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  1. Fatter than Joey
    I thought you got booted off of IMDB
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    Isn't the sabermetrical pooh-pooh-ing of stealing bases largely due to the fact that pitchers/defenses do so much to limit it? No, I think someone around 1990 realized that "outs > bases". Trading runs for outs is awesome, trading bases for outs sucks -- this sort of thinking applies to bunting as well. One way to look at it is "SBs are insignificant" -- however if I am a defense, I want a shot at the free out. To put it another way, I hold runners on, not because I care so much about the base, but because I want my C to convert the out. Outs are huge
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    I live in a small town -- We dont have a roto rooter. The country plumber wanted to charge me $200+ so I rented a power rooter for $30 and rocked the pipes. I have done both indoor pipes and out to the street. I'd certainly start with a roto rooter type, and if they charge too much I wouldnt be afraid to get a rental.
  4. Fatter than Joey
    I think some people are still mad they paid full price for City Slickers 2. I thought that was straight to video..
  5. Fatter than Joey
    would people be expecting a huge progression in terms of HR hitting I'm pretty sure we would collectively expect 300 HRs
  6. Fatter than Joey
    check your pipes in the basement -- my house is 100+ years old, so I saw that the small pipes were going to be a continual problem so I bypassed them -- if you have a newer house you probably have a trap or something you can clean out.
  7. Fatter than Joey
    Crystal is a celeb because he's made people laugh. I must have missed this, -- did he fall down some stairs recently?
  8. Fatter than Joey
    Do you live in an older house? Do your pipes go into your basement? I recently had similar problems. -- I found that my piping was all 1/2 inch copper -- and ran all along my basement. So I just ran PVC right to the big pipe out of the house, and that has seemed to fix my plumbing WOAHs
  9. Fatter than Joey
    Minoso got a hit in 1976, I think he was 55 then. I know he had a couple of ABs in 1980 as well -- so it was the 7th decade he was trying to hit, which would have been in the 1990s. Minnie Minoso, as a side note, is one of the kindest people you will ever meet. That was in a MLB game however, I cannot fathom why a spring training AB is grinding so many people the wrong way. Heck, I wish more people were given chances to do this sort of thing -- maybe recognize a teacher or police officer, or even a random fan that supports the team. I am glad Billy Crystal got this opportunity. I still wish he would do something funny someday.
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    Gagne is a good example last year. He had a slightly better K/BB ratio in Boston and people thought he actually pitched better K/BB is sort of a flawed stat to compare as well, as it does not consider how many batters are faced. If PAs are consistent then you can go ahead and use that ratio -- but it is erroneous to look at a ratio like K/BB and compare it to another sample if the samplespan is different. I don't think anybody reasonable can conclude that Gagne pitched better in Boston. Bos -- 18.67IP 9BB 26H 22K = ~91PA Tex -- 33.33IP 12BB 23H 29K = ~135PA He just got lit up in Boston. My guess is that the answer is probably as simple as he got gassed pitching 50+ innings for the first time in 3 years. Now, I certainly wouldn't be scared of signing Gagne because he got lit up for 18+ innings at the end of last year, but something happened that allowed him to get pounded.
  11. Fatter than Joey
    Now, what does this all mean? Yosted v. 2008
  12. Fatter than Joey
    I remember for his 65th birthday Jesse Orosco was allowed to pitch to 2 LHers in a MLB game
  13. Fatter than Joey
    I wish he would be funny at some point.
  14. Fatter than Joey
    I know Prince can and does do damage just by colliding with players (usually teammates), but if Braun had the running start from left I would love to see what he could do. Not me. I know what Braun can do -- mash the ball. I find the retaliatory stuff in MLB silly. The idea of Prince/Braun getting suspended/ejected or hurt in a series of "paybacks" will not help the Brewers win games. Let Prince's and Braun's bat speak for them, not pitchers, not Ned Yost, etc.... As a side note, a couple of years ago my kids and I sent a card to Shelly Duncan requesting an autograph, and he sent back a very kind and genuine letter that is in the kid's scrapbooks. I would hope (and assume) that he got caught up in the heat of "making the team" -- which does not excuse him, -- however I think it was probably a stupid thing done by an otherwise decent kid.
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    My guess is that the Brewers probably have the 4th most recognizable BP in baseball, as evidenced by this quote: "There are people with closing experience all over the place. " Dan Kolb has closing experience...
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    Pink packer gear is for breast cancer research, or at least the hats are. My daughters like pink Steeler jerseys... It's just marketing to a different demographic
  17. Fatter than Joey
    And who said anything about Gwynn being a gold glover? I don't think endaround meant JB12 said Gwynn is a gold glover, but this quote was in this thread.... "How about Gold Glove caliber defense? He's a fantastic defender. " There seems to be a perception that because Gwynn is fast and can't hit the ball out of the IF from the pitcher's mound that he must be a: 1.) Great Basestealer 2.) Great Contact Hitter 3.) Has Plate Discipline 4.) Gold Glove defender When in fact none of these are true at this point in TGJ's career. TGJ is nothing more than a competent 4th/5th OFer. If any team sees him as a starting CFer, he should be traded to that team immediately. I do think the idea of moving Braun to CF eventually (after he cuts his teeth in LF) is an interesting proposition though, I guess I would put the best arm of Hart/Braun in RF, and be content with the other in CF -- assuming Braun isn't a disaster in LF.
  18. Fatter than Joey
    Cappy is a LHP so if all other things were equal I'd keep him for that reason, as we don't have any other LHers in our current rotation.
  19. Fatter than Joey
    The 'real' number is probably closer to 10-15. I doubt that the real number is over 5. I think any study that shows 25-30 run to be anywhere near the projected production has fundamental flaws in it. I think the wording from the above excerpt indicates that the 25-30 number is a high-end estimate I disagree. I see nowhere it indicates that 25-30 runs is a "high-end" estimate -- In fact when a person presents me a range like 25-30 -- I take that to mean 25 is the low and 30 is the high. but I don't think it's really fair to make light of this situation without actually acknowledging that this is not "Yost's stat guy" Ultimately my skepticism lies in Yost's (in)ability to process any sort of information, but I am not willing to assume that Dave Lawson is entirely objective about this, or pretend to know how his information came around. If the lineup tinkering is worth one win or more over the course of a season, it's no wonder Yost is down. But then we come back to Russ's point of why bat the pitcher 9th when you are going to turn around and bat Cameron 2nd. That makes no sense to me, and ultimately I think any advantage gained by batting the pitcher 8th is washed out by batting your 6th best hitter 2nd. Honestly, I think the less tinkering, managing, talking, or interacting Ned does the better the Brewers will be -- and I am not trying to be cute about this. Whenever Ned delves into stats we have Mench batting against RHP or pitching changes made because of fielding pct.
  20. Fatter than Joey
    I honestly have no idea how our stat's guy came up with those numbers. I do not exude confidence in Yost's stat guy -- It's probably Dale Sveum What that equates to in runs...? Roughly 10 runs equals 1 win. -- I tend to agree with Russ as well... It seems to defy logic if we assume that a manager's impact on a season is around 2-3 games, yet a simple lineup adjustment could net 3 wins all by itself. I am all for getting every run we can, but I think there is no purpose in artificially ramping up our expectation in production. Although I do take issue with Russ's "Yost is crazy" statement -- I find him to be more stubborn and surly.
  21. Fatter than Joey
    It's not as if he is going to roll off of the DL and immediately start pitching MLB either -- I suspect he will spend some time in Nashville
  22. Fatter than Joey
    Congrats. I hope you are satisfied with this resolution.
  23. Fatter than Joey
    This is Holly wearing one of our t-shirts. I am not sure we can top Holly.
  24. Fatter than Joey
    I don't think Rottino can play SS anywhere near the ability of Counsel.
  25. Fatter than Joey
    Chad signed by the Yankees today.
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