Vic Sage

fraction of an inch lower and it clears the fence, a fraction of a second faster and it clears the fence more to the right. and if it had wheels and was painted yellow, it would be a school bus. Ceetar, you're a wonder at talking about things that didn't happen as evidence as to why they will, but not so hot with actual events, especially if they conflict with the pre-written narrative of hope and miracles you've got going on in your head.

It's getting to the point where, everytime i read anything you post, i want to rip my eyes out of my head. By the way, whenever my kids now say anything that makes me roll my eyes like a pair of dice coming up box cars, i just call their comment "Ceetarded". They don't get it, but they laugh. I just sigh.

And they did get a lot of near misses with home runs yeah, because that's how that works.

stop it, marathon. No amount of factual analysis will penetrate the cotton candy world in which Ceetar lives. When this stuff becomes religion to people, and its about faith, and miracles, and BELIEVING, then rational discourse goes out the window. Just like the Republican party.

Edgy DC wrote: I think it's clear that Delgado, when saying His speed - it's very important. You're going to get that everyday and that's not going to go into a slump. is speaking of the ability to run, as opposed to the ability to hit, something that's not particularly well measured in OPS. To the extent its the basis of Jose's game, i'd say it pretty much is measured by the sinking september OPS. Its not like Jose forgets how to hit late in the season. It's not about "ability"; its about "production". And sure, hitting and OPS can fluctuate by periodic slumps, that doesn't mean the person slumping doesn't have the ABILITY to hit. Just as, when a player whose game is entirely about his legs, loses his legs late in the season due to exhaustion, or the accumulation of niggling injury, his production is bound to slump. I really don't see the difference, or any basis for the false truism that "speed doesn't slump." It slumps just like any other skill over 6 months/162 game season.

why the Mets probably won't trade Reyes... so says grant brisbee. And if your name is "grant brisbee", your a sports writer that needs to be taken seriously. That name just yells "sportswriter" to me. http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/6/22/2236703/jose-reyes-new-york-mets-trade-rumors-news

"Speed don't slump" is a pretty solid principle and I like it not entirely true, and, IMO, not true at all in Reyes' case. He has historically gone into September swoons, with significant late season drops in OPS. While idiots like Fatscessa have used this as evidence that Jose isn't "clutch" (and therefore could never be a "true yankee"), all other stats indicate jose does just fine in any kind of "clutch" scenario you can conjure up. What he HAS done, though, is routinely fade in September, after each hot August. If you dismiss the absurd "clutch" argument, the explanation seems apparent: a guy like him, who thrives on speed and energy, just runs out of gas after being run into the ground in the summer heat. "speed doesn't slump?" I think it does.

maybe you're thinking of GREEN HORNET?

disappointing, but not terrible -- as usual, too much time worrying about stunts/effects, too little about narrative.

i love this; the smart money is betting the wilpons fuck up. Einhorn, you're my new hero... until you're the owner. and then i'll hate you. funny ole world, innit?

i'll give him the 1$

Primary blame goes to the ****bunter for using K-Rod LAST NIGHT with a 4-run lead in the 9th. Using him 3 days in a row is generally not such a great idea.

attgig wrote: i loved the trailer. pretty eager to watch it now... should i read the book first? you could just read the book INSTEAD. its a great read, regardless.

why don't we offer him Piazza's deal? It worked once...

a friend of mine produced it. He let me read early drafts of the script, which i gave him notes on. the later drafts were polished by Aaron Sorkin. I didn't see those. But a mutual friend saw an early screening and was disappointed in it. i'll reserve judgment and hope for the best.

i liked it, 3.5 too. It has that 60s Cold War Bondian adventure feeling. I think Fassbinder would make a great Bond, by the way. I liked Jennifer Lawrence a LOT, but i agree that her relationship with Charles doesn't adequately set up their subsequent relationship in the original trilogy. And that's what you want from a good prequel... to feel like it feeds naturally into what you already know. This didn't do that well enough in alot of areas. From a comic book perspective, they wasted the Hellfire club and Sebastion Shaw, and Bacon as a nazi mad scientist? feh. still, there was a lot of good stuff, too. entertaining, overall. I'd rank them: X2 = **** X-MEN = ***1/2 X-MEN: 1ST CLASS = ***1/2 X-MEN (1992 Animated tv series) = *** WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN (2008 animtated tv series) = *** X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE = **1/2 X-MEN: EVOLUTION (2000 animated tv series) = ** X-MEN 3: LAST STAND = ** GENERATION X = *

It wasn't too many weeks ago that the going wisdom was that this Mets team was going to be historically terrible. i don't know about historically terrible, but even after this little uptick, they're still not good. I think my prediction of 75 wins is still in the right ballpark. Wisdom is not in rushing to claim you know. Wisdom is siezing the unknown and humbly and carefully shaving away the nonsense to find the knowable within. stop eating at chinese restaurants. the fortune cookies are getting to you.

stupid nicknames by that stupid ESPN guy: Captain Nimmo Mike Fulmer'nate of mercury - he's da bomb! Saucy Cory Ron-zoni Logan "en vino" Verritas Tyler throws the Pill Jack, the leather boy Joe Tushake shack Coledigger Frenzel never mind. i'm bored already.

one of the things that most irritates me about criticism of Reyes is the Fatscesa Doctrine, which states that Reyes' stats are meaningless because he's not "clutch". Grrrrrrr. Of course, those dismissed stats indicate that Reyes is actually a more effective hitter with runners on than otherwise, in every situation. In fact, the tougher the situation, the greater is his OPS, increasing to nearly 100 points over his career average with RISP/2outs. As for post-season, he's only played in one, in 2006, at age 23. He had a bad series against the Dodgers (which the Mets won anyway), and then put up solid career avg numbers in the losing series against St.Louis. So its not like he has an A-Rod type history of failing in the post-season, either. The only legitimate knock on him is that he tends to finish seasons relatively weakly in Sept/Oct (.700 ops), after strong July (.789) - August (.819) performances. Clearly, this is not about "clutch", as his other numbers indicate, but about a guy whose game is predicated on his legs getting tired at the end of the year. Any manager with half a clue looking at these tendencies would rest Reyes more in the heat of August, to keep him stronger for the Fall, but the Mets haven't had such a manager since Bobby V left. But that's not Jose's fault... he plays full out until he's too run down to run well. But in Fatscesa's world, this is a character failing, indicating a lack of intestinal fortitude and therefore he's not worth big money. Of course, the rest of the Yankee-verse may feel similarly, which may make a "Reyes in the Bronx" scenario less likely. One can only relish the irony that their stupidity keeps them from valuing Reyes properly, which may keep them from driving up his price and allow the Mets an opportunity to keep him.

Here's a list of the top 10 single season triplers. your top 10 list has 13... just sayin'.

Don't be such a smart guy. who are you, my 7th grade social studies teacher? If Wright and Davis returned tomorrow, would you try and steal some time for Murphy in left? I sure would. I sure would, too. But it's not stealing if Bay is giving it away. I'd platoon them until either Murphy stopped hitting, or Bay started. I guess i'd like to see him get as many opps as possible at 2b, to finally determine whether he can be adequate defensively. but if not, ultimately, I see Murph as a supersub, getting ABs at 1b, 2b, 3b, LF & Rf, as well as PH and DH. He could give us 400 productive ABs a season that way. But i don't see him as an everyday player unless his bat can carry his glove at 2b (Turner seems to be a better balanced option at this point), as his bat is likely inadequate for the corners (either IF or OF).

i think $16-$18m/yr for 5-7 years is the right ballpark. If he signs elsewhere within those parameters, we have a right to be pissed.

well, then you've answered your own question. a reversion to the mean is imminent. But i may agree with you that he HAS turned some kind of corner. It's just difficult to assess what neighborhood that corner is in, when he's this hot. We have more than 1/2 a season to go to see where his reversion ultimately lands him. I still think a .275-.280/ 15-20hr hitter is in there somewhere, which is excellent for a 2bman and less impressive for a corner man. Playing 1b is giving him ABs, but i don't think he has a future there and it retarding his growth at 2b. Not that there is anything to be done about it while Davis is out.

...It starts with going with a running buddy for Familia and Harvey, and following that up with a toolsy HSer who you overwhelm with your professionalism, commitment to building something here, a show of "The Book of Mormon," and lots of cash. I'll arrange the MORMON tickets, if that'll help!

no, i'd probably open with hookers and blow. but that's me. I don't know about Sandy.