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The lowest magic number for a team this century entering September is 8, by the 2008(?) Angels. On Thursday the 29th, the Dodgers went to Arizona for a 4 game set with a magic number of 9. Each win in the series would reduce it by 2. On the morning of September 1st, the Dodgers magic number is still 9. bawfuls fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Sep 1, 2019 |
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Bregor posted:Start Lux you cowards https://twitter.com/ravinefiends/status/1168226334255931392?s=21
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Sep 1, 2019 20:17
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Dustin May just got hit in the head with a line drive wtf is going on with this team, feels spooky now
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Sep 1, 2019 22:29
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New Concept Hole posted:1.5 HR/9 
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Sep 3, 2019 01:31
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The Pussy Boss posted:It tells you how good a player is at getting hits, which are more valuable than walks. For example, a .350/.400/.500 hitter is way better than a .250/.400/.500 hitter
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Sep 5, 2019 00:07
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New Concept Hole posted:To expand on this, Hitter #1 is not walking very much and has their OBP and SLG tied up heavily in BABIP. If Hitter #2 has a string of luck on batted balls, their numbers can go up significantly, while Hitter #1 is already experiencing a lot of luck on batted balls. That's at least how I'd read those lines.
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Sep 5, 2019 01:35
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Joc Pederson is 6 for his last 6, with 5 home runs
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Sep 5, 2019 04:38
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Sydin posted:This has been your Cubs FactTM for the day.
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Sep 5, 2019 17:01
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mcmagic posted:Yankees haven't won the world series in over 10 years.
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Sep 5, 2019 21:04
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Remember last month when Molly Knight dropped this galaxy brain take on twitter and everyone told her how stupid and bootlicking it was?? https://twitter.com/molly_knight/status/1162799986167300096?s=2 She decided to lean in and write a lovely column about it https://twitter.com/molly_knight/status/1169705785909116928?s=21
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Sep 5, 2019 21:35
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uggy posted:I don’t think that thinking about value that way is weird at all, like not one bit. Fangraphs does a trade value article that uses contract details to help set the value and nobody thinks that’s bootlicking or whatever the gently caress
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Sep 5, 2019 22:11
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Molly has replied to two posts in her twitter thread on that column, and both of her replies are “did you even read the article???”
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Sep 5, 2019 22:13
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Powerful “I’m one of the most scientific players in MLB” energy here https://twitter.com/molly_knight/status/1169735971337752576?s=21
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Sep 5, 2019 23:17
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mcmagic posted:https://twitter.com/si_mlb/status/1169761397875576832 
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Sep 6, 2019 01:14
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tadashi posted:I would love for anyone trying to poo poo on her articles to write enough articles per week (or w/e the pace is) that get enough clicks to keep a roof over their heads. Writing about baseball for 8 months a year must be loving brutal, thankless, and pays poo poo for taking up so much of your time. I mean this is a dumb hill to die on but I'm surprised good baseball writers aren't constantly thinking themselves out of the logical plain of existence more often.
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Sep 6, 2019 05:23
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Kirios posted:Work public sector
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Sep 6, 2019 17:58
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Ned Colletti has been hired as a scout... for the San Jose Sharks https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1170023841814515714?s=21
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Sep 6, 2019 18:22
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The Pussy Boss posted:Dodgers are loving around with their rotation too much, IMO. They're taking pitchers who've been successful as starters this year (Stripling, Hill, Maeda, Dustin May, etc) and using them for 2,3,4 innings at a time, in long relief, or two of them on the same day. They've been doing this since like mid-August. I get that those pitchers probably won't start in the postseason, but jerking guys around between differernt roles for 6 weeks seems like a bad way to prepare for the playoffs. Especially with Ryu wearing down or w/e is wrong with him.
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Sep 9, 2019 05:22
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The Pussy Boss posted:It's going to own when the Astros get swept in the ALDS 
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Sep 10, 2019 01:54
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The Dodgers’ magic number is 1, and they start a 3 game set in Baltimore tonight. Would be very on brand to gently caress this up somehow.
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Sep 10, 2019 15:48
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O.Co is underrated as are piss troughs
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Sep 10, 2019 18:52
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We are all equal at the piss trough, truly it is the fixture of the proletariat
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Sep 10, 2019 18:56
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Of course you reached your grubby little goon hands in and got that drat bat back
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Sep 10, 2019 20:09
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I’m glad I caught a Dodgers-Cubs game at Wrigley back in 2013 for the Authentic Experience. Piss troughs, no video board, and the Cubs were bad.
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Sep 10, 2019 20:16
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The Dodgers have clinched the NL West for the 7th straight year 
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Sep 11, 2019 02:52
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that's a good tweet from Neal
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Sep 11, 2019 03:30
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That is a poo poo way to have your season end, drat
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Sep 11, 2019 04:23
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Good morning to everyone who’s favorite baseball team has clinched. 
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Sep 11, 2019 17:42
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zoux posted:I think having sportswriters vote on the Hall is bad because they're the most self-righteous, preening people on the planet with a genetic predisposition to hot rear end takes, but idk what a better solution is. Players? A commission? In general players are terrible judges of talent, player vote/surveys every year demonstrate this
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Sep 12, 2019 21:32
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Thom P. Tiers posted:Larry Walker 1997 (MVP season)
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Sep 13, 2019 18:01
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Piazza was not actually atrocious on defense, despite that reputation at the time (which was mostly derived from his poor CS%). In recent years I’ve seen pieces suggesting he was a plus framer. Edit: 538 article on it from when he was inducted https://www.google.com/amp/s/fivethirtyeight.com/features/mike-piazza-was-more-than-a-big-bat/amp/ bawfuls fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Sep 13, 2019 |
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Sep 13, 2019 18:14
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Thom P. Tiers posted:How and why? Larry Walker was a good outfielder and had him beat in every offensive category except OPS+ (185 vs 178). fwiw fangraphs says they both put up 9.1 WAR that year, tho I realize bWAR disagrees
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Sep 13, 2019 18:18
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How many times has a catcher led baseball in OPS+ and wRC+? Edit: Mauer did it in 2009 while catching 109 games and DHing another 28. Piazza caught 139 games and DH’ed 7 in ‘97. I didn’t notice another example on the yearly OPS+ leaderboard going back to the 50’s. bawfuls fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Sep 13, 2019 |
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Sep 13, 2019 18:23
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Yeah Posey of course. Both Mauer and Posey won the MVP for doing so. Posey caught 114 games, played 1B in 29, and DH’ed in 3.
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Sep 13, 2019 18:31
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Thom P. Tiers posted:Just because you play it doesn't mean it's helpful to the team or have it add value to your resume, it can actually hurt 12 year old Bawfuls wants that Piazza MVP damnit 
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Sep 13, 2019 19:08
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No Safe Word posted:It's Ryan Spilborghs so it makes some sense at least
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Sep 17, 2019 02:36
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Sydin posted:Yeah apparently the Pirates wanted Dustin May and drew a line in the sand over his inclusion in a trade, and LA balked. Lux and May and Smith are on the Dodgers right now and there’s a good chance all three make the postseason roster, so you can see why that trade didn’t happen.
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Sep 18, 2019 00:24
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Senf posted:Read this, baseball people:
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Sep 18, 2019 01:47
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Intruder posted:The first year of that three consecutive 100 loss seasons was the Astros first 100 loss season ever
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Sep 19, 2019 17:54
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Der Meister posted:Jansen has turned into a pumpkin as well. 1/4 in his last four save opportunities.
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