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Intruder posted:If I'm reading this right the story they want to report is about Ben Verlander's reporting on Ohtani instead of about Ohtani himself? yes, they want JP Hoornstra (who covers the Angels for a local Orange County paper and who's first name is not Josh) to talk to Ben Verlander about what a swell job he's doing covering Ohtani.
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Tony Phillips posted:Exactly. Didn't remember that image but instead some old as Hell (I think) Bill James column about the dangers of adding all those qualifiers. Anything past three and it gets weird and counter productive. In short - too many qualifiers is just creating a crazy rear end Venn diagram where you're carving out smaller and smaller pieces, while ignoring equally impressive seasons for having just missed one of your 6, 7, 8+ qualifiers. Get specific enough and you can probably get to "Scrub you think Sucks is one of only 4 people to have a season like this!"
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Can you remind me of these predictions? I remember reading this book in the mid-00s, and I have tried a few times since then to check his predictions, but have been unable to find anything online.
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All I know about Ben Verlander is he seems like a really weird rear end in a top hat. And he’s the one behind the weird “Babe is a murderer?” thing? And like his brother like banned reporters who criticized him or something? So makes sense.bawfuls posted:Good for that guy not caving in to the Cardinals bullshit lowball offer. I did not remember all these details, but good lord how insane that McGwire refused to meet the guy! It’s amazing that the moral isn’t money, just that McGwire couldn’t not be an rear end in a top hat for half an hour.
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If I caught a historic home run ball from my favorite team, I'd be asking for a lot of things the team can provide at low cost to them but high value to me. One hypothetical I saw kicking around online a few weeks back is what if your team won the World Series with a Game 7 walk off home run and you caught the ball, what would you ask for in trade? For me that negotiation starts with: -party with the team that night (can I smoke weed with Cody Bellinger?? I'll sign all the NDA's you want) -ride in the parade -season tickets for life (and you bet your rear end I have specific seats in mind) -a ball signed by every member of the team -multiple pieces of signed game-used equipment (jersey, bat, cap, etc) from Betts/Kershaw/whoever else had a standout series -Clayton Kershaw to tell me he's proud of me The only one of these things that costs the team any real money is the seats for life and that's definitely not worth the several million dollars the ball would fetch at auction. bawfuls fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Sep 27, 2022 |
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I'd ask for a job, and then the normal stuff if they were like lol no
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Yeah I feel like tickets would be the practical “this doesn’t really cost you anything but actually is of real value to me” thing. It’s just a question of how many.
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If the ball is worth more than a million at auction then you need to get tickets for life. And if you are old enough then you get to start negotiating for tickets to last your kid's life. If I'm 75 tickets for life aren't worth nearly as much as they are to me now.
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Sep 27, 2022 20:14
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Sign me to a 1 day contract and let me play in a game.
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I mean I think what I'd ask would depend on how much leverage I felt I had. If I caught some rando rookie's first HR ball or something I'm good with a photo op and like a signed glove or something. If I caught the ball that broke a single season HR record or a guy's 700th or whatever, you better believe I'm asking for the loving moon.
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I’m an excellent negotiator and would hold these teams over a barrel. Let me post about it here:
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bawfuls posted:yes, they want JP Hoornstra (who covers the Angels for a local Orange County paper and who's first name is not Josh) to talk to Ben Verlander about what a swell job he's doing covering Ohtani. Just OC Things I lived there during grad school, it was a hell of a weird place
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uggy posted:I’m an excellent negotiator and would hold these teams over a barrel. Let me post about it here:
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bawfuls posted:lighten up francis bawfuls posted:Good for that guy not caving in to the Cardinals bullshit lowball offer. I did not remember all these details, but good lord how insane that McGwire refused to meet the guy! why did the baseball man not meet the random person who caught the ball!!!
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If I catch a visiting player's home run at Wrigley, I don't care how historic it is, I'm throwing that fucker back. 
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:If I catch a visiting player's home run at Wrigley, I don't care how historic it is, I'm throwing that fucker back. you'd throw back Detroit Tigers legend Javy Baez's 763rd homer? hosed up if true
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Sucks if they have to gently caress with the last interesting series of the season https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/1574844811428913152
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tucking in a big long bib and eating Judge’s home run ball right in front of him with a knife and fork
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uggy posted:why did the baseball man not meet the random person who caught the ball!!!
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MrMojok posted:That strike ruined a lot of good things. The Expos were really rolling that year, Gwynn had a realistic chance of hitting .400, etc. Good lord he was a great hitter.
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Gerblederp posted:tucking in a big long bib and eating Judge’s home run ball right in front of him with a knife and fork He goes to the Hall of Fame and you go the ER for spite.
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If I caught a baseball that was likely worth a million dollars, I would sell it for a million dollars.
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Poque posted:you'd throw back Detroit Tigers legend Javy Baez's 763rd homer? hosed up if true I just want to do the math to see how long this would actually take. Javy averages a homer every 23.24 PAs. Giving him the benefit of the doubt for the rest of his career, I'm assuming he will reach 645 PAs in every single season like he did in 2018, which was his season with the most PAs. He needs 599 more home runs to reach 763, which would take 13,919 more PAs. So he should be hitting homer #763 after 21.58 more seasons, halfway through the 2044 season, when Javy is 52 years old.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:I just want to do the math to see how long this would actually take. Javy averages a homer every 23.24 PAs. Giving him the benefit of the doubt for the rest of his career, I'm assuming he will reach 645 PAs in every single season like he did in 2018, which was his season with the most PAs. He needs 599 more home runs to reach 763, which would take 13,919 more PAs. So he should be hitting homer #763 after 21.58 more seasons, halfway through the 2044 season, when Javy is 52 years old. I will request tickets tomorrow
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Nodoze posted:I'd ask for a job, and then the normal stuff if they were like lol no I would demand the Astros retire JR Richard's number 
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bawfuls posted:If I caught a historic home run ball from my favorite team, I'd be asking for a lot of things the team can provide at low cost to them but high value to me. One hypothetical I saw kicking around online a few weeks back is what if your team won the World Series with a Game 7 walk off home run and you caught the ball, what would you ask for in trade? A Golden Ticket And idk, a picture with the team and trophy or something too I guess. If they can't get me the ticket though I'm probably just selling it because it would be really cool to retire early.
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I want this so bad. Over 1/3 of the way there.
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Poque posted:I want this so bad. Over 1/3 of the way there. hell yeah that rules
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Twin Cinema posted:Can you remind me of these predictions? I remember reading this book in the mid-00s, and I have tried a few times since then to check his predictions, but have been unable to find anything online. Been too long since I read it as well, but I have Dale Murphy in my mind. Weird, as he had just retired at the time it was published, and I think it was pretty clear that he was Hall of Very Good. Popete posted:Sign me to a 1 day contract and let me play in a game. 100% this would be it*. Just Larry Yount my rear end into having my own baseball-reference page that links to my high school stats. *I would absolutely rather have $3M.
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Poque posted:I want this so bad. Over 1/3 of the way there. Let's spend our retirement going to free baseball games across the country 
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Poque posted:I want this so bad. Over 1/3 of the way there. Wait working for a team makes you eligible? I thought it was only players...
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Inspector_666 posted:Wait working for a team makes you eligible? I thought it was only players... 25 years in a front office too
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bawfuls posted:Do they reset your clock if you switch teams or does it still count across the league as a whole? I don't know for sure but I believe it SHOULD count across the league as a whole. There are some other benefits that count front office service time across teams so I'd expect this does too
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STAC Goat posted:It’s amazing that the moral isn’t money, just that McGwire couldn’t not be an rear end in a top hat for half an hour.
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Poque posted:25 years in a front office too Sheeeit, I need to start sending out internship applications.
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https://twitter.com/DUDLAWSON/status/1574792860540588034 Dumb enough to be real (and yes, the Astros' hat has a giant steer)
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ah yes, wildlife and fishes, because when I go to a densely populated urban metropolis that's what I see
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I like that the marlins one is just.. another marlin
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explosivo posted:I like that the marlins one is just.. another marlin Using the wrong logo, too.
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