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QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 23, 2014 -> 10:43 AM) Noesi has to win a game sometime and I vote for today! And I don't think Noesi's been THAT bad for the Sox. He's been fairly serviceable.

QUOTE (Boogua @ May 23, 2014 -> 10:33 AM) I have no idea why there has to be some sort of justification for hating Lebron and the Heat. I can only imagine Bulls fans in the late 80s saying "Come on guys, why do you hate the Pistons? They're a great team and Isaiah is really a stud point guard who even tried to make it so that he was drafted by the Bulls" Or Celtics fans in the 80s "Come guys, why the hate for Magic and the Lakers? Magic is one of the most pleasant stars in the league and it's showtime baby, how entertaining is that?" How about the Knicks fans of the early 90s? "Come on guys, why the venom for Jordan and the Bulls? He's likely the greatest player ever and you should just appreciate his presence." Or the Pacers fans of the 90s, "Come on guys, lets not hate the Knicks or Bulls. They both have fantastic players and we should just appreciate them." I'm sure Kings fans were questioned for disliking the Lakers in the early 00s. I'm sure Trailblazers fans rooted for the lakers too (Come on guys, how many times do you get to see talents like Kobe and Shaq pair up?" This is idiotic. How many fans root for dynasties across sports? Do you think the majority of the people liked the Patriots? Do a lot of nonhawks fan root for them? (I honestly don't know that one because I'm not huge with hockey) Maybe I'm just more passionate than others. It reminds me of a friend that asked me, "Why do you hate Aaron Rodgers? He owns." I know he owns, but that doesn't stop me from hating his f***ing guts. For real. I'm not sure why I have to like the superstars of the game. Am I supposed to appreciate the fact that they can dismantle my favorite team? I can respect their talents. I respect Kevin Durant. I actually like Kevin Durant unlike LeBron because: a) Kevin Durant didn't eliminate the Bulls twice in the playoffs the past 4 years. b) Kevin Durant doesn't flop like a b**** so often that he has YouTube videos dedicated to his flopping. c) Kevin Durant didn't play with everyone's hearts in the summer of 2010 and then go on ESPN to announce he's going to form a super-team in a city where nobody actually cares about sports. I can see that LeBron is easily the best player in the game right now. I don't have to appreciate that.

-0.27 FIP last night. Yeah buddy. In fact, last night's start might be Sale's best start ever. While he only pitched 6 innings, that was Sale's lowest FIP and xFIP in any start. http://www.fangraphs.com/statsd.aspx?playe...=&sort=25,a

It's very likely we won't make it out of group play anyhow. Meh.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 19, 2014 -> 04:30 PM) I don't think the Bulls can get far enough under the cap to do that even if they amnesthetize Boozer, they'd have to be able to fit Gasol's full $15 million next year (plus any draft pick hold) under the cap to make that work. However, they could make it work by Trading Boozer + Thibs for that package I believe. They'd be under the cap if they amnesty Boozer, so they can technically make that trade right? Then they can use Gasol as the main piece to get Love.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 19, 2014 -> 03:50 PM) I wonder if the Bulls really will get an offer they can't refuse. That's a lot of chatter by a few different teams. Would you consider Marc Gasol + a draft pick an offer the Bulls can't refuse?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 19, 2014 -> 02:56 PM) I think you severely overrate Gordon Beckham. Last year, Beckham compared favorably to Eric Sogard and DJ LeMahieu. I'd say Eric Sogard's even better, cause he's got nerd powers.

QUOTE (TRU @ May 19, 2014 -> 09:17 AM) Im playing with my 12"-12 1/2" Nokona baseball glove, im thinking I need an Slowpitch OF glove, but haven't noticed a huge problem yet. Although I wasn't able to snag that shoestring catch, and then in the first game almost had a line drive snow cone out of my glove. Yeah, go get a 13 or 14 inch glove. It helps in the OF.

QUOTE (TRU @ May 19, 2014 -> 09:04 AM) Since you seem to be the stat man around here, let me ask you if you would call this an error. A guy hit a pop that was behind second base, I came sprinting in from LCF and had to attempt a shoe string catch, the ball hit the palm of my glove and I didn't catch it. Would you score this as an error? An infielder wouldn't have been able to make the play, and I had to sprint to it just to have an attempt to catch it. My theory is if you get your glove on it and you don't make the catch, it's probably an error.

QUOTE (TRU @ May 19, 2014 -> 08:40 AM) Heres what bothers me most about it. Our rules are 7 innings or 55 minutes, ok well we are losing 20-2 after 3 innings and about 25 minutes why call the game? I would rather get to play it out then go home 30 minutes early because we suck. I mean we did pay to play. Usually you can only run rule with about 15 or 10 minutes left and the score wouldn't even matter. Our leagues play at least 4 and a half innings.

Danks is garbage today. This is an Astros team without a single hitter whose OPS is over .800 and he's getting absolutely blasted.

Beckham was trying to hit a grand slam when he should have been looking for a hit.

Way to ruin the rally Gordon...

I was at the game. In fact, I think I got in a few frames on TV (I sat in the second row out in RF). Before the game, I was able to get a ball from Scott Caroll during BP, which was pretty cool. Anyway, I knew Noesi was in trouble after he gave up a hit to Altuve on the first pitch. When Noesi doesn't have much of anything, he's absolutely awful. Thankfully, he started mixing in some off-speed stuff to keep the Astros in check for the next 5 innings.

McHugh's been pretty legit thus far. At least we won't have to go up against Keuchel this series.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 16, 2014 -> 08:07 AM) New ball So we are back down to 375. It seriously changes every year We lost again last night, 18-15. I went 3/4 with 2 doubles and a single. As well as a terribly embarrassing base running error that cost us a run Eventually, I'm thinking you guys are gonna switch to the .52 cor balls. They're a b**** to field since they're so bouncy and it's hard to drive 'em.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 15, 2014 -> 04:53 PM) This is our old old ball Our game tonite is at 9:40, I will take a pic then. All of my bag balls have the writing rubbed off Wow, I wish I can play in your league. All of my doubles and triples would turn into home runs.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 15, 2014 -> 04:56 PM) I'm a stepper and it helped me with timing. I started doing that recently to start hitting opposite field more and to stop reaching for shallower pitches.

QUOTE (TRU @ May 15, 2014 -> 03:52 PM) My initial thought is that I am putting too much uppercut on my swing. I almost never hit ground balls, they are all deep into the air. I am missing out on just a little bit of distance and I believe it is due to the uppercut. That is something from baseball that is tough to initially break out of. I will try waiting a little bit longer on Sunday and see how that goes, I am hitting about 99% of my balls to dead left/slight left center so I might be swinging too early. Do some BP or go to the batting cages. It's much easier to practice something like that there than in a game. You can try creating some kind of timing mechanism in your swing to make sure you end up waiting a bit longer. Whether it's a longer leg kick, toe tap, etc.

QUOTE (TRU @ May 15, 2014 -> 03:40 PM) Here what it says about the ball " TRUMP STOTE AK-RP-ASA A-Y cor.52 12 inch Balls for men " Also, anyone know where I can get a custom white glove? Yeah, that's the new ball. They used to play with .44 cor balls with 375 pound compression. Those come off the bat way harder (it's a harder ball too) and it was way easier to hit HRs with it. The change of balls made hitting HRs a lot harder. I hear stories of guys who used to hit HRs on a regular basis with the old ball, but couldn't hit one out with the new ball to save their lives.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 15, 2014 -> 03:37 PM) They can be, but once your homers are gone, you gotta make sure you keep it in the park Are you sure it's 475? The new ASA balls are .52 cor and 300 pounds max compression.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 15, 2014 -> 03:32 PM) Our fields are 300, 3 homer limit. When I started it was 5 homer limit, which was a lot of fun. We used some crazy balls that had like 525 PSI cores. Then the next season the limit was changed and te balls changed to 385, now we are at a 475(I think. Didnt look at a ball this season yet) 475 pound compression? Those are HR derby balls...

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 15, 2014 -> 03:19 PM) Limit is 1? Wow, either your field is huge or you guys have flight restricted balls Isn't it against ASA rules to use anything but regulation balls (52 cor 300 pound max compression)?

QUOTE (TRU @ May 15, 2014 -> 03:24 PM) The fields seem pretty big to me, but I also dont know the exact dimensions. What size field do you play on. Smallest is 285, largest is 315. Most are 300.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 15, 2014 -> 03:19 PM) Limit is 1? Wow, either your field is huge or you guys have flight restricted balls I play in a few 1 HR leagues. Most of the leagues in Austin are 1 HR.