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TUS posted:Who are some famous reverse busts? Like guys who were drafted late just because; then went on to play well for an extended period of time in the majors? Buehrle was drafted in the 38th round out of a community college.
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Joe Don Baker posted:Someone already recommended Moneyball and in the N/V someone mentioned The Extra 2%, which just came out. I know there was an old baseball book thread which I can't find. Someone want to post a good recommended reading list? If you have archives: http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=3313858 I wish I could quote archived posts because there are a lot of amazon links in there that I'm not going to manually type out. We could also make a new book thread. I'm always looking for stuff to read.
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Angels fans hate AJ for the 2005 playoffs, though that was way more the ump's fault. He is one of those guys, despite what The Prisoner says, that everyone hates if he's not on your team. But if he is...AJ owns  Giants fans boo'd him heavily today in the Sox/Giants spring training game, for what it's worth. Twins fans also give him a ton of poo poo whenever they play. angrygodofjebus fucked around with this message at Mar 16, 2011 around 23:15 |
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Joe Don Baker posted:In looking at OPS+, it seems to be OPS adjusted for the hitter's ballpark. Is 111 average? Above average? Help me understand this so I can cling to any hope that the Bucs will be good soon. 100 is average, so 111 is slightly above average. It's OPS adjusted for ballpark factors and shows how a player did compared to the league average.
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Plutonic Cheddar posted:I have a quick question regarding who gets the win/loss in a game. On Sunday, the Blue Jays lost 4-3 to the Twins. Currently, Brett Cecil is the pitcher of record according to ESPN. When Cecil left the game his team was losing, and they never came back to tie/take the lead, so the loss stays with him. If the game was tied when Rauch gave up the home run(it was 3-2 Twins, the homer made it 4-2 Twins) he would have taken the loss and Cecil would have gotten the no decision.
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Milledge has to clear waivers. I'd guess someone else takes a chance with him.
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chrysamere posted:I don't want to turn into Jeff Pearlman, but one way or another, some hitters had some insane seasons. I'm not jumping into the first question, but was Jose Bautista's season last year not insane? His previous career home run high was 16. He hit 54 last year.
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projecthalaxy posted:I guess these might too basic compared to all the stat questions, but I think it is within the purview of this thread. No maximum distance. The runner is free to take as big or small of a lead as he wants. Sometimes(though rarely) with slower players, pitchers will pretty much ignore them at first base. They'll end up getting a big lead and going into second uncontested. This kind of happened with David Ortiz last night: http://www.sportsgrid.com/mlb/david...e-a-base-video/ quote:Also the team makeup (Pitcher, Catcher, 3 basemen, 3 outfielders, shortstop) seems much more solid than say, basketball or football, where you change what kind of players you have out situationally. I looked at the MLB official rules and didn't think I saw anything, but is there anything preventing a team from running with say, no shortstop and 4 outfielders? You can set up your defense any way you like. A lot of teams during the course of a game will use a shift for certain batters based on where they usually hit the ball. Take a look at this picture, and notice that it isn't an outfielder in right field, but the second baseman: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgor/559522172/
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Important thing to remember about balks: there are like some technical rules, arguably, but what it boils down to is that the ump can essentially call a balk at any time. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/vid...363395&c_id=cws
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Frank Thomas used to just use a piece of rebar
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oystertoadfish posted:that's all i have to say about white sox history remembrances, it's nothing special they have going on there aside from the many many anti-cubs t-shirts the fans wear Hey, the intro video that details their entire history is pretty cool. It even shows disco demolition night! And yeah, adding 'THE CATCH' was a cool touch. Also, the seats where both Podsednik's walkoff homer and Konerko's grand slam from the 2005 World Series landed are still the only old blue seats in the park, rather than the updated green.
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edit: beaten twice
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Carlton Banks posted:Don't forget the White Sox and their 7:11 start times due to a sponsorship deal with 7-11 Nah not anymore. That sponsorship stopped before this season.
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alpha_destroy posted:How good/bad is the bleacher report? I was just stumbling around and I found a list of the most overrated hitters. The columnist put Will Clark number 1. Never go back, it's miserable.
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BklynBruzer posted:So... Speaking as a pretty major newbie with trading/FA signing etc., is this a reasonable plan? It's reasonable for the Yankees but not at all realistic. No one is taking A-Rod's contract, especially Miami of all places. He'll still be a decent/good player for a few years but his contract is bad and he's aging fairly rapidly.
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oystertoadfish posted:honestly, keep that idea in your heads. it's not necessarily a joke. I don't see A-Rod waiving his no-trade to go to Miami, ever.
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Obviously things can change with the new stadium and all, but leaving the always-in-contention Yankees for a usually mediocre to bad Marlins team doesn't seem like a switch he'd want to make.
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The Prisoner posted:It's a shithole Haha this was going to be my exact reply. It's cool for the history(and the area around the park is really nice/fun), but as a place to see a ballgame it is pretty poor.
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Private Snowball posted:What is the best ballpark in SAS opinion for watching a ball game? I've been to six stadiums and liked Miller Park the best
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ZerodotJander posted:Is there a particular reason we measure pitcher workload by innings, instead of pitches? A 3-pitch inning shouldn't count the same as a 35 pitch inning where you gave up 3 runs, right? This is why sample size is important. When you pitch enough innings, it evens out. e: After reading mornacle's reply, I might have misinterpreted your question angrygodofjebus fucked around with this message at Nov 18, 2011 around 01:10 |
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Lungboy posted:Am i right in thinking that when people talk about someone hitting xxx/yyy/zzz the 3 stats being mentioned are batting average/on base percentage/slugging percentage? I've seen it alot in the other threads and i'm never sure. You are correct
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Monicro posted:As a general rule of thumb, what would an "average" score for OBP, SLG and OPS be? It just occurred to me the other day that Batting Average is the only batting stat I look at because I don't actually know what would constitute good, bad etc with the others MLB average in 2012: .320 OBP .399 SLG .719 OPS MLB average in 2000: .345 OBP .437 SLG .782 OPS So there will be differences depending on the time period. You also have a lot of difference between positions. A 'normal' OPS for a 1B/3B will generally be higher than the 'normal' OPS for a catcher/shortstop. angrygodofjebus fucked around with this message at Feb 24, 2012 around 03:44 |
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No yours was much better
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:plus Carl Crawford did his best to Destroy LF Performance hey yo quote:for the White Sox, the answer is pretty simple: Left field is where the leadoff man lives. Ozzie Guillen had a very narrow definition of what a leadoff man should look like, and left field happened to be the one area where Kenny Williams could acquire a leadoffy guy after other leadoffy projects, like Chris Getz, failed. Look at the number of games where the left fielder batted first (leadoff hitter OBP in parentheses):
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Occupation posted:So batting order stays more-or-less exactly the same throughout the regular season (disregarding injuries or trades)? It will vary a little bit depending on the manager and his penchant for match-ups and what have you, but yes, in general it stays the same.
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commy gun posted:What are the main distinctions between different kinds of pitchers and what are they used for? In addition to starter, reliever, closer are there "role players" like there are on a basketball or football team? There's also typically a "set-up guy" who works the 8th inning leading to the closer in the 9th. Most teams usually have a designated long reliever as well for times when the starter gets roughed up early and they need someone to go 3-4 innings.
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Pershing posted:So, I'm listening to the Braves game and logging in to SAS for the Gameday thread. Problem: no Gameday thread! I'd set one up, but I'm having trouble copying the day's schedule off of MLB.com. I just use print screen
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GoutPatrol posted:After Pujols gets 500 HRs, is there anyone in the foreseeable future who is going to make it up there? Konerko has a real shot, but it would be ~3 years down the line best case scenario. He certainly doesn't seem to be slowing down yet. angrygodofjebus fucked around with this message at May 25, 2012 around 04:17 |
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