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  1. notin
    While his FIP was better than I expected, the real issue is it was compiled in about 114 IP on 4 different teams over the last 5 seasons. There is legitimate cause for concern here...
  2. notin
    Sorta supports my laundry theory. Not like players only have one hat...
  3. notin
    I hate that his mission was to change the game to shorten. Hey Manfred, you're the Commissioner of MLB. Quit acting like you have somewhere else to be that's more important than watching baseball!! Why does he want games so short? Did he forget to set his DVR to record "This Is Us"?
  4. notin
    He was hurt alot. Some of that dirt on his uniform could have come from simply not doing laundry...
  5. notin
    That's weird. I don't think he's cognizant of anything else. Certainly baseball is not on his mind...
  6. notin
    Besides me postulating, is there any actual traction to Dalbec at 2b?
  7. notin
    Except on Trot's...
  8. notin
    You might be right. I'm just theorizing here. Not like Manfred returns my calls anymore...
  9. notin
    So is Weber. Coincidence? I think not...
  10. notin
    The one thing worth pointing out is that every time Rusney hustles, he injures himself...
  11. notin
    Forgetting Trot was inexcusable. I could see forgetting Chris Stynes. I am not sure I want to hear the explanation. I will just assume it was a coincidence that all the white guys are dirt dogs and all the black guys are not, since the lists were not perfectly racially bound with the dirt dog list having a single Cuban on it and the non-dirt list having a single Dominican...
  12. notin
    Maybe. Whether it is wise or not, do you think steroids and sign stealing have influenced the way they market?
  13. notin
    I heard Bloom was keeping him around just for you...
  14. notin
    First of all, you left out the biggest Dirt Dog of all time. A fellow who went by Trot. But more important, there is a definite (yet not perfect) racial trend in the players you label as dirt dogs and those you don't...
  15. notin
    I question his sincerity, but I like his integrity...
  16. notin
    Until the umpire throws up his arm and waves you around, you run hard!
  17. notin
    So are you arguing that Lowe and his big, bulky beer body outlasted Pedro due to size and not due to the fact that Martinez made 200 starts more than Lowe pre-2004?
  18. notin
    Frazier for Matz?
  19. notin
    Why? If the Yankees want to get a SP, you can't acquire them all. Let them go get Matz and learn the hard way that when your problem is injuries in the rotation, Matz is more likely to be part of the problem than part of the solution...
  20. notin
    Well, MLB did try it. And successfully, with McGwire vs. Sosa. But then how did that really turn out? The fallout there was - they both were using steroids, or were at least strongly suspected of such. And that lead to a whole great big scandal that probably still isn't over yet. Now MLB is getting headlines again for another cheating scandal. MLB has decided to live and die on its history and tradition. The problem they keep facing is every time history gets challenged, it turns out someone did so illegally this time. (And it also hurts that everyone is willing to ignore all cheating pre-1990.) I would not be surprised if they decided to hold off on pushing Trout as the next big thing for this reason. What would the fallout be if Trout - already maligned once with HGH rumors this off season - really wasn't clean? The NBA never had this problem with Jordan. His biggest smirch was some gambling issues that were easily sidestepped because it turned out, no one cared...
  21. notin
    Yeah! Weber! And his 5.04 ERA/4.37 FIP...
  22. notin
    Heard anything?
  23. notin
    Fifth starter? What about the fourth starter? Sale isn't going to start the season on the roster.
  24. notin
    My best guess would be they don’t think marketing Trout/Betts/Acuna/Soto/Lindor types is the key to garnering more interest...
  25. notin
    But if the owners only cared about money (probably true), then why not market Trout heavily? Per your hypothesis, that should lead to even more money...
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