deepdrive

Where are you right now? Just to let the police know where a suspected drunk driver will be later tonight.

A couple of them I didn't get.
 
Nothing like feeling stupid and not even knowing why.

No

Isn't that the name of their new hamburger?
Their cherry limeade is pretty delish.

Repent, you heathens.
 
The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead has become a fairy tale to western civilization. Easter egg hunts, new clothes, bunnies and Easter church services are all tolerated as a tip of the hat to an ancient myth. Easter break has become Spring break.   This week, there will be no newscast or media story that states the fate of the world depended upon a political prisoner 2,000 years ago. If Christ had not gone to the cross there would be no human story, no newscast to talk about the events of the day. There would have been no hope given to Adam and Eve after the fall. In all likelihood, humanity would have perished in the great flood. Noah would have been like every other wretched human, believing only in himself. There would have been no ark, no hope for man.   Instead, Jesus chose to be betrayed, falsely accused, tortured, mocked, and murdered. His friends would turn their backs on him. His own Father refused to hear his request to be spared from unspeakable suffering. His country’s religious & political leaders turned on him in hatred. Crowds of people who had only days earlier shouted his praises, rallied as an angry mob demanding his death.   This thirty-something outcast was all that stood between the tsunami of the wrath of God and the destruction of all mankind. So instead of the world being deluged in judgement, the giant waves of wrath fell only upon him. He could have left you to face God’s wrath on your own merit but he chose to pay the horrible price that you deserved to pay.  

I hope God is a percentage guy. I don't know how well I'm going to do on this one.

Go with the odds - Ducks game, not Angels tonight.
 
What say you?

A lot of traffic in Anaheim tonight. I chose the Ducks game over the Angels. Sometimes you win; sometimes you lose. Tonight went well for me.

Who else held their nose and tried to hum?

Some people take their beverages seriously. 

Yeah.
Laughing Out Loud

You would think they had figured you out from your last 1000 posts.
 
I'm on to you.

You would think they had figured you out from your last 1000 posts.
 
I'm on to you.

Sbisa
   "I'm just excited to finally being able to help the team"
 
Isn't that what he was doing being out injured?

Sbisa
   "I'm just excited to finally being able to help the team"
 
Isn't that what he was doing being out injured?

Sbisa
   "I'm just excited to finally being able to help the team"
 
Isn't that what he was doing being out injured?

Ha, your right. I thought the 21st was Monday. Sorry Sonic.
 
But, I will be there. Their spicy chicken (popcorn?) is really good.

You people should riot.

Wopphil going wopass.

If true, does anyone else see the irony in this?
 
Dogs eating a Korean.

I'm holding out for the Howie choke marathon.

Actually you can't. You just posted links to them

I agree with you about RE24 being a solid indicator of a players worth, but I wasn't really looking for that sort or indicator.  The perception is that Howie isn't clutch.  WPA is nonpredictive as we know, but it is essentially a log of what has actually happened.  Context included.  So the fact that over the past 6 years his WPA is so low relative to his WAR or RAA or RE24 etc. indicates that when context is included into his at bats, he has performed much worse than what his value would be if all situations were neutral.  Not trying to estimate his value, but what he has actually done. 
 
I am not trying to predict whether Howie is going to be 'clutch' going forward.  I am just saying that the actual log of game events of his at bats over the past 6 years actually supports the theory that he hasn't provided the number of wins or runs that his context neutral value would  indicate he should have. 
 
There were also several posts about the 'clutch' stat from fangraphs.  Bear in mind that is really just the difference between WPA vs. WPA/LI.  So to say that someone has a 'clutch' number of -1.0 means almost nothing other than they performed worse in higher leverage situations than they did relative to context neutral ones.  But it gives not indicator of the total amount of WPA they provided overall.  ex. 
 
If a player has as WPA of 5 but a WPA/LI of 6, they still provided way more value to the team than someone who's 'clutch' of 1.0 was because the had a WPA of 1.0 and a WPA/LI of 0.  It's a pretty bad stat other than to potentially confirm a perception of whether a player has performed well in the clutch over a given point.  Trout's 'clutch' from last year was a good example.  He wasn't 'clutch' but still logged a significantly higher WPA than anyone else on the team. 

Angels have been trying to trade him since last July, no one will bite for good reason.  It looks like we are stuck with him for another 2 years.
 
 
 
how many times have the angels made the playoffs when Howie has had more than 375 ab's?  0