Re: Dusty Baker (and other assorted morons)
I'm still pissed at Dusty from Game 7 2002.
I'm still pissed at Dusty from Game 7 2002.
-
-
Re: Dusty Baker (and other assorted morons)
My roommate just said Dusty Baker is a good manager because the Reds are good this year. He said Baker turns teams around. He also said he doesn't have enough knowledge about him to make an intelligence argument.Comment
-
Re: Dusty Baker (and other assorted morons)
God bless Tony La Russa for jawing with that brainless moron during the Reds/Cards game tonight. Apparently, the actual brawl started because Chris Carpenter yelled something at Baker. If that's the case, I wanna know what it was so Carpenter can officially become one of my favorite players.Comment
-
Re: Dusty Baker (and other assorted morons)
The brawl started because Phillips said the Cards are whiners and moaners and that he hated them. When he came up to bat in the first he did the whole hi how are you thing to Molina and tapped the back of his shin guards. Well Molina told him not to talk to him or touch him, that is how the whole thing started. The actual pushing and shoving that happened later on in the "brawl" was stared because Carpenter and Rolen started yacking at each other. They have a history of not getting along, Carpenter was yelling at Baker, but I am not for sure why. I can tell you one thing Carpenter wants no part of Rolen.Last edited by jake44np; 08-11-2010, 09:10 AM.ND Season Ticket Holder since '72.Comment
-
MLB: Cincinnati Reds
NFL: Cincinnati Bengals
NCAA Hoops: Xavier Musketeers
NCAA Football: Miami Hurricanes
NHL: Calgary Flames
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke
"The wisest men follow their own direction." - EuripidesComment
-
Re: Dusty Baker (and other assorted morons)
No, what you said was my point exactly...I don't discount stats because "I amn not smart enough to get them"
My main thorn is the attitude of those who follow the stats first mentality and throw obscure stats out there as if it was some sort of 'measuring contest' if you get my drift...
That and the whole idea of someone who probably struck out in slow pitch softball calling Dusty Baker a moron is unsettling.
Agree or disagree with the man, but to say he knows NOTHING about baseball is ludicrousComment
-
Re: Dusty Baker (and other assorted morons)
This post made no sense.
Not once did I say anything condescending. I stated
1) If the poster talked like that to someones face they would be smacked
2) Most of his posts are smug and reek of an elite attitude
But apples look like oranges I supposeComment
-
Re: Dusty Baker (and other assorted morons)
Obscure doesn't necessarily equal right or wrong. And they're only obscure if you choose to ignore them.
Argumentum ad hominem. I didn't play professional baseball like Dusty Baker or Joe Morgan, but what does that have to do with the fact that some of their baseball thinking is completely inane?That and the whole idea of someone who probably struck out in slow pitch softball calling Dusty Baker a moron is unsettling.
Agree or disagree with the man, but to say he knows NOTHING about baseball is ludicrous
Joe Morgan was a ridiculously good baseball player, but you don't even have to be sabermetrically-inclined or a "SABR SNOB!!!" to realize he's a complete idiot...unless you happen to believe that left-handers are considerably slower at delivering their pitches (WTF?).I write things on the Internet.
Comment
-
Re: Dusty Baker (and other assorted morons)
I don't think I said anything that out-of-line. "Shed the ignorance" is a pretty mild response to a troll whose purpose was to bait posters.
Re-read page 32 if you want all the context. Childish posts like "Talking to humans>>>Stat-crunching CC Sabathias xFIP+SIERA/2" are just stupid to me and deserve to get called out.Last edited by Chip Douglass; 08-11-2010, 10:24 PM.I write things on the Internet.
Comment
-
Re: Dusty Baker (and other assorted morons)
There are other intangibles that come into play
If Halladay has 12 CGs...more than likely he will have a higher ERA...a pitcher winning 7-1 will usually pitch to contact and giving up 2 runs means nothing
Jack Morris was notorious for that as was Walter Johnson
As for Jimenez...he is streaky but when he is on...he is ON. 3 dominant starts and he is right back in the discussionComment
-
Re: Dusty Baker (and other assorted morons)
Well, first, we're talking about things the writers vote on, like wins and ERA. If the season ended today, 17-6/1.98 would get the nod over 14-8/2.34.
That aside, Wainwright has 5 CG (would probably be 6 if not for the rain delay today) himself (to Halladay's 8) so we're not talking about a guy who pitches six and leaves.Impact de Montréal
Tous Pour GagnerComment
-
"It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
-
Re: Dusty Baker (and other assorted morons)
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!Last edited by Chip Douglass; 08-12-2010, 02:38 PM.I write things on the Internet.
Comment
Comment