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AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

I feel like this fits here

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Now remember, going into Friday, March 4, I have only watched instructional sessions, drills, batting practice and five Cactus League exhibition games. Nevertheless, my Most Valuable Indians Player right now is outfielder Travis Buck. Don't get me wrong, Carlos Santana, Shin-Soo Choo, Fausto Carmona, Lonnie Chisenhall, Chris Perez and Carlos Carrasco all look good too. But Buck is my MVP. He already has some multi-hit games, a home run and he continues to impress in the outfield.

e: some more

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General Manager Chris Antonetti: Pretty simple thought here...I like him. It is kind of hard to explain, but I just do. Not only is Antonetti smart, but he seems to just "get it". I like the fact that he shows his face and watches practice and he is just a good guy

ee: wait, wait, one more

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Best bullpen in the American League: Again, I have only watched a week of instructional sessions, drills, bullpens, batting practice and five Cactus League exhibition games, but the Cleveland Indians bullpen is downright nasty. It is a solid unit that is definitely the strength of the club.

AlleyViper fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Mar 4, 2011

# ¿ Mar 4, 2011 21:53

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 11:29

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

LARGE THE HEAD posted:

What is the point of this article

Ten quick thoughts

# ¿ Mar 4, 2011 22:36

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Tavarin posted:

Be sure to highlight his versatility

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDWAOkTK5l4

There is so much prime av material there I can't even begin

# ¿ Apr 12, 2011 22:28

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

ElwoodCuse posted:

http://tinyurl.com/3enegjp (goes straight to mp3 podcast of interview)

I tried to sit through this, I really tried, but I just couldn't make it. As soon as he tried to compare he role model argument to Weight Watchers I had to turn it off.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2011 17:13

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Just gonna go ahead and cross-post this from the N/V thread

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110503&content_id=18575184&vkey=perspectives&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

# ¿ May 4, 2011 00:15

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

LARGE THE HEAD posted:

I don't know why writers like JoePos still flock to the guy for perspective on Cleveland.

I didn't even know he was related to Cleveland in any way until just now.

Though I do my damnedest to avoid any and all media in the first place so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

# ¿ May 20, 2011 17:47

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

DONT READ THIS POST posted:

Are we allowed to post our own bad sports writing? Because I did a thing. It's a poem.

https://tinyurl.com/3q2vraj

Too many modern players. Give the old timers some love :colbert:

L is for Lajoie

# ¿ May 23, 2011 21:22

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

stuart scott irl posted:

Utley's back, but the Phillies have actually done better without him

This article is incredible.

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When Utley came back from his wrist injury in 2007, he hit 14 points lower than he did before getting hurt. Then last season after having thumb surgery, his batting average was four points lower in his last 43 games than his first 72 games.

# ¿ May 24, 2011 16:22

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

stuart scott irl posted:

Actually on further consideration I'm fairly convinced that Mandy Housenick does not actually exist and is just one of you trolling me

This is the best part

DashTreyhorn
Stupid conservative America, that's why! RT @zoowithroy: Yo @dashtreyhorn if Utley is so great why don't you marry him you big gooberface

# ¿ May 24, 2011 16:28

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Geno posted:

i know how much SAS hates Simmons but here's a great article from NYT about him

I can't stand how this constantly refers to it as the N.B.A. and not the NBA.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2011 19:18

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

You know what makes a great piece of writing? When you give a run down of your own best tweets from the day.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2011 03:05

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

leokitty posted:

Ugh don't give John Harper pageviews, traffic bumps are a good thing for him and the NYDN.

That image is taken from HBT so it's just giving NBC Sports page views if anything.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2011 17:04

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Bigass Moth posted:

3000 hits is kind of a Big Deal

It shouldn't be, though.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2011 13:20

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Grittybeard posted:

but doing something only 27 other dudes have done is pretty cool.

Jeter has already done something only 27 other dudes have done. He did it 10 hits ago.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2011 17:07

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Gleeman tweeted this saying

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Easily the worst column you'll read today

Hope you're ready for some Punto fellating.

http://www.sctimes.com/article/20111020/SPORTS/110200042/DeLand-column-World-Series-Everyman

# ¿ Oct 24, 2011 15:16

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

It's important to note that Joe Pos has been writing a book about Joe Pa so he's probably not unbiased in this whole thing.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2011 20:18

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

That has to be addition by subtraction for Deadspin, right?

# ¿ Nov 28, 2011 20:37

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Posted without comment

http://www.courierpostonline.com/ar...7Ctext%7CSports

# ¿ Jan 10, 2012 22:22

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Deathlove posted:

Here is a horrible (and horrible) article Rany J. just linked to on the twitter:

Two horribles don't do this justice.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2012 20:22

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Medical Sword posted:

If someone is prone to breaking commitments and being dishonest those are character traits worth knowing about

Ignoring other issues like what Mornacale mentioned, what does it matter whether or not the public knows that Brian Cashman cheats on his wife? What difference does it make to anything, anywhere, to anyone, outside of Cashman's personal relationships?

# ¿ Feb 2, 2012 23:51

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Speaking of being an awesome journalist and one of the nicest guys on the planet...TJ Simers (still) is not any of those things

# ¿ Mar 20, 2012 15:10

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Bryce Harper, conservative hero

# ¿ Jun 15, 2012 21:24

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

LARGE THE HEAD posted:

Also Gawker's commenters are subhuman please no one read them oh god

All commenters on all websites are subhuman.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2012 18:04

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Posted without comment, via Dan Szymborski on twitter

http://www.lowellsun.com/sports/ci_21770834/baseballs-stat-geeks-have-gone-too-far

# ¿ Oct 14, 2012 17:29

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

uublog posted:

...And now I'm imagining what a SAS podcast would be like and I think my head just exploded

Lana's roundtables are probably a reasonable enough facsimile.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2013 20:58

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

ElwoodCuse posted:

willing to work for $22,000

After a few raises, maybe

# ¿ May 21, 2013 17:16

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 11:29

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

MourningView posted:

No one on earth cares about professional football titles pre-Super Bowl except for Browns and Lions fans.

And only the most insecure Browns fans do anyway.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2013 01:46

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