Jake

Let's wait for his next 0-fer before we freak out again.

I laughed hysterically when I heard this

QUOTE (YASNY @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 11:20 AM) For some strange reason, all this talk about sample size as a backup compared to assuming a starting QB role makes me think of Caleb Haney. Of course, Caleb Hanie only had a few nice SERIES. We've seen Matt Flynn put together some pretty stellar games.

I'm just very surprised that they would give Flynn all of that money and not basically hand him the job, at least to start with.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 11:04 AM) No one who uses dWAR thinks it's a perfect metric. Sometimes outlier cases like Beckham highlight some internal flaw in the model. That flaw is probably sample size.

UZR is meant to have something like a 3 year sample size IIRC. Please stop lumping Alexei Ramirez in with Gordon Beckham. Alexei has been one of the all-around best SS in baseball since entering the league. Even this year in what is by far a career worst season, he's driven in runs at a pace similar to our 4 hitter. WAR by year with Alexei 1.1 2.4 4.3 4.9 0.7 (2012) Find me shortstops that can put a 5 year run like that. If Alexei wants to put together another 1 or fewer WAR season next year, we can start to think about ways to better utilize him.

He's baaaaaack.....

I would tell you about my experiences with BCBS, but it sucks so much that I can't afford any preventative care and I can't tend to any nagging ailments because I can't afford to deal with those either.

You thought you knew this team, now you don't

Coop didn't fix 'em yet it seems

I'm not going to get caught up in his recent slump just yet. He should get it and it should be next year.

Problem?

Regardless of what Hawk/Stoney say, that's a changeup he's throwing at 82.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 09:29 PM) I thought the exact opposite about that comment. Of course he referenced Nintendo, and not something in the last two decades. The problem is that I think he doesn't know a Nintendo from an XBOX from his elbow from his asshole

Hawk wouldn't know a Nintendo if it was shoved up his ass

This is not a bad time for an epic Tank hot streak

Tank you very much

COLLAPSE COLLAPSE

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 08:16 PM) Wait, Gavin kicked the bucket? When the hell did this happen? lol

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 08:14 PM) He is not hurt just no dam good. Can you offer an explanation as to why he went from a ~4 WAR pitcher to a ~2 WAR pitcher over this full season?

I don't think we were going to mortgage the bullpen over a 1 out walk unless there was something physically wrong with Gavin. Pair that with the oddity of Gavin not being able to warm up, etc. I think he's hurt.

VERY quick hook. He's hurt.

That was hit so hard.

I like doing that to Freddy instead of watching it happen to Freddy when he was playing for us.

Gavin Floyd WAR by year: 2.5 4.5 4.3 3.6 1.6 (2012) cut his ass!