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S.T.A.T. · 04-25-2009, 04:08 PM

I think team sports are inheritly socialist/communist.

Of course being SA biased I favor individual sports.

seanybhoy · 05-05-2009, 10:37 AM

Am i the only one that thinks Joey Barton's a total chav ?

whiterabbit · 05-06-2009, 07:18 AM

**** you, UEFA. It's not like you haven't broken the rules and made unprecedented decisions before, and in much less worthy cases *cough* Liverpool being given a chance to qualify for the Champions League despite finishing fifth in the table *cough*, so give Fletch a break you tossers.

Canadian Brotha · 05-06-2009, 01:50 PM

F*cking away goals rule! It should have gone to penalties, we deserved penalties in this one

anonymid · 05-09-2009, 01:39 PM

Nolan Ryan should've won the 1987 NL Cy Young award, despite his 8-16 record.

In fact, you can make a pretty good case that '87 was Ryan's best season, even though his .333 winning percentage was the worst of his career.

Zephyr · 05-12-2009, 08:46 AM

I don't know how they're going to turn Moneyball into a movie.

Zephyr · 05-12-2009, 06:30 PM

Now that was a lot of awesome. Electric.

If only they could open the roof...

kintrovert · 05-12-2009, 10:08 PM

Glad to hear from you again, Freddie Mitchell. I think "The Powers that Be" gave you the shaft - and you were sacrificed for "The Chosen Ones" of the NFL. Not everyone bought into the "He's so arrogant, and a horrible player" line that was being propagated by a machine far more "powerful" than you or I - I, for one, could see what was going on. It appears that the same thing is happening to Reggie Brown as happened to you - he and his career are being put on the backburner - and his skills are being drug through the mud - because of a "lack of rapport" with Donovan Superstar. Like you, Reggie had the audacity to show his frustration at some of Donovan Superstar's poor throws. Brown's "blacklisting" may not be as severe as yours, because he doesn't have your mouth or your penchant for "attention-whoring" - but something hasn't been quite "right" about the wide receiver situation in Philly for years.

As Jim Rome likes to say, "I see you working", Freddie.

Or at least I think I do. Keep on blogging, posting YouTube vids, and Tweeting - and subtly telling people what really happened. You mentioned that you might write a book - brilliant. Call 'em out! Let's see if you get "unblacklisted".

srschirm · 05-13-2009, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by anonymid

Nolan Ryan should've won the 1987 NL Cy Young award, despite his 8-16 record.

In fact, you can make a pretty good case that '87 was Ryan's best season, even though his .333 winning percentage was the worst of his career.

You know your team's offense must be pretty bad if you have a 2.76 ERA and go 8-16.

anonymid · 05-13-2009, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by srschirm

You know your team's offense must be pretty bad if you have a 2.76 ERA and go 8-16.

Houston scored 4.0 R/G that year--second-worst in the NL--and was even worse in Ryan's starts, scoring only 3.3 R/G for him. The league average that year was 4.5 R/G.

Ryan led the NL that year in:
- ERA and ERA+ (142, second-best of his career, and one of only two times he ever led the league)
- total strikeouts (270) and strikeout rate (11.5 per 9 IP, best in the majors and the best of his career)
- fewest hits allowed per 9 IP (6.5, best in the majors)
- strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.10/1, best in the majors, and the only time he ever led the league in this category; his walk rate of 3.7 per 9 IP was one of the best of his career)

Also, 25 of his 34 starts were quality starts, which might have led the league, though I can't find a leaderboard for that category on baseballreference.com. In any case, it's at least more quality starts than any of the other starting pitchers in the NL who received Cy Young votes that year, and it was the second-best quality-start percentage of Ryan's career.

Ryan never won a Cy Young, but '87 was his best shot. He had a case in '81 as well, but that was the year of Fernando Valenzuela. There was no similarly dominant starter in '87, and the award went to Phillies closer Steve Bedrosian. Not a very inspired pick.

fern · 05-14-2009, 08:41 AM

I think I'm a sports jinx. Right after I mentioned how much I like David Wright and Zack Grienke both of their teams start losing. On the other hand if you're a Pirates fan, you're welcome.

silenced · 05-19-2009, 10:46 PM

As soon as I heard that the Clippers won the draft lottery, I thought to myself, "The Clippers are going to screw this up"

fonz · 05-22-2009, 12:54 AM

Nadal and Safina for the French Open

anonymid · 06-03-2009, 10:10 AM

Four earned over nine really ought to count as a quality start.

Zephyr · 06-03-2009, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by anonymid

Four earned over nine really ought to count as a quality start.

I just talked about that same thing today on another forum, after watching Roy Halladay do this to the Angels last night:

9 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 14 K

A game score of 70, btw.

If 3 earned runs in 6 innings is "quality", I'm not sure how 50% more innings at a lower ERA isn't.

anonymid · 06-03-2009, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Zephyr

I just talked about that same thing today on another forum, after watching Roy Halladay do this to the Angels last night:

9 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 14 K

A game score of 70, btw.

If 3 earned runs in 6 innings is "quality", I'm not sure how 50% more innings at a lower ERA isn't.

Seeing that Halladay line was what got me thinking about it. Absurdly, that game is going to go in the books as a "cheap win" for him (at least on BR.com; I don't know if this is an official stat kept elsewhere).

And whether or not 3 in 6 is really a "quality start" is a whole other question. MLB pitchers have posted a collective 4.44 ERA this year, with starters going 5.8 innings deep, on average. So 3-in-6 sounds like a pretty average, not a quality, start as far as I can tell.

So I would go with 2-in-6, 3-in-7, 3-in-8, and 4-in-9 as the standards for a QS.

Zephyr · 06-11-2009, 08:23 PM

1-0 is the worst way to lose.

srschirm · 06-12-2009, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Zephyr

1-0 is the worst way to lose.

Yes, it wastes a gem by your pitcher.

Zephyr · 06-12-2009, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by srschirm

Yes, it wastes a gem by your pitcher.

Yes.

Paul'sBunyon · 06-13-2009, 03:07 PM

If I were Strassbourg I'd think twice, at least twice about going to the Natsionals.

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05-09-2009, 01:39 PM	#25 (permalink)
anonymid Status: gulping for shape Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland Gender: Male Age: 30 Posts: 2,076	Nolan Ryan should've won the 1987 NL Cy Young award, despite his 8-16 record. In fact, you can make a pretty good case that '87 was Ryan's best season, even though his .333 winning percentage was the worst of his career. __________________ "He who has not the courage to suffer either death or life, who will neither resist nor flee, what can we do with him?" - Montaigne

05-12-2009, 10:08 PM	#28 (permalink)
kintrovert Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 648	Glad to hear from you again, Freddie Mitchell. I think "The Powers that Be" gave you the shaft - and you were sacrificed for "The Chosen Ones" of the NFL. Not everyone bought into the "He's so arrogant, and a horrible player" line that was being propagated by a machine far more "powerful" than you or I - I, for one, could see what was going on. It appears that the same thing is happening to Reggie Brown as happened to you - he and his career are being put on the backburner - and his skills are being drug through the mud - because of a "lack of rapport" with Donovan Superstar. Like you, Reggie had the audacity to show his frustration at some of Donovan Superstar's poor throws. Brown's "blacklisting" may not be as severe as yours, because he doesn't have your mouth or your penchant for "attention-whoring" - but something hasn't been quite "right" about the wide receiver situation in Philly for years. As Jim Rome likes to say, "I see you working", Freddie. Or at least I think I do. Keep on blogging, posting YouTube vids, and Tweeting - and subtly telling people what really happened. You mentioned that you might write a book - brilliant. Call 'em out! Let's see if you get "unblacklisted". __________________ "Any time intelligent people make mistakes, they learn from them." --What a "close friend" of Bill Belichick's said to Sports Illustrated in January 2000, referring to Belichick's first head-coaching job with the Cleveland Browns (which was marred by various troubles).

05-06-2009, 07:18 AM	#23 (permalink)
whiterabbit Status: scum Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: England Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 802	**** you, UEFA. It's not like you haven't broken the rules and made unprecedented decisions before, and in much less worthy cases cough Liverpool being given a chance to qualify for the Champions League despite finishing fifth in the table cough, so give Fletch a break you tossers.

05-12-2009, 08:46 AM	#26 (permalink)
Zephyr Status: gone Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 9,579	I don't know how they're going to turn Moneyball into a movie.

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Zephyr Status: gone Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 9,579	Now that was a lot of awesome. Electric. If only they could open the roof...

05-14-2009, 08:41 AM	#31 (permalink)
fern Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NY (the boring part) Gender: Female Age: 29 Posts: 195	I think I'm a sports jinx. Right after I mentioned how much I like David Wright and Zack Grienke both of their teams start losing. On the other hand if you're a Pirates fan, you're welcome.

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anonymid Status: gulping for shape Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland Gender: Male Age: 30 Posts: 2,076	Four earned over nine really ought to count as a quality start. __________________ "He who has not the courage to suffer either death or life, who will neither resist nor flee, what can we do with him?" - Montaigne

06-11-2009, 08:23 PM	#37 (permalink)
Zephyr Status: gone Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 9,579	1-0 is the worst way to lose.

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