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Running 2011 Baseball Thread, Vol. I: Dedicated to spnited

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Gutter, Mar 31, 2011.

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  1. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Sabathia has had a remarkably inconsistent season -- spectacular for two-thirds of it and really pretty awful for the other third. He has made 22 starts, and in seven of those he didn't even get credit for a quality start. He has three wins in that pool of non-QS starts too, which should devalue that win total even for people who still place emphasis on it.
     
    LongTimeListener, Jul 26, 2011
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  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Without looking at the numbers, I'd say inconsistent is not the right word.

    He started off slow, but -- except for one start, I think -- has been very good of late.

    Inconsistent conveys an up and down season. Streaky might be a better descriptor.
     
    YankeeFan, Jul 26, 2011
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  3. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    He had three non-quality starts in a row in June (the last of them on June 19), which isn't exactly the beginning of the season. But yeah, since that time he's been extremely dominant - going at least seven innings and only giving up more than one earned run once, and in that game he gave up two in eight innings.

    Still, at this point, Verlander and Weaver have a pretty good lead on him. Also, Beckett (if he can stay healthy) would be in front of him at this point.
     
    dreunc1542, Jul 26, 2011
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  4. shockey

    shockey Active Member

    i am nothing if not cute. :D ;) 8)

    and a little kid at heart. ;) :D 8)
     
    shockey, Jul 26, 2011
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  5. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    And tonight's midnight baseball game is Pittsburgh-Atlanta, tied 3-3, bottom 15.
     
    HanSenSE, Jul 26, 2011
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  6. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    Anyone catch Verducci's story this week where the Nationals brass says no one has faced as much scrutiny as Bryce Harper since Jackie Robinson?

    Harris already had to walk back his comments.
     
    Double Down, Jul 27, 2011
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  7. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    I read that story, DD, while watching this Pirates/Braves marathon.

    Here's what I'm thinking: if, as Verducci wrote, that Tarasco and Harris said this independently of one another, it's got to be something either pushed by the organization or discussed within it. Two guys don't come up with this kind of separate comparison out of nowhere. Now, when I say it's been "pushed," I'm referring to talking points teams sometimes come up with. (Years ago, several different Maple Leafs employees claimed the biggest thing you need to win the Stanley Cup was "luck." They were called on it, and dropped the thought.)

    Either way, it's ludicrous. Seriously ludicrous. And it shows ignorance of history. I don't know if Harris is black, but Tarasco sure is. Don't understand why he would say that.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, Jul 27, 2011
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  8. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    How much longer can this one go on? They're heading into the bottom of the 19th.

    I'm agreed, Elliotte, someone's created some talking points here. And they're not only ludicrous, but disrespectful toward Jackie Robinson. Every few years I leaf through a Robinson biography from my library and I have to stop every few pages as say, "How were people so stupid then?"
     
    HanSenSE, Jul 27, 2011
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  9. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    Oh my God, was that awful. That ump has to be suspended.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, Jul 27, 2011
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  10. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    What happened? Was watching a cybercast on Yahoo and saw Atlanta won.

    Now hurry up with that box score, dammit!
     
    HanSenSE, Jul 27, 2011
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  11. cjericho

    cjericho Well-Known Member


    thankfully it's over, didn't need Prado going 0-for-20. rest of my team was 14-for-27
     
    cjericho, Jul 27, 2011
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  12. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    Runners on the corners, one out. Hard grounder to third, Lugo DOA at the plate. Except, home plate umpire rules no tag (replays show there was) and calls him safe.

    It was an "Enough of this!" kind of call.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, Jul 27, 2011
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