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  1. S5Dewey
    Thank you. I'm good with that.
  2. S5Dewey
    IIRC Selsky was the player who was voted "Most Likely to Succeed" coming out of Spring Training.
  3. S5Dewey
    It seems to be the nature of the beast. When the Sox come from behind late in the game to win it's because we have good hitters. When we blow a lead late it's because our bullpen sucks. It's never because their bullpen sucks or they have good hitters. I find that on the whole our bullpen is quite solid. They've more than once strung together quite a few scoreless innings. Yeah, they've blown some, and I've run out of patience with Barnes at times too. Then he comes back with a good outing. It's baseball Roll with it.
  4. S5Dewey
    I just had a flashback to my playing days. We had a player - a CF'er no less! - who tried to score head first on a play like that, caught his thumb on the edge of the plate, and rolled it straight back, completely dislocating it. We lost him for the rest of the season. I know the situations are different in that whatever JBJ did to his thumb was apparently brought on by his striking down on the plate whereas "my guy" had his forced backward and out of joint...but the circumstances around it brought back the memory.
  5. S5Dewey
    Not gonna happen. I've extended some olive branches in an effort to defuse this thing, saying that "I believe there's room for both the statistics and the human element in this game and I'm willing to accept the opinions of the 'stat geeks for what they are", as well as "I will continue to believe that the human element has more to do with what a player will do in his next game or AB than statistics do. I'm good with that", and, "I've taken a new approach. When I now see things that statistics don't bear our (like Price not winning in his last outing and Fister pitching the gem he did last night) I don't even mention it. It's called "respect", and I've had them broken off and poked back in my face. If your solution is the Ignore feature rather than trying to reach an amicable agreement, then use it.
  6. S5Dewey
    ??? Isn't that the way normal, considerate people conduct their lives? By realizing that there's a chance that they may not always be right and governing their behavior accordingly?
  7. S5Dewey
    Saying it may have killed his career is probably (i hope!) a bit of an overstatement, but as he was streaking for home I was asking "WHY?" We had tied the game, he would have been on 3B with one out anyway, and obviously it was going to be a close play at the plate. And my "Why" came while the ball was in the air. The gamble just didn't seem worth the reward for me, and that was before the thumb injury - which was totally unforeseeable.
  8. S5Dewey
    No. What she needs to be is open to the idea that there are two valid opinions and hers may not always be right.
  9. S5Dewey
    Hmmm... I ask that everyone's opinion be respected and I get this crap in return?? As I've said before, I believe there's room for both the statistics and the human element in this game and I'm willing to accept the opinions of the "stat geeks" for what they are. Here's a newsflash. Neither approach is entirely right and frankly I'm tired of the snooty and condescending posts of "Statistics don't bear that out" when posters say something that has been proven through years of experience. I've taken a new approach. When I now see things that statistics don't bear our (like Price not winning in his last outing and Fister pitching the gem he did last night) I don't even mention it. It's called "respect". Try it sometime. This is a big sandbox and there's room for everyone, as long as they can respect others. If you can't, maybe you're the one who's in the wrong place.
  10. S5Dewey
    Asked and answered. There has been a long-going discussion here about the value of statistics vs. the value of the human element. There are currently 142 pages in this thread. I'm not going back through pages and pages of previous posts to try to prove what many posters here already know. Either we respect other poster's opinions or we don't. Pretty simple stuff.
  11. S5Dewey
    Specifically? Not sure, but the general tone is that in spite of the lip service being given to the human element of the game the underlying attitude is that given a choice between the human element and the statistics certain posters will go with the statistics because the human element isn't statistically quantifiable. I'm good with that. I believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. All ask for is respect for mine without it being pointed out I'm allegedly "wrong".
  12. S5Dewey
    You will continue to devalue the human element of baseball in favor of statistics. I will continue to believe that the human element has more to do with what a player will do in his next game or AB than statistics do. I'm good with that.
  13. S5Dewey
    My takeaway from this game: Barnes should not be put in a high leverage situation again until he proves that he can get people out.
  14. S5Dewey
    Oh, f***
  15. S5Dewey
    This is the time when I wish we had someone with some wheels to pinch run
  16. S5Dewey
    It's a classic case of someone trying to do something he can't do.
  17. S5Dewey
    NOW is the time for Kimbrel. Or rather in place of Hembree.
  18. S5Dewey
    Barnes is going to f*** us out of this game. Ugh.
  19. S5Dewey
    What's the word? Is Kimbrel available for the 9th tonight?
  20. S5Dewey
    It does seem that a two run lead is more than twice as comfortable as a one run lead.
  21. S5Dewey
    IMO the most important part of your question is the time that player has been raking. If he's been at it for a month as you say I'd go with the 4 games before I lost confidence in him. OTOH if he's only been hitting well for a week he'd get two days. But that's just me and it's hypothetical. :-)
  22. S5Dewey
    ..or anytime. :-)
  23. S5Dewey
    If Bst is looking around for his lunch, Thunder just ate it.
  24. S5Dewey
    I thought he took a bad route. You may be right that he left himself in a bad position to get to the bag after the pitch.
  25. S5Dewey
    I'm not unhappy with that play. If ERod had touched the bag he would have collided with the runner. I'll take the safe play every time when it involves a pitcher.
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