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Mornacale posted:Verducci, the author who is slavishly devoted to his decade-plus-old research on the importance of pitch counts, disdains the idea that offenses care about pitch counts. This is like the Twins and walks. 
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Apr 24, 2013 18:29
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Sports Illustrated, in caption posted:Joey Votto might be the game's most patient hitter, but few others can be as selective and as good as he is. No poo poo?
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Crazy Ted posted:I'll have you know that the Twins are on a pace to be above the American League average in walks taken for the fourth season out of the last five Meanwhile, the biggest reason for that in Joe Mauer is reviled for his cake-eating approach.
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Apr 24, 2013 19:50
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I wonder what Verducci would say regarding the Phillies anemic offense partly due to guys who strike out a lot and don't walk. "Not enough clutch hitters" "Needs more grinders"
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Apr 24, 2013 20:03
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Pumpkin McPastry posted:Meanwhile, the biggest reason for that in Joe Mauer is reviled for his cake-eating approach. WHEN YOU ARE BEING PAID TWENTY-THREE MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR YOU SHOULD BE HITTING A MINIMUM OF .350 WITH 35-40 HOME RUNS AND YOU ARE NOT PAID TO WALK YOU ARE ALSO A CATCHER SO YOU SHOULD NEVER PLAY ANY POSITION OTHER THAN CATCHER
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That article is basically Philadelphia_Media_Vs_Bobby_Abreu_1998-2005.txt. vvv Sorry, I was referring to Verducci's article as "that article". The railing against Joe Mauer is tremendously dumb, and also is shades of Bobby Abreu's time in Philly. Badfinger fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Apr 24, 2013 |
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Apr 24, 2013 20:10
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To the above: reading comprehension is apparently not my friend today.Badfinger posted:That article is basically Philadelphia_Media_Vs_Bobby_Abreu_1998-2005.txt. And then he got those nagging injuries two years ago after he signed the new contract and holy gently caress... That year Barreiro started a weekly segment on his show, in the Twins' home market, called "How Long Would Mauer Milk It?" in which he would look at other injuries in sports and declare how long Joe Mauer would be out if he had the same affliction. Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Apr 24, 2013 |
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Apr 24, 2013 20:15
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I gotta develop some sort of card to give anyone that disparages Joe Mauer. 5th in active players for OBP%, top 50 all time (all positions), 2nd all time catcher (minimum 1000 games). 2nd all time OPS+ catcher (minimum 1000 games), #5 all time wOBA, #4 all time wRC+ for a catcher. Basically the list goes on and on. Harlock fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Apr 24, 2013 |
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Apr 24, 2013 21:13
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Harlock posted:I gotta develop some sort of card to give anyone that disparages Joe Mauer. First all time in cake consumption.
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Apr 24, 2013 21:19
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Finding out that "cake eater" was a thing that people actually say in the Twin Cities and not just a thing the Mighty Ducks made up was so exciting.
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Apr 24, 2013 22:05
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Well now I just want cake.
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MourningView posted:Finding out that "cake eater" was a thing that people actually say in the Twin Cities and not just a thing the Mighty Ducks made up was so exciting. finding out that it is actually an insult and not a compliment was disheartening
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Apr 24, 2013 23:21
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:finding out that it is actually an insult and not a compliment was disheartening You were watching that movie very strangely.
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Apr 24, 2013 23:58
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MourningView posted:You were watching that movie very strangely. i heard the phrase in re mauer before i saw that movie 
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Apr 25, 2013 02:19
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MourningView posted:You were watching that movie very strangely. In fairness, if there's one group of people who probably can't process eating cake as a negative in any way, it is SomethingAwful forums posters.
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Apr 25, 2013 03:11
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This is actually a pretty great investigative article from  Deadspin about the San Diego Chargers doctor being a drunk quack.http://deadspin.com/the-chargers-doctor-is-a-drunk-quack-why-havent-they-466685771
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question, what it the sas consensus on Jeremy Schaap and Bob Ley? They seem to be the last two really good journalists on that network. My respect for Schaap has increased in recent years due to his coverage of the Wheldon passing, and various other difficult stories in the world of sports. It's really refreshing to see sports covered in the way those two guys do.
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Apr 25, 2013 23:41
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Schaap gets a lot of poo poo for his Tom Rinaldi-esque faux gravitas but his reporting chops are very solid. Ley does consistently great work on Outside the Lines. That Deadspin report is damning, well supported and probably just scratching the surface. Great stuff.
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Apr 25, 2013 23:43
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LARGE THE HEAD posted:Schaap gets a lot of poo poo for his Tom Rinaldi-esque faux gravitas but his reporting chops are very solid. Ley does consistently great work on Outside the Lines. Schaap gets a lifetime pass for pissing off Bobby Knight to the point of highlighting just how much of a pathetic bully Knight is.
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Apr 26, 2013 00:58
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I really liked Jeremy Schaap's work related to the "Finding Bobby Fischer" segment he did for Outside the Lines
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swizz posted:I really liked Jeremy Schaap's work related to the "Finding Bobby Fischer" segment he did for Outside the Lines The exchange at the end between he and Fischer at the press conference was amazing at the time and is still amazing today.
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That Deadspin article is top journalism.
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MourningView posted:Finding out that "cake eater" was a thing that people actually say in the Twin Cities and not just a thing the Mighty Ducks made up was so exciting. Not only that, but they properly use it. Anyone from Edina = cake eater.
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nasboat posted:The exchange at the end between he and Fischer at the press conference was amazing at the time and is still amazing today. Also, if you want to know the quality of Schaap and Ley, they basically winged it on their own in the studio for 2.5 hours on the afternoon of the Boston Marathon bombing and pretty much did a better job of just reporting straight news and facts than any national news outlet.
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swizz posted:I really liked Jeremy Schaap's work related to the "Finding Bobby Fischer" segment he did for Outside the Lines That was incredible. The one thing that blew me away was how knowledgeable about Jesse Owens. He was on Big Ten Icons, and he came off as almost a professor with how much he knew about him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTtCIxmeuns This is still my favorite piece he's done though. I realize I have an autoracing bias, but he shows off how well rounded of a reporter he was. Few mainstream writers I think could file a report on this without coming as really uninformed. Crazy Ted posted:Also, if you want to know the quality of Schaap and Ley, they basically winged it on their own in the studio for 2.5 hours on the afternoon of the Boston Marathon bombing and pretty much did a better job of just reporting straight news and facts than any national news outlet. Agreed. Was thanking god ESPN stuck with them on the air during that whole event.
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swizz posted:I really liked Jeremy Schaap's work related to the "Finding Bobby Fischer" segment he did for Outside the Lines I almost brought this up, but didn't think anyone else would have known about it. Yeah, this was pretty amazing. I remember when that press conference happened: even knowing Fischer was crazy going in, it was still sad and kind of shocking.
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Crazy Ted posted:That whole interview ended up being pretty riveting since Schaap knew Fisher as a kid thanks to his father. Yeah, I was cutting between them and the local news coverage. They did an excellent job at reporting information while the cable news channels were bloviating about Al Qaeda terror cell nonsense.
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Wow, here's hoping Bobby Fischer is currently inhabiting a special place in Hell. What a bigoted scumbag shithead.
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Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress is tearing ESPN recruiting analyst Dave Telep a new rear end in a top hat over this article on Twitter.quote:@DaveTelep Just read your article. Nothing will change unless you and your colleagues stop protecting these guys by not naming names. quote:@DaveTelep Sorry to say, but you guys are part of the problem. If kids don't think there are repercussions to their behavior, why change? quote:@DaveTelep "they stand in stark contrast to a member of the Class of 2013 who declined insertion" - why do you need to hide their name? quote:Here is @DaveTelep 's otherwise strong article: http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=dave-telep&id=3494&src=desktop&wjb … - Problem is it passes the buck on instead of taking responsibility.. Givony is @DraftExpress on Twitter, and if you like basketball you should follow him anyway.
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The coded racism in that article makes me wanna puke. I also like how his example of players being entitled is an 18 year old saying " I wish we had pizza."
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Apr 26, 2013 17:58
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Is it just me or did they remove that article?
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Apr 26, 2013 19:22
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Mahoning posted:Is it just me or did they remove that article? They did.
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Apr 26, 2013 19:22
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What was the article about? There a cache of it?
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I never understand when websites do this. Obviously, the article shouldn't have been published in the first place. So does that mean that no one is proofing these authors' works, or does it mean that the editor just doesn't give a poo poo?
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Okay so does anybody here know what was in that article? Referencing the other posters above me, it looks like ESPN has wiped it away.
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Crazy Ted posted:Okay so does anybody here know what was in that article? Referencing the other posters above me, it looks like ESPN has wiped it away. Blah blah all athletes today, even HS kids, are spoiled shits, dogwhistle racism, etc.
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It was an article about how entitled elite high school basketball players are, with some examples of past behavior. No names were named; a couple camp directors were anonymously quoted as saying the class of 2013 was the most entitled ever. Telep did relay one great anecdote on one kid (again, no name given) asking Jalen Rose at a camp what women were like in the NBA. (That's some real heavy paraphrasing)
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Apr 26, 2013 19:38
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gently caress it, if they're going to DI schools who are in turn going to make millions and millions of dollars from their playing then let those kids get theirs too.
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Ok found it: http://espn.go.com/blog/dave-telep/post/_/id/3494/the-entitlement-culture-of-elite-hs-hoops quote:When I stepped off the plane from California after returning home from the Elite 24 high school basketball showcase last August, “it” was building. The feeling percolated and simmered to the point of sadness. The level of concern for this generation of players was weighing on my mind.
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