MLB October offseason N/V - Actually it is About Ethics in Gold Glove Voting

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Monicro: Oct 21, 2010; And you could feel his features in the air
A wide smile and perfect hair
He had complete control of the rising tides
And a medicine bag hanging at his side

In the flowing blue world of the death-dealing physician

Kawalimus posted:

So I think that's the last I'll say on this.

Nooooo

# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:47

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# ? May 14, 2024 09:04

ZenVulgarity: Oct 9, 2012; I made the hat by transforming my zen

# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:48

Ambassador of Funk: Aug 2, 2009; Whenever I'm put to the test, I'm gonna ace it.

N: Nats decline LaRoche and Soriano, hold on to Span.

V: Not super surprising. Wonder where they'll end up though. Especially eager to see who takes a chance on Soriano.

# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:49

Dingleberry Jones: Jun 2, 2008; If I'm posting a new thread, it means there is a thread already posted and I failed at using the forum search correctly

Guess I'll be the first jerk to say it.

Tigers.

# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:52

Pastrymancy: Feb 20, 2011; 11:13: Despite Gio Gonzalez warning, "Never mix your sparkling juices," Bryce Harper opens another bottle of sparkling grape and mixes it with sparkling cider.

1:07: Harper walks to the 7-11 and orders an all-syrup Slurpee.

1:10-3:05: Harper has no recollection of this time. Aliens?

Ambassador of Funk posted:

N: Nats decline LaRoche and Soriano, hold on to Span.

V: Not super surprising. Wonder where they'll end up though. Especially eager to see who takes a chance on Soriano.

Who here enjoys seeing leadoff walks and or doubles given up?

# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:52

ozymandius1024: Mar 15, 2006; You don't yank on the Spine of God

Ambassador of Funk posted:

N: Nats decline LaRoche and Soriano, hold on to Span.

V: Not super surprising. Wonder where they'll end up though. Especially eager to see who takes a chance on Soriano.

Probably the Tigers. I mean, they better get a decent loving reliever.

# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:53

Ambassador of Funk: Aug 2, 2009; Whenever I'm put to the test, I'm gonna ace it.

Pastrymancy posted:

Who here enjoys seeing leadoff walks and or doubles given up?

Dingleberry Jones posted:

Guess I'll be the first jerk to say it.

Tigers.

ozymandius1024 posted:

Probably the Tigers. I mean, they better get a decent loving reliever.

I like the way you people think.

# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:54

Kundus: Oct 30, 2014

Ambassador of Funk posted:

Especially eager to see who takes a chance on Soriano.

Gonna say definitely not the Tigers

e: eybody got tigers on the brain

Kundus fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Oct 30, 2014

# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:54

Ambassador of Funk: Aug 2, 2009; Whenever I'm put to the test, I'm gonna ace it.

Kundus posted:

Gonna say definitely not the Tigers

Well you're no fun.

# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:55

Dingleberry Jones: Jun 2, 2008; If I'm posting a new thread, it means there is a thread already posted and I failed at using the forum search correctly

Dunno if this was mentioned, but Braves are planning to make Santana a QO.

Kinda hope he doesn't take it.

Because he turned down the Royals' QO last year and look what they did this year.

Obviously, that means if he turns down the QO from the Braves, they are going to the World Series.

Right? . . . .. guys? . . . .. . .right?

Dingleberry Jones fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Oct 31, 2014

# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:56

Pastrymancy: Feb 20, 2011; 11:13: Despite Gio Gonzalez warning, "Never mix your sparkling juices," Bryce Harper opens another bottle of sparkling grape and mixes it with sparkling cider.

1:07: Harper walks to the 7-11 and orders an all-syrup Slurpee.

1:10-3:05: Harper has no recollection of this time. Aliens?

In the long run I could see the Tigers nabbing Storen or Clippard in free agency

# ? Oct 30, 2014 23:57

Ambassador of Funk: Aug 2, 2009; Whenever I'm put to the test, I'm gonna ace it.

Dingleberry Jones posted:

Dunno if this was mentioned, but Braves are planning to make Santana a QO.

Kinda hope he doesn't take it.

We might be forced to, because I don't think he'll like the answer to "Who gives a draft pick for Ervin Santana?"

Pastrymancy posted:

In the long run I could see the Tigers nabbing Storen or Clippard in free agency

If they do, I hope they don't succumb to the Tiger's bullpen disease, I like them.

I know they would. :smith:

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:01

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

ZenVulgarity posted:

I hope he shows up at the Super Bowl

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:03

Kundus: Oct 30, 2014

Dingleberry Jones posted:

Dunno if this was mentioned, but Braves are planning to make Santana a QO.

Kinda hope he doesn't take it.

Because he turned down the Royals' QO last year and look what they did this year.

Obviously, that means if he turns down the QO from the Braves, they are going to the World Series.

Right? . . . .. guys? . . . .. . .right?

ERA+ 92? haha, he did it again.

The devil kills time in odd years by making Erv a decent pitcher.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:05

Craptacular!: Jul 9, 2001; Fuck the DH

ZenVulgarity posted:

I love how the Marlins get to the World Series every year.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:06

leftist heap: Feb 28, 2013; Fun Shoe

Marlins Man owns. Doesn't the back of his jersey actually say MARLINS MAN?

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:21

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
INTUITION; Toilet Rascal

Hey, Vegas odds for next year's WS winner are out:

Los Angeles Dodgers � 7/1

Washington Nationals � 8/1

Detroit Tigers � 10/1

St. Louis Cardinals � 11/1

Los Angeles Angels � 12/1

San Francisco Giants � 18/1

Kansas City Royals � 20/1

Baltimore Orioles � 22/1

Oakland Athletics � 22/1

Cleveland Indians � 24/1

Pittsburgh Pirates � 24/1

Seattle Mariners � 24/1

Atlanta Braves � 25/1

New York Yankees � 25/1

Boston Red Sox � 28/1

Texas Rangers � 30/1

Toronto Blue Jays � 33/1

Cincinnati Reds � 35/1

Tampa Bay Rays � 35/1

Milwaukee Brewers � 40/1

New York Mets � 40/1

Chicago White Sox � 45/1

San Diego Padres � 45/1

Chicago Cubs � 50/1

Miami Marlins � 50/1

Arizona Diamondbacks � 110/1

Colorado Rockies � 120/1

Houston Astros � 120/1

Minnesota Twins � 130/1

Philadelphia Phillies � 140/1

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:24

abelwingnut: Dec 23, 2002

Call me crazy but the odds on Texas are really, really attractive.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:29

Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Well, Vegas is a lot more bullish on the 2015 Royals than SAS is.

Betting on baseball is dumb enough, but it seems truly insane to put bets down on the WS winner at the beginning of the off-season.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:38

Tedd_Not_Ed: Feb 16, 2014; I've seen games go perfect for 12 innings all for naught. I've seen no-hitters pitched on illicit drugs. Homer streaks lasting eight games and 20 run losses. I've seen pennants won and seasons collapse. All these memories will be lost in time. Like tears in the rain.

Time to die.

seiferguy posted:

Hey, Vegas odds for next year's WS winner are out:

Los Angeles Dodgers � 7/1

Washington Nationals � 8/1

How many years going have the Nats been either the favorite or near the top of the contenders to win the series now?

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:38

Sandpuppy: Jun 16, 2012; Social Abscess
of the
Universe

ZenVulgarity posted:

Is that Double-Fisting-Beer Man next to Marlins Man?

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:40

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Abel Wingnut posted:

I think that's the first time I've seen Pedroia's name in like seven months. What happened to that guy?

He took the cheese and something bad happened

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:40

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

awful app sucks

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:40

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

That's really pessimistic on the Marlins. They shouldn't be there with the Cubs when they won 77 games last year without their best starter.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 00:41

Rand alPaul: Feb 3, 2010; by Nyc_Tattoo

seiferguy posted:

Hey, Vegas odds for next year's WS winner are out:

Los Angeles Dodgers � 7/1

Washington Nationals � 8/1

Detroit Tigers � 10/1

St. Louis Cardinals � 11/1

Los Angeles Angels � 12/1

San Francisco Giants � 18/1

Kansas City Royals � 20/1

Baltimore Orioles � 22/1

Oakland Athletics � 22/1

Cleveland Indians � 24/1

Pittsburgh Pirates � 24/1

Seattle Mariners � 24/1

Atlanta Braves � 25/1

New York Yankees � 25/1

Boston Red Sox � 28/1

Texas Rangers � 30/1

Toronto Blue Jays � 33/1

Cincinnati Reds � 35/1

Tampa Bay Rays � 35/1

Milwaukee Brewers � 40/1

New York Mets � 40/1

Chicago White Sox � 45/1

San Diego Padres � 45/1

Chicago Cubs � 50/1

Miami Marlins � 50/1

Arizona Diamondbacks � 110/1

Colorado Rockies � 120/1

Houston Astros � 120/1

Minnesota Twins � 130/1

Philadelphia Phillies � 140/1

They don't actually take bets right now, right? Because Chicago could go on a spending spree like LA did.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:07

Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Rand alPaul posted:

They don't actually take bets right now, right? Because Chicago could go on a spending spree like LA did.

Actually, I guess that's the point. You lock in those sweet sweet odds now with a mind that the team is gonna spend into contention.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:09

Kawalimus: Jan 17, 2008; Better Living Through Birding And Pessimism

Dr. Tommy John posted:

I find your posting literally troubling. Like I occasionally get into a discussion about mental health with a coworker or something and explain who you are.

It's actually scary that you think people are awaiting your take on things.

Am I gonna be alright, doc? Are ya gonna have to operate on me??? :ohdear:

# ? Oct 31, 2014 01:51

Longpig Bard: Dec 29, 2004

Thom P. Tiers posted:

He's been doing it for a while now but doing the slipknot festival is great.

http://rj51photos.com/

An RJ51 original

# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:02

Pastrymancy: Feb 20, 2011; 11:13: Despite Gio Gonzalez warning, "Never mix your sparkling juices," Bryce Harper opens another bottle of sparkling grape and mixes it with sparkling cider.

1:07: Harper walks to the 7-11 and orders an all-syrup Slurpee.

1:10-3:05: Harper has no recollection of this time. Aliens?

FlamingLiberal posted:

That's really pessimistic on the Marlins. They shouldn't be there with the Cubs when they won 77 games last year without their best starter.

I like the Marlins' starting rotation but is their offensive production expected to be better next year?

# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:19

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

Pastrymancy posted:

I like the Marlins' starting rotation but is their offensive production expected to be better next year?

they're just going to bide their time until the Cubs make the playoffs again so they can knock them out

# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:24

TheIncredulousHulk: Sep 3, 2012

Abel Wingnut posted:

Call me crazy but the odds on Texas are really, really attractive.

I refuse to call you crazy. If I ever gambled I would be putting money down. Maybe it's a homer bet but hey.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:26

RKRGoat: Jun 20, 2003

They have to switch to the AL for this to be true, assuming you are Grey's sport's almanacing this

# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:29

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Pastrymancy posted:

I like the Marlins' starting rotation but is their offensive production expected to be better next year?

Doubt it. The FO is saying they want to add pitching, which is really unnecessary when we have an infield with an average OPS of around .670

# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:33

vegeta dentata: Jun 16, 2011

The Marlins outfield is one of the best, but the infield is god awful.

3B: Casey McGehee will probably ride out his final arb year and hit for contact with his tiny bat.
SS: Hech is the SS incumbent because the FO thinks he's a GG machine whereas defensive metrics put him in Jeterian territory.
C: Salty is signed for a couple of years and hopefully will bounce back after adjusting to the NL for a year.
2B: Solano is the incumbent, but he's some bench scrub. Maybe Derek Dietrich/Enrique Hernandez will get another look.
1B: I want to see Justin Bour get more action so we don't have to put up with Garrett Jones anymore.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:41

Shrecknet: Jan 2, 2005

Kundus posted:

N: Fielding Bible winners announced. Woo.

V: Can't really argue with the names. Also, the nice thing about bestowing honors that no one cares about is you can change the rules whenever you wish.

Do we still give out Sassies? Didn't we get a pic on twitter a few years back of someone holding up our chintzy, glitter-glue-infused award, or was that a fever-dream I had?

# ? Oct 31, 2014 02:56

Nolan Arenado: May 8, 2009

Rand alPaul posted:

They don't actually take bets right now, right? Because Chicago could go on a spending spree like LA did.

Yeah, they do. A bunch of people got really sweet odds on the Cav winning this years NBA title because they put money down before LeBron even decided to go back, so now they're sitting with a 50/1 ticket on a team that is currently like 3/1.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 03:02

Mornacale: Dec 19, 2007; n=y where
y=hope and n=folly,
prospects=lies, win=lose,

self=Pirates

Everblight posted:

Do we still give out Sassies? Didn't we get a pic on twitter a few years back of someone holding up our chintzy, glitter-glue-infused award, or was that a fever-dream I had?

Post the thread you want to see in the world.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 03:05

Shrecknet: Jan 2, 2005

Mornacale posted:

Post the thread you want to see in the world.

It is thus. Taking suggestions now on better names for categories to increase the likelihood of an "AJ Styles accepts TNAsylum Award"-style bad photo op, as well as 1 more category.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 03:46

uublog: Jul 19, 2012; "World Champions. WORLD FUCKING CHAMPIONS." - Chase Utley, October 31, 2008; Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

Inspector_666 posted:

Actually, I guess that's the point. You lock in those sweet sweet odds now with a mind that the team is gonna spend into contention.

Yeah that's why I'm putting money down on Rube

Hahahahaha I don't think I could even do that ironically, 140-1 is almost generous

# ? Oct 31, 2014 04:27

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Akbar: Nov 22, 2004; Hubba-
Hubba.

Waltzing Along posted:

N:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eChayxKtLhU

V:

That Hunter Pence sound effect will haunt my dreams.

# ? Oct 31, 2014 04:57

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