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  1. homer
    Per MLB rules: "9.02 (a) Any umpire's decision which involves judgment, such as, but not limited to, whether a batted ball is fair or foul, whether a pitch is a strike or a ball, or whether a runner is safe or out, is final. No player, manager, coach or substitute shall object to any such judgment decisions. (a) Players leaving their position in the field or on base, or managers or coaches leaving the bench or coaches box, to argue on BALLS AND STRIKES will not be permitted. They should be warned if they start for the plate to protest the call. If they continue, they will be ejected from the game." There is no mention of the player at bat at the time of the questionable ball or strike call. My question is: If a batter argues balls and strikes is he automatically ejected after a warning?
  2. homer
    I saw Bourne Ultimatium last week. I enjoyed it but I think I could have waited for the rental. Some really cool visuals and some great fight and chase choreography, but the plot was kind of thin (I mean it was an action film after all).
  3. homer
    Which numbers? I'm just curious what you use to predict that - always looking for an edge in fantasy leagues.
  4. homer
    "Anyway, I've prettified your chart." Hey, can you prettify mine too??? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  5. homer
    Hardy had hit safely in 12 of 14 games at #2 prior to moving to the 8th spot. I think it's coincidence. BUT......given that he doesn't get on base at a great clip, moving him down in the order was a good move.
  6. homer
    Reading the Braun for MVP thread got me thinking.....is he having the greatest season in Brewer history? In terms of OPS, both Braun (1.058 ) and Fielder (.997) have a chance to outpace the best season of all time - Paul Molitor in 1987 had an OPS of 1.004. One thing I found interesting is that the second highest OPS of all time belongs to Sixto Lezcano back in 1979. As a 25 year old, he hit .321/.414/.573 (wow). I only included players eligible for the batting title in my search (otherwise Matt Wise would have two of the top three highest OPSs of all timehttp://static.yuku.com/v2//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/smile.gif ) For those that are curious, here are the top five: Molitor 1987 1.004 Lexcano 1979 .987 Burnitz 1999 .963 Yount 1982 .957 Jenkins 2000 .948 I realize OPS isn't the end all be all stat for some so I also looked at OPS+. Here are the top five: Yount 1982 166 Lezcano 1979 164 Molitor 1987 161 Cooper 1980 155 Oglivie 1980 153 Braun is currently at 171 and Fielder at 156.
  7. homer
    I think a lot of the bizarre injury stories are cover-ups for something else. A lot of guys have provisions in their contracts saying they can't do certain activities (like ride motorcycles) so they make stuff up to keep the team from fining them.
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    Barry left the Pirates after his age 27 year. You can't just use those stats to back up your claim. He had some amazing years with the Giants before the whole 'roids thing started. Not to mention Bonds had 8 Gold Gloves. Rice had 0. And Rice never stole more than 10 bases in a season - Barry stole more than 30 bases 9 times.
  9. homer
    That's what the guy on Costas' show said. It coudl improve hand eye as well as power. And I think the term "steroids" has evolved into catch all for pretty much any illegal/unethical muscle/athletic enhancement drug.
  10. homer
    The funny thing is that sans steroids, Bonds would have gone down as one of the top 10 (maybe even top 5) players to ever don a uniform. It's almost Shakespearian in its irony. I could care less about his personal life though- he's a jag but doesn't come close to Ty Cobb's level (as far as I know, Barry has never pistol whipped someone to death) or Steve Garvey who once had three separate women impregnated at the same time (none of whom was his wife).
  11. homer
    He's a Hollywood plastic surgeon.....they don't count.
  12. homer
    Rod: Each leap brings us closer to God! Todd: Catch me Lord! Catch me! Rod: Weeeee! (crash) Todd: What did we do to make God angry? Rod: You did it!
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    The thing I found funny was his stout defense that "Jewboy" is not a slur. But if you go to Google, type in "jewboy + slur" you'll get a ton of hits about all sorts of people getting in trouble for using that exact term. Apparently he is in the minority (pun not intended) in that regard.
  15. homer
    My personal opinion is that if you don't want to wear a helmet, fine.....but I really don't think your insurance company should cover your medical bills if you crack up. Now kids on the other hand should always have to wear a helmet.
  16. homer
    Can anyone point me in the direction of the anti-Brewerfan thread over there? I can't seem to find it. I need some humor this morning.
  17. homer
    I think this all would have died a quick death had mods locked this thread after it had been decided to let him keep his avatar. Having said that, tossing out the race card in that last post was really uncalled for and extremely rude. Why not enlighten people that might be a little ingorant instead of accusing them (falsely I might add) of racism? Some of the posters in this thread are Jewish (I know for that for a fact).....are they racist for being insulted by your avatar? That would be ironic.
  18. homer
    I'm frozen out as well.
  19. homer
    Wow, holy Gillespie. 4/5 with 3 doubles and a dinger. I'd love to see him finish strong. The Crew could really use an advanced outfield prospect.
  20. homer
    Pods had a great rookie year - at least in term of counting stats. 50+ SB, 100 runs, hit .300. And I think the point was that in 2003 (or whenever that article was written) none of the candidates matched that top rookie years of all time. At least, that's how I read it.
  21. homer
    Here are Braun's splits: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?playerId=28721 Close and late: .270/.289/.432 RISP and 2 outs: .357/.438/.714 I doubt you can garner much from each since he really doesn't have that many ABs in either situation. (37 and 28 respectively)
  22. homer
    If that happens, I bet it's with another team.
  23. homer
    Feds left the rates alone. I bet Jim is upset. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20163222/
  24. homer
    I was like a one man force, eh, like Charleton Heston in Omega Man. Did you see it? It was a beauty. I actually stayed up until 3:00am on a school night when I was in high school to watch Omega Man based on this line alone.
  25. homer
    It will hurt them no doubt, but I really don't think it will cost them five games or anything. At most a game or two (and that may be a stretch).....but in a pennant race that could be huge.
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