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  1. jad
    I believe it is a safe rule that any post that begins "If you recall, I was the one who ..." or "Where are all of you who in 20xx said ..." or any of many variants, can be quickly answered "Strange as it may sound, I am much less well-versed in our literary histories on sports boards than you may think."
  2. jad
    I've never seen a 6-5-3 DP, at least, I'm not aware that I have.
  3. jad
    Yeah that Devers guy sucks.
  4. jad
    You clearly know nothing about advanced stats! What about d.rc.tkWAR+???
  5. jad
    You would prefer he strike out in those situations? While hitting 162 HR a year?
  6. jad
    Salaries are never ridiculous if there are employers willing to pay them. And if the owners were losing money, they would SURELY open the books to prove it, something they are not willing to do.
  7. jad
    Why is the stadium empty? when the self-laudatory Cardinal fans constantly claim they are the best in the league?
  8. jad
    I think Refsnyder has made up for his hit.
  9. jad
    Oh good. now we know.
  10. jad
    Did Koji throw anything other than that unhittable splitter?
  11. jad
    The medical studies I've read that have dealt with this issue have not provided any conclusive evidence on this question. (i.e, you see conclusions like "may increase chance of tendon damage", which is essentially meaningless, or even your own statement 'many tissues'). With inconclusive evidence, there is apparently a lot of room for spin. But the temptation for a teenager looking forward to a likely very short prof. career that could earn millions has to be pretty strong. Curious whether any posters here have gone that route-- just answer 'I have a friend who ...' Personally, I have a friend who was too old, too small, and his natural athletic ability insufficient ever to consider them.
  12. jad
    Why is this happening? The whole limitation on mound visits was intended to speed the game up. Make a judgment and move on.
  13. jad
    For the inane comment file: Rays announcer after Duran doubles off the wall, then scores on two consecutive 380-400 ft fly balls: "Red Sox playing small ball ..."
  14. jad
    Yup. I see no reason to doubt it. Losing 5 pounds in as little as a day is not difficult. (It's no fun, but most of that weight is water). Although I also agree with 700 above that 14 pounds might well put you on the verge of hospitalization.
  15. jad
    Why is that the case? When I go to a minor league game (AA), nearly every pitcher can throw in the 90s. I thought the problem with young players was hitting the curve/slider.
  16. jad
    Good point. And you're right: I've never understood the vilification of players who are not great, but very good and who perform EXACTLY as they could be expected to perform. JD was certainly one of those. Two others that come to mind are Adrian Gonzalez who was very consistent and hit pretty much as he hit throughout his career, and J.D. Drew (not as good as Gonzalez, but hit just as he had elsewhere). There was nothing particularly unlikable about any of these guys (although they were pretty low-key, as I recall, and not rah-rah self-proclaimed tough guys, like, say, Yucker). (I would be inclined to put Hanley II in the same category, who at that point in his career pretty much gave what could have been expected.).
  17. jad
    My bad, didn't read it correctly (I was in LA during the 'Ohtani is clearly guilty and should be banned forever' hysteria, and no longer trust what any sports fan says about Japanese players.) Sorry. Again, my bad.
  18. jad
    Fair enough. You're not pissed at Yoshida's performance, right? You're p.o.d at the money he's being paid.
  19. jad
    You mean 30 million back in the day when you could buy something with that? (I hate the prices of hot dogs at Fenway! They've gone WAY up. Why back when I was a kid, they were a dime! What's wrong with the world?)
  20. jad
    And after praising Raffaela's 'catch', I was on my way to posting about how TYler O'Neill has started to come back to earth ...
  21. jad
    Wow. That was close to being among the greatest catches I've ever seen! (I know I know ... woulda coulda shoulda ..)
  22. jad
    Analytics geeks should enjoy this, even though no RS players get mentioned. Not sure what it says, other than good hitters are better than bad ones but who knows why. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40120458/mlb-statcast-bat-tracking-data-giancarlo-stanton-luis-arraez
  23. jad
    Yeah. .289 last year. Second best on the team. 3rd best in OPS. Total failure. I wonder what you would say if he were a good ole boy from Alabama.
  24. jad
    I don't know because sometimes Youk is ok but you know when he's not you realize he's not ok like when he says something good you know it might be good but don't forget different people might think different things and in the end what's obvious well it's obvious and he's not the captain that was Tek you remember he got into it with Arod that was the year we won the pennant well not the pennant but the WS which you know means that you won the pennant as well but when a ball is in the dirt it's not usually a strike and not all hitters are looking for the same pitch in every situation but the pitcher can vary speed and sometimes location but you know if a major league hitter is .... (REPEAT)
  25. jad
    How about Dennis Rodman's wedding dress and feather boa? (or does F's of Hollywood cover that).
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