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  1. Kimmi
    Bummer. I'm going to pretend that you didn't write that. Yaz's playing days, unfortunately, are mostly a little before my time.
  2. Kimmi
    Tanaka has actually been pitching well and feeling good so far. I'm not sure that he'll make it through the whole season, but so far that has to be encouraging for the bad guys. CC claims he's healthy, and that his knee brace is more for peace of mind than anything else. If they stay healthy, the Yankees rotation can be scary good. We just have to hope that their offense is another dud like it was last year. Despite the Yankees saying that their not in on Hamels, I wouldn't be surprised if they end up getting him.
  3. Kimmi
    I'll pretend that I didn't read that you are a Jets fan. ;-) But football season is over! It's time for some baseball!
  4. Kimmi
    You can't quantify what doesn't exist.
  5. Kimmi
    LOL, I imagine. The "Games That 'Francoma' Has Cost the Team" threads were always a ton of laughs. I will say that I think Farrell overused the sac bunt last year. We'll have to see if he continues down that path this season.
  6. Kimmi
    LOL Ogden. One of the reasons that I like you is because you love the Yankees as much as I do. Honestly, Girardi has never bothered me as much as the other 3 that I mentioned, but I am certainly not opposed to adding him to the list.
  7. Kimmi
    That would be a great problem to have. It would be nice if those guys could build their value. Some players will eventually be traded for a SP. The more value those guys have, the less likely other teams will insist on Betts or Swihart.
  8. Kimmi
    Haha, I'll have to watch that clip when I get a chance. I just feel like Maddon is too over the top. He tries too hard to put the spotlight on himself, IMO.
  9. Kimmi
    I have always felt that a manager's biggest impact on a team is with his off field contributions - how he handles the players, the clubhouse, and the media. I think that has more of an impact on the team's wins/losses than the in game decisions do. I'm not saying that a manager can't and hasn't made either a very bad or very good in game call that has affected the outcome of the game, but I think in the majority of the situations, most calls are rather straightforward. My main point was really about giving a manager too much credit in one run wins or losses. The outcome of those games is more the result of randomness than anything the manager does.
  10. Kimmi
    I don't know about the managers choking under pressure, but I do know that managers do not win the close games for their teams. In other words, they can't be considered clutch.
  11. Kimmi
    This place has been a virtual ghost town the past several days.
  12. Kimmi
    Lee has more or less said that this injury will mark the end of his career. I don't think he has plans on coming back.
  13. Kimmi
    LOL Maddon drives me crazy. I know that most people consider him a great manager, but I can't stand him. Maddon, Scioscia, and Showalter - the trifecta of micromanaging self-important twits.
  14. Kimmi
    That's 6 in a row for the Boy Scouts. Too bad these games don't mean anything.
  15. Kimmi
    It's always great beating the Yankees, regardless of whether it's spring training or not. I have some really dear friends who are Yankees fans, but man, they can be so obnoxious.
  16. Kimmi
    Dang Cubbies are 0-6, I believe. Maddon must be running a Boy Scout camp over there. As far as Bard goes, I'm pulling for him. Hope he makes it.
  17. Kimmi
    It's early, but there are so many promising signs. Masterson looked good today, but he acknowledges that that is probably due more to the bats not being ready than anything else. Still, nice to see.
  18. Kimmi
    I'm not worried about Bogaerts or our offense at all. Defensively, I have to believe that Bogaerts will be improved over last year, though I was reading today that his throws to first are still inconsistent. Anyway, the more I read/see about things going on in ST, the more excited I get. Not too much longer!
  19. Kimmi
    Tough break. I always hate to hear about injuries like this. He and his teammates are reportedly devastated. Fortunately for him, he is still young and should be able to bounce back and have a successful career. He owned the Sox last year.
  20. Kimmi
    Thank you for the vote of confidence Spitball. I appreciate it. If you have someone armed with just their observations versus someone armed with their observations plus a wealth of data, who do you think is going to make a better assessment? It's not rocket science.
  21. Kimmi
    If I get some time, I will look into this strength of opposition more closely. The stats are there, I just think it will be time consuming.
  22. Kimmi
    Sigh.... Who says that those two groups are mutually exclusive? I bet you'd be surprised by how much baseball some of the pencil pushers have played and watched.
  23. Kimmi
    LOL Bell, you are hardly losing anything. Even when we disagree, you always bring up valid arguments. I always enjoy your posts.
  24. Kimmi
    The analytics guys concede that one of the problems with determining whether clutch hitters exist is defining exactly what clutch means. That said, I am pretty confident in saying that I bet these guys have considered the issues that you bring up. That's what they do for a living. If we're discussing these things and we're just mere amateurs, I imagine that they've looked into them. As I've said before, they've sliced this idea up pretty much every way you can think of, and the findings are the same - clutch hitters do not exist. This quote sums it up nicely: "Producing wins at the plate is about 70 percent a matter of overall hitting ability, 28 percent dumb luck, and perhaps 2 percent clutch- or situational-hitting skill."
  25. Kimmi
    I'm not sure how much oppositional strength would skew Papi's postseason numbers. My guess would be not as much at Bellhorn seems to think they would, but I do think it's a fair point to note. Outside of that, I am on board with everything you said.
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