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Fag Boy Jim posted:please rename the Cy Young award the "Pedro Martinez' 2000 Season Award" Ah yes, the annual award given to Pedro Martinez for having a season of unmatchable greatness.
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Fag Boy Jim posted:please rename the Cy Young award the "Pedro Martinez' 2000 Season Award" Walter Johnson award
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Sep 8, 2010 17:46
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Roger Clemens award, just to piss everybody off
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Bigass Moth posted:It only makes sense that Wins should decide the Cy Young winners. After all, Cy himself won a lot of games. I agree with both of these 100%
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Sep 8, 2010 19:25
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Quarterbacks are the most valuable players. Its obvious because they make the most on average.
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Cy Young should really be the Old Hoss Radbourn award. I'd like to see anyone today pitch 678 innings in one season 
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Badfinger posted:Clearly it should be named the Old Hoss Radbourn Award For Best Season of Wins For A Pitcher in honor of his baseball-leading 59 wins in a single season. Hilariously he misses out on CG and IP by 2 each to some guy named Will White in 1879. seiferguy posted:Cy Young should really be the Old Hoss Radbourn award. I'd like to see anyone today pitch 678 innings in one season Sup OHR budy. 
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Sep 8, 2010 21:47
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That year OHR set the single season record for WAR from a pitcher with a 19.8. Hoss owns.
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This is just bad http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/masterson-has-potential/ Not only does the article start out calling Masterson a lefty even though he's a righty, this paragraph makes absolutely no loving sense: quote:As usual, the ground ball was the most prevalent ball in play type for Masterson on Tuesday night, as he allowed eight grounders, seven flies, and three line drives in a start which saw far more balls in the air than the typical Justin Masterson start.  : Masterson's start had more ground balls than any other, except actually he allowed 10 balls in the air and 8 grounders.The article then goes on to completely ignore his horrid L/R splits which is actually whats keeping him from being a good starter. I know this isn't as bad as some of the WINS type of articles, but for a site that is supposed to pride itself on in depth research and sabermetrics, this poo poo is just loving stupid.
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Every fan graphs blog post is exactly this: State thesis based on a current event Lazily quote xFIP or wRC+ Compare to much better player Come to an irrelevant conclusion
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I CHALLENGE THEE posted:Every fan graphs blog post is exactly this: Also Identify player who having an uncharacteristically good or bad season Cite BABIP, LD% and some other things. Say they will regress  I am a baseball genius woof! woof! woof! woof!
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Captain Charisma posted:Also wait that's just what we do in the n/v threads
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purkey posted:wait that's just what we do in the n/v threads Nobody here is claiming to be an expert or is writing articles on it
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I CHALLENGE THEE posted:Every fan graphs blog post is exactly this: Is this like some kind of Bleacher Report built for nerds instead of idiots?
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Captain Charisma posted:Also Excuse me, that's totally wrong.You forgot sample size.
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Captain Charisma posted:woof! woof! woof! woof! I've clearly missed the boat on this joke  can someone explain it?
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seiferguy posted:I've clearly missed the boat on this joke On one of Dave Cameron's 6 org explanation articles someone posted in the comments as "Dave Cameron's Wife" and said simply "Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof!" It was deleted after like five minutes but the fact that it came out of nowhere was hilarious
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They took it down now, but someone posted a whole thing on the ESPN rumor mill ruminating on whether the Phillies would pick up Rollins' 2011 option, apparently unaware that they already did that in January.
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Well I knew someone would bite at Portis' comments about the Mexican whore reporter incident, and Dan Wetzel took the bait. I usually like him, but he's on the high horse here alright. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AtBZveI1RsM_MEzv9I2P_O5DubYF?slug=dw-portiscomments091410 I don't even get the outrage. All he said is that yes, there is sexual tension in a locker room with female reporters and 53 giant black dongs. He didn't say, hell yeah I slap bitches asses all the time and we all should.
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stuart scott irl posted:They took it down now, but someone posted a whole thing on the ESPN rumor mill ruminating on whether the Phillies would pick up Rollins' 2011 option, apparently unaware that they already did that in January. For whatever reason that reminds me of this: 
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This is apparently an "article" by a "writer" http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/09/in_pitching_all_that_matters_a.html quote:CLEVELAND, Ohio — The most important statistic in baseball is a win. It determines which teams reach the postseason and which teams go home. It is not an acronym for a math quiz. It's the stat that makes baseball go.
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Sep 15, 2010 20:20
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Who was the old school writer dude who wrote the "vorp blorp shmorp" article?
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stuart scott irl posted:This is apparently an "article" by a "writer" the pitcher is the only guy charged with a win or loss because in loving 1890 or whatever that dude pitched the whole game come hell or high water, and even in loving 1890 people were calling bullshit on it because you also have to score runs in order to win. (yes this is preaching to the choir)
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The broken bones posted:Who was the old school writer dude who wrote the "vorp blorp shmorp" article? Was it Murray? he loves that topic. here is one http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2007/02/this-is-why-this-site-exists.html edit: here's the FJM vorp tag http://www.firejoemorgan.com/search/label/vorp KYOON GRIFFEY JR fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Sep 15, 2010 |
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stuart scott irl posted:This is apparently an "article" by a "writer" Bigass Moth posted:Avoid ye all Cleveland media, ... only Cleveland-based writer of any value of Terry Pluto.
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The broken bones posted:Who was the old school writer dude who wrote the "vorp blorp shmorp" article? Bruce Jenkins? http://sportsargumentwiki.com/index.php?title=Bruce_Jenkins
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leokitty posted:Bruce Jenkins? http://sportsargumentwiki.com/index.php?title=Bruce_Jenkins hahaha: quote:Be sure to remember HEEP, SKANK and VLZSKS, while you're at it. We'll be out in the sun, discussing a little thing we like to call "runs batted in." also I CHALLENGE THEE posted:On one of Dave Cameron's 6 org explanation articles someone posted in the comments as "Dave Cameron's Wife" and said simply "Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof!" Thanks: http://sportsargumentwiki.com/index.php?title=Dave_Cameron seiferguy fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Sep 15, 2010 |
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I swear to God there was an actual writer who wrote "shmorp blorp," but maybe I've got brain problems
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The broken bones posted:I swear to God there was an actual writer who wrote "shmorp blorp," but maybe I've got brain problems Murray Chass ?
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I'm pretty sure the VORP SCHLORP thing came from SAS
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The broken bones posted:oh, you're right, i'm retarded I think it came in response to the Bruce Jenkins article though
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I consider SKANK to be a very important statistic so Bruce Jenkins was right.
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leokitty posted:I consider SKANK to be a very important statistic so Bruce Jenkins was right. I assume Alyssa Milano is the league leader in this.
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stuart scott irl posted:This is apparently an "article" by a "writer" The gently caress is this poo poo 
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seiferguy posted:I assume Alyssa Milano is the league leader in this.
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All you SABR nerds who hate Derek Jeter can get out: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AgDqxz2ARMe03PSBmCEiuRMRvLYF?slug=ea-jeter091410 quote:ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – So the SABR rattlers have pronounced Derek Jeter(notes) old and creaky. The captain’s average is average and his OBP is WTF. The New York Yankees hit king was once the belle of the ball, but now he’s dragging along like a tin can behind a “Just Married” car. The $50 million over three years he’s sure to get from the Yankees this winter is more like a Wall Street golden parachute than a worth-every-penny contract, at least if you listen to the stat wonks. Hey New York, get ready for clubhouse-leading, "Just-Win" Derek Jeter to be back next year with a big contract!
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seiferguy posted:All you SABR nerds who hate Derek Jeter can get out: He has the highest personal winning percentage of any player Michael Kay thinks this is important 
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