two. Lots of people here in need of correctin'.
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    "Good" what? Not only did they get Kazmir, they also got Maeda. /offseason.
  21. User Name
    Common sense! I like it!
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    He was. And he had pretty much the exact same power that DD does. BC resigned because they assured him he would be given more free will over baseball ops, by hiring a president with a similar mindset, but hired another POBO with a plan of his own and a much different approach. They promised him he would be part of the search for a new president, but hired DD out of the blue, and he was blindsided. Ben Cherington stated this himself. http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/46295/red-sox-owners-ben-cherington-differ-on-dave-dombrowski-timeline I don't understand why some of the people here want to make all of this stuff up about the inner workings of the organization, when the facts are present and straight out of the horse's mouth. BC never had full power over baseball ops, just like Theo didn't, because LL was running the show. Stick to the facts, stop making stuff up please.
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    I s*** you not, this is the first time I hear about Lugo beating his wife, and now that I read about it, it really sucks. I liked Lugo. f*** him.
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    "He who shall not be named"
  25. User Name
    He makes stuff up but expects not to be called out on it. If called out on it, he proceeds to resort to personal attacks, while stating he does not resort to personal attacks. Dude's a legend.
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