SBN Awards: NL MVP
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 12, 2009 9:01 AM PST
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Print| Rk | Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pts |
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| 1 | Albert Pujols | St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 434 |
| 2 | Hanley Ramirez | Florida Marlins | - | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 220 |
| 3 | Chase Utley | Philadelphia Phillies | - | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 192 |
| 4 | Prince Fielder | Milwaukee Brewers | - | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | 186 |
| 5 | Troy Tulowitzki | Colorado Rockies | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 134 |
| 6 | Tim Lincecum | San Francisco Giants | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 79 |
| 7 | Ryan Howard | Philadelphia Phillies | - | 4 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 79 |
| 8 | Ryan Zimmerman | Washington Nationals | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 79 |
| 9 | Adrian Gonzalez | San Diego Padres | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 71 |
| 10 | Pablo Sandoval | San Francisco Giants | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 57 |
| 11 | Matt Kemp | Los Angeles Dodgers | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 56 |
| 12 | Ryan Braun | Milwaukee Brewers | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 39 |
| 13 | Chris Carpenter | St. Louis Cardinals | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| 14 | Derrek Lee | Chicago Cubs | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| 15 | Andre Ethier | Los Angeles Dodgers | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 24 |
| 16 | Adam Wainwright | St. Louis Cardinals | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| 17 | Javier Vazquez | Atlanta Braves | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 18 | Matt Holliday | St. Louis Cardinals | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 12 |
| 19 | Joey Votto | Cincinnati Reds | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 11 |
| 20 | Mark Reynolds | Arizona Diamondbacks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 21 | Todd Helton | Colorado Rockies | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| 22 | Jayson Werth | Philadelphia Phillies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 23 | Adam Dunn | Washington Nationals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 24 | Juan Pierre | Los Angeles Dodgers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| 25 | Justin Upton | Arizona Diamondbacks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | Raul Ibanez | Philadelphia Phillies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | Ubaldo Jimenez | Colorado Rockies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| 28 | Brian McCann | Atlanta Braves | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 |
| 29 | Dan Haren | Arizona Diamondbacks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 |
| 30 | Michael Bourn | Houston Astros | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| 31 | Yadier Molina | St. Louis Cardinals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| 32 | Nyjer Morgan | Washington Nationals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Yunel Escobar | Atlanta Braves | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
My ballot:
- Albert Pujols
- Hanley Ramirez
- Chase Utley
- Pablo Sandoval
- Prince Fielder
- Troy Tulowitski
- Adrian Gonzalez
- Tim Lincecum
- Adam Wainwright
- Chris Carpenter
The last three slots were my way of saying, "Hey, pitchers should contend too. Just, uh, not on my ballot." Obvious homerism in play with my Sandoval vote, especially since I didn't even include Ryan Zimmerman on my ballot. I'm pretty sure there's no defensive difference between Sandoval and Zimmerman, so I'm not too regretful. Ahem.
Hey, it's better than a fourth-place vote for Todd Helton or second-place vote for Joey Votto, at least.
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No way, no how I can complain about Pujols getting this.
My question is are the McCoven for or against a pticher getting MVP votes?
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
Against
Making 30+ starts in a 162 game season are not enough to earn a MVP award.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
Batters faced by Tim Lincecum: 905
Plate appearances by Albert Pujols: 700
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 12, 2009 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
You get an "Incomplete"
Now factor in defense.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
Should I factor in put-outs? Because then every 1B should have a better chance at the award than non-1B.
Lincecum personally factors into 200 more outcomes than Pujols. I doubt the difference between Pujols’s defense and the average 1B’s defense makes such a difference that Lincecum shouldn’t even be considered.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 12, 2009 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
OK, let me put this another way.
Or rather, the same way with a different explanation.
Pujols’ 700+ at bats are spread out over the entire 162. This means that Albert has a chance to be “valuable” in a majority of his team’s games.
No matter what Tim does, he can only impact 30 games.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
He can throw 30 no-hitters and still only impact a small percentage of his team’s games.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
Fine, that’s technically correct.
However, he’s impacting each game at a much more intense level.
Are you being intentionally obtuse?
I think Lars is acute.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Uh, I read this as “Lars is cute”.
If you can get 3:2 on a headline of "Giants Pitcher Assaults General Manager" at some point this year, take it.
That was the idea.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
YOU DON'T THINK I'M CUTE?!?!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
You’re more ruggedly handsome than cute.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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OK, I can live with that.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but in a cute way.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
You know, Lars, I scoured the interwebz for pics of you but I dunno, the results are a bit mixed…
Let’s just say I’d warn my sister about you.
If you can get 3:2 on a headline of "Giants Pitcher Assaults General Manager" at some point this year, take it.
I'm actually Gene Rayburn
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Also, you should see my facebook pic!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe I should warn my grandma about you…
If you can get 3:2 on a headline of "Giants Pitcher Assaults General Manager" at some point this year, take it.
Too late!
Tell her I said, “Hi”.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Your safesearch must be on. My results look nothing like that.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
No, I am being intentionally correct
A team’s need for “value” doesn’t stop when you are not in the game. Again, if your contribution to the team’s success only represents a small fraction of the season, you should not win a MVP award.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
But hitters are only contributing a tiny fraction in each game they play, whereas pitchers are contributing a ton.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
It's not just "hitters"
Position players have the potential to contribute to the success of the team in every game they are in. Therefore, since they appear in more games than pitchers, they have a larger impact on the season. This would be especially true for someone like Pujols who not only contributes for more than average on offense, but is also an above average defender.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
You’re going from this:
Position players have the potential to contribute to the success of the team in every game they are in.
To this:
Therefore, since they appear in more games than pitchers, they have a larger impact on the season.
That potential doesn’t make them automatically more valuable. In fact, that potential gives them many more chances to hurt the team.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
But we aren't talking about Velez
We are talking about players like Utley or Howard or Pujols. They aren’t going to hurt their team by being on the field more. In fact, they will contribute more to their team’s success than Lincecum would.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Basically
What you seem to be talking about is WPA. Looking over the last three years, hitters have been the most valuable according to that metric. But the top pitchers are up there too, usually in the top 5/10. So, I think you’re overstating the case a bit.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
Norwegian people can’t be “intentionally” correct, only accidentally correct.
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 12, 2009 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
/ reports for square head abuse.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Nov 12, 2009 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
no
you are wrong.
I’ve got too much to do to try to correct someone who is so pigheadedly stuck on a ridiculous notion.
If what you are saying is correct, then even the best pitchers should only make about 20-25% of what the best hitters make.
That’s clearly retarded.
Nah
What’s retarded is relating salaries to value.
BARRY ZITO FOR MVP!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Isn’t a Great Starting pitcher harder to find than a great position player?
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by say hey nation on Nov 12, 2009 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Whoa, slow down there tiger.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Heh...
I knew someone was going to flip their shit before too long. The anticipation is half the fun.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
so you did it for the reaction?
that’s classic trolling 101.
Where do you get your correlations. He KNEW some would disagree with him and would blow up. Nothing more.
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by say hey nation on Nov 12, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
The reaction was a fringe benefit
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
U R A % YEAR OLD PIGHEAD!
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by say hey nation on Nov 12, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
%=5
i should just use caps lock
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by say hey nation on Nov 12, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
I like it better this way.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Dusting off a classic
I guess that makes him a master baiter.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
You gotta love Hobbes.
"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings
Lars has been here over 2 years
pretty sure he’s not a troll. Also pretty sure it’s not cool for newbs to call veteran posters trolls.
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
c'mon dude
calling someone’s behavior trollish isn’t the same as calling someone a troll.
But fine, I’ll retract that.
His logic is still retarded. Or can I not have that thought either?
You can disagree all you want
and namecalling is a fundamental part of posting here!
FWIW, I agree with Lars. I think position players and pitchers are apples to oranges a little bit, but I do think a guy like Pujols impacts a team more over the course of a season more than even Lincecum does.
Put it this way- I’m going to pay someone 127 mil over 7 years. Do I give it to Pujols or Lincecum? Probably Pujols, if that’s the option, since he’s going to play so much more over the life of the contract.
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, pitchers are important. But you what is important to a pitcher? Defense and Offense.
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by say hey nation on Nov 12, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
So if Pujols pitched, the opposing teams would have negative baserunners. He really is a modern-day Babe Ruth.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 12, 2009 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
Good point, i totally believe that it should be position players only for MVP, but at the same time, what if a pitcher has an outstanding year offensively as well as pitching? who knows, i’m going with an all position player MVP
Hard to imagine a pitcher ever getting enough time in the batter’s box to make a big difference. Even the horsiest of pitchers seldom crack 100 plate appearances a year.
I guess if Micah Owings could pitch like Tim Lincecum I might have to reconsider.
Pitchers already have an MVP
it’s called the cy young
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
MVP doesn’t stand for “Most Valuable Postion Player”. By saying pitchers can’t qualify, you’re saying they’re not “players”. Don’t be a player hater.
"We're in this thing!" My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman, "Sweet Jesus" Guzman and Jesus H. Guzman.
Pitchers are “players” in the National League. In the AL, they are carbon-based pitching machines.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 13, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think they should be "excluded" per se
but for a pitcher to win MVP they’d have to have a crazy ridiculous year IMO.
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by bondslegend on Nov 13, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
And the notion that the enlightened internet nerd vote would humiliate the stodgy old BBWAA vote: dead. There were a couple ballots that didn’t even have Chase Utley.
Michael Bourn, Nyjer Morgan and pre-All Star Break Raul Ibanez are way more valuable to fantasy baseball guys internet sports bloggers.
+1
I hate what pokemonz has done to player evaluation. Evidence of which is available in just about every other comment on all of the rosterbation threads.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
To be fair, WAR loves Morgan and Bourne as well.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
FanGraphs said Morgan was worth 5,000,000 runs in center last year. If you take that as gospel, then he should have received votes. I’m surprised that only one blogger is a UZR whore to that extent.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 12, 2009 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
the people who voted him lower than 3rd should be massacred
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by say hey nation on Nov 12, 2009 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
Chase Utley is a modern day Joe Morgan. Hopefully he doesn’t turn out to be as self-unaware as Joe in his old age.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
I don’t see Utley doing media. He isn’t very talkative
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by say hey nation on Nov 12, 2009 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
his Hiroshima was the All-Star game and his Nagasaki was the World Series celebration.
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by say hey nation on Nov 12, 2009 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Re: Einstein to Sabean remark
Sabean’s response: “Why don’t we both stick to what we know, EinSTEEN.”
(“The longer I do this, the smarter I get.” – Brian Sabean, lying)
Eric Stephen is losing his marbles. He is trying to hard to be like Grant and is failing miserably
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by say hey nation on Nov 12, 2009 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
I didn’t even see that the first time. How do you even defend that? “Yeah, he only started part of the year and even during that time he might have possibly been the fifth-best player on his team, but I really think that over the course of the season he was one of the ten most-valuable players in the league.”
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
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Dodger fans!
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Nope it was snakecharmer
He also didn’t have Utley in the top 10
I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 12, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
And Helton 4th
So, basically, listen to nothing he says about baseball.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
And Juan Pierre 7th with Chase Utley not even on the ballot
I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 12, 2009 7:20 PM PST up reply actions
Pablo's value
I look at the MVP this way: To determine value, remove said player, estimate what the team does without him.
The 2009 Giants don’t content into Sept w/o Pablo.
The 1987 Cubs still finish in last place without Andre Dawson.
Perhaps that’s provincial, but that’s how I do it.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
That's usually how I think about the award, too --
But better still is “Add player x to any other team and what does he do for them?”
Pujols makes every team demonstrably better. Pablo falls into “complimentary” category on a lot of teams.
In that case
Pujols should just win it every year, since he’s probably the biggest difference-maker in the league.
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
/pujolslegend
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by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 12, 2009 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
OT:
What do you think Grant is doing with all the extra time he’s had this week while he mails* these threads in?
* Or, rather, e-mails.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
Nap. He has a rug rat in the house and naps become very rare.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
Ahem to that
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Nov 12, 2009 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
SCREW YOU PAL. I HAVE POSTED A REAL POST EVERY DAY THAT AN AWARDS POST IS UP. EXCEPT FOR TODAY, THAT IS, BECAUSE YOU OPENED YOUR BIG YAPPER.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 12, 2009 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
I EXPECT THREE POSTS A DAY AT MINIMUM! THIS IS THE OFFSEASON! THINGS ARE HAPPENING! I NEED MY THREE TIMES A DAILY FIX!
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
Excuse me, Howie
Just how big is your yapper?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
It’s big, but I actually can’t open it to its full capacity because the joint slips and it locks up on me if I do. So nobody can really see how big it is. At least, not without me dealing with an extremely uncomfortable situation that I’d rather never deal with again.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
So you have actually had your yapper stuck in the open position? I hope you took advantage of that money making situation!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
I have. It was not pleasant. I was on a boat at the time, and was seriously worried that I would have to have the whole thing turn back to shore so I could get to a doctor. As it turns out, it didn’t come to that. By focibly pulling my lower jaw down and over, I was able to get it back in the right place. It took like 5 minutes of trying though.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Also, a perfectly valid answer to my question would have been “he’s been working on all of his other posts that he’s been making.”
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
I keep expecting a front-page post for some reason...
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
C'mon
Zito wasn’t that good.
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I need to go back to school.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
You know what I fucking hate?
that I sorta like that horrible piece of crap
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
I have yet to talk to someone who doesn't like it
I’m sure there are plenty of people here who don’t, but seriously. That song is like a disease that everyone has.
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry, but yea that’s a bunch of bull shit, what about a song by Kanye, Drake, Lil Wayne… WHAT THE HELL
PiKa, imma let you finish…
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry
I can’t stand white rappers that aren’t eminem. Actually, I can’t stand him either. Or rap in general for that matter
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
That's impressive, sure
but I prefer dudes who shred the guitar and can just jam with a band. That’s more what I’m into
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Oh for sure dude, i’m with ya there, and you know i might not be into the rock as much as you but, by far my favorite band is Muse, just once i want to see them live, and they haven’t played in a few years… other than live on TV, but my first concert was Queens of the stone age, and that was tight
Muse is coming to the Bay Area in December. (I realize you’re in Ohio)
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Hah, yeah, not so much. I was miserable for a full week. I would not recommend.
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Lots of people have
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Thanks bondslegend…. 2 people died at our school, and i’m pretty sure i’m not getting a shot for it, screw it
Jeez that's crazy
a friend of mine had a friend who also died from it. I know like 4 people who have it. Scary
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Man, sorry dude, yea it is a scary illness, most of the time however, if you have swine flu, it’s something else that kills you
That's what I've heard
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TWSS
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
And Mon Mothma sighs…
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Mon Mothma sighs
As she begins to realize
That no longer will there be
A Bothan between her thighs
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by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
Lars’ fanfic
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I don’t know why, but every time I see Mon Mothma mentioned, I think of Mothmonsterman from ATHF.
F. the Lewis.
Muse and QOTSA? You and I would get along very well.
I’m still kinda pissed that sneaktobetterseats used their lyrics as part of his craziness.
F. the Lewis.
eh, whatever dude, as long as they’re still rockin, i’m straight. You know, that Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, and the song writer of Led Zeppelin are in a band together?
fyi: whole album streamed on youtube
http://themcrookedvultures.com/
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'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Yea, that band is fucking awesome, i love it, i know they tried doing something with “Eagles of Death Metal”
They’re at the Fox in Oakland 11/19.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Remember to drink plenty of fluids.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
And beer doesn’t count
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
Too weak.
Vodka would probably work though. 151 definitely would. Especially if you do flaming shots.
It’s science.
On a serious note, most microbiology labs use 95% EtOH in our lab to kill unwanted E. coli.* So 151 would probably work, but I wouldn’t stake my life on it.
*Or bleach. Both will make you blind, but only one of those will kill you.#
#And it’s not the bleach.
The song writer? You mean the bass player, John Paul Jones
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'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
I thought John Paul Jones was doing classical. Shows how little I know.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
I think he’s always worked on symphonic arrangements. He did all of them for LZ
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'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Page and Plant wrote the majority of their music.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
Beastie Boys?
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Yeah, I guess they're OK
but I don’t have them on my ipod. So I don’t really “like” them.
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Never really listened to them
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
I’m just going to assume you’re drunk per usual.
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Drunker than usual?
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
But this was a subthread about rappers. Anyways, I like Tool, not a bunch, but enough to listen to some of their stuff.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
PAPER!!!
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
…and have the most talented drummer ever (sorry Keith).
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Eric Avery (bassist for Jane’s Addiction) tweeted this recently:
last night i watched tool for most of the set crouched behind drum riser. insane. most creative heavy rhythm section in rock….
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Something happened between undertow and aenima
they must have gotten some training or something. They were good before that, but all the polyrythems they started using made them that much more awesome.
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'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Not sure exactly when, but Danny studied tabla with some master tabla-ist.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
they are one of my all time favorite bands to see live, for sure.
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'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
But yea, it was pretty bad, i like the Ludacris remix, that’s straight, but i also do like the Stephen Curry remix where he’s rapping about Davidson… well he’s featured in it…
I just appreciate the rhymes and how fast they can do it, i can’t come up with anything that good and that fast
It stinks if you are looking for Casablanca. It’s kind of entertaining if you are looking for MST3K.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
This is false
The very bad man traded my son...So now I'd like you all to meet my new son, Ryan "Aaron" Garko...Dammit it's just not the same!
WOW! WTF? I just watched it on you tube…
say hey nation is the Ralph Nader of McC.-Xanthan
by say hey nation on Nov 13, 2009 6:07 AM PST up reply actions
Grad school is fun too
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Only downside is that the commuters can’t really come on the weekends :-/
Psh, families and jobs and such….
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McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
I’m leaving work early so I can drink. This qualifies as day drinking for me.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 12, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Oh boy, i can’t wait until i get out of college and start working! Pretty sure there’s no more heavy drinking outside of college… :(… well actually that’s a :) my liver will thank me
And weeknights following Giants games.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
And sometimes during.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
I only drink on days beginning with the letter "T."
Tuesday, Thursday…today, tomorrow, etc.
So that’s what you’re doing with all the extra time you have.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Nov 12, 2009 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Any post made after 8:00 p.m. has a decent chance. There are a few gamethreads in which I’m obviously owled and frisky after a rugged loss.
by Grant Brisbee on Nov 12, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
What I want to know is
Where did you do your research for all the oldtimey terms?
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
oh i love this so much
not sure why
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
If, as a baseball fan, you don’t get at least frisky and as much as schizo after a rugged loss and by all means take it to your fav team message board and vent, then you ain’t doing it right. The booze helps usher said friskocity.
Blehhh!
by Giant Homer on Nov 12, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Bourbon tonight, while watching the niners?
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'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
So you’re saying we should trade Cain for Fielder, then?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Nov 12, 2009 10:32 AM PST reply actions
Oh good greif…
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Nov 12, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
OT: BROOKE HUNDLEY IN VIDEO
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/12/brooke-hundley-discusses_n_355167.html
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Well only if you have the correect 6th tool.
/ Cues more Steve Phillips jokes.
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Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Nov 12, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
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LOL windows
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
LOL MACZ FTWWWWWWJKLKDLFKJ:LKJW:EEEEEEIWJ:KL
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OT
Has anyone read the article in this week’s SF Weekly about the brothers who hacked the Apple OS so it can run on “windows” boxes? They sell them over the internet, and seem to be doing pretty well.
It’s a real interesting read, and I think some of you geekz and lawyerz will enjoy it.
< disclaimer > I’m not involved with any of the aforementioned business entities < /disclaimer >
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Apple tracks people like this down and kneecaps them
which is stupid and annoying.
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
WOO WHO! Penny has lost 12 pounds and the Giants looking to resign him
Isn’t it a bit early for some many “best shape of their career” stories? I mean Sabean has not even signed to extra spare centerfielder of the off season yet.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
Hell, sfgiants.com is blogging panda work out regiment. That basically chronicling his ascent to the best shape of his career
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although the MVP is poorly named, and the rules for considering it are vague, the fact that pitchers have their own award should preclude them from MVP. Indeed, it stands for most valuable player. However, it is (in essence) the counter part to the cy young. Why was the cy young award conceived and adopted? to give recognition to the best pitcher because they knew that they would rarely win mvp awards over hitters. the mvp is not named the best hitter award, but it is should be in a de facto sense. it isn’t even possible to vote for a hitter/ fielder for cy young, so it seems a little biased towards pitchers that they can be voted for for both awards.
be happy with the cy young award, pitchers, and stay out of my mvp race.
Les Plack = more chicks
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by Headhunter Rollins on Nov 12, 2009 10:59 AM PST reply actions
So what about pitchers winning Series MVPs?
by troymccluresf on Nov 12, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
theres no series cy young, so im not against it
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by Headhunter Rollins on Nov 12, 2009 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Pitchers have the Cy Young. If we exclude pitchers from the MVP, then hitters get the MVP, the Silver Slugger, and 8/9 Gold Gloves.
And what about Rookie of the Year? If we’re excluding pitchers from the MVP, they should be excluded from the ROY, which is basically the MVP for rookies. So we’ve got ROY, MVP, Silver Slugger, and 8/9 Gold Gloves reserved for hitters/positions players. Pitchers get the Cy Young. Shouldn’t there be SOME award parity?
Pitchers also get Silver Sluggers and Gold Gloves. It seems perfectly even to me. I guess your complaint is that pitchers have to contend with a larger pool of competitors for these minor awards, but so what? Hitters have to contend with a larger pool of competitors for the MVP than pitchers do for the Cy.
Who says the Rookie of the Year is the MVP for rookies? Every year we hear the argument that “valuable” doesn’t mean “best,” so obviously voters approach ROTY differently than the MVP. And there’s no rookie award for pitchers, so making them ineligible for ROTY would make no sense.
Hitters have to contend with a larger pool of competitors for the MVP than pitchers do for the Cy.
Uh, no. A little less than half the major league roster is pitchers, and a little more than half the major league roster is hitters. There’s a difference, but it’s not all that significant. Assuming each team uses one player at each position and doesn’t use a bullpen (eliminating backups everywhere) there are a total of 30 contenders for each Gold Glove at each position. There are a total of 150 contenders for the pitcher’s Gold Glove, or five times as many. Same deal for the Silver Slugger. There would be a total of 240 contenders for the MVP from position players, and 150 pitchers contending for the MVP. That’s 1.6 times as many hitters. So hitters would still take the MVP more often. Each positional player is five times as likely to win a GG/SS, and 1.6 times more likely to win an MVP, if the awards are distributed evenly. The Cy Young compensates for this, BUT, if the MVP is hitters-only, then the Cy Young and MVP basically neutralize one another; pitchers have a higher chance to win the Cy Young than hitters have to win the MVP, since there are fewer of them, but hitters have a MUCH higher chance to win the Gold Glove or Silver Slugger, since there are fewer of them at each position than there are total pitchers.
If you made the MVP hitters-only, I don’t know what case you could make against the ROY being for everyone. The ROY is the best rookie; the MVP is the best player. The only difference to me seems to be which pool you draw candidates from. You could say that the ROY is everyone and the MVP is hitters-only, but it seems rather hypocritical given the nature of the awards.
And if the MVP should be hitters-only because the pitchers have their own award, should the ROY preclude rookies from winning the MVP even if they are hitters? Should it preclude rookie pitchers from winning the Cy Young? After all, the ROY gives the rookies “their own award” so they don’t need the MVP or Cy Young, right?
I think that hitters should win the MVP most of the time; they are generally more valuable than pitchers (though that’s more because there are far more great hitters than great pitchers; the list of great pitchers starts and ends quickly). The Cy Young should also push the vote toward hitters; awards should be spread evenly, and if there’s a pitchers-only award other awards should be pushed toward hitters to compensate (and the GG/SS aren’t prestigious enough on their own). But excluding pitchers entirely from MVP consideration seems ridiculous; what happens when a pitcher goes 30-0 with a 0.00 ERA (OK, I know that won’t happen, but let’s have a hypothetical here)? Can you say “Sorry, Jack, but you weren’t the most valuable”? I don’t think so. It’s the Most Valuable PLAYER, not the Most Valuable HITTER. If you want to make a separate award, more power to you. But the MVP is clearly for everyone.
Intimidating blocks of text are intimidating
And look like this:
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
Pitchers get Silver Sluggers and Gold Gloves too. Seems perfectly even to me. I guess your argument is that pitchers face a larger pool of competition for these minor awards than hitters do, but so what? Hitters face a larger pool of competition for the MVP than pitchers do for the Cy.
Who says the Rookie of the Year is the MVP for rookies? Every year we hear the explicit argument that the MVP is not a Player of the Year award, that “valuable” doesn’t mean “best.” So obviously voters approach the two awards differently. And since there’s no rookie award just for pitchers, there’s no reason to make them ineligible for this one.
Pitchers get Silver Sluggers and Gold Gloves too. Seems perfectly even to me. I guess your argument is that pitchers face a larger pool of competition for these minor awards than hitters do, but so what? Hitters face a larger pool of competition for the MVP than pitchers do for the Cy.
Who says the Rookie of the Year is the MVP for rookies? Every year we hear the explicit argument that the MVP is not a Player of the Year award, that "valuable" doesn’t mean "best." So obviously voters approach the two awards differently. And since there’s no rookie award just for pitchers, there’s no reason to make them ineligible for this one.
Pitchers get Silver Sluggers and Gold Gloves too. Seems perfectly even to me. I guess your argument is that pitchers face a larger pool of competition for these boobs minor awards than hitters do, but so what? Hitters face a larger pool of competition for the MVP than pitchers do for the Cy.
Who says the Rookie of the Year is the MVP for rookies? Every year we hear the explicit argument that the MVP is not a Player of the Year award, that “valuable” doesn’t mean “best.” So obviously voters approach the two awards differently. And since there’s no rookie award just for pitchers, there’s no reason to make them ineligible for this one.
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I don’t think anyone noticed what I did.
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LOLars
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Pitchers get Silver Sluggers and Gold Gloves too. Seems perfectly even to me. I guess your argument is that pitchers face a larger pool of competition for these minor awards than hitters do, but so what? Hitters face a larger pool of competition for the MVP than pitchers do for the Cy.
Who says the Rookie of the Year is the MVP for rookies? Every year we hear the explicit argument that the MVP is not a Player of the Year award, that “valuable” doesn’t mean “best.” So obviously voters approach the two awards differently. And since there’s no rookie award just for pitchers, there’s no reason to make them ineligible for this one.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Pitchers get Silver Sluggers and Gold Gloves too. Seems perfectly even to me. I guess your argument is that pitchers face a larger pool of competition for these minor awards than hitters do, but so what? Hitters face a larger pool of competition for the MVP than pitchers do for the Cy.
Who says the Rookie of the Year is the MVP for rookies? Every year we hear the explicit argument that the MVP is not a Player of the Year award, that "valuable" doesn’t mean "best." So obviously voters approach the two awards differently. And since there’s no rookie award just for pitchers, there’s no reason to make them ineligible for this one.
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McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
I love it here
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
˙ǝuo sıɥʇ ɹoɟ ǝlqıƃılǝuı ɯǝɥʇ ǝʞɐɯ oʇ uosɐǝɹ ou s’ǝɹǝɥʇ ’sɹǝɥɔʇıd ɹoɟ ʇsnɾ pɹɐʍɐ ǝıʞooɹ ou s’ǝɹǝɥʇ ǝɔuıs puɐ ˙ʎlʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp spɹɐʍɐ oʍʇ ǝɥʇ ɥɔɐoɹddɐ sɹǝʇoʌ ʎlsnoıʌqo os "˙ʇsǝq" uɐǝɯ ʇ’usǝop "ǝlqɐnlɐʌ" ʇɐɥʇ ’pɹɐʍɐ ɹɐǝʎ ǝɥʇ ɟo ɹǝʎɐld ɐ ʇou sı dʌɯ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ ʇuǝɯnƃɹɐ ʇıɔıldxǝ ǝɥʇ ɹɐǝɥ ǝʍ ɹɐǝʎ ʎɹǝʌǝ ¿sǝıʞooɹ ɹoɟ dʌɯ ǝɥʇ sı ɹɐǝʎ ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝıʞooɹ ǝɥʇ sʎɐs oɥʍ
˙ʎɔ ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ op sɹǝɥɔʇıd uɐɥʇ dʌɯ ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ uoıʇıʇǝdɯoɔ ɟo lood ɹǝƃɹɐl ɐ ǝɔɐɟ sɹǝʇʇıɥ ¿ʇɐɥʍ os ʇnq ’op sɹǝʇʇıɥ uɐɥʇ spɹɐʍɐ ɹouıɯ ǝsǝɥʇ ɹoɟ uoıʇıʇǝdɯoɔ ɟo lood ɹǝƃɹɐl ɐ ǝɔɐɟ sɹǝɥɔʇıd ʇɐɥʇ sı ʇuǝɯnƃɹɐ ɹnoʎ ssǝnƃ ı ˙ǝɯ oʇ uǝʌǝ ʎlʇɔǝɟɹǝd sɯǝǝs ˙ooʇ sǝʌolƃ ploƃ puɐ sɹǝƃƃnls ɹǝʌlıs ʇǝƃ sɹǝɥɔʇıd
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Nov 12, 2009 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Here's what Bruce Bochy had to say
Peetchers get Seelfer Slooggers und Guld Glufes tuu. Seems perffectly ifee tu me-a. I gooess yuoor ergooment is thet peetchers fece-a a lerger puul ooff cumpeteeshun fur zeese-a meenur everds thun heetters du, boot su vhet? Heetters fece-a a lerger puul ooff cumpeteeshun fur zee MFP thun peetchers du fur zee Cy. Bork bork bork!
Vhu seys zee Ruukeee-a ooff zee Yeer is zee MFP fur ruukeees? Ifery yeer ve-a heer zee ixpleecit ergooment thet zee MFP is nut a Pleyer ooff zee Yeer everd, thet “felooeble-a” duesn’t meun “best. Um de hur de hur de hur.” Su oobfeeuoosly futers eppruech zee tvu everds deefffferently. Bork bork bork! Und seence-a zeere-a’s nu ruukeee-a everd joost fur peetchers, zeere-a’s nu reesun tu meke-a zeem ineleegible-a fur thees oone-a.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Nov 12, 2009 12:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Still funny
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Translation
Borkers get Bork Borkers and Bork Bork too. Seems borkly Bork to Bork. I Bork your Bork is that Borkers bork a larger bork of bork for these bork borks than borkers do, but bork what? Borkers bork a larger bork of borktion for the MVBork than borkers do for the Bork.
Bork says the Bork of the Bork is the MVBork for borkies? Every bork we bork the explicit bork that the MVBork is not a Bork of the Bork bork, that “bork” doesn’t bork “bork.” So borkly borkers bork the two borks differently. And bork there’s no borkie bork just for borkers, there’s no bork to make bork borkible for this bork.
"It's too late now."
pitchers for MVP - only in extreme cases
Most of the time, I’d say pitchers shouldn’t be considered for MVP. However, if a pitcher comes along and throws up Bob Gibson-type stats, I’d (probably) say yes.
F. the Lewis.
Speaking of position players
this is totally OT but let’s say hypothetically that someone is in a dynasty league, and that someone owns the cardinals and is thinking of trading Colby Rasmus. What would people who know a LOT more about baseball than this person think he’s worth? Is Rasmus supposed to be like the next pre-fat andruw jones? Or Ken Griffey?
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And let's say that the interested party was the rockies
remember, this is totally hypothetical.
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
HYPOTHETICAL POKEMONZ!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Hypothetically
What type of league is it? How is scoring done? Does defense count? Rasmus should be a beast, but Andruw and Griffey are pretty lofty heights for anyone.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
you get to control guys for their first 6 years, hypothetically
so the GM would get him for 5 more cost-controlled years. And the categories are OBP/SLG/K/XBH/SB
Considering getting Ubaldo (3 more years) and Ianetta (3 more years) Pitching is K/ERA/QS/HLD/SV
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by bondslegend on Nov 12, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Assuming you’re weak at catcher and strong in the OF (or CF if you have it explicitly laid out that way), I’d probably do that trade. You’re taking on risk though, both in acquiring a pitcher and in the fact that Tracy may not realize how good Iannetta is offensively.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
I'm kinda thinking that
it is LF, CF,RF, and at this point I just have Rasmus, Ludwick, and Granderson in the OF, so 2 CFs and no LF
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No LF?
You need Jason Bay. What do you have at catcher, just Molina?
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No C
the only guys we get to keep are guys with fewer than 6 service years- 150 ABs for hitters= svc year, 25 G or 50 IP for pitchers. I could get Holliday back for a hometown discount though, so I may have him or bay in LF IDK. I have more money than most people.
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Hm, you’re going to be in trouble in CF after this coming season then, right?
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Yeah
so that’s why I’d want a really good deal in return for him. I was wondering if Ubaldo/Ianetta would be too much to ask, but I don’t think it’s really enough. Maybe working in a way to get Fowler back would balance it out a little? But the problem is IDK the relative values of Rasmus and Fowler. Fowler obviously is fast, but Rasmus is the better hitter most likely.
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And there are no good catchers available in FA? I think you’re going to be hurting in CF, when you could have a stud there for the next 5 years, to trade for a C for 3 years and an upgrade at P. Given your teams construction, and the risks of pitching, I might say no to the trade above. If you could get Iannetta and Fowler (extremely unlikely, I would think, as Fowler and Rasmus straight up would probably be fair), that would be awesome.
Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.
Coolio
I have Edwin Jackson and wainwright @ P already, and can keep carpenter for a 15% discount. Sounds good, the help is appreciated
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Wins dont count in our league
only QS. But I’m pretty happy with it, I’ll get to keep them both cheaply for another 2-3 years w00t
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I've never been happier to have Crabs
This is a very interesting league I gotta say
definitely will keep everyone involved really focused on baseball all winter. We manage everything down to the team’s Arizona league for cryin out loud. Kind of insane.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Woa, it’s almost like you should spend more time with your league than you should with work, sounds complicated
It's a little crazy
I’m pretty sure I’m going to get destroyed, but all I wanna do is figure out how baseball works. I’m pretty down with football and who the best players are and why, but baseball is still mostly a mystery to me, especially the prospects.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, deserved all-star and hacker extraordinaire
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
Ended up
I got Fowler/Hammel/Buchholz/Daley
for
Rasmus/Ankeil/Prospect Lynn/25th overall pick
IDK, seems OK for this kind of league
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by bondslegend on Nov 13, 2009 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
im hyperactive and hypoglycemic…im a hyper hypo
Les Plack = more chicks
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by Headhunter Rollins on Nov 12, 2009 12:23 PM PST reply actions
For the record...
From Wikipedia, these are the criteria for MVP. For an award given by writers, it’s (un)remarkably poorly written:
“There is no clear-cut definition of what Most Valuable means. It is up to the individual voter to decide who was the Most Valuable Player in each league to his team. The MVP need not come from a division winner or other playoff qualifier. The rules of the voting remain the same as they were written on the first ballot in 1931:
1. Actual value of a player to his team, that is, strength of offense and defense.
2. Number of games played.
3. General character, disposition, loyalty and effort.
4. Former winners are eligible.
5. Members of the committee may vote for more than one member of a team.
You are also urged to give serious consideration to all your selections, from one to ten. A tenth-place vote can influence the outcome of an election. You must fill in all ten places on your ballot. Keep in mind that all players are eligible for MVP, and that includes pitchers and designated hitters. Only regular-season performances are to be taken into consideration.”
The rules specifically say that pitchers are eligible. And frankly, why not? I mean, if you could only keep one player from the 2009 Giants, who would it be?
it would be the one that won the cy young award
Les Plack = more chicks
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by Headhunter Rollins on Nov 12, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
Also...
… I really dislike the idea that your MVP worthiness depends on how well your team does, or even worse, whether your team would have made the playoffs without you.
When I look at past MVPs and see that Johnny Bench was the NL MVP in 1972, I want to think,
Johnny Bench was the best player that year.
not
Johnny Bench was the best player that year, who not only 1) played for a playoff team (unlike Awesome Slugger X, whose team’s pitching staff was so bad they finished in last place) but 2) played for a team that would not have made the playoffs without him, (unlike Awesome Slugger Y, whose team won their division by 15 games and therefore didn’t need him at all).
Because then looking at the past winners makes things so much less meaningful.
FUCK ME
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11/heyman-on-damon-lackey-crede.html
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I wish people would stop saying this.
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by say hey nation on Nov 12, 2009 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
Eeek
"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings
Somebodies kicking some tires. Woo Hoo?
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Nov 12, 2009 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
31 votes?
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by nostocksjustbonds on Nov 12, 2009 1:38 PM PST reply actions
Sports blogger =/= to basic arithmetic
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by say hey nation on Nov 12, 2009 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Beyond the Boxscore maybe?
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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WAR says:
Albert Pujols 8.4
Tim Lincecum 8.2
Chase Utley 7.6
Hanley Ramirez 7.3
Ryan Zimmerman 7.1
Prince Fielder 6.8
Javier Vazquez 6.6
Adrian Gonzalez 6.3
Danny Haren 6.1
Matt Holliday 5.7 (both leagues)
Ubaldo Jimenez 5.7
Adam Wainwright 5.7
Chris Carpenter 5.6
Troy Tulowitzki 5.4
Derrek Lee 5.3
Pablo Sandoval 5.2
Matt Kemp 5.0
Nyjer Morgan 4.9
Ryan Braun 4.8
Ryan Howard 4.8
Jayson Werth 4.7
Justin Upton 4.5
Joey Votto 4.4
Brian McCann 4.4
Raul Ibanez 4.2
Michael Bourn 4.2
Yunel Escobar 4.1
Mark Reynolds 3.9
Todd Helton 3.6
Yadier Molina 3.4
Andre Ethier 2.5
Juan Pierre 1.8
Adam Dunn 1.2
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
There were two votes each for Vazquez at #7 and Haren at #9, which means that exactly two voters must have gone with a straight-ahead top-10 WAR ballot. But they were split between Jimenez and Wainwright at #10.
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
I have no idea what this means, but I like it.
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
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I am pretty sure that is pickled Norwegian Troll on the table in front of the guy wearing red. Maybe Lars just walked in the door on him?
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
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WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 12, 2009 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
VAPORS
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, and it's totally grown on me.
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
lolwut?
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LOLars
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
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by say hey nation on Nov 13, 2009 8:23 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
This is disturbing
/keeps watching over and over
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LOLars
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Did we pickup Torrealba yet?
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Nov 12, 2009 9:13 PM PST reply actions
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