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These threads are lame and unfunny.  And this one takes on a particular dickish note knowing he was so upset he broke down in tears during an interview tonight.

These threads are lame and unfunny.  And this one takes on a particular dickish note knowing he was so upset he broke down in tears during an interview tonight.

The guy worked really hard to get back.  I know we all like to joke about it, but it's sad to see someone make that effort only to possibly have it end badly.

My favorite part of this post is that our new-school statistics-embracing GM has not turned off the default iphone signature tag.  

Non pitchers? -- If his performance were to stay at current levels he'd be in the running for a top 30 player by most current metrics.   That won't make any difference to the people expecting batting titles but whatever.  
 
He's having a good season, don't really care where he ranks.

Wow.
 
I can't believe how close I came to taking this post seriously.

Maybe Conger's improvement has to do with his regular mind melds with Trout.  
 

 
 

FFFUUUUU

Uncle. 
 
or maybe we should say great uncle. 

You know everything is going well for this team when even Jepsen goes 1-2-3.

How is that not definitive.  If that ball didn't hit the pad then its trajectory defied the laws of physics.

Please turtle man, get this run in

Watching Aybar try and deek base runners is hilarious. Great acting

Green seems like a bit of a space cadet.

lol this gameday thread tonight..
 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=340517103

Lol
Oh, you were serious?

I would have sent down Cron instead of Navarro. Navarro is better defensively, more versatile, and has a better understanding of the strike zone.

Thanks for the appeal to authority!
I needed that for my "Logical Fallacy" bingo card.

I understand what you're saying, but I'm not sure citing a game where we scored 2 runs is helping your point.  Also, our good record over the last couple weeks is largely due to pitching (2.87 team ERA since the start of the Toronto series) and not hitting (.253/.331/.396 slash over that same period).  
 
We bitch a lot about the lineups (me included), because quite frankly, Scioscia provides a lot of bitch-fodder.  Sticking a guy whose OBP looks like a batting avg at leadoff, and fairly strictly adhering to lefty-righty convention -- which is dinosaur logic given how many players have even or reverse splits in the game today -- pretty much gives the middle finger to lineup construction theory.  
 
In reality you could throw 9 names in a hat and just play lineup roulette every night and a good team will still win a lot of games, But in a 162 game season that can come down to 1 or 2 wins, that extra edge matters.  

I understand what you're saying, but I'm not sure citing a game where we scored 2 runs is helping your point.  Also, our good record over the last couple weeks is largely due to pitching (2.87 team ERA since the start of the Toronto series) and not hitting (.253/.331/.396 slash over that same period).  
 
We bitch a lot about the lineups (me included), because quite frankly, Scioscia provides a lot of bitch-fodder.  Sticking a guy whose OBP looks like a batting avg at leadoff, and fairly strictly adhering to lefty-righty convention -- which is dinosaur logic given how many players have even or reverse splits in the game today -- pretty much gives the middle finger to lineup construction theory.  
 
In reality you could throw 9 names in a hat and just play lineup roulette every night and a good team will still win a lot of games, But in a 162 game season that can come down to 1 or 2 wins, that extra edge matters.  

I understand what you're saying, but I'm not sure citing a game where we scored 2 runs is helping your point.  Also, our good record over the last couple weeks is largely due to pitching (2.87 team ERA since the start of the Toronto series) and not hitting (.253/.331/.396 slash over that same period).  
 
We bitch a lot about the lineups (me included), because quite frankly, Scioscia provides a lot of bitch-fodder.  Sticking a guy whose OBP looks like a batting avg at leadoff, and fairly strictly adhering to lefty-righty convention -- which is dinosaur logic given how many players have even or reverse splits in the game today -- pretty much gives the middle finger to lineup construction theory.  
 
In reality you could throw 9 names in a hat and just play lineup roulette every night and a good team will still win a lot of games, But in a 162 game season that can come down to 1 or 2 wins, that extra edge matters.  

I understand what you're saying, but I'm not sure citing a game where we scored 2 runs is helping your point.  Also, our good record over the last couple weeks is largely due to pitching (2.87 team ERA since the start of the Toronto series) and not hitting (.253/.331/.396 slash over that same period).  
 
We bitch a lot about the lineups (me included), because quite frankly, Scioscia provides a lot of bitch-fodder.  Sticking a guy whose OBP looks like a batting avg at leadoff, and fairly strictly adhering to lefty-righty convention -- which is dinosaur logic given how many players have even or reverse splits in the game today -- pretty much gives the middle finger to lineup construction theory.  
 
In reality you could throw 9 names in a hat and just play lineup roulette every night and a good team will still win a lot of games, But in a 162 game season that can come down to 1 or 2 wins, that extra edge matters.  

You sound very pleased with yourself.