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2012-07-24 18:16:14

#876

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5572|London, England

I have to say that 2004 and 2007 made Red Sox fans almost as insufferable as Yankees fans to be around

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2012-07-24 18:18:06

#877

CC-Marley: Member; +407|7043

almost. we are quick to turn on them now. You all can have Beckett or Lester at this point.

2012-07-24 18:56:50

#878

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +691|6505|Washington St.

CC-Marley wrote:
pirana6 wrote:
We're like the redsox except with 1/4 of the support. The difference is our fans were born fans and their fans became fans in 2004 and don't know what a "bandwagon" is (or what 4+4 is).
so wrong. 2004 brought all the pink hats though.

Sorry. I didn't mean real fans or life-long fans such as yourself.

I just really REALLY hate bandwagon and fair-weather fans. Especially when they flood our stadium and say 'omg I've loved the Sox for like, EVAR!' When they have lived in fuckin Tacoma their whole life and nobody in their family has even seen the east coast.

2012-07-25 05:52:32

#879

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5572|London, England

The Marlins appear to have traded Hanley Ramirez to the Dodgers for a bag of peanuts.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-08-01 18:29:27

#880

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,978|6846|949

hopefully this is the start of the Angels tear. Good series so far, hopefully they can keep it uppppp

2012-08-01 21:31:41

#881

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,978|6846|949

fucking a

2012-08-06 17:39:00

#882

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,978|6846|949

and jay i think you win the vernon wells bet. what a bitch

2012-08-06 17:47:33

#883

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5572|London, England

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
and jay i think you win the vernon wells bet. what a bitch

What'd he do besides suck?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-08-06 17:50:13

#884

Frank Reynolds: Member; +65|4543

go dodgers

What are you looking at dicknose

2012-08-06 17:53:31

#885

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5572|London, England

On the bright side, he's not really stopping the Angels from going out and spending more money if they really want to. Besides Greinke (who might re-sign), there's really no one on the market this winter that will help out much more than what you have already. I wouldn't pay Josh Hamilton.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-08-06 18:14:31

#886

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,978|6846|949

Angels need a bullpen like marine needs a blowjob. Fuck the doyers.

2012-08-06 19:27:55

#887

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5572|London, England

Don't talk to a Mets fan about bullpens...

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-08-06 19:29:17

#888

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,978|6846|949

has your bullplen blown 4 games in 5 days?

2012-08-06 19:34:13

#889

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5572|London, England

We have the worst bullpen in MLB.

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?p … ;sort=14,d

Oh, I guess it's second worst now, good job Astros.

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-Frederick Bastiat

2012-08-06 19:44:58

#890

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,978|6846|949

id sort that stat list by WAR, not ERA. I like WAR because its a stat that doesn't exist in a vacuum like ERA.

2012-08-06 19:47:48

#891

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5572|London, England

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
id sort that stat list by WAR, not ERA. I like WAR because its a stat that doesn't exist in a vacuum like ERA.

Eh, then you want FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching). Yeah, the Angels bullpen kind of sucks. At least you have Frieri.

Last edited by Jay (2012-08-06 19:50:01)

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2012-08-06 20:27:40

#892

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5473|foggy bottom

Frank Reynolds wrote:
go dodgers

Tu Stultus Es

2012-08-07 18:46:24

#893

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,978|6846|949

Jay wrote:
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
id sort that stat list by WAR, not ERA. I like WAR because its a stat that doesn't exist in a vacuum like ERA.
Eh, then you want FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching). Yeah, the Angels bullpen kind of sucks. At least you have Frieri.

FIP is better than ERA in my opinion, but I still like WAR because while FIP is just a sort of advanced stat that is supposed to correct for variables in fielding, WAR actually compares against an average. FIP will still only tell the story of that specific pitcher (or team), while WAR tells the story across the whole league. If that makes sense.

2012-08-07 20:20:52

#894

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5572|London, England

Well, WAR for bullpens is a bit different. It has more to do with managers use of the relievers available. If two teams have equal FIPs but different WARs, the team with the better WAR is using its best relievers more often. Or the other team has shitty starting pitching which means more crappy middle relievers see action.

Oh, WAR also counts the winning percentage of the pitchers, so pitchers on bad teams will have a hard time racking up positive WAR.

Last edited by Jay (2012-08-07 21:32:33)

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2012-08-08 14:40:20