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So many Crede moments in here; it really pushes home the fact that Joe Crede is one of the 5-10 greatest clutch players in MLB history. His numbers in clutch moments are so much better than his numbers regularly. Crede's career slash line: 254/304/444 (748) Crede bases Empty OPS: 716 Crede with runners on: 788 Crede with bases loaded: 902 Crede wRC+ in low leverage: 84 Crede wRC+ in medium leverage: 88 Crede wRC+ in high leverage: 139! Crede career postseason OPS: 949! Clutch isn't just about how you perform in big moments; it's how those moments compare to your regular play. Derek Jeter was considered clutch because he was the same player in the post-season as the regular season; same for Ortiz. Joe Crede has every single clutch metric alive stating he was a VERY GOOD hitter in big moments, and a below average hitter in non-big moments. Joe was amazing.

Game 2 of the World Series is #1 for me. The Blackout game is #2 for me. The World Series game felt surreal; I was in college at the time, and I traveled home for the game. I feel like I didn't appreciate it as much because I spent much of the post-season fearful of a collapse. I'd love to get back and appreciate it a bit more than I may have at that ime.

I could probably get 1 or 2 more if we need. Keep me posted @ChiSox59

The WR for the 60 is 5.99. I dont think there's a big leaguer alive cracking 6.1. I doubt anyone is breaking the 6.15 number Quentin Holmes put up at perfect game.

Yeah, I was a bit confused by the 5.9 number.... um, he should likely pursue a career as a sprinter if he's running 5.9 (WR) 60's. Even 6 flat is like .01 over the WR. 6.1-6.2 is probably more likely which is still incredibly fast.

"Thats something the pitcher need to work on. He gotta work on how to control his feelings." Best line of the interview by far. F*ck pitchers and f*ck verlander especially.

Was gonna post this one but couldnt find this version. Thanks! They were giving Tim mad love on twitter today as well.

But these employees have a very powerful union, and a some contracts have postseason incentives - all players get bonuses (playoffs, world series). Players legacies are involved. When I say it's not amateur sports, I mean the players have rights here and the commissioner doesnt have unilateral power to do as he pleases without support from the PA.

Yeah, that la mag article is incredibly sad.

If you want to read a crazy story about puig, I forgot where the investigative piece was but puig went through some of the most heinous shit to escape cuba and was possibly held against his approval once they changes their demands and may have been a part of killing someone to escape and survive. His journey here is exactly why we cant have players smuggled and treated as black market assets.

Again, he obviously could not do that. You would be punishing players who weren't involved while allowing players who were, but are no longer with the Astros, to escape that penalty. It doesnt make sense and it would never work. This is not college athletics.

No max IP or games played at each position? Does that default to 162 games on Yahoo each position?

I am guessing the implication is you cannot keep someone more than 1 year?

Who gloated?

In a division as tight as the Central, 1 WAR could easily be the difference between a playoff spot.

People seriously underrating getting a late start. It has harmed pitchers repeatedly over the past many years. Late starts can derail seasons for a pitcher.

He is going to miss all of ST. this is one of those things that can just destroy a season. Getting an 8 week late start, and never finding your comfort or strength until the season nears a close. This is a huge loss for the Indians.

Yeah, and I hate making these things political in nature because they don't feel political to me. I am a former conservative - who still leans that way financially but I lean that way based on historical conservatism which I don't feel exists today the same way it did 20 years ago - who now is a moderate who has voted D more often of late. I don't really think there are a lot of politicians on either side of the aisle that care about you and me, sadly. Same to you; have a great time with the family this weekend - and the wife - and go Sox. The greatness of athletics is it brings people together from all walks of life based on a common bond that helps you to understand that we're not all that different - the messaging we have received just varies. The key to advancement is moving outside of your bubble and being open to changing our minds or beliefs when presented with reasonable discourse. We may not agree, but we can at least understand the position without anger and hostility. Decency still exists, despite the narrative that it is fleeting.

I was thinking he hurt himself chasing down Jose Altuve.

I just wanted to say, the discussion Lane and I had via PM's after this conversation was not only cordial, but it gives me hope for a lot of people. Messaging is huge in these discussions; lane isn't a bad person just because he feels the way he feels. In fact, due to the messaging given to those who disagree with many I understand completely why lane feels the way he does. The fact that he was not only willing to listen to my point, but even agree with my angle despite disagreeing with the premise prior to our discussion is why I love these conversations. The key to life isn't telling those who don't see things the way you do that they are idiots; the key is informing them that just because they benefited from things does not mean they didn't earn them through hard work; the point I made is that everyone should just have that same opportunity and sadly they still do not. Lane, great conversation and I really appreciated your thoughts and feelings on all of this. I understand the frustration of thinking people were saying you were handed something because you were white, or because of your parents, when you know you worked really hard to get where you are. I told lane about experiences I have witnessed my wife have - who is a native Colombian - and how it breaks my heart to see her judged for her accent, culture and etc. My wife is a brilliant woman - with an engineering degree - but she doesn't always get the same opportunities that I may get because of her cultural background. All I ask is for everyone to be on an even playing field, and for the fortunate ones among us to understand that not everyone had loving parents... or parents that could be home because they may have had to work two jobs to support their families. At the end of the day, we're all human beings, and we're frequently a product of our environments. I am hopeful we can get to a place where all kids feel supported and an equal opportunity to succeed; a place in which the environment for all is one of opportunity and not survival. Crime is higher in low income neighborhoods not because they are evil people, but because desperation breeds a survival instinct in humans and people do whatever they have to when survival is involved. I don't judge those from backgrounds that I can't understand, but if we support each other we can build up the bottom which greatly benefits the middle and the top. Good discussion all around, and I am immensely grateful for the cordial nature of this discussion. It shows me that we are all still capable of respectful conversation. Have a great weekend, fellas.

Big blow to the Cleveland #Indians: Ace Mike Clevinger was diagnosed with a partial tear of his left medial meniscus and will undergo arthroscopic surgery today. He will miss the start of the season.

This is just flat out wrong, but you're right; I'm not going to get into it with you any further after this. Insurance companies have driven up the cost of healthcare, not the other way around. They have also greatly driven up the costs of pharmaceuticals. Insurance companies make money hand over foot - this is a stone cold fact. They distribute some of those profits to the health care industry, so they don't give a damn about minimizing costs. This is exactly why I can pay the hospital in cash about 20% what the insurance company will pay them for the same service. It is a broken system and arguing otherwise is solely tied to your career in the industry that has become incredibly lucrative. Health care should not be capitalist driven system as it should be a basic human right. Doctors are still compensated plenty well in countries that have universal health care. And all driving up costs has done is forced the average joe to pay for services for people who can't afford it, while the insurance companies and health care industry profits. No one should go bankrupt because they got cancer or their children get sick and it's disturbing that anyone excuses that happening. Greece and etc went broke far for more reasons than you are insinuating too; as did Ireland. Their bailouts were not caused by the health card industry, they were caused by poor government management in all departments. Greece is subprime and it's not because of healthcare. The health and well being of a human being is never "too costly" and it's absurd to imply otherwise. There should be no price on the life of a human being.

This is pretty cool. I actually modeled a scoring system for the league I cited above - and the old geezers didn't want to change it - that I thought paired directly with the overall value of a player. Meaning the top players from both the position players and pitchers shared nearly identical points and it paired really well with offensive WAR and pitching WAR based on weighted categories and points. I'll try and dig it up; although I think Chisox prefers categories which is fine with me as well. As I said, the only thing I really love about the points system is the fantasy football type feel to the scoring that makes watching your guys more enjoyable than getting 1 win with a good ERA and some K's. If a pitcher throws a CGSO with 10k's, that should have a huge impact on your week because it's not a common occurrence . I even had perfect game and not hitter bonuses (5 points and 10 points bonus respectively). 3 homer bonuses; cycle bonuses and etc. From that angle, it was fun to root for big time performances from players. It was a bit gimmicky at times, but it's fun. I have found that 8 points for a save and -5 for a BS with -5 for a loss helped top of the line closers score with top of the line pitchers.

Miguel Sano was on there though. So it had that going for it.

And I have one good buddy from that league that is 100% interested in this league if we need to fill additional spots. More people from the forum the better though.