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Kevlar v2.0 posted:I got the details from here. It's hard not to be at fault when you're the one rear-ending someone, but the other guy was 87 years old and not wearing a seatbelt, so it wouldn't surprise me if he did something stupid to cause it. For her to end up in a ditch and for him to hit a utility pole and flip his car onto its roof... That doesn't happen in like 99.999999% of rear end accidents. My guess would be he was in front of her, tried to flip an illegal u-turn, got broadsided and she tried to swerve out of the way and went into a ditch after hitting the car. That's just a guess though.
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ALFbrot posted:I, too, remember the front office directing Starling Marte to use performance-enhancing drugs, and Jung-Ho Kang to drunk drive a ton and also maybe rape a lady, and dipping Jameson Taillon's cups in radioactive waste, and also they used the talent-sucking basketball from Space Jam on Andrew McCutchen, and they keep telling Gregory Polanco that if he ever shows too many signs of reaching his gargantuan potential they'll shoot a dog in front of him They've let go of piles of talent since the end of the 2015 season without doing anything to shore up the team, happy accidents like Ivan Nova excepted. They've shown no willingness to open their wallet and compensate for unforeseen events like Kang or Marte. The ownership group hasn't done a loving thing to improve the team since winning 98 in 2015.
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"Oh man, I can't believe all these terrible things are happening to my team. If only I were in some sort of position to compensate for these terrible events!" - Pirates ownership and front office
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Nick Rivers posted:I was looking up Harvey on BBref after all this talk about him and found his Most Similar Player at age 26 was this dude with a really awesome name: Do yourself a favor and read "59 in '84" by Edward Achorn. https://www.amazon.com/Fifty-nine-84-Radbourn-Barehanded-Baseball/dp/0061825875/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 He liked pitching, drinking, and flipping off cameras.   When you're done, read Achorn's other book as well. https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Beer-Whiskey-Barkeeps-Immigrants/dp/1610393775/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
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Intruder posted:This picture off Deadspin is everything I hope this dog, being dry, is some kind of weather predictor. Got tickets to tonight's game in hopes that Sano obliterates another ball and the forecast for rain is... well, it's weird, to say the least.
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Intruder posted:This picture off Deadspin is everything Are there any rules saying dogs can't play baseball?
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cis autodrag posted:Yeah, a month like this under Doug Melvin would have had him selling everything out for a couple pieces to try a playoff run. While I agree with you on the Melvin part (he tried to re-build quickly to win for too long after 2011), I find it odd that he is still with the organization as senior advisor. Whatever that means though.
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ALFbrot posted:I, too, remember the front office directing Starling Marte to use performance-enhancing drugs, and Jung-Ho Kang to drunk drive a ton and also maybe rape a lady, and dipping Jameson Taillon's cups in radioactive waste, and also they used the talent-sucking basketball from Space Jam on Andrew McCutchen, and they keep telling Gregory Polanco that if he ever shows too many signs of reaching his gargantuan potential they'll shoot a dog in front of him Fun fact: At least three if not all four of the baseball posters at the meetup this weekend admitted that we have one regular SAS poster on ignore. It was Tayne for all of us.
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Pancakes posted:Fun fact: At least three if not all four of the baseball posters at the meetup this weekend admitted that we have one regular SAS poster on ignore. It was Tayne for all of us. It takes a lot of strength to admit that you have a guy who posts six times a year on ignore. Bravo.
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Magneuris Sierra has insane speed, but is somehow unable to regularly steal bases. What the gently caress is wrong with the Cardinals organization when it comes to baserunning?
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Mike_V posted:Magneuris Sierra has insane speed, but is somehow unable to regularly steal bases. What the gently caress is wrong with the Cardinals organization when it comes to baserunning? I assume Rickey Henderson issued some kind of curse against the entire organization just in case Lou Brock ever decided to come back.
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Mike_V posted:Magneuris Sierra has insane speed, but is somehow unable to regularly steal bases. What the gently caress is wrong with the Cardinals organization when it comes to baserunning? Some guys just don't have the knack and coaching can only help so much. Bo freaking Jackson wasn't very good at stealing bases, and there were other guys on those 80s Royals teams that stole bases at will.
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R.D. Mangles posted:remember when the cubs were good at baseball It wasn't just Coors yesterday, Arrieta clearly has something wrong with him.
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R.D. Mangles posted:remember when the cubs were good at baseball The Cardinals back on top... 
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Good Dog posted:http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/8392192/los-angeles-angels-centerfielder-mike-trout-phenom-last-espn-magazine Guys, just use archive search and you can find the original thread. 
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Citizen Tayne posted:It takes a lot of strength to admit that you have a guy who posts six times a year on ignore. Bravo. Do you have a google alert or something
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Poque posted:Do you have a google alert or something I come here to share news and views on my favorite baseball team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, i.e. that the ownership and management let a very good team sink by being cheap. Anyone who gives a poo poo about decent baseball in the NL should be upset at how hosed this team was over the course of two years.
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Citizen Tayne posted:I come here to share news and views on my favorite baseball team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, i.e. that the ownership and management let a very good team sink by being cheap. Anyone who gives a poo poo about decent baseball in the NL should be upset at how hosed this team was over the course of two years. You're not wrong! As much as I want the Cubs to win I'd prefer the pirates over any other alternatives in the division
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Alright, knock it off. There's no need to get heated. The above post is fine though, made while this one was
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Poque posted:You're not wrong! As much as I want the Cubs to win I'd prefer the pirates over any other alternatives in the division The Pirates got Ivan Nova for $7m a year and that's a christmas miracle, but that's the only example I can think of since the end of 2015 where the ownership and management put money out to make the team better. In that time they've lost in excess of 75 HR/season.
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iospace posted:Alright, knock it off. There's no need to get heated. You should let I'd make regional or divisional threads so you can confine all the east coast smack talk between the Yankees and all the bad teams to one thread, a midwestern thread for the Cubs and Pirates, and a California thread for the west coast.
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Mike_V posted:Magneuris Sierra has insane speed, but is somehow unable to regularly steal bases. What the gently caress is wrong with the Cardinals organization when it comes to baserunning? There's a "feel" for stealing that raw speed can help make up for, but can't replace. Brett Gardner has never been as good of a base stealer as he should be because he just doesn't get good jumps or know when to run, etc.
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exploded mummy posted:You should let I'd make regional or divisional threads so you can confine all the east coast smack talk between the Yankees and all the bad teams to one thread, a midwestern thread for the Cubs and Pirates, and a California thread for the west coast. Excuse me, Seattle is clearly part of the West Coast.  
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Stealing off a lefty is straight up gambling because they are allowed to balk with impunity. I hate lefties.
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Thom P. Tiers posted:While I agree with you on the Melvin part (he tried to re-build quickly to win for too long after 2011), I find it odd that he is still with the organization as senior advisor. Whatever that means though. Mark Attanasio strikes me as the kind of guy who really values loyalty and service and really struggles to cut people loose. Think about the interviews he gives in the middle of sub-500 seasons where he's still so sure if things break right we can make the playoffs. I think replacing Doug as GM is genuinely the hardest thing he's ever had to do and he just couldn't bring himself to totally fire someone who's been loyal to the org and brought us to the playoffs multiple times. I imagine it's mostly an honorary position.
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Popete posted:Stealing off a lefty is straight up gambling because they are allowed to balk with impunity. This happened to Villar last night. Pitcher straight up had his knee all the way into his chest in his pitching motion before he just flung to 1st and picked him off. You can't just be up there balking like that.
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Inspector_666 posted:There's a "feel" for stealing that raw speed can help make up for, but can't replace. Brett Gardner has never been as good of a base stealer as he should be because he just doesn't get good jumps or know when to run, etc. I agree with this, but from top-to-bottom, the Cardinals as an organization have been awful on the bases the past several years. Something is clearly going on with the coaching that innate ability of the players can't explain (unless they've just been really unlucky in gathering an organization full of braindead dudes on the bases).
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cis autodrag posted:Mark Attanasio strikes me as the kind of guy who really values loyalty and service and really struggles to cut people loose. Think about the interviews he gives in the middle of sub-500 seasons where he's still so sure if things break right we can make the playoffs. I think replacing Doug as GM is genuinely the hardest thing he's ever had to do and he just couldn't bring himself to totally fire someone who's been loyal to the org and brought us to the playoffs multiple times. I imagine it's mostly an honorary position. Doesn't Melvin also have a reputation of being one of the genuinely nicest dudes in baseball?
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Tony Phillips posted:Do yourself a favor and read "59 in '84" by Edward Achorn.  The photos are historically important too because they're the first documented evidence of someone flipping the bird in the United States.
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Timby posted:Doesn't Melvin also have a reputation of being one of the genuinely nicest dudes in baseball? He is Canadian, after all.
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Magneusieus Sierra rules. Brett Cecil is the worst pitcher in major league baseball. Go Cards
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Popete posted:Stealing off a lefty is straight up gambling because they are allowed to balk with impunity. As a lefty, I hate you too (I throw righty though, go figure). cis autodrag posted:Mark Attanasio strikes me as the kind of guy who really values loyalty and service and really struggles to cut people loose. Think about the interviews he gives in the middle of sub-500 seasons where he's still so sure if things break right we can make the playoffs. I think replacing Doug as GM is genuinely the hardest thing he's ever had to do and he just couldn't bring himself to totally fire someone who's been loyal to the org and brought us to the playoffs multiple times. I imagine it's mostly an honorary position. He does. This is a good and bad thing. Good because well, look at Jed York and other teams that go through a GM or coach a year. Bad because sometimes, you should cut loose a guy who isn't cutting it anymore a bit sooner. Though I'd personally have someone give people a legit chance instead of one and done. If you're trying to rebuild, constantly shaking up coaches and the front office does no favors.
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iospace posted:He does. This is a good and bad thing. Good because well, look at Jed York and other teams that go through a GM or coach a year. Bad because sometimes, you should cut loose a guy who isn't cutting it anymore a bit sooner. Though I'd personally have someone give people a legit chance instead of one and done. If you're trying to rebuild, constantly shaking up coaches and the front office does no favors. I mostly agree, but Attanasio's fervent desire to win all the time but on a budget left the team in a really bad position. I think hiring a new GM was a good move on the mere fact that he's not as tight with the new guy and the new guy will have his decisions affected by Mark less, regardless of how good of an actual GM that new guy is.
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Intruder posted:The Cardinals back on top... The Cubs/Indians WS upset the natural order and the baseball gods are issuing an over correction this year with Yankees/Cards. Ishn allah
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Mike_V posted:I agree with this, but from top-to-bottom, the Cardinals as an organization have been awful on the bases the past several years. Something is clearly going on with the coaching that innate ability of the players can't explain (unless they've just been really unlucky in gathering an organization full of braindead dudes on the bases). That's true, I forgot how bad the BsR numbers are for the Cards every year.
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Cano listed day to day after leaving last nights game early and... Iwakuma to the 10 day. Now at 4/5ths of the expected opening day rotation on the DL at once. Metsesque.
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Tony Phillips posted:Cano listed day to day after leaving last nights game early and... Cano is back today and he's 4/4 with a HR, so I wouldn't be too worried about him.
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Inspector_666 posted:Cano is back today and he's 4/4 with a HR, so I wouldn't be too worried about him. Heh. Hadn't even noticed they were already playing today. That's a hell of a day to day. Edit : Ladies and Gentlemen, your .500 baseball Mariners. Tony Phillips fucked around with this message at 22:12 on May 10, 2017 |
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