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General Discussion => Archive => Game Zone 2012 Archive => Topic started by: Mr. Happy on August 15, 2012, 11:51:05 am
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Your lineups:
Astros
2BJose Altuve
SSMarwin Gonzalez
1BSteve Pearce
LFJustin Maxwell
3BScott Moore
RFBen Francisco
CJason Castro
CFBrandon Barnes
PBud Norris
FTC
RF David DeJesus
3B Josh Vitters
1B Anthony Rizzo
LF Alfonso Soriano
SS Starlin Castro
2B Luis Valbuena
CF Brett Jackson
C Steve Clevenger
P Justin Germano
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Beautiful day for a ballgame!!
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Beautiful day for a ballgame!!
I take it that you are in attendance today? The national anthem was a little shaky.
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I misread the title as "Manatee". My subconscious was itching for a "oh the huge manatee" joke.
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rather frustrating that Mills continues to tinker with the lineup. F-Mart and Wallace deserve the start again today.
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I take it that you are in attendance today? The national anthem was a little shaky.
Yes sir.
There were Navy Leapfrog Paratroopers descending on to the field during the anthem. I think they told the vocalist to slow down so the last one carrying the American flag would be on the field when they finished.
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I misread the title as "Manatee". My subconscious was itching for a "oh the huge manatee" joke.
You wag.
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Have had decent fans sitting by us until today. Obnoxious b next to me.
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That's one of my very favorite defensive plays.
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rather frustrating that Mills continues to tinker with the lineup. F-Mart and Wallace deserve the start again today.
It's his modus operandi. But I agree with you, since he also has demonstrated tendencies to go with the hot hand.
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Yes sir.
There were Navy Leapfrog Paratroopers descending on to the field during the anthem. I think they told the vocalist to slow down so the last one carrying the American flag would be on the field when they finished.
He sounded like he was unsure of some of the lyrics and was shaky on a couple of the noes in an admittedly difficult song.
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Oh yeah, FTCs.....
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Doink.
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He sounded like he was unsure of some of the lyrics and was shaky on a couple of the noes in an admittedly difficult song.
I can imagine. We're pretty damn shaky with only one noe.
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Oh yeah, FTCs.....
FTC
Scott Moore Cub Killer
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It's his modus operandi. But I agree with you, since he also has demonstrated tendencies to go with the hot hand.
His boss said he doesn't believe in the "hot hand" theory to filing out the lineup card. Therein may lie the difference he has with Mills and why he'll probably replace him at season's end.
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I can imagine. We're pretty damn shaky with only one noe.
Eggszactly!
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rather frustrating that Mills continues to tinker with the lineup. F-Mart and Wallace deserve the start again today.
I think Mills is gone at the end of the season. From the NYT article on Brad Mills (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/sports/baseball/astros-get-hope-and-youth-from-new-owner-and-new-approach.html?_r=3&smid=tw-share) .
For one thing, Luhnow said, the notion that a player is hot or cold is largely a myth, and managers should recognize it.
“If you end up changing your strategy based on hot or cold tendencies, more often than not, you’re chasing your tail and you’re actually destroying value rather than sticking to what you know is right based off the data over a longer period of time,” Luhnow said. “It’s easy to say from up here, and it’s easy to prove from up here. But it’s a lot more difficult to implement down there.”
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He sounded like he was unsure of some of the lyrics and was shaky on a couple of the noes in an admittedly difficult song.
Buncha bombs in the air... gave proof to the night... that we still had a flag
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I think Mills is gone at the end of the season. From the NYT article on Brad Mills (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/sports/baseball/astros-get-hope-and-youth-from-new-owner-and-new-approach.html?_r=3&smid=tw-share) .
I feel it isn't even a hot/cold issue. It's rewarding a young player by giving him/them consistent starts and instilling confidence. It isn't even a L/R matchup issue with Fransisco in RF and Pearce @ 1B against a RHP. Really confused why Wallace and F-Mart are on the major league club if aging AAAA players are getting starts over them.
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I think Mills is gone at the end of the season. From the NYT article on Brad Mills (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/sports/baseball/astros-get-hope-and-youth-from-new-owner-and-new-approach.html?_r=3&smid=tw-share) .
He's definitely a gone pecan at season's end. Another missed block by Castro.
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I feel it isn't even a hot/cold issue. It's rewarding a young player by giving him/them consistent starts and instilling confidence. It isn't even a L/R matchup issue with Fransisco in RF and Pearce @ 1B against a RHP. Really confused why Wallace and F-Mart are on the major league club if aging AAAA players are getting starts over them.
There is nothing really in syncopation with the duties of the manager ("win ballgames") and the organization ("rebuild farm, see who is major league material") at this point. Sometimes, the whole thing just looks like a major league tryout camp and the games are just test environments. I picture scribes filling out evals on players every game using a rating system. Prior to the game, the manager is told by said scribes that they'd like to see "x" player today. Is Mills in compliance or is this just Mills being Mills?
No one really knows for sure, but this isn't really about running a major league team on the field to win games. This organization pushed past that goal a while back.
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What a f'in play.
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The Melk man gets a 50 game suspension for testing positive for testosterone. Wow. What an idiot?
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The Melk man gets a 50 game suspension for testing positive for testosterone. Wow. What an idiot?
So basically you're telling me that Melky got Cabrera'd (http://www.spikesnstars.com/forums/index.php?topic=114791.0)?!?
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So basically you're telling me that Melky got Cabrera'd (http://www.spikesnstars.com/forums/index.php?topic=114791.0)?!?
/thunderous applause
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So basically you're telling me that Melky got Cabrera'd (http://www.spikesnstars.com/forums/index.php?topic=114791.0)?!?
In a manner of speaking, yes. Meanwhile, Bud throws a fucking cookie to DeJesus, who deposits in the seats to give the FTC a 2-1 lead. Bud's command is a little shaky again.
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Bud's command is a little shaky again.
Only slightly less shocking than the Cabrera news.
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JD to be interviewed for an inning on FTC television shortly.
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JD to be interviewed for an inning on FTC television shortly.
I thought he said he'd be at the Cubby Bear.
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Only slightly less shocking than the Cabrera news.
I'm not shocked that Bud allowed a walk and it came back to haunt him. I am surprised, however, that it is possible to walk Alfonso Soriano...
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I'm not shocked that Bud allowed a walk and it came back to haunt him. I am surprised, however, that it is possible to walk Alfonso Soriano...
Through the Astros, all things are possible.
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Bud, how about you fucking get it together?
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AirBud. Geez.....
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Someone is campaigning for a move to the bullpen...
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Someone is campaigning for a move to the bullpen...
To be replaced by our ample supply of MLB-ready starters at Oklahoma City??
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To be replaced by our ample supply of MLB-ready starters at Oklahoma City??
Bingo.
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Listening to JD being interviewed about just being JD is damn enjoyable!
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Welp. I've got another half hour or so of this and then I watch an eagerly anticipated friendly between my Marea Roja and Portugal. This is the first time that Panama has risked life and limb traveling to a lawless place such as Faro, Portugal, and I am most anxious to see how my guys look against a decent European team.
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To be replaced by our ample supply of MLB-ready starters at Oklahoma City??
Isn't Abad being tried out as a starter?
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Isn't Abad being tried out as a starter?
Could we just post pictures of starving children, or that Sarah Maclaughlin commercial, instead of making statements like this?
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To be replaced by our ample supply of MLB-ready starters at Oklahoma City??
They'll just go toa 4-man3-man2-manEveryday Lucas Harrell, ladies and gentlemen!
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I'm really enjoying the JD interview. Bud's performance? Not so much, but it's my fault because I started Bud today.
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Bud helps David Dejesus double his fucking home run total.
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Bud helps David Dejesus double his fucking home run total.
After a walk, of course.
So, who here had Norris down as the worst starter on the team coming into the season?
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After a walk, of course.
So, who here had Norris down as the worst starter on the team coming into the season?
Not I, sir. But I've favored a move to the bully for him unless and until he develops confidence in his changeup. In fact, in a rare moment of honesty, JD on the FTC telecast just said that Bud needs to develop changeup in order to be effective.
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Excellent inning with JD unplugged (somewhat) on the FTC telecast. Brenly was only 1-12 against and Moreland was 2-8 with a dinger off of him. He talked about his last professional start against the FTC on a hot day back in 1994 when he lasted only into the second inning and was released the next day.
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Excellent inning with JD unplugged (somewhat) on the FTC telecast. Brenly was only 1-12 against and Moreland was 2-8 with a dinger off of him. He talked about his last professional start against the FTC on a hot day back in 1994 when he lasted only into the second inning and was released the next day.
It was great hearing/seeing him in a slightly less formal mode.
By the way, I've heard JD say a number of times before that he thought Bud needs a change or other soft pitch to really succeed as a starter. Interesting that he mentioned a splitter as an alternative just now.
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Fucking terrible AB by Fern-Mart there. Alright, I gotta get some shit done, folks. Hasta luego.
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Hang on, parting question... did the FTC TV guys just accuse Fick of being related to Robert Fick?!?
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Hang on, parting question... did the FTC TV guys just accuse Fick of being related to Robert Fick?!?
I think so. Is that incorrect? I have no idea.
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I think so. Is that incorrect? I have no idea.
Can't be the case. He didn't go by Bobbie Fick
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Hang on, parting question... did the FTC TV guys just accuse Fick of being related to Robert Fick?!?
I'm not listening or watching the game, but Chuckie is nephew of Robert.
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I'm not listening or watching the game, but Chuckie is nephew of Robert.
And he's the son of Cardinals longtime scout Chuck Fick, hence the name "Chuckie."
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WTF?
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It was great hearing/seeing him in a slightly less formal mode.
By the way, I've heard JD say a number of times before that he thought Bud needs a change or other soft pitch to really succeed as a starter. Interesting that he mentioned a splitter as an alternative just now.
I loved and used the forkball as one of my two key pitches, which to me is the exact same pitch as the "split finger fastball," although there are some who disagree with me. However, I've never bought the distinction, finding no differences. You hold the ball between your same two fingers and release it like a fastball, but it comes in about 5-10 (depending upon how hard you grip the ball) mph slower than the fastball. Mine looked just like a knuckleball but if it broke, only broke down, not unpredictably like a knuckler.
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And I've forgotten who is supposed to recap today's shitfest? I just know that it isn't me, that RB has sundays, budgirl has mondays, Reuben has tuesdays and that NeilT has fridays. I guess that if I really want to know (Sphinx?), then I could check the schedule that budgirl so competently and completely created.
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I recently moved to a more residential neighborhood in town. I got a recommendation for a lawn guy, called him up and met him at the house the week before we were moving in. He agreed to mow the lawn and do a bunch of other one time shit like removing limbs that were hanging over the driveway, pressure washing the back deck, removing a bunch of overgrown weeds that the previous residents let go. I paid him cash, up front (yeah yeah, I know. I have more faith in humanity then someone probably should), and he said he would take care of it on Thursday (two weeks ago from tomorrow).
I get home from work that Thursday and the lawn had been mowed but none of the other stuff. I don't think about it too much figuring he'll be back some time to take care of the rest and probably needs some equipment that's some place else. Last week goes by and nothing has happened, and we're getting past the point where the lawn needs to be mowed again. I called the guy this Monday and told him I needed him to do the rest of the stuff I already paid him for and come mow the lawn again. He apologized profusely and said he would be by today.
This morning a team of mowers descends on the house, mowing the front and back of my house, a neighbor's house and two houses across the street. Once again, none of the pressure washing, limb trimming, weed pulling stuff is done. I leave for the office and this afternoon get a call saying that the guy I hired showed up to pressure wash, trim limbs and all that but he wants to know who the fuck has been mowing the lawn? I have no idea who they are.
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And I've forgotten who is supposed to recap today's shitfest? I just know that it isn't me, that RB has sundays, budgirl has mondays, Reuben has tuesdays and that NeilT has fridays. I guess that if I really want to know (Sphinx?), then I could check the schedule that budgirl so competently and completely created.
Sphinx has today's recap.
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has anyone seen kathy yet
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If anyone's in here... I strongly advise you to switch to SEA-TB
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I'm watching, just saw him strike out the side again. He's got 10 strikeouts and is perfect through eight. He's featuring some nastiness with both his hammer and his changeup. I'm pulling for him.
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WTF?
What The Fick?