Holy run on sentences, Batman!
Apparently good grammar is not a requirement to write for a baseball blog:
"After Mulder went down again when Carpenter came back after only a little more than a year after Tommy John surgery people were obviously sceptical but Carpenter has pitched well in his first two starts despite being a little erratic with his control."
BREEEAAAAAAAATHHHHHH.
"So it isn’t the pure sink that Carpenter relies on but what Carpenter has going for him is he throws the pitch at nearly 92 MPH on average which is very high for sinkers and he produces nearly ten inches of vertical movement boring in on a right handed batter"
Whew, I don't know if I can make it through this...
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bad
but not that bad; if the writer utilized punctuation a wider range of punctuation, the sentences would work fine. Were these sentences to be spoken, there would likely be implicit punctuation within the speech.
by haverecords on Aug 7, 2008 2:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They were incredibly hard for me to read for some reason.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Aug 7, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, some commas would help.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 8, 2008 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently good grammar is not a requirement to write for a baseball blog:
Whew.
by Grant on Aug 7, 2008 2:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Seriously, I hope none of you poor slobs ever read my blog.
by xanthan on Aug 7, 2008 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would
If it wasn’t adult material :)
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Aug 7, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you post this just to go OMG LOOK BAD ENGLISH EVERYONE CROWD AROUND or to point out what the guy is actually saying?
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 7, 2008 3:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Mostly the former
But I also thought the article in general was interesting.
Kind of a weird juxtaposition.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Aug 7, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh.
Studeman edits Josh’s work over at Hardball Times. I prefer to let Josh ramble on. He does good work, anyway. :)
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by Driveline Mechanics on Aug 9, 2008 12:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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