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Team meeting? Every professional athlete I've heard mention these (including the dreaded "players only" meeting) has said that they were b.s. and didn't have anything to do with how they played.
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Right. It's one of the side-issues pointed out in Moneyball: it's always safer to 'go with tradition'. Contracts are incentive laden (you get money for saves, not for the team's record), and managers will get pummeled if they don't 'go by the book' even if the book is known to be false. My favorite dumb-ass version of this was a d.b. football announcer commenting on the wisdom of the "prevent defense" (which in this case, cost a game): "But still, it works more often than not." (well, yes: the team that is ahead late in the game wins more often than it loses; just as a baseball team up by a run or two in the 9th inning wins more often, granting its closer a S, than when the game is tied).
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Obviously, hitting the ball hard is way over-rated.
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What are you talking about? It's only 8 o'clock and it's a beautiful 75 degrees outside.
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That was stunning. Particularly given what he swung at earlier. (But I'm just a bitter Clipper fan who today wants everyone with a Boston connection fired.)
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f***in'-A HANLEY! (how's that?)
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Yup. The best way to cut down on those rally-killing double plays is to ensure that you don't get on base.
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You know, I really liked Ellsbury and I was rather fond of my ex. But JBJ has some awesome skills, and I really don't spend much time these days worrying about how my ex is doing in the sack.
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Wow. Your rapier-like wit is clearly blunted on the stone of my understanding. But since we agree (HRs are what get it done, not 'small ball'), then why on earth are you arguing for the bunt? (just to argue?)
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Yup. I'll concede your point. If the only alternatives are (1) give up 1 out, or (2) give up 2, then you're right. Is this what you mean by hitters 'busting it right'?
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Let's see: I have a runner on first. It takes 3 bases to score. There are 3 outs per inning. Should I adopt a strategy that gives up one run for one base? (Hmmm. Tough one).
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Matt Barnes suspended for four games and fined
jad replied to FredLynn's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Ah those unwritten rules. Like Keats' unheard melodies, I suppose (as in some lines of work employees get rated by friendly bosses on such things as "heart" or "intent" or "potential"). All b.s. but excellent at justifying all kinds of irrational and stupid behavior. -
Don't know what was going on in Pedroia's head. But I assumed, given what he'd already said about the slide, and the fact that he and M. know each other, he was just saying something along the lines: "Hey, don't look at me. I'm over it. They're not." Not trying to throw them under the bus at all; maybe the opposite (We're teammates, and now you've got bigger troubles than just me?) Anyway. Guy slides. Guy gets pissed. Another guy gets pissed. Then another guy gets pissed and ... So it's probably useless to analyze this more precisely than that, since no one in these situations acts or speaks rationally.
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? Can you give a quick explanation of the conditions you note in sentence 2? Thanks
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Just remember. These are merely professional athletes. Not bad-ass tough-guy internet posters like ourselves.
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In my experience, those who complain most vociferously about what is taught in universities don't spend much time in them.
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Sprained right knee for Pablo. Not going to help.
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Yeah, I seem to recall that. That word doesn't seem as racially-charged as those that were talking about here: 'grit' 'dirt dog' etc. and to a lesser extent 'athletic'. (Btw, I don't doubt that Luis was never called that, even though he, like nearly all professional athletes, was obviously 'athletic' according to any reasonable understanding of that word!)
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Fault? There's no fault in you. We're just two dooffuses discussing sports (I see my last post sounded snide--unintended).
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Yeah, because after Manny left, Ortiz really sucked for the rest of his career.
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OK. Fair enough. as in "these particular 4 or 5 errors" don't mean much. I'm not sure what else we have to go on, though. I've seen him make some decent plays, no spectacular ones (although I can't say they haven't existed).
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Not to put too fine a point on things, but what in the world does SOB mean? (in addition to its classic meaning)
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I can actually remember exactly where I was for that game, but no, I don't remember the exact language the announcers used. Do you have a tape?
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I don't know ... That pop-up Bradley hit yesterday had a bit of carry.
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How are errors "not indicative of anything"? Or is this the Frank Malzone theory of old: he made the most errors because he got to the most balls.
