The Boomer
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I get it, but I'm usually starting the sarcasm, not just reacting. Anyhow, if everyone on the board just assumes I'm being facetious 80% of the time, you won't go to far wrong.
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I think the NL flavor of the game allows for more in-game tactics and is more traditional, but those aren't reasons to make the AL use it. If pitchers could hit even a little I could see defending the NL flavor but now they are basically an automatic out. So you're trading an automatic out 1-3 times per game for some PH/matchup gyrations in later innings.
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You are absolutely wrong that people make absolute statements in pretty much every post. Shame on you Serious question: How do you signify sarcasm on this board?
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It's certainly possible and my comment was based on no actual evidence. A quick check of FG shows Wake gave up 246 SBs 2002-2011. Andy Pettitte gave up 92 2002-2010. Maybe runners just run more on Wake but aren't any more successful. It's an interesting question and one worth taking a look at.
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LOL, I think exactly the opposite. Cubs "fans" are the worst. I've been to many games at both and I definitely prefer the Cell. Wrigley is very historic, but that's true in all senses. It's like Fenway was before the renovations. I suspect that being at Target Field doesn't bring out the best behavior in ChiSox fans.
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Salty also caught Wake last year; just doing that will drive your CS% down no matter your defensive skills.
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When that happened to me in my first two years at college, I would respond that I was a sophomore, so what did they expect?
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Well, that's not exactly right at all with respect to science; check out Godel's Incompleteness Theorem or Karl Popper's work. We never know anything is actually true; we only know what is false since we can prove things false but never true. However, once something is falsified, then it can't be an never was true. "True" is really shorthand for "hasn't been disproved yet". Now, I'm not betting someone is going to come along and show that 1+1 != 2, but we do know that within any formal system (say, arithmetic) there are propositions that are true that cannot be proven. In this sense, exceptions literally disprove the rule, which is where this all started. Fred, let me say that your habit of saying you won't comment on something, then commenting on it, then saying we all ought to move on is really annoying. Just comment if you want to or don't if you don't.
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2012 Red Sox Spring Training Game Thread
The Boomer replied to yeszir's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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Wow, not sure how we got onto the meaning of life, but there you go. There are English usages of "facts" where it's synonymous with "statements" and has no bearing on the truth of the assertion (e.g., "the facts of life"). This is, IMHO, sloppy usage but it does happen. If you want to claim that fact != truth, then by all means go ahead. But it's not congruent with the most common usages of the word. When people say "fact", they more often than not mean "something that is true". Of course, what a fact means or implies is subject to opinion and interpretation. There, all bets are off. BTW, Cecil Adams is a columnist who answers questions (any question) submitted by readers, usually things that are mundane but interesting, like: "Why do shower curtains billow in when you take a shower?"
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Cubs tix go on sale Friday, in case anyone is thinking about coming to the Chi to see a Sox game. They are on the south side very early this year, IIRC, so this is probably your best bet.
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LOL, as always, Cecil Adams has the skinny: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/731/whats-the-meaning-of-the-expression-thats-the-exception-that-proves-the-rule
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Fansgraph article on teams' 10-year disabled list trends
The Boomer replied to Spitball's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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I have been a Miller hopeful for a long time. I hope he can finally figure out how to get through the lineup more than once.
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The numbers don't support your contention, so I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I'd be very happy if any #5 puts up numbers like you projected, but I'm not counting on it.
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Greinke and Danks are both #1/#2 on their teams. They'd be at least #3 on the Sox. In 2010 Buchholz threw 173.2 IP with an FIP of 4.34. Very similar numbers.
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In 2011, Zack Greinke threw 171.2 innings with an ERA of 3.83 and John Danks threw 170.1 with an ERA of 4.33 . If we get that from Bard, he will displace Buchholz as the #3 of the staff.