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MLB - Official 2012 Season Thread: Where Curt Schilling & Marlins will never find us.
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You trailed off there at the end
Bobby would've given JJ another two years at this rate.
Remember John Thompson?
Ah hahahaha Amazing
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/baseball/mlb/04/23/mlb.power.rankings/index.html
There simply are not enough lol's in the world. I wonder how badly SI is kicking itself for hitching its wagon to fangraphs?
There simply are not enough lol's in the world. I wonder how badly SI is kicking itself for hitching its wagon to fangraphs?
Power Rankings are a thankless job at SI. It get's passed around, is considered a lot of busy work and, as of 2009, it's only about $2000 more for whoever does it.
Sort of hilarious. Chris Mannix used to complain incessantly about doing them.
Not anymore. Now they use the fangraps WAR expected wins.
So projecting based on an incredibly small sample size. Hooray, it's as arbitrary as an editor writing it up on his spare time at night.
The numbers are one thing, the justifications are AMAZING!
Royals need to be more clutchy! Also, if they had some grit I bet that would help too.
It's a combination of him having been terrible since last July and his stuff/mechanics looking like complete crap since the start of spring.
If the Brewers were ranked higher you'd think it was a fantastic list.
I agree completely with this list, Braves @ #4, previous week @ #20. What a jump!
And Toronto just got the Royals on a bad week. Next time it will be "Lights out Tonto, I mean Toronto."
I think they'd benefit more from increasing their scrap rather than grit.
The more I look at it, the more I like it. Astros and Tigers neck and neck seems completely plausible.
What the hell is a WAR win? The Angels have 8 "WAR' wins and 6 real wins on that list. So they actually won two games they lost on the scoreboard?
Just their method of pythag. Which seems to focus very heavily on starter ERA and UZR (lol) which is why it's a cluster-fuck of nonsense.
Higher WAR than the opposing team in a game?
SI hasn't been relevant for at least 10 years. I actually prefer the NYT Sports, at least you get decent writing.
They are getting their power rankings directly from fangraphs now.
Say what you will about the website and FOB bits, but their feature writing is excellent as ever.
Yea, I did enjoy some articles in the magazine the last time I was at the dentist. I wonder how long they can keep the print edition going.
The old guard of magazines are actually doing better than you'd think. A lot of them, such as Runner's World, have turned back to churning out more long feature pieces, and they've solidified a niche for themselves.
It also helps that all these organizations got a lot leaner.
And I imagine all those waiting rooms will never put out Ipads or Kindles. Cheaper to just put out the dentist's old Money, Yachting, and Field and Stream magazines. My sister said she was waiting in a general surgery practice waiting room and someone else found a Playboy on the end table.
Hey, Playboy actually spends coin on good feature stories.
It's a running joke, but it's true.
Duane Cunningham
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Reading Raney's column is so heartbreaking and depressing. Reading the SI Power Rankings is like escaping it with hard drugs.
I love WAR wins! The Royals are 8-8, tied with the Tigers! And the White Sox. Also, Jupiter is the capitol of France. Cock-a-doodle-doo!
I love WAR wins! The Royals are 8-8, tied with the Tigers! And the White Sox. Also, Jupiter is the capitol of France. Cock-a-doodle-doo!
I remember the Yost years. Those were dark fucking times. I wonder just how good that 08 team would have been with even a marginally functioning human being replacing the clearly mentally retarded Yost.
Duane Cunningham
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I bet he would've had Jeter bunting all weekend if he was managing the Yankees.
For us, Jose Canseco as skipper would be an upgrade. It'd probably sell some tickets, too.
The Frankman
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*sigh* and he was starting to hit too...
That was painful to read through
Dmncnby2k9
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I guess that means Valdespin is staying but I think Cedeno is going to DL too. So another open spot. Zach Lutz has been raking in AAA so far.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Chieng-Ming Wang apologized today for an extramarital affair he was having.
The strongest argument against the superior NL is now the fact that pitchers who injure themselves running bases end up having affairs while on rehab. He would have never injured himself, he'd still be pitching for the Yankees and he wouldn't have hurt his family and friends by being a cheater either.
The strongest argument against the superior NL is now the fact that pitchers who injure themselves running bases end up having affairs while on rehab. He would have never injured himself, he'd still be pitching for the Yankees and he wouldn't have hurt his family and friends by being a cheater either.
Square Triangle
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Someone look at the Prototype 2 character and tell me it doesn't look like Adrian Beltre
The Outsider
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Sounds good. Could use another arm in the pen.
Racist
Needs the Wilhem scream.
Dmncnby2k9
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Mike Pelfrey felt some tightness on his elbow.
Well now Rubin just twitted this out. Pelfrey is getting a second opinion and said his elbow actually feels good.
Well now Rubin just twitted this out. Pelfrey is getting a second opinion and said his elbow actually feels good.
Hug for u
He deserves to be on the roster instead of that scrub Durbin.
Hopefully Varvaro coming back sends Durbin into retirement, or at least Korea.
I went to an all boys high school, we didn't really do this kinda stuff.
yankeehater
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Ryan Howard is going to resume baseball activities starting next week they hope. I was actually happy for him to get extra time off, but with as finished as Thome is they need him back as quickly as possible.
The Frankman
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... for cripes' sake.
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