Dusty Baker (and other assorted morons)

[Azamien]

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Unfortunately, even if Wainwright has the better overall numbers, I think this is Jimenez's award to lose. He is the media darling this year and only a subpar September can ruin him.

No doubt. I was talking about who was next in line, because the writers made up their minds in May, I think.

I think Wainwright (or anyone else) would have to finish with at least two more wins than Jimenez to even get a first place vote from outside of their own market.

[SPTO]

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On a completely different note, Rick Sutcliffe on last night's ESPN telecast chalked the improvement of Texas' pitching staff to their pitching coach, Mike Maddux. The statement was accompanied by a display looking like this:

2008: 5.37 ERA
2009: 4.38 ERA

Sutcliffe gushes: "And this is before they even got Cliff Lee. You talk about improvement!"

Yeah, want to see the real improvement?

2008 team UZR: -45.8
2009 team UZR: 25.6

And isolating the defense improvement:

2008: 4.88 xFIP
2009: 4.56 xFIP

Down with ERA!

Eh, I still think ERA is a somewhat useful stat, maybe not the be all and end all it's been used as for a century now but still....You're never going to get the overall population to fully understand and accept the UZR (though that has had some acceptance in some circles outside of the sabermetric crowd) and xFIP numbers.

[NYJets]

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Just saw this:

http://deadspin.com/5632002/help-your-friends-at-fire-joe-morgan-make-fun-of-bad-sportswriting

[CMH]

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I love how there's a picture of Mike Lupica. His writing makes me gag.

[Sportsforever]

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I love how there's a picture of Mike Lupica. His writing makes me gag.

What's up with Yankee being censored in your name?

[TheLetterZ]

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It's FJM Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111

[snepp]

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It's FJM Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111

Hell yes, and the Captain Jetes article was a fantastic start.

[ImTellinTim]

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Hell yes, and the Captain Jetes article was a fantastic start.

Fan-effing-tastic! Thanks for alerting me to this, guys!

EDIT: There went the rest of my work day. This is a treasure trove.

[NYJets]

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Great stuff. To think we used to get that every day.

[Sportsforever]

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So I feel like an idiot asking this, but I can't find anything on Deadspin with the FJM stuff or the Jete article. I see the link above that announced FJM day, but that's about it.

[snepp]

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http://deadspin.com/tag/fjm/

[snepp]

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That's great. That's really ****ing great. This is a perfect example of why wins should be flushed down the stat-toilet along with toilet paper made of batting average and used condoms filled with RBIs.

Can't wait until next year.

[Sportsforever]

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http://deadspin.com/tag/fjm/

Thanks...ya, I found it after I posted. Hilarious stuff.

[Sportsforever]

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http://deadspin.com/tag/fjm/

Freakin' loved the Eckstien entry...

"no one outside of his immediate family even knows Adrian Gonzalez exists..."

[Blzer]

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"He's my all-time favorite player," Yankees outfielder Marcus Thames said. "So his numbers are not up. You wouldn't know it. He seems fine to me. He's a helluva leader. I check him out to see how he handles things. Every single night, he wants to win."

Unlike Robinson Cano, who is on record saying he only wants to win two out of every three games.

These bits are too much!