Quack Fix: Both basketball teams fall, LMJ out of jail, Baseball starts today
by jtlight on Feb 19, 2010 7:39 AM PST
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- The Oregon men lost again last night, this time to Stanford 72-65, who got their first conference road win of the year. But the game wasn't as close as the final score. Oregon was behind by 17 in the second half, and while they closed the gap near the end (bringing it to a 4-point game with 38 seconds remaining), but the outcome of the game wasn't in doubt. Oregon again shot the ball poorly, less than 25% from 3-point range.
- The bright spot of the game was Ronnie Lee's appearance. Oregon's all time leading scorer received a standing ovation from the crowd, and signed autographs well after the game ended. With only a few more games at Mac Court, it was good to have a legend back in the house. Unfortunately, the team couldn't give him a better welcome.
- And with yet another loss, against one of the worst teams in the conferece, the pitchforks are coming out and the crowd is getting more restless. George Schroeder's latest column argues that it's time to move on from Kent. Most true line of the column: "Beating the Cardinal wasn’t going to save Kent’s job. But the loss reinforced all the reasons he’s going to lose it."
- The Duck women didn't fare much better, as they were dominated by the No. 2 Cardinal, 104-60. While it's always tough to lose by that much, the Ducks still have a shot at the NCAA tourney, so their response will be key as they play Cal this weekend.
- LaMichael James was released from jail without bail, part of a court-approved release program. He will be under electronic surveillance during this time. His release was delayed as he found a suitable place to live over the next month, as he cannot live at his Springfield apartment. This Oregonian article says that James will be under house arrest, though the RG article says the police did not disclose the details of the release agreement, and seemed to indicate that James may have some degree of freedom over the next month.
- Oregon baseball starts its second season tonight at 7pm, and George Horton is sure to face a few jeers as Oregon faces Cal State Fullerton, where Horton was previously coach. The Ducks have a tough task in front of them, as CSF is an excellent team, and the Ducks will play 8 road games in 11 days.
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Yay, got my fix!
I sure hope this whole issue with LaMichael blows over. I want to believe he’s innocent, and that this is a story that an ex-girlfriend has cooked up or exaggerated out of jealousy or whatever other negative emotions she has towards him. Of course, if these allegations do prove true, the legal system will serve it’s course, and we’ll just have to wait and see what the future of his career in the Oregon program will be.
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 7:49 AM PST reply actions
Why couldn't Ronnie Lee suit up and play?
Or at least coach…
Anyway, I’m going to the baseball game tonight! Yay!
Defending maligned chants since 2009
Awesome. Cubs Tickets went on sale 3 minutes ago. So I’ll be seeing baseball soon!
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
THIS IS THE YEAR!
If not (like the past 100-odd), there’s always next year.
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 8:07 AM PST up reply actions
No
Cubsbaseball suck(s).
fixed
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
Wrong
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
FALSE
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
by AllSaintsDay on Feb 19, 2010 8:17 AM PST up reply actions
I hate baseball haters.
They have to reason to hate. It’s the most tradition-rich, intellectual, and strategic of the major sports. All this while being exciting. You may watch a 1-0 game and say it’s boring, but not if you understand the game.
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 8:20 AM PST up reply actions
Also, I’ll believe that football is as deeply ingrained into America as baseball is when I hear about “touchdown hits” in a 162-game season as much as I hear about “home run passes” in a 16-game season.
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
by AllSaintsDay on Feb 19, 2010 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
Man, I must not have had enough coffee this morning. I had to read this about four times before I figured out what you were saying.
I won't lie, I've been up for 4 hours and it took me a couple times of reading it to understand it.
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
MmmmcoffeeIhavecoffeenowyaycaffeineyayespressowritereallycomplexhardtounderstandsentences
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
by AllSaintsDay on Feb 19, 2010 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
There was a lot going on there. Similar to a garden-path sentence, though dealing more with content rather than syntax.
Or, i am just an idiot.
It made sense in my head…
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
by AllSaintsDay on Feb 19, 2010 8:37 AM PST up reply actions
A compelling case can be made to hate baseball
because of Bud Selig…total asshat, and it’s shameful how the owners turned a blindeye to the steroid era when it was “saving” baseball, and now are completely apalled by that same era, and everything that happened.
That said, I do not hate baseball, but it’s place in my heart has dropped a rung.
by Linoleum Knife on Feb 19, 2010 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
The owners aren’t appalled at all. It’s the media who acts appalled because they’ve appointed themselves the moral compass of all things baseball. Meanwhile, over in the NFL, guys take steroids all the time and no one bats an eyelash.
Clearly steroids needed to be addressed, and the way Selig did it was somewhat less than genuine, but baseball now has the best testing/discipline system of any of the major sports. The only ones still harping on it are writers who need to act righteously outraged about something once in awhile.
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They have to reason to hate. It’s the most tradition-rich, intellectual, and strategic of the major sports. All this while being exciting.
It can be tradition-rich, intellectual, and strategic all it wants. You know what else has all those things? Billiards. I appreciate the value of Baseball to people who really get into it but the value of baseball is past it’s time. The games don’t matter anymore. It’s all about winning the series, not about individual games. When you get to that point, it’s less about the game and more about raking in tons of cash. At least in football and basketball, there is the illusion that each game matters.
I have plenty of reasons to “hate” as you put it
1. I understand the level of strategy that baseball employs and I still think it’s slow and prodding
2. I don’t pine to find out what happened at a particular game
3. Pitchers duels are NOT exciting, people want to see home runs and fantastic moves. The only time casual fans care about pitching duels is when there are no hitters or perfect games
4. the season is 162 games long. It goes from April to November. Because of the number of games, 5 months out of that aren’t important
5. The steroid controversies over the last decade
You may watch a 1-0 game and say it’s boring, but not if you understand the game.
I do understand the game and have followed it for a long time. I’m not a fan of the product. It is boring and that’s my opinion. I made a strong effort to enjoy it because some of my friends do and I came away with a different conclusion. To imply that I don’t like it because I don’t understand it is your opinion and I think it’s shortsighted and sells my evaluation process short
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
by dvieira on Feb 19, 2010 9:55 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
rec’d
I was raised on baseball. I understand baseball quite well. Yet, it is still so boring to watch on TV that it is mostly useless to me.
I disagree
but to each his own. We have so many sports to choose from.
Lets talk Dom’s points:
1. I love the pace. I can go to or watch a game and still have quality time with my kids.
2. I do when my team is in a pennant race. But game 143 in a meaningless season? Yep, who cares.
3. I disagree, they can be plenty exciting, but they’re not for everyone.
4. There are too many games with seemingly little importance.
5. meh.
Neither Dom nor I are wrong, though. We just like different things. Lets accept the fact that that’s okay.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on Feb 19, 2010 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Love the 1-0 game argument
The same person, sorry TQA8, says later in the thread that soccer sucks. Because you think its boring right, but you love 1-0 baseball games. How are they any better, the nonstop action in which they play hard for 45 min in a row, oh wait thats soccer. Not trying to call you out TQA, you just made an argument they I get all the time and sets me off.
I Don't Yell O I SCREAM!
by trumpetduck on Feb 19, 2010 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
No
Cubs baseball Soccer suck(s).
Fixed
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This.
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
Not this.
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
by AllSaintsDay on Feb 19, 2010 8:30 AM PST up reply actions
not quite
Cubs baseball Soccer yankees suck.
Fixed
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by axemen23 on Feb 19, 2010 8:30 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Still, not quite
Cubs baseball soccer yankees American League sucks.
Fixed
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
Didn't mean to strike out "American League Sucks"
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
The DH is possibly the most ridiculous thing in sports.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 8:33 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Not even close
It may not be the best thing, but it’s absolutely better than the system they had before. Hey, let’s just switch it every year and call that fair! At least this has something to do with the play on the field.
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But, it’s an exhibition game. I get that the commissioner wanted to “make it meaningful”, but this wasn’t the way to do it.
I think alternating home field was an adequate system. If they want to base it on “play on the field” they should just use records.
It was a terrible system!
Let’s let random chance decide!
It may be an exhibition game, but it’s not like football and basketball where neither team tries. Both teams give it their best shot and at least then it has something to do with actual baseball. I’d rather see it based on interleague play records, but this is a fine compromise.
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You can argue how hard the teams try when the managers try to get most players in the game and the majority only play for a handful of innings.
Actually, you could make the argument, at least for pitchers, that throwing someone new every two innings is a very good strategy. Just look at average ERA’s for starters vs. relievers. Pitchers can throw the ball with crisper stuff when they’re only out there for 30 pitches.
As for position players, yeah, they over-manage, and I’d like to see the best players get out there (and stay out there) by the 4th inning. But virtually all of the players are the best in each league and they are clearly trying to win (see Carl Crawford last year with his catch against the wall).
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Sure, you could argue that you might see better results from the pitchers — but I am claiming that this one exhibition game is now being played in a drastically different manner than every other official baseball game is played. How does this make sense?
This is why I have a problem with the OT rules in college football. Great — both teams played evenly for 60 minutes. Now, let’s completely change the rules and base the outcome on what happens now.
this
Also, changing the MLB AS game is about as smart as making the NFL Pro Bowl the week before the Super Bowl. That’s just stupid
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Except no one cares about the Pro Bowl, including the players. Players do care about the AS game. Maybe not as much as in the past, but they clearly give it their best effort. And it makes the AS game interesting.
Yes, using interleague play records would be a better method. But I’m fine with this. It’s WAY better than it was when it was just random luck of the draw.
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I won’t say “no one” cares about the AS game, but I think that there is a general since of indifference about it. Otherwise you wouldn’t see guys sit out who make it, you wouldn’t see managers pull pitchers after 1 inning. They care more now, sure, but before the game meant something, I’d say they cared very little about it.
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As I said above, pulling pitchers after 1 or 2 innings is actually a good strategy when you have so many pitchers. Their stuff stays at its best for the 30 pitches they throw.
There are plenty of people who care about the AS game. People here in Anaheim have been looking forward to it since they announced we got the game a couple years ago. I’m not going to say it’s super meaningful, but there are way more people who watch/care about it than football, basketball, or hockey.
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pulling pitchers after 1 or 2 innings is actually a good strategy
For relievers maybe. Not so much starters or fielders. I get why they do it, but you can’t tell me that even with the most loaded bullpen and line up a manager would do that in a game 7 of a world series. Or that BEFORE the AS “meant something” that guys actually cared.
I’m sure that if the NBA AS game determinded who got home court advantage in the NBA finals, coaches wouldn’t play LeBron or Kobe for 1-2 minutes per quarter.
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Except once you put a pitcher in any time after the 1st inning, he becomes a reliever. And no, no one would do this in game 7 of the WS. Why? Two reasons:
1. Managers are afraid to do anything unconventional, and especially so on the biggest stages. This is why you still see guys who are labeled as “closers” pitching the highest leveraged innings even though they’re not the best relief pitcher on the team.
2. On virtually every team, the best pitchers are the starters. That’s why they’re given the bulk of the innings. Most starters, if they were given the chance to pitch in relief, would be much better than the relief pitchers that are there now. That’s why you see stuff like Randy Johnson in the ’01 series in relief. Or Pedro Martinez several times. When you have a roster full of great starters (as you do in the AS game), it makes the most sense to pitch each of them for an inning or two, as their stuff will be great the whole time.
Relievers don’t have lower ERA’s than starters because they’re better pitchers. They do because they can afford to pitch all out for an inning and don’t have to worry about pacing themselves. If you gave starters this opportunity, they’d be even better, but it would be a waste of a starter in most cases.
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So then how does it make sense to pull Pujols in the 3rd inning and not have one of the most feared bats in a tied or low scoring “meaningful” game?
Why? Because in the grand scheme of things, they don’t care. Pujols doesn’t, the manager doesn’t. the teammates don’t.
If that happened in a WS, you would see all HELL break loose on that manager. But because it’s an exhibition game, NO ONE CARES.
There I said it
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The all-star game was aweseme when I was nine
Now? a waste of my time. To give out home field advantage is asinine.
And, yes, pulling players is stupid. If managers cared at all about winning, you’d see the starting nine play most of the game.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Well, that’s not necessarily true, since the starting 9 aren’t usually the best 9 players on the team (since they’re voted on by the fans). Usually, the best players are in there until the 6th inning at least. They’re not pulled in the 3rd.
And I’m not arguing that it’s a well-managed game (except for the pitching staff, which is well-managed sort of by accident), but that the game is fun to watch, is competitive, and is a much better determiner of home field advantage than a coin flip.
Is it the best system? No, interleague overall records would be better. But I think this is a fine compromise.
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No, watching pitchers try to "hit" is the most ridiculous thing in sports
I love watching American League baseball and the DH is why.
Indeed
Given that the AL has completely destroyed the NL in interleague the last 5 – 6 years. And that terrible pitchers in the AL go to the NL and start dominating.
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It is the best possible thing ever
It makes the all-star game mean something. What they should do instead is one big all star thing, not league V. league, but as a whole. Let a group of GMs/coaches from each league draft a team from the entire MLB. winning leagues team gets home field advantage.
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They stopped wanting the All Star game to mean things
after Ray Fosse’s career was derailed by Pete Rose going Ivan Drago on him in an exhibition. The only reason they changed it to matter again was because of that stupid tie a few years ago
by Linoleum Knife on Feb 19, 2010 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
I had a teacher give me a syllabus in undergrad which said
“Other things to note: Mr. S is a loyal Saints fan. Mr. S is a loyal Dodgers fan. Mr. S believes that interleague play, artificial turf, and the designated hitter are contrary to the will of God. Mr. S understands that the Yankees are the moral equivalent of original sin and wants you to understand it too.”
And continued on with similar things about non-sports.
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
by AllSaintsDay on Feb 19, 2010 8:35 AM PST up reply actions
I like interleague play, but I would agree with everything else he said
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 8:36 AM PST up reply actions
I agree with everything in there, unless you count what I'm a fan of. Go Braves!
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
by AllSaintsDay on Feb 19, 2010 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
THIS!
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 3:26 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I can't stand artificial turf
And I could certainly do without interleague play, although I don’t think it’s terrible.
But the DH should absolutely be in both leagues. Pitchers hitting made sense roughly 700 years ago when Abner Doubleday came forth from the primordial use, grabbed a stick, and whacked a rock with it.
The way rosters are constructed now and the way pitchers are handled makes it silly and dangerous to have pitchers batting. I want pitchers to be good at pitching and hitters to be good at hitting. It’s more fun to watch. Pitchers hitting is like picking your goalie to take a shot in the shootout.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
I want my starters to be nine athletes, not eight athletes and two halfletes.
I also don’t want my sports mangled because “Ooooh, it’s fun to watch.”
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
by AllSaintsDay on Feb 19, 2010 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t want my pitchers mangled because they never practice hitting or baserunning and then are expected to do it adequately. Coaches have realized that a pitcher’s value is primarily in his arm, and his three at bats a game don’t mean a lot compared to the seven innings he’s expected to pitch. So they just ignore that aspect of his game. Aside from maybe 4 or 5 guys, the ninth spot in every NL batting order is either going to be a bunt or a strikeout. How is that competitive or interesting?
The way it is now, pitchers already are “half-letes” but they’re asked
to do something for which they’re not equipped. Coaches are NEVER going to spend a meaningful amount of time making pitchers better hitters.
The game is very good the way it is, but I think the DH in both leagues would make it even better, IMO, and doesn’t require major tweaking to the way baseball is played.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
Although my favorite team is in the AL
I prefer NL ball. I love the sac bunt, the double swtich, etc. But I’m also a nerd, so….
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on Feb 19, 2010 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I generally like it, especially because that’s kind of the way Scioscia manages. But you can play that way without having the pitcher hit.
I’m always happy with an NL game until the pitcher comes to the plate and I think, “This is about to be ugly.”
Defending maligned chants since 2009
I love watching pitchers hit
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on Feb 19, 2010 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
This explains why you love the Mariners
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by Gorbachav5 on Feb 19, 2010 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This coming from a fan of a team that hasn't
had pitchers, period, in over a decade.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on Feb 19, 2010 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
I am not a huge soccer fan, but I am excited for the World Cup. It helps having some friends who are into it. And, any excuse to go to a sports bar where there will be a lot of people really into the game they are watching is enough for me.
The world cup is the only thing that can get me out of bed at 3:30 in the goddamn morning to do anything.
Proud winner of the 2009 ATQ Jersey Contest
I actually only recall doing this when the women were in China.
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
by AllSaintsDay on Feb 19, 2010 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
Yup.
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
actually no
I smell varmint poontang. The only kind of good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang
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because he was relpying to Cubs Suck with a “Yup”
That’s how
I smell varmint poontang. The only kind of good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang
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actually no
I smell varmint poontang. The only kind of good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang
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TQA replied correctly.
End. Of. Story.
HRD better watch out, not even the reply fail master has wrongfully accused others of reply failing.
DAMN YOU JUJU!!! You make about as little sense as John Clownzano!!!
being a dick for no reeeeeeasoon succccccccccccccess
I Don't Yell O I SCREAM!
by trumpetduck on Feb 19, 2010 9:32 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
see axemen
this is not a reply fail
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look at the time on his post
and look at the time of the following posts
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I quit. I’m not Gorbachav5. I don’t have the fortitude to do this. I wish there was a map I could show how replies work on this thread.
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by Matt Daddy on Feb 19, 2010 9:24 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Don't worry man, I got this
Look, Axemen,
Cubs suck.
by ntrebon on Feb 19, 2010 8:09 AM PST
and now:
Yup.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 8:12 AM PST
What about this is unclear? Three minutes after ntrebon posted, TQA8 agreed with him via reply.
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by Gorbachav5 on Feb 19, 2010 9:27 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
but look where his damn reply is now on the page
he didn’t click the reply button, which is a reply fail
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right now I am rolling on the floor laughing my ass off. Please tell me you’re NOT serious. Please!
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Seriously...
Go reply to ntrebon’s post and see where your reply ends up.
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Are you serious?
You really don’t understand?
Try this place your cursor next to his reply even with the beginning of it, then scroll up, you will find that it is in fact a proper reply to that comment, punctuated with an entire thread talking mostly about the baseball all star game.
Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin
Dude, seriously?
You’ve been on this site for how long, and you don’t know how this works?
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Hold on I know how to solve this
Axemen,
I want you to go up to
Cubs suck.
by ntrebon on Feb 19, 2010 8:09 AM PST
and reply with, “I have no idea what I am talking about” and see where it ends up on the page.
Ok?
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by Matt Daddy on Feb 19, 2010 9:38 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Well, at least you’ll get to see the Mariners lose a lot of 2-1 games this year, as they’re relying on Milton Bradley and 73-year-old Ken Griffey Jr. to provide the pop in the middle of the order.
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don’t worry, Ichiro enjoys ending the innings standing on 2nd base
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We're not relying on either for much of anything
Instead of “pop” numbers, which are notoriously overrated, look at OBP and OPS numbers. We’ll hardly be a world beating offense, but we won’t be nearly as bad as some think we’ll be.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Sure, and the Mariners, who scored the least runs in the AL last year, replaced their best hitter (Branyan, OPS+ of 128) with Figgins (108 OPS+) and Bradley (99 OPS+). You won’t have Yuniesky sucking the life out of the offense, which is a plus, but I just don’t see how the Mariners improved their offense by more than a handful of runs.
Lee and Hernandez can’t pitch every game.
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What if they were switched to relievers or only pitched an inning every game? ;-)
by ntrebon on Feb 19, 2010 9:43 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
hahahahahahah
rec’d!
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yay for stats!
Don’t forget about Casey Kotchman and his career OPS+ of 95. Wait, not exactly helping my cause here………
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Michael Young is the most overrated player in MLB
And you’ll never win anything in that bandbox.
--Dave
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should actually be a great division this year
wouldn’t be surprised to see Seattle, Anaheim, or Texas win. Only Oakland would be a surprise.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
I started collecting baseball cards in 1989 and I realized I didn’t have a favorite team even though I loved baseball. Seattle was too far away for me to feel any regional ties. So, I decided to follow the team of my favorite player (Nolan Ryan) who had just signed with Texas. I have been following them ever since.
Texas scares me this year. Is Feliz going to make the rotation or are they keeping him in the bullpen?
Defending maligned chants since 2009
Feliz makes me very happy.
All reports indicate that he will start in the bullpen. The Rangers have a lot of options for back-of-the-rotation starters. Personally, I’d love to see him get the chance to start, but that might not happen to start the year.
It’s really fun to think about how badly the Braves got fleeced in that Teixeira deal. Andrus and Feliz (plus other guys) for a season of Teix, then they got Kotchman (who’s now gone) and some random no-name pitcher from the Angels, who then wound up with a first round draft pick when Teix walked. And that first round draft pick turned into Mike Trout, who’s the #3 prospect in the Angels’ system.
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Yeah – from Texas fans it gets compared to the Herschel Walker trade a lot. And, the Atlanta fleecing is even more impressive when you consider that, at the time, Saltalamacchia was the centerpiece of the deal and there were media people that thought a straight up Teix-for-Salty trade would be fair for both sides.
Ah, Salty, forgot he was part of that deal. Now it’s looking like he’s the least impressive of the lot. It’s kind of crazy that between him, Teagarden and Ramirez, none of them has panned out so far. Not like the Rangers need all that much more offense anyway.
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Yep – two years ago the Rangers looked to have an embarrassment of riches at catcher. Now, not so much.
Yeah, I know how that feels. When Jeff Mathis was drafted, it was supposed to be a close call between who turned out better, him or Joe Mauer. Let’s just say that’s no longer in question.
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Finding a catcher seemed so much easier when I was younger. You sign some 16-year old kid out of Puerto Rico, you call him to the majors three years later and your set at the position for the next 12 seasons.
Wait. That’s not it usually happens?
Thank you everyone.
This package of hilarity was the best thing I’ve seen all day.
Special thanks to Axemen, you are a rare gem, a shiny object to be celebrated.
s-panic = σ – ⅓ (σx+σy+σz) I
by Bill Musgrave on Feb 19, 2010 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
oh yeah? well...
replyyyyyyyy faaaaaaaaail
I smell varmint poontang. The only kind of good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang
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by Matt Daddy on Feb 19, 2010 4:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Come on...
Why are we talking about baseball! Tiger Woods has been replaced by a robot people!!! I hope he showed more passion in his love-making than his apology speech. Yes, love-making.
by MurphyLPiddleton on Feb 19, 2010 9:38 AM PST reply actions
gah sports center has turned into tiger center
even the bottom line is 100% Tiger. I just want to see highlights of the Melo/Bron duel, but nooooooo. Tiger tiger tiger
I Don't Yell O I SCREAM!
by trumpetduck on Feb 19, 2010 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Its not even a press conference
its a statement.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on Feb 19, 2010 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
SBNation even has a new site devoted 100% to Tiger. How fun, complete with dorky logo and everything!
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
this needs to stop
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on Feb 19, 2010 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Dude, don’t jinx it. That’s what JShufelt did two days ago.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
So it’s JShufelt’s fault
S-H-U-G-O-T-O-U-R-P-L-A-Y-E-R-S-A-R-R-E-S-T-E-D!!!!!
I smell varmint poontang. The only kind of good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang
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Interesting
CK’s called a presser at noon on the state of the program
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
i hope he just puts up a photocopy of his middle finger and leaves the room.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
I love Andy Samberg,
but his Rahm Emanuel and his Mark Wahlberg are exactly the same.
It's spelled "R-E-D-V-I-N-E-S"
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
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Serves me right for waking up late
Lemme see if I’ve got everything squared away:
The MLB All-Star Game sucks.
If you like pitchers duels and hate soccer, you’re a hypocrite. (Untrue, BTW.)
Nick has way too much faith in the state of the Rangers.
Dave has more than way too much faith in the state of the Mariners.
Axemen sucks at the Internet.
Tiger Woods sucks at showing emotion.
Did I miss anything?
It's spelled "R-E-D-V-I-N-E-S"
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
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Naturally.
Damn You! You and your laptop stealing/assault themed parties!
DAMN YOU JUJU!!! You make about as little sense as John Clownzano!!!
Pet Peeve Time
There seem to be a lot of people out there holding Chip personally responsible about the actions of his players when they are on their own time. These are young men, many of them are still teenagers, but nevertheless they are men not boys and as such they are responsible for their own actions morally and legally.
It is for this reason I always cringe when i hear a coach or talking head on ESPN refer to college athletes as “kids.” Then we expect them to behave in a manner that is not consistent with all other males their own age. Now I am not saying we shouldn’t expect them to obey the law, or be held accountable for their actions, merely that a) we shouldn’t be surprised when somebody screws up, and b) Chip Kelly cannot be expected to keep these guys out of trouble when they are on their own time.
Does the coach have a responsibility to help these young men develop into responsible individuals? Absolutely, but he is not responsible for their poor choices, anymore than I am if I hire a young person for a job and they go out and get a DUI on Friday night. I have a responsibility to that individual to display responsible behavior, and to chew their ass out (or possibly fire them) if it affects their ability to do their job, but beyond that what can I say about who they choose to hang out with or the activities they choose to partake in? I can certainly express my desire that I not have drugees, drunks, and ruffians running around associated with me, but ultimately it is on the individual.
So, to sum it up, they are men not kids, treat them like men, hold them to a high standard, but we shouldn’t be surprised when these testosterone junkies that we encourage to beat the crap out of people on the field have a difficult time controlling their emotions off the field. I know I did at their age, especially when their was a woman involved. So ultimately the coach is responsible to set an example, and discipline his players when they screw up, but there will be screw ups its inevitable.
Say what you mean, and say it mean. - Clint Ruin
You’re a bad person.
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Did Steinbrenner pay you to say this?
I hear he buys all the results he wants…
DAMN YOU JUJU!!! You make about as little sense as John Clownzano!!!
masoli number 4
Ted Miller listed Masoli as the number 4 player in the pac-10 in 2009
by westspec on Feb 19, 2010 11:39 AM PST via mobile reply actions
So who are the top 3?
My guess:
1. Gerhart
2. Price
3. Canfield
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Gerhart is for sure number one. I would put Canfield ahead of Price. Then again, I would put Masoli ahead of Canfield.
by westspec on Feb 19, 2010 11:56 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I would put Quiz way ahead of Canfield, and Masoli ahead of both of them
by Linoleum Knife on Feb 19, 2010 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Press Conference
Looks like its set to be shown on goducks.tv. I will try to embed it as a front page fanshot live, so we’ll have that up hopefully in the next few minutes.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Nevermind, won’t allow it to embed, and the audio is not working.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
In good news...
Front page of ESPN – College Football:
http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/ncf/index
and prob not for what you’re thinking…
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
As a Braves fan,
Get ready to hear the name Jason Heyward if you haven’t already…Pretty much the unanimous #1 prospect in baseball. 5-tool outfielder. ETA in Atlanta: April 2010, as a starter. Can’t wait.
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 19, 2010 5:14 PM PST reply actions
He’s on my late round fantasy draft board for sure, along with Buster Posey.
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Heyward, Posey, and Bumgarner are my 3 early favorites for NL ROTY
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 20, 2010 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve got the feeling Bumgarner will start the season in AAA. Doesn’t mean he can’t win ROY but I wouldn’t count on a full season out of him.
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I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
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He could do something like Hanson did last year with the Braves.
June call-up, went 11-4 with a 2.86 ERA. Got screwed out of the NL ROTY award. JA Happ and Chris Coghlan were both higher in voting than him. Really?
Heyward and Hanson are the future of Atlanta baseball.
I have a man-crush on the Maehlman.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Feb 20, 2010 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
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