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  1. joepepsi
    Well, now, there's some strange logic.
  2. joepepsi
    Adopting these strategies would add about 10 losses to what they'd have now if they did nothing. Look, I'm an idiot too. How come I don't get my own media outlet to express stupid, uninformed ideas?
  3. joepepsi
    A couple days before he went on the DL his OPS was over .800. The current league average OPS is .760. So, while we hoped for more from him, he was having a fine season. The bottom line is, it's very difficult to come back from a hand injury and be an effective hitter. It's hard to drive the ball when it hurts to make contact.
  4. joepepsi
    Hart would be playing CF and Hall would be at 3rd. I'm not convinced the team would be better.
  5. joepepsi
    Yeah, 451 hr's from a 3rd baseman would place him 4th among HOF'ers at that position. Only Matthews, Killebrew, and Schmidt have hit more. Looks like he's pegged him as a special player. Nifty!
  6. joepepsi
    Cobb, Aaron, and Mays played for more than one team each, but they got all of their first 3,000 hits playing for just one team. So, technically, they should be included on the list.
  7. joepepsi
    It's exciting isn't it? By the end of the season they will be the best team in the league. If they aren't already....
  8. joepepsi
    The key players in the lineup are inexperienced, but the team overall has a lot of veterans.
  9. joepepsi
    Hughes was good in Milwaukee. Maybe he still is, I don't know. Powell is one of the best in the business. Let's hope he sticks around for a long time.
  10. joepepsi
    Well, I guess I was completely asleep, because apparently I didn't understand what they were saying at all!
  11. joepepsi
    I think the Mariners have the worst baseball announcers of all. Well, maybe the Braves are worse. Last night Bill and Brian said only 3 players in the 3,000 hit club got all their hits with one team. Biggio would be the 4th. Then they showed highlights of Yount, Brett, and Gwynn getting their 3,000th hit. You know, I could swear Cal Ripken played his entire career with the Orioles, but maybe I missed a season or two when he was with Tampa Bay. Also, Stan the Man Musial played his entire career with the Cards. Yaz with the Red Sox. Ty Cobb, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron reached 3,000 hits with their first major league team, though all played with another team late in their careers....
  12. joepepsi
    Yost is becoming more like Earl Weaver with every decision! Earl worked most of his young pitchers through the pen and spot starting until they adjusted to the rigors of the major leagues. It's working for Villy, it will work for Yovani. Vargas didn't pitch particularly well from the pen in April. His value is as a starter, both the Brewers or in trade. He's made 14 starts, averaging 5-1/3 ip per start, with a 4.10 ERA against a league average of 4.26. His K rate as a starter in 8 K's per 9ip. Almost every team in MLB would be ecstatic with that from a back of the rotation starter. He'd be the Ace of the Cardinals' staff. The Twins or Blue Jays should be on the phone to Doug this afternoon. Also, he's pitched much better away than home, probably due his long ball give-up tendencies. With Shea, Petco, or Safeco, or the A's (whatever the name of that place is!) as his home park, he'd have an ERA under 4. League average starters with a good health reacord are tremendously valuable. Just ask Jeff Suppan.
  13. joepepsi
    That's valid. Sutton and Vasgersian have personality, whether good or bad. Last week I was watching the Padres-Orioles one night. The camera cuts to a bushy haired guy straight out of the 1970's wearing one of those retro Padre hats. Vasgersian doesn't say a word for about 10 seconds. Then the camera cuts back to the action and he says, "nice to see Angel from Rockford Files at the ballpark tonight". Obscure reference to be sure, but I sure miss him. Hopefully Anderson will loosen up with experience. Bagwell is a legitimate 1st ballot HOF'er. The writers may not see it that way, but they are wrong. He has the 23rd highest OPS in the history of the game.
  14. joepepsi
    I think he has a good voice and is getting better as the year moves along. Anybody else catch he and Bill said Biggio would be the first to go into the HOF as an Astro? Hello? Jeff Bagwell? Sheesh!
  15. joepepsi
    What bothers me most, is why is the picture quality so inferior on Brewers games compared to games available on ExtraInnings. The colors are duller, the overall sharpness, fuzzy. Does FSNWisconsin just have crappy equipment or is it a problem with DirecTV and their RSN channels?
  16. joepepsi
    Bautista has a rubber arm. He can really help out in any role. 2002-2004 he averaged 190+ innings for the D-Backs and Blue Jays. The Jays used him as a closer in 2005-he saved 31 games. Last year he turned in 206 innings posting an ERA above league average, while pitching in the best hitter's park in the league outside of Colorado. His career *ERA+ is 103. Pavano's is 100. Jaret Wright is 91. Kris Benson is 101. Capuano's is 104. We can argue over semantics all week long, but a veteran pitcher who never gets injured and has an ERA above league average is far from "mediocre". For the Royals especially, he'll provide stability and consistency.
  17. joepepsi
    Month by month stats are arbitrary, but if you look at Cappy's ERA by month it's sorta surprising; starting with April: 4.76; 1.94; 4.15; 4.21; 3.73; 4.83. May was great, ironically he only went 3-2. August was his only other above average ERA month, but his w/l was a paltry 2-3. It seems as though the better a Brewer pitches the fewer the wins!
  18. joepepsi
    My vote for post of the week goes to "And that" on page 2. Great job! Let's play a little game. Let's combine Hall and Hardy's innings, putouts, total chances, attempts, erros and double plays at shortstop. Together they have combined for 1,349 innings at shortstop this year. Hardy has: played 64% of those innings committed 59% of the putouts had 61% of the total chances 60% of the assists committed 63% of the errors contributed to 64% of the double plays Basically he's played 2/3rds of the time and contributed 2/3rds of the counting stats, give or take a few percentage points. Do with this what you wish. You might want to argue Hall shows a slight edge. You might argue Hall has played 30% fewer innings at ss than Hardy, therefore they aren't as true a representation of his ability. Me, I think the percentages of his counting stats are within a reasonable range, less than 10% in each case, to his percentage of playing time. Using this sort of comparison there is no clear difference between the two defensively. While Hall has had a breakout season of sorts, surprising everyone with his quality play, I think Hardy has already shown himself the better offensively player. Given they appear about equal defensively, and it's Hardy's first season in the bigs, I'm inclined to peg Hardy as the one who should be given the starting ss job for Milwaukee next year, and the one who has the best shot at an All Star caliber career.
  19. joepepsi
    Um, because stats like range factor are suspect out of the gate. It is dependent on how many balls are actually hit to the particular fielder. Defensive stats are too subjective, and too dependent on factors beyond the defender's control.
  20. joepepsi
    Range factor, zone rating, fielding percentage are problematic stats. None give a true picture of defensive performance. Generally speaking I think there are plenty of stats that give a truer picture of performance than obseervation. But when it comes to defense I think you gotta see the guy play a lot games to really judge his performance. At worst Hardy is a very good young ss.
  21. joepepsi
    Murray played better longer than Rice. Can anybody find the home/road splits for Rice? I can't. As I recall, they are pretty dramatic. He was sorta average away, and awesome in Fenway. Actually, his career is not much different from fellow '75 rookie Red Sox, Fred Lynn. Rice's *OPS+-128, Lynn, 130. Lynn was injured a lot, but he played CF, and for his career actually only had 1300 fewer at bats than Rice.
  22. joepepsi
    Great post huntsville. I agree with you for the most part. I feel there is a place for relief pitchers in the HOF, but it should be for an outstanding reason, not just longevitiy or certain numbers. I didn't realize Sutter's career was so short. He had 4 incredible seasons, a handful where he was very good, and 4 where he stunk or was injured. When I look at that, it's not very impressive......
  23. joepepsi
    If those guys were the standard for HOF entry, they could put the whole shrine in a double wide at a rest stop off exit 87 in the Dells. There would only be about 25 HOF'ers. The "standard" is really much lower. Sutter, Santo, Gossage, Blyleven. None would be an embarrassment to the HOF.
  24. joepepsi
    Bill James argues voters consider how or if a player changed the game when looking at his HOF credentials. Sutter was the first to have great success with a split finger fastball. I suppose you can argue it's nothing more than a variation on the old forkball. But given no one throws a "forkball" anymore, but many throw "splitter", then I think Sutter deserves consideration for this change at least. Also, he pioneered the modern day closer role as a key ingredient to a championship caliber team. He may owe a lot to Roger Craig for the split, and Herzog for the closer role, but he was up to the challenge, and was an awfully good pitcher for many years. I don't think his election opens up doors to mediocrity anymore than Rollie Fingers' has. It would help Gossage's chances though.
  25. joepepsi
    So far, pitching hasn't been the problem. The pen is going to blow a few games every year. Entering today's game, team ERA was 2.87. That's great. It's the hitting that positively stinks. 232/315/387 is going to lose 125 games. I'm tempted to say it can't stay that bad, but given the performance last year, it very well could. Worst part is, with offense this bad they can't afford to keep playing Hardy. They'll have to find some piece of crap short timer that can hit .250, just to give the offense a "boost". The last 3 games have been pathetic......it's the kind of bumbling play that makes them look ill prepared. That's a look that does get managers fired. Even Ned Yost.
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