Elster88

Ugh. Getting flashbacks.

NLAL9/109/109/89/89/79/69/18/31

Ugh

metsmarathon wrote: well, teh fly in the ointment, of course, is that neither rivera nor wagner chose enter sandman to be their entrance music; rather it was assigned to them by their respective teams at the time. I mentioned that about Mariano, didn't realize the same was true for Billy. Billy chose to bring it to his new team though, so maybe he does like it.

AG/DC wrote: I like it. Rob Neyer makes a fine argument that, if the game is played one way for five months, it shouldn't be played another way the sixth month. I hear that, but I still like it. No team has a particular advantage except the one that prepares better, which is how it should be. I think it still leaves a lot of strategy, just not as much attrition-driven strategy. I would love to have such a roster. I'd add a couple of graduated college springers as designated pinch-runners, five catchers, punchless defensive specialists, etc. Yabbut, this is a different set of rules then you've played with all year. During the year questions like "left-handed specialist on the roster or no" actually matter. I guess a better way to state my opinion is that I want the rules to be the same throughout the season. That's why I dislike that a team with two nasty starters but three shitty ones in the backend can perform better in the postseason then they did in the regular season. It's not as accurate a reflection on the team as it was during the 162 games. But that's life I guess. Regarding preparation: It makes preparation a heckuva lot easier because now everyone can have everything on the roster. Should I have a LOOGY? Sure, how about two! Edit: Shit. I wrote my entire post without really reading the Rob Neyer part of yours. I'm an idiot.

]I like seeing the youth of America I do too, but regarding strategy (or other facets of the game itself) do you think it takes away from the game? I'm interested in your opinion on that, specifically, too.

Ayala's got some silly Mexican guitar thing going on. Now I want nachos and tequila. Thanks Luis.

What are they doing with the circle in the left field upper deck? They should stick it on a flag pole or light or something.

AG/DC wrote: We had an argument here whether Vaughn had any business swinging with the tying run behind him in the ninth. I think he swung 3-0. KC, in particular, was of the mind that, if the ball is still bouncing the next morning, the point is moot. Remember the Cliff Floyd game not too long ago? Same argument that day. Bases loaded, down 5, and he hit a grand slam in the ninth on a 3-0 count.

I think it's ridiculous that we have 18 pitchers in the bullpen and however many guys on the bench. It cheapens the game. Completely takes the strategy out of when to pinch hit. But I love that it's resting MY guys.

AG/DC wrote: ]The place to start is the nature vs. nurture argument. Who knows why Brett Myers beats his wife? Maybe his father slapped him and his mother when he was a kid. Maybe he's got a small dick and needs to beat his wife to prove to himself that he's a man. Maybe he's just an asshole. I think all those reasons make more sense than baseball is training him to be aggressive. Same for Burgos. But if sports or baseball of bullpens have an increased prevelance, isn't it worth examining? Isn't the first question you would ask, "Do sports or baseball or bullpens tend to draw more assholes or tend to produce more assholes." Pro athletes are an intriguing argument. More testosterone usually means more muscles. More testosterone usually means more aggressiveness. I think the bullpen doesn't necessarily attract the a certain demographic of personality but one of low-endurance arms. But I have no idea where to look up this info. You believe it's out there, but I haven't seen it as it relates to baseball. If it is there I'll be interested to read it too. AG/DC wrote: ]I also would argue that closers are not necessarily bred to have a killer instinct either. I'll disagree. Ok, but neither of us have anything to back it up at the moment. ]There's tons of data. How about figuring out how many closers have entrance metal songs invoking deathly and damnation themes compared to the general pool of MLB players? I suggest that is telling. I suggest it's not telling. Mariano's music was chosen by the marketing people in the Yankee front office. I know that's only one guy, but with flaws like that in the data I feel you can't even use it. And does Billy like it because it's a song about death and damnation or because he likes the guitar riff? And when a ballplayer chooses a song for baseball, it may just be one that gets him fired up and not an accruate representation of his personality. I like that song and also like Huey Lewis. But the one I use for entrance music is going to be one that gets me fired up. Again, these are individual examples but are reasons why you can't use the entrance music as an indictator.

Isn't Bergmann a starter?

I was at the Mo Vaughn game, it was against the Braves. I know it's not possible but that ball looked like it was still rising when it hit the Bud sign.

I wonder if he threw that ball away on purpose so he could intentionally walk Delgado.

I don't know that there's evidence one way or the other, except for anecdotal. Where are the statistics on the % of ballplayers that are wife-beaters and the % of subgroups like closers? Don't a small percentage of wives/girlfriends actually report it also? I also would argue that closers are not necessarily bred to have a killer instinct either. Maybe more so than others. Again, it's all anecdotal. The place to start is the nature vs. nurture argument. Who knows why Brett Myers beats his wife? Maybe his father slapped him and his mother when he was a kid. Maybe he's got a small dick and needs to beat his wife to prove to himself that he's a man. Maybe he's just an asshole. I think all those reasons make more sense than baseball is training him to be aggressive. Same for Burgos. I do think you are being a little rough on Steve. But I'm not one to talk.

And now it's 9-4 Marlins.

I only take issue when he posts something stupid.

metirish wrote: I know Perez sucked tonight but he has been brilliant, not good to see him booed of the mound. Yeah Met fans are still idiots. It does suck that we get Evil Perez when the Phillies are down 9-1.

I think AG was kidding around. If not I'll agree with Steve.

Shut

avi

If the Mets and Phillies make the playoffs doesn't that mean that the Cubs would have to play one of NL East teams? It's more fun playing the Dodgers or Diamondbacks in the first round instead of the Brewers. Especially the Dodgers. And then the Sabathia/Sheets combo doesn't get involved. I'll take it. NL WildcardWLPct.GBNGBMilwaukee8262.569--Philadelphia7965.5493.03.0St. Louis7766.5384.56.0Houston7667.5315.07.5

Wow. Well done. I looked at the other teams in the west briefly but didn't want to do it all. I'll take your word for it. Fixed above.

8-6 is the phinal. Cincy scores 3 in the 9th to take a 5-4 lead into the bottom of the ninth against Milwaukee.

7-4 against the beef. Phillies went 6-6 during that span. Grrr 8/26. 8/26 @Philadelphia L 8-7 (13) 8/27 @Philadelphia =blue]W 6-3 8/29 @Florida =blue]W 5-4 8/30 @Florida L 4-3 8/31 @Florida =blue]W 6-2 9/1 @Milwaukee =blue]W 4-2 9/2 @Milwaukee =blue]W 6-5 (10) 9/3 @Milwaukee =blue]W 9-2 9/5 Philadelphia L 3-0 9/7 Philadelphia L 6-2 9/7 Philadelphia =blue]W 6-3