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QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 08:24 AM) For future reference, it's HIPAA. *HIPPO

QUOTE (Hawkfan @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 11:12 PM) It is too late now, but 8m a year sure seems cheap looking back at the crap we went through. AJ4L. If it wasn't for the recent awareness of personal attcks I'd tell all the sabermetrics fans to suck a dick. Yep, if not for all those warnings, I'd tell you to go f*** yourself. But I'm not saying that, because of the warnings. So this doesn't count as a personal attack.

The thing about AJ that everyone forgets is that his defense is terrible. By all the things we can count, we know he's among the absolute worst at pitch framing, pitch blocking, and throwing out runners. The only reason we "think" he's good at calling a game is because Hawk says it all the time and we don't actually know enough to argue otherwise.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 07:25 AM) I think Flowers gets a little too much hate around here and AJ maybe a little bit too much love by certain posters. I'm not going to say that Flowers is as good as AJ was/is, but Flowers had a 1.6 fWAR last year. AJ's average in his 8 years with the Sox was also 1.6 and that's pretty heavily skewed by his 3.5 fWAR season in 2012 where he somehow hit 27 homers. His average fWAR in his other 7 seasons was 1.3. Yeah I think we all agreed that Flowers had a lucky and non-repeatable year to get that 1.6 fWAR. AJ's lucky and unrepeatable year was the 3.5 fWAR. This year, Flowers has managed -0.1 fWAR and, sadly, his BABIP is still inflated. I'm not advocating that we get AJ at all, but Flowers is terrible.

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 03:16 PM) They probably will for the TV cameras. I'm thinking this may be the highest viewed game of the year that doesn't feature the Yankmees of the Red Sox It's also the free game of the day on mlb.tv

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 10:36 AM) Just thinking about tickets. If you have tickets for Section 201 Row D Seats 15 and 16 and those seats do not exist in the other park, or are substantially different, where do people sit? Do you exchange tickets at the gate? How long would that process take? It seems like it would take more than a day for logistics. Parking, etc etc. Exchanging tickets would be a complete disaster. The box office just can't take that kind of volume. Unless no one showed up, I guess, which would be possible. They'd have to find a way to scan the existing tickets in, IMO. Which would be simple if both parks use the same ticketing vendor (i.e. TicketMaster/Archtics), but virtually impossible if they didn't, unless there would be some way to utilize existing hardware/infrastructure.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 10:23 AM) They've had ample time since 5pm yesterday, in my opinion. Call up a company of 200-300 employees at 5PM and try to get them to come in the next day when they're scheduled to be off. Honestly, I'm sure the front office staff could work it with no issue, but the vast majority of the "Gameday" staff (concessions, ticket takers, ushers, guest relations, janitorial) are hourly, non-full time, and unionized in separate unions. Possible? Certainly, but a tall, tall order, indeed. And it would involve several frantic, desperate people making a bunch of phone calls all night. And, perhaps most importantly, the organization that would be required to pull the miracle off has no skin in the game at all (Nationals).

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 10:22 AM) You guys are all a part of that WSI groupthink. Trading for a guy who's out for over a year, will have had two TJ surgeries and is owed almost 90 million IS the right move. Wait, Bailey is gonna be on his second? Yeah, sorry caulfield, I think there might be literally NO precedent for someone being a successful starter after two TJs. Some relievers, sure.

Dumping a problem for another problem is bound to be a wash. Danks for anything that would be worth Danks would be like that, whether for Bailey, Hamilton, etc.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 09:33 PM) Quite the bomb dropping right after returning from paternity leave. He'll get over it by counting his millions.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 05:42 PM) What an asshole Also, note the chair.

For whoever was wondering if the riots are close enough to the ballpark to warrant the cancellation:

I'll be shocked if he lands anywhere other than Arizona, honestly.

If only this wasn't Phil Rogers...

John Danks pitched better yesterday than I've seen him pitch in like two years, and he STILL gave up two bombs.

I was sure as hell wrong about him. I really, really wanted the Sox to pick him up. Believed in bad reports about his defense being good.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 03:11 PM) Can't wait for Delmon Young to look like the toughest out in history. One player that's been on fire for them is Paredes. Adam Jones is RAKING. He's basically been the best hitter in the league.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 02:48 PM) No? They will start in the Top of the 9th with Robertson pitching Ok, that's what I thought, it just seemed like people were treating it differently. Thanks

So wait, they're going to restart the entire game for the makeup of last night?

I legitimately like that greg is offended enough at being called a Royals fan that he considers it a "personal attack," haha.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 01:47 PM) you are correct, but i would like to also add being hype and the blood flowing which i am sure these players are pressing to do better. I'd be more inclined to believe that if I had ever seen him any better, but I honestly just haven't. He's talented enough that he's going to get hot for a while when he's guessing well, but he doesn't look to me like he's improved at all since he's been with us. And I just can't by the notion that the coaching staff hasn't been trying to work with him.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 01:40 PM) Some of Avi's at bats really are that bad. How come we have so many hitters that can't relax and take some pitches. He has three walks in 57 plate appearances and seems way too anxious up there. I'm afraid it might not be a matter of patience, but just actual pitch recognition and/or "baseball IQ." I think that was the same issue with Viciedo, and it's really a much more serious problem, because I'm not sure that a simple change in approach can fix it. It's really hard to tell from a fan's perspective, obviously, whether or not a guy is really trying to change. But if he just can't recognize the cues/pick up the spin in time, he's doomed to mediocrity even though he's so physically gifted otherwise.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 01:21 PM) No, but you can't blame losses on the manager all the time, and last night was one of them. You have to score more than 2 runs to win most of the time, especially when you give up 2 in the first inning. If a baskeball coach had a team that was losing 99-98 and one of their players shooting 90% from the line gets fouled as time runs out, is that coach great if the player makes both free throws and they win and dumb if the player misses both free throws and they lose? The offense isn't working, that makes a team look lethargic. This is the truth. These dudes gotta hit, period. If you want a scapegoat, fine, but at least admit that's what you're doing. Personally, I'd much rather blame Avisail Garcia (just using him as ONE example, because he;s the most extreme IMO) for the fact that 80% of his at bats are hilarious-terrible. Better coaching? I don't f'n know, but I highly doubt more reps in the cage are going to fix his mess. I don't think Robin Ventura is up there saying, "Avi, you gotta decide to swing before he even throws the ball, man."

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 01:28 PM) Meatheads? Really? So only the "smart" baseball fans have the secret knowledge about what Ventura has done so well since mid-September, 2012? You're a mod. I would expect more rationalism and less Chris Rongey, to be perfectly honest. *Meatballs

QUOTE (shysocks @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 10:50 AM) Your next mash-up, perhaps?