Starting pitchers are paid to get WINS dammit!
This is a bit old, but I stumbled across it recently and ohmigod try not to throw something through a window while you read it.
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OMG...RON BRYANT REF!
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 3, 2010 3:52 AM PST reply actions
I wish muttonchops would come back in.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Mar 3, 2010 4:23 AM PST up reply actions
Black Jack is White!!!!!!!!!!
And…
The slippery slope we must watch out for is starting to de-emphasize wins vs “stuff.” Obviously both Cy winners would have benefitted and probably pushed their win totals into the 20’s with more offensively productive teams behind them. But we’d better make sure the Javier Vasquez scenario doesn’t overtake the voters in the future.
I know your argument is right…but still!
My career path, have you seen it?
Apparently the position players don’t get paid when there is a pitcher on the mound.
The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
/hides thread
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 3, 2010 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
/despite the hiding of the thread, greatgiantfan keeps commenting in the thread
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 3, 2010 8:24 AM PST up reply actions
/doesn’t get inside joke
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Mar 3, 2010 8:45 AM PST up reply actions
/advises say hey nation to get inside something else then
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 3, 2010 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
/tells Howie I have kenophobia and I like a tight fit and everything else is to spacious.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Mar 3, 2010 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
/doesn’t like magic
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Mar 3, 2010 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
/thinks that he means an optical allusion
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 3, 2010 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
Grant is Ronald Reagan resurrected from the dead
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 3, 2010 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dcnow/2010/03/ronald-reagan-ulysses-s-grant-50-dollar-bill.html
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Mar 3, 2010 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
How come they all have to be Presidents (or Secretaries of Treasury)?
I’d much rather have people like Alice Paul, Martin Luther King, or Mark Twain on a bill, rather than another 20th century president.
I was promised lasagna.
MLK on a bill would be awesome.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz
The Kids' CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team's CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
George Washington Carver would be pretty awesome too!
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Mar 4, 2010 6:14 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know who these people were.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz
The Kids' CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team's CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Paul
But yeah, King is probably in a category of his own.
I was promised lasagna.
Benjamin Franklin was neither.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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Why so serious?
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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What's interesting about this article is
the author came to a valid and intelligent conclusion (Innings pitched per start is an important stat that is easy to overlook), but he used horseshit logic to get to that conclusion
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son
by lincecuminyourface on Mar 3, 2010 10:18 AM PST reply actions
How do you figure? Innings pitched is always a biggy for CYA voters.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Mar 3, 2010 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
True, but I still feel as if innings pitched can be overlooked. Carpenter didn’t even reach the 200 innings plateau last year, yet he almost won the Cy Young over Timmy (I realize he missed a few starts, but I still don’t think he should have been that close to winning)
Either way, I just think it’s funny that the author spent a few bullcrap paragraphs talking about how important wins are, and then out of nowhere he concludes that pitchers need to pitch more innings. There was no logical progression to his argument
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son
by lincecuminyourface on Mar 3, 2010 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
What is the difference how many strikeouts a guy has if they can’t ultimately win games?
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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Are you really worried about all these high strikeout, low ERA guys getting too much respect? How many runs you give up shouldn’t matter if you can’t get the W
How many runs you give up shouldn’t matter if you can’t get the W
At the risk of being chasmed…..
A pitchers job is simply to do everything within his power to prevent runs from scoring.
by Missing Barry on Mar 3, 2010 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
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