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How much extra money do you think James Shields has made just because his name rhymes with "game"? It's in the millions, right? If he went by Jim people would look at him way differently.
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MourningView posted:How much extra money do you think James Shields has made just because his name rhymes with "game"? It's in the millions, right? If he went by Jim people would look at him way differently. "Big Win" Jim!
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Jun 19, 2014 19:41
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MourningView posted:How much extra money do you think James Shields has made just because his name rhymes with "game"? It's in the millions, right? If he went by Jim people would look at him way differently. A pitcher named Homer is worth over 100 million. Clearly Slim Jim Shields would be making 150 million+.
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Jun 19, 2014 19:45
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Please take this time to consider voting for J.D. Martinez into this year's All-Star game, thanks
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Jun 19, 2014 19:49
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Based on that, how much should Outman be paid?
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Jun 19, 2014 19:51
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Sotar posted:Based on that, how much should Outman be paid? More than Grant Balfour or Eric Plunk.
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Jun 19, 2014 19:54
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Storm posted:Please take this time to consider voting for J.D. Martinez into this year's All-Star game, thanks I conidered it for about half a second before laughing does that count?
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Jun 19, 2014 20:01
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I prefer my players to come with a built-in pricetag.
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Jun 19, 2014 20:02
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Krigen posted:Felix Hernandez gets another 'no decision' today on a quality start because the M's are a stupid team with no offense that can't give him run support. Same goes for Cashner. Poor guy.
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Jun 19, 2014 20:11
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IcePhoenix posted:I conidered it for about half a second before laughing does that count? He's the only thing we have going for us anymore. 
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Jun 19, 2014 20:39
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Tigers pitchers struck out 0 batters today, before Joe Nathan struck out the side to get the save. In other news, it is opposite day.
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Jun 19, 2014 20:42
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Grandma was awesome. http://www.webcitation.org/5yvmTYCkx He got his name because his grandmother liked unique and unusual things and, with a last name of Million, she wanted her grandson to stand out. She talked his parents into naming him Ten for that reason. When the daughter of Ten and Christine was born, the grandmother bribed Christine with $50 into naming her Decillian Million for the same reason. Later on, Decillian began to use the name Dixie but in her early years she was known as Decillian Million, daughter of Ten Million.
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Jun 19, 2014 20:48
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Tony Phillips posted:Grandma was awesome. Man, I'd hate to be named "Dicks a Million" which is exactly what that would have sounded like.
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Jun 19, 2014 20:54
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This is the first time I noticed it, but it's really handy that baseball reference provides the age of death calculaed to the thousandths of a year!
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Jun 19, 2014 23:05
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I think it's years.days.
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Jun 19, 2014 23:20
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I guess that makes a little more sense, but still funny that someone would find that to be valuable information
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Jun 19, 2014 23:22
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bawfuls posted:15 K's (career high) no walks, only baserunner reached on a Hanley error in the 7th. Dodgers are heating up just as the Giants take their annual June vacation from winning games. That was a hell of a no-no.
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Jun 19, 2014 23:29
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My dad has all the luck. Last night was the 3rd no-hitter he's seen in person. The first was Koufax's perfect game (at age 12) and second was Ramon Martinez in 1995. I was at the first ~5 innings of the Martinez game but I got really sick and he had to take me home (I was 10). Dad drove back to the game to catch the final several innings himself. He had an extra ticket last night too, I could have gone but I live 2 hours away and it was just another Wednesday night game...
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Jun 20, 2014 00:44
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tadashi posted:No. The Rays got a player with an all-star ceiling with 6 years of control, 3 of which will come around the league minimum. The Royals created a black-hole in right field last season for themselves and got a pretty good pitcher with 2 years of control at 22.5 million. They won't be able to keep Shields around unless he agrees to a very team-friendly deal if he keeps pitching like this. It's not an even trade even if it helps them get to the playoffs this year. There were at least a few pitchers in free agency last season they could have signed for not a ton of money who would have allowed them to keep Myers and made them more competitive. Instead, starting in 2015, they won't have Shields and they won't have Myers. James Shields has been one of the best starting pitchers in baseball over the last three years. Not top 10, but probably just below that. If you don't define that as ace-level, your definition of an ace is stupid, and that's not even getting into using ERA in mid June as a measure of talent. (even so I agree it wasn't really a good trade because the Royals weren't on the cusp of contention, and he's not going to push them over the edge)
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Jun 20, 2014 00:50
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James Shields wasn't even the best pitcher on his own team when he played for the Rays what are you talking about
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Jun 20, 2014 01:08
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James Shields threw a pretty cool haymaker at Coco Crisp once that was neat.
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Jun 20, 2014 01:15
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James Shields ERA+ the 3 years before KC traded for him: 75, 134, 109. Definitely ace material right there
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Jun 20, 2014 01:16
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Looking at the year-by-year top 10s of ERA+ reminded me of Mike Sirotka and now I'm sad.  Big Game James does it again.
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Jun 20, 2014 01:21
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I don't remember Royals fans here being particularly happy. Maybe my reaction tinted my memory. I just remember my wife had to talk me out of swearing off the Royals entirely when I read the news. Goddamn, I still get mad about that trade when I get drunk, even if Shields has been pretty effective.
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Jun 20, 2014 01:22
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Considering Myers was a huge part of their team down the stretch last year and KC got like 5 more wins than they would've without Shields, and that they more or less had to win the world series both years they had him to win the trade, no they are not even
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Jun 20, 2014 01:32
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bawfuls posted:I was at the first ~5 innings of the Martinez game but I got really sick and he had to take me home (I was 10). Dad drove back to the game to catch the final several innings himself. do you literally live inside dodger stadium because otherwise this is not possible and your dad is a liar
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Jun 20, 2014 02:00
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RIP Gavin Floyd. Just removed mid-inning with pretty nasty swelling in his elbow.
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Jun 20, 2014 02:01
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MourningView posted:do you literally live inside dodger stadium because otherwise this is not possible and your dad is a liar We lived ~20 minutes away, it was 1995 so attendance wasn't that high, he had good parking due to season tickets, and the Dodgers scored 7 runs between the 3rd and the 6th. bawfuls fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Jun 20, 2014 |
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Jun 20, 2014 02:08
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There are like 15 aces in baseball and Big Gim Jim is not one of them
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Jun 20, 2014 02:12
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bawfuls posted:I don't remember because I was 10 and miserably sick. Maybe he took me home after like the 2nd, I dunno. But my understanding is he took me home and made it back for at least the final two innings. Was you family car a helicopter? It takes like 17 hours just to get from the freeway to the parking lot there is no way. Lies. This is like all those people who say they saw Wilt score 100 points even though the game was played in front of 12 people in Hersey, PA. But who knows maybe there was no traffic on a weekday night in LA. Also maybe he rode a unicorn. MourningView fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Jun 20, 2014 |
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Jun 20, 2014 02:12
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MourningView posted:It takes like 17 hours just to get from the freeway to the parking lot there is no way. Lies. This is like all those people who say they saw Wilt score 100 points even though the game was played in front of 12 people in Hersey, PA. Premium parking from season tickets and living north of the stadium combined to make it fairly simple. bawfuls fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Jun 20, 2014 |
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Jun 20, 2014 02:16
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bawfuls, can you get on Google Maps to show us a satellite view of your former home and chart out the route to and from Dodger Stadium so that we can judge your dad?
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Jun 20, 2014 02:20
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Mornacale posted:bawfuls, can you get on Google Maps to show us a satellite view of your former home and chart out the route to and from Dodger Stadium so that we can judge your dad? actually I totally can if we wanna be  about it!
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Jun 20, 2014 02:22
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Mornacale posted:bawfuls, can you get on Google Maps to show us a satellite view of your former home and chart out the route to and from Dodger Stadium so that we can judge your dad? Yes, and also a pdf of the stadium re-entry policy for the correct year. 
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Jun 20, 2014 02:23
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Mornacale posted:bawfuls, can you get on Google Maps to show us a satellite view of your former home and chart out the route to and from Dodger Stadium so that we can judge your dad? Man, I'm just making jokes.
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Jun 20, 2014 02:25
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MourningView posted:Man, I'm just making jokes. Pfft... Who is the liar now?
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Jun 20, 2014 02:58
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Gavin Floyd fractured his olecranon, and apparently that's bad since it's the first injury Joel Zumaya had.
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Jun 20, 2014 03:28
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Jun 20, 2014 03:40
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MourningView posted:Also maybe he rode a unicorn. Considering the man was awesome to witness three no-no's in person, anything else seems perfectly possible and I would be cool with him riding a unicorn to and from Dodger Stadium.
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Here's Gavin Floyd's elbow. http://i.imgur.com/5tYZdgU.jpg
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