st8ofhockey wrote:Presented without comment:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c_rlNT_j9A[/youtube]
Should I know who this kid is?
EDIT: I looked it up now. Definitely cool to see
st8ofhockey wrote:Presented without comment:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c_rlNT_j9A[/youtube]
gopherguy06 wrote:st8ofhockey wrote:Presented without comment:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c_rlNT_j9A[/youtube]
Should I know who this kid is?
EDIT: I looked it up now. Definitely cool to see
dxmnkd316 wrote:Graphs.
dxmnkd316 wrote:Graphs.
Beauner wrote:*Ahem*
Delmon Young wins Game 3 with 2nd HR of ALDS
We didn't need him though. That half-eaten hoagie was great for Mauer.
Beauner wrote:dxmnkd316 wrote:*yawn*
.333/.385/.500 for the Twins last year in the playoffs.
How often to blind squirrels find nuts?
Handyman wrote:So wait, Delmon has almost as many homers in the ALDS as The Big Pink had all year? He sucks though
Oh and Jim "DX Thinks He is Overrated" Leyland has 2 wins against the Yankees in a series? How does that stack up against Ron "I Won Manager of the Year Once" Gardenhire?
Please leave the graphs, they make you look like you have nothing of value to say buddy![]()
sunbone wrote:I thought the problem was that the Twins wouldn't let poor Delmon pull the ball? Both of those home runs were to right field so I guess we need to credit Joe Vavra with helping Delmon hone his ability to hit to the opposite field.And I think Leyland is a decent manager. Of course having a guy like Verlander can make any manager look pretty good.
Bushwood Gopher wrote:sunbone wrote:I thought the problem was that the Twins wouldn't let poor Delmon pull the ball? Both of those home runs were to right field so I guess we need to credit Joe Vavra with helping Delmon hone his ability to hit to the opposite field.And I think Leyland is a decent manager. Of course having a guy like Verlander can make any manager look pretty good.
Power hitters hit home runs to either field. Just like slap hitters slap the ball to either field. We instruct the former to do the latter. It's called the Ortiz Effect.
If you want to defend Joe Vavra and the Twins approach to power hitting then step right up. Of course, this is the same team that was 13th out of 14 AL teams in home runs though so I would understand if you want to bypass that very, very short line.
Beauner wrote:I'll hide behind this: his team is 2-1 against the Yankees...
sunbone wrote:It is starting to look like Joe Maddon just can't win the big one. RW just owns him.
Bushwood Gopher wrote:sunbone wrote:It is starting to look like Joe Maddon just can't win the big one. RW just owns him.
Ha. They had no business even being in the playoffs with their roster. That staff is going to be sick next year, though. Price/Shields/Moore/Hellickson will be as good or better than any starting rotation in the AL. If they can add another hitter or two they will be a legit World Series contender.
No doubt that Ron Washington deserve his propers, too. As does Nolan Ryan. I love the fact that Ryan hates pitch counts. Power pitching/power hitting.
Bushwood Gopher wrote:.
No doubt that Ron Washington deserve his propers, too. As does Nolan Ryan. I love the fact that Ryan hates pitch counts. Power pitching/power hitting.
Bushwood Gopher wrote:Del Young is awful. Worst hitter I've ever seen.
streakygopher wrote:Bushwood Gopher wrote:Del Young is awful. Worst hitter I've ever seen.
Helps to be in a hitting line up......that actually shows up to play.
streakygopher wrote:Bushwood Gopher wrote:Del Young is awful. Worst hitter I've ever seen.
Helps to be in a hitting line up......that actually shows up to play.
Dances With Gophers wrote:He's been playing a lot lately - I'm surprised that his legs aren't, you know, fatigued.
Handyman wrote:Dances With Gophers wrote:He's been playing a lot lately - I'm surprised that his legs aren't, you know, fatigued.
With all of the running he has done around the bases I am shocked he hasnt developed, you know, vertigo
Handyman wrote:Dances With Gophers wrote:He's been playing a lot lately - I'm surprised that his legs aren't, you know, fatigued.
With all of the running he has done around the bases I am shocked he hasnt developed, you know, vertigo
F Da Sue wrote:Take that FOX. No Boston or New York left in the playoffs.
Ballz wrote:F Da Sue wrote:Take that FOX. No Boston or New York left in the playoffs.
What the heck is Joe Buck going to do? He doesn't know any of the remaining American League players' names!
streakygopher wrote:Bushwood Gopher wrote:Del Young is awful. Worst hitter I've ever seen.
Helps to be in a hitting line up......that actually shows up to play.
Beauner wrote:Another fact is that in a year in which he finished 10th in the AL MVP voting, he had Hall of Famers like Nick Punto and Matt Tolbert batting behind him in 62% of his at-bats.
dxmnkd316 wrote:2010: A statistical aberration
dxmnkd316 wrote:Do you really want me to post the graphs again?
dxmnkd316 wrote:Ah yes, because they actually prove that he's average or below average in every possible category? ANd has been his entire career?
Because I think it's hilarious that people treat him like the second coming of Kirby.
dxmnkd316 wrote:While we're on it, yeah, congrats to Jim Leyland. A guy who won a five-game series against the Yankees with the likes of Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer. Cripes. I have a 50:50 shot at winning a five-game series with those two pitchers. uber-*yawn*
When you've pried your lips off their shafts, come back and try not to speak with your mouth full.
dxmnkd316 wrote:2010: A statistical aberration
Bushwood Gopher wrote:Back to the Kirby comment for a sec: It's a peculiar time to bring up that comparison, as most recall Kirby carrying the Twins over the Braves in their '91 win over the Braves. And he was huge, hitting 2 HR and 4 RBI that series but batting only .250. Funny, but Delmon hit .316 with 3 HR and 3 RBI and was every bit as important, maybe even more, to the Tigers advancing in this series (one GW HR and another huge one tonight in a 3 - 2 F). The guy could hit .400 with 40 homers and 150 RBI and you'd still be talking about Fangraphs and how it says he only has a WAR of -0.4.
dxmnkd316 wrote:Not sure where you get the idea I'm upset. Incredulous is probably a bit closer.
Bushwood Gopher wrote:Power hitters hit home runs to either field. Just like slap hitters slap the ball to either field. We instruct the former to do the latter. It's called the Ortiz Effect.
Dances With Gophers wrote:
dxmnkd316 wrote:Ah yes, because they actually prove that he's average or below average in every possible category? ANd has been his entire career?
Because I think it's hilarious that people treat him like the second coming of Kirby.
Handyman wrote:It is funny to watch you get so upset because everything you argued keeps getting proven wrong on the field. And by the field, I dont mean the area where the numbers exist on a plane or some other mathematical graphical interface, I mean the baseball diamond which is where the games are played
And since when did Max Sherzer become a great #2 starter? It was pretty much agreed by everyone that neither the Yankees or the Tigers had anyone beyond their #1 that were locks. I mean I am sure there is some Dungeons and Dragons stat you will cook up that will show he is the next Nolan Ryan, but no one thought that a week ago.And Verlander pitched once anyways so yeah whatever. (plus lets not pretend Gardy didnt have Johan against the Yanks in 2003 and 2004 along with your favorite pitcher Brad Radke)
Just stop dude, admit your Bill James lovefest is getting proven wrong this season and just laugh it off. The longer you try and deny it the worse you look when it slaps you in the face
Handyman wrote:Means nothing...none of those years did Gardy have any starters like Max Sherzer
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Lars Sauve wrote:Here's how it goes down man to make this choice man it's like the dang ol meaning of life man but that's a different story all together what does John Henry do in such a dang situation he goes and drives steel while Sisyphus continues up the hill man like the king of the hill King of the Hill Hank dang ol Hill man drive steel like a man walk like a man with Ian Anthony Dale it's like you know what I think man, like I dang ol think therefore you are man and you got like, it's like this man Agent Prentiss will show you the dang ol way to John and Sisyphus not Icarus like Perkis says rolled the rock too close to the sun so oo ee what's up with this what's up with that clickedy clickedy clickedy click Agent Prentiss profiled me and found it just dang ol ain't true where are ya going without even knowing the dang ol way man snap out real life is there man avenge this lil ladies death I'm coming after you Doyle won't even know what dang ol hits you back to making some lasagna cheesy cheesy cheesy cheese and playing that game of life man little cars with little dang ol colored kids pink for girl blue for boy blue boy Fogerty besides the point me and Prentiss back together again pondering the questions of the dang ol universe deep man it's like this man no way butterfly five thousand miles away man and don't understand it it don't it don't even born into this world gotta help her solve this dang ol case eyes open no connection gotta look for those differences man where did they got go when he took them away from find out all about she gets coffee for those late nights on but I don't drink that dang ol joe so I just get cocoa choco choco chocolately with whipped cream which brings us to Dell Man Young rolly roly roly roly poly polio olie coulda been a dang old John Henry since he's black dang ol maddening shows good stuff from time to time man but other times ends up like I think therefore you are mediocre now we got this Ben Jammin Revere Paul Revere Cherokee people no dang ol arm man like stick it up your sleeve you look like an amputee man and still throw better than Ben Revere no power no on-base why are we supposed to like this clown gotta ask Maiani playing in the ECHL man dang ol advice not the best lately seems like a child born into this world he ain't got no friends gotta find out all about man.