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  1. jad
    What does THAT mean? That the league average W-L is .500? (i.e., like every year)?
  2. jad
    And yet when you have a generational player like Mookie ...
  3. jad
    Everything I've read on him says he speaks English. I don't see why that would be unusual. I also read that English is a compulsory subject from grammar school through the university in Japan (i.e., a student in Japan likely gets more training in English than students in the US).
  4. jad
    I'm pretty sure he was checking for a foreign substance on his throwing hand.
  5. jad
    He did indeed! But not as much as my favorite pitcher, Jerry Casales. (And didn't the weak-hitting Raddatz even hit one? or maybe what I'm recalling is he once incredibly hit a ball off the wall?) (I had forgotten about Brewer's pinch-running: I'm amazed that I could even come up with the name.)
  6. jad
    As did Earl Wilson.
  7. jad
    What??? No love for the ferocious M. Fornieles? Ike Delock? Tom Brewer???
  8. jad
    Well, not always. But in any case, my construction gives him a way out. You're right about the semi-colon; I should either omit it or replace with a comma. That should do it. I'm not letting my boy go down in flames!
  9. jad
    I think there's an argument that he's correct. I think it's fine, but if desperate to defend it, I'd note the absence of an apostrophe in 'Twins' and construe plausibly: "Twins [are] hitting; and [their] relief [pitching] is good." (Always there for my USC homies.)
  10. jad
    Did you get the echocardiogram? That's a lot more amusing than some of the things they do in the doc's office. I hope it's nothing serious.
  11. jad
    Doubting DRS???? Dear God, say it ain't so!!!!!
  12. jad
    As opposed to most conversations in life, where we stay absolutely on topic for hours (but only if we keep repeating the same thing).
  13. jad
    That's correct. All those comments on RS defense which you and others have been posting and are posting even as we speak have been taken down by dastardly administrators and their swing-interested supporters.
  14. jad
    Wasn't Gedman a Reiniak (no idea how that's spelled) guy? Does anyone swing that way these days?
  15. jad
    Sorry. I have unsuccessfully been trying to delete the name-calling here. My bad. ... LATER: apparently I did.
  16. jad
    In his book, he actually derides Bobby Doerr for his 'level swing', noting that the ball is coming at a downward angle and that the swing should match that angle for maximum efficiency. "But DOerr, no, he just doesn't listen."
  17. jad
    Yeah, they really couldn't evaluate talent properly then. That's why they promoted Teddy who hit primarily for average, didn't strike out enough because of his amateurish launch angle, and had a crappy dWAR.
  18. jad
    I remember listening to a scout some time in the 60s(?), who when asked about stats said that the primary 'stat' for him in evaluating minor league pitchers (remember there were no 'advanced' stats in those days) wasn't ERA or Ks or innings, but WIN/LOSS.
  19. jad
    Slaten looked like he got away with a few pitches, no? It should be 4-3 and we're watching Kenley close it out.
  20. jad
    Uh oh!!!!!
  21. jad
    That must be why they are so popular on this and other boards. I wonder if batting average or ERA was once looked on w/ indifference or an eyeroll. (I doubt it, since these basic stats are generally, not always, intelligible to the average fan.)
  22. jad
    Again, please review the 3-batter rule. Or let me spare you the trouble: a pitcher who ends the inning is not required to face additional batters in the following inning.
  23. jad
    Please familiarize yourself with the rules (particular the 3-batter rule) before launching your condescending tirades against the manager, or the players, the rules, the sport in general, or other posters.
  24. jad
    So what exactly is your criticism of Yoshida on this play? Please be specific.
  25. jad
    I assume you're being ironic, but if not, this comment may say more about you than about the hesitant GMs.
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