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Politicalrancor posted:People don't hate the Yankees enough, anymore. As a Twins fan, gently caress the Yankees. gently caress them and their stupid elderly team. Though we did give Rivera that cool-rear end rocking chair last year, so maybe--no. No, gently caress the Yankees.
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The best way to make a standings board is to keep going to Dairy Queen until you get all 30 helmets
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Quad posted:Ehh, if I had to get into a team I'd have to go for the best team in Baseball (Boston, as of 10-30-13), until the next World Series came and changed that title. But I'm more trying to appreciate the sport as a concept, I guess. turn left, even the sweetest victories turn to ash in your mouth and everyone hates you (for good reason)
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ElwoodCuse posted:The best way to make a standings board is to keep going to Dairy Queen until you get all 30 helmets Go to every ballpark and get all 30 helmets.
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Apr 2, 2014 00:17
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Go to every ballpark and get all 30 helmets. I just can't kill that many ballplayers...I've tried! 15 is my limit!
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Apr 2, 2014 00:26
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I thought about that too, the Dairy Queens in my area don't HAVE the little helmets anymore. I wanted to say to the guy "then why are you even open?" edit: I guess they stopped making them in the 80's.  This is how out of touch I am.
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Apr 2, 2014 00:41
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Go to every ballpark and get all 30 helmets. Jacobs Field didn't have them, I was so pissed
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Apr 2, 2014 00:51
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What the heck does the C at the end of this mean?
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Apr 2, 2014 01:11
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:What the heck does the C at the end of this mean? some dumb poo poo about the new challenge system I think
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:some dumb poo poo about the new challenge system I think
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Apr 2, 2014 01:15
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:I dunno what that is. Since everyone knows how great the NFL challenge system for calls is, MLB decided to copy it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_replay_in_Major_League_Baseball You get one challenge per game, and you get a second one if the first one is right. You can challenge the following plays: Ground-rule doubles Fan interference calls Boundary calls (managers may not, however, challenge home run or potential home run calls) Force plays at all bases, except whether a middle infielder touched second base during the attempt to "turn" a double play Tag plays on the base paths—whether a runner was tagged or whether the runner touched a base (an appeal is still required ahead of the latter) Fair/foul calls on balls hit into the outfield Catch/trap calls on balls hit into the outfield Time plays (whether or not a run scored prior to the third out) Whether a runner passed a preceding runner Scorekeeping issues, including the count, number of outs, score or substitutions The green indicates that the team still has its challenge available to it.
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Apr 2, 2014 01:16
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Quad posted:Last year was my first year of the Experiment To Love Baseball; I don't follow sports and I decided that I would go all in. Joined a fantasy league, shared an mlb.tv premium subscription, bought a hat.
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Apr 2, 2014 02:11
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I don't listen to the Diamondbacks announcer crew very much, but haven't had any options lately. Has Miguel Montero been "Miggy" for a long time, or something they are trying to get it to stick? It seems like most people associate that nickname with that other Miguel in Detroit. If that seems cynical, you'll have to pardon me, but the D-Backs haven't exactly been above silly branding shenanigans in the past couple years.
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Apr 2, 2014 03:42
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Craptacular! posted:I don't listen to the Diamondbacks announcer crew very much, but haven't had any options lately. "Miggy" is just one of those stupid nicknames that guys get because for some reason everyone in a sports clubhouse has to have a two-syllable nickname that ends in y.
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I understand that OBP is better than AVG because you are not getting out. But, with a walk runners can only advance one base,if that, but a hit gives runners the chance to advance multiple bases and even score. How do stat geeks and fans consolidate this? As far as OBP over AVG, I know walks are counted and probably sacrifice plays(?), but what else is included in OBP?
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Quad posted:My question is, I'm looking for a good quality Standings Board that I could update every day on the wall of my cubicle, something not so huge, like maybe 11x17; something like I found a mini-helmet version at the Tigers' game yesterday for $20. Comes with a cardboard piece to keep the helmets in order, and a little cap for each team. ElwoodCuse posted:The best way to make a standings board is to keep going to Dairy Queen until you get all 30 helmets In 2011 or 2012, Baskin Robbins actually gave away the helmets in a big promotion. They don't have them at Dairy Queen anymore, but they do exist. ElwoodCuse posted:Jacobs Field didn't have them, I was so pissed I don't know if this is referencing this year or not, but Cleveland changed their official primary logo from Wahoo to the block C. That helmet set at Comerica Park was brand new...because the Indians' cap had the C on it. Supposedly, the Indians made the logo switch late in the developmental process this year, so some MLB licensees are behind on getting updated Indians stuff out there.
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that. Just a little ritual every day to remind me that baseball exists and I should watch it. Any ideas?
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Michael Corleone posted:Yeah, the Indians are phasing Chief Wahoo out, that is why any Tribe gear I buy has the Chief on it, because it will be disappearing eventually. Presumably you collect it to gaze upon it and wonder how we could condone an an amazingly racist symbol to represent a sports team.
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zakharov posted:Presumably you collect it to gaze upon it and wonder how we could condone an an amazingly racist symbol to represent a sports team. Actually I do it so that I can appear as edgy as possible to people like you for years into the future.
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Mornacale posted:"Miggy" is just one of those stupid nicknames that guys get because for some reason everyone in a sports clubhouse has to have a two-syllable nickname that ends in y. Beats M-Cab. zakharov posted:Presumably you collect it to gaze upon it and wonder how we could condone an an amazingly racist symbol to represent a sports team.
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Michael Corleone posted:Yeah, the Indians are phasing Chief Wahoo out, that is why any Tribe gear I buy has the Chief on it, because it will be disappearing eventually. They're phasing him out over many years, from what I can tell. The change for this year is simply switching the C and Wahoo. However, some teams have already phased out Wahoo. The Tigers' scoreboard graphics in 2013 featured the block C, and I'm sure some other teams did the same.
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AsInHowe posted:They're phasing him out over many years, from what I can tell. Yep, that is my thinking too. It won't be around too much longer, so if I want a shirt, hat, or whatever, and it is an option I'll buy it because I like the tradition of the Browns and Indians, even if we haven't been good for decades. I can always buy new stuff later.
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If the Cleveland professional baseball team had any balls, they'd rename the team to the Spiders. The Cleveland Spiders would be amazing.
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AsInHowe posted:If the Cleveland professional baseball team had any balls, they'd rename the team to the Spiders. The Cleveland Spiders would be amazing. Cleveland Sorrow, Cleveland Despair, Cleveland Misery all seem pretty good to me.
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Austrian mook posted:Cleveland Sorrow, Cleveland Despair, Cleveland Misery all seem pretty good to me. But to really display those emotions, you really could keep using Chief Wahoo, to truly represent the plight of his people. MLB will want a logo change, so Spiders it must be.
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Cleveland Spiders would be awesome if we have to change the name. Make it a total rebranding, and spend some MONEY on players you cheap fuckers!
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Michael Corleone posted:I understand that OBP is better than AVG because you are not getting out. But, with a walk runners can only advance one base,if that, but a hit gives runners the chance to advance multiple bases and even score. How do stat geeks and fans consolidate this? HBP are also included in OBP. As for the fact that singles are more valuable than walks, this is why the best offensive stats are based on linear weights, which essentially means that statistics are run to find the relative correlation of each plate outcome with runs scored for a given league/year, and then these numbers are used as coefficients in a linear equation (so, something like c1*BB + c2*1B + c3*2B + ...). The most popular of these is wOBA (weighted On Base Average), which is scaled to resemble OBP (so .320-.330 is about average, .350 is good, .300 is bad, etc.). You can find it at Fangraphs, and if you want to check this page you can find the exact ratio of value between a walk and a single for every year since 1871! In general, Fangraphs is actually a really good site that people really ought to use as long as that use doesn't involve reading articles. Michael Corleone posted:Yep, that is my thinking too. It won't be around too much longer, so if I want a shirt, hat, or whatever, and it is an option I'll buy it because I like the tradition of the Browns and Indians, even if we haven't been good for decades. I can always buy new stuff later. I too appreciate the fine American tradition of overt and unapologetic racism.
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Is there a MLB equivalent of the NBA meet the team threads? I have had a search but couldn't find anything, or even a similar non-SA website out there. I follow the NBA really closely but looking for an off season sport to follow and have always loved the little bits of MLB that get shown on TV here.
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Michael Corleone posted:I understand that OBP is better than AVG because you are not getting out. But, with a walk runners can only advance one base,if that, but a hit gives runners the chance to advance multiple bases and even score. How do stat geeks and fans consolidate this? How many bases you get is accounted for in your slugging percentage, as well.
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EMC posted:Is there a MLB equivalent of the NBA meet the team threads? I have had a search but couldn't find anything, or even a similar non-SA website out there. I follow the NBA really closely but looking for an off season sport to follow and have always loved the little bits of MLB that get shown on TV here. There is, but unfortunately it's woefully incomplete and probably won't get a whole lot more writeups (complete it jerks).
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Monicro posted:There is, but unfortunately it's woefully incomplete and probably won't get a whole lot more writeups (complete it jerks). I'll do the yankees tonight, jeez
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Mornacale posted:In general, Fangraphs is actually a really good site that people really ought to use as long as that use doesn't involve reading articles. otherwise yeah basically
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Two games mean nothing, but did anything change in the off season for the Marlins and the Astros? If not, I'd like to safely continue knowing they are very bad.
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Apr 2, 2014 11:39
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Monicro posted:There is, but unfortunately it's woefully incomplete and probably won't get a whole lot more writeups (complete it jerks). If nobody's done Red Sox I will make a low effort poop post
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Requesting a Brewers write-up. Convince me I'm not making a huge mistake.
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Jerome Agricola posted:Requesting a Brewers write-up. Convince me I'm not making a huge mistake. The quick write-up is "you are." They'll probably be okay-ish this year but their farm system is complete trash and once that sorta-contention window closes, they're going to be bad for a real long time.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:If nobody's done Red Sox I will make a low effort poop post Still none for them and low effort poop is all the Red Sox deserve so go for it
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The Brewers are pretty reliant on their farm system making them competitive since they're a small market team and that is what helped them be competitive a few years ago in addition to getting super lucky with some players like Casey McGehee. They have a star in Braun and decent group of players under 30 in Lucroy, Segura, Gomez and Khris Davis but it's probably not enough to make them a serious competitor. It's not that it's a terrible team, it's just that there's no area where it stands out and they have a terrible farm system that isn't going to give them any help.
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I only just started following baseball stuff and a writeup about the Braves would be nice.
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Glenn_Beckett posted:Two games mean nothing, but did anything change in the off season for the Marlins and the Astros? If not, I'd like to safely continue knowing they are very bad. The Astros completely and totally committed to a rebuild a few years ago and they have a pretty good chance of becoming a good team. They have a billion young players, some legit prospects, and as of right now the division around them looks to be getting weaker. Plus the only place they CAN go is up. The Marlins I don't know anything about, except they have a real promising young pitcher (they'll probably eventually lose) and an amazing young slugger (they will definitely lose) and a horrible owner who sold off everything of value to save $$$.
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