Worst commissioner of the three major (American) sports

hahaha have you got about 25 years?

we could talk about pitch selection for 5

beyond versatile pitchers and power hitters

I get the fact that the best pitchers can game the batter, and that's the most interesting aspect of baseball. Beyond that, though, it boils down to "should I or should I not attempt to steal third?"

we'll just have to agree that I have no idea what you're talking about.

also, the "worst" major-league pitchers 'game' the best batters all the time, which is why hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports.

I'm constantly amazed at the reaction times fielders have on the ball - to know in the split second after the ball leaves the bat where you need to be is something.

I've probably got a lifetime .400 record at bat and I suck.

.400 ops?

Yeah, but my sample size is really small. One season of little league and some intramural games in college.

How many runs created per 27 outs, JF? What's your BABIP? WAR? Win Probability Added? We need a fuller picture.

really good point made above, about how the Yankees massive payroll isn't necessarily an advantage because they can sign the best players (as it's rare to get a top 5 player in free agency - most players peak in their 5th or 6th season of team control), but rather because the bad contracts won't kill them. I remember reading something about how the Brewers could have been a force from 2005 until now, had they not signed Jeff Suppan to a long-term contract. Because one thing led to another, and another, and suddenly they couldn't afford certain players, etc. etc. In about 2 or 3 years A-Rod is going to be the worst contract in baseball and the Yankees will still go on. But if you think high payroll automatically means success, look at what's happened to the Cubs (the Yankees, with their astronomical payroll, are an exception)

Goddell is by far the worst here of a trio of fools.

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Remarkably uninteresting results. How odd that it should be so.

i can't make a logical case for it but goodell is not getting his due

logical case: head trauma is leaps and bounds a more important issue than steroids (big source of Selig's bad rap) and Goodell actively ignored the issue, tried to move to an 18-game season while talking about player safety and has now taken to demonizing the kind of players the NFL built a lot of popularity around rather than making a real attempt to fix the systemic issues?

goodell is evil, but such is the nature of his position

the other dudes more obviously suck, unless you're a shareholder

well the difference between head trauma and steroids is that you really can't get rid of the former, but I don't want to defend Goodell and his intentional misunderstanding of the issue

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7881228/players-nfl-commissioner-roger-goodell-toughest-critics

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1085526/Animation15.gif

the fact that Goodell got only 3 votes in this makes me want to puke

give him time, bill

Goodell is Mussolini; Selig and Stern are Hitler and Stalin. all three are contemptible assholes who never should be allowed to hold any responsible office, but it's a question of degree of assholery.

or to be less inflammatory -- Goodell is Mitt Romney; Selig and Stern are Gingrich and Santorum.

goodell is doing a pretty bang up job imo. new cba was solid work.

I loathe the man. I am happy they got a deal done so we didnt miss a season (that would have been a nitemare) but he really sucks. Making one guy judge, jury and executioner is a total joke.

I may have to change my vote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGIr3i2Unu4

And if you hate Jim Rome, fine. But ask yourself who you hate worse at the end of this clip?

RE-DO THIS FUCKING POLL

at least some instant replay

Hahaha, it would probably come out the exact same way, if we have any replacement mods running this joint.

the fact that Goodell got only 3 votes in this makes me want to puke

― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, May 8, 2012 2:49 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

give him time, bill

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 2:54 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Can I take my bow now? If this poll was taken now, it should be a shutout and Goddell should win. The guy is utterly incompetent. Also a Nazi

This ref thing is fucking amazing to me. As a Bears fan I want to do nothing but chuckle hardily at the Packers throwing away a game in the final seconds, but not like this.

lol bill i just came here to copy/paste that exchange

who knew it would take Roger Goddell ruining football to get me to start watching it regularly again? I am spending every game waiting for the exasperated, crestfallen cries of discontent from the announcers about how the replacement refs are destroying America and I don't think I've ever had so much delight watching ie the Jets come from behind to win (although Tebow getting beaned in the head with the ball was a factor there as much as the terrible refs)

also this is totally against the spirit of the sport but anything that screws over the Packers is automatically awesome to me

at the end of the day I think I just like carnivals, which is what the NFL currently is

http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/REPLACEMENT-REF.gif

http://www.pigskinbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/replacement-ref-kevin-ogletree-trips-hat.gif

looooooool

^^^^^^ obv terrible, but also the funniest fucking thing

I mean why did that even happen

fuck wearing a hat

fear of a black hat

What does he slip on? A cap?

yes

apparently refs will throw their hat if a receiver steps out of bounds and is ineligible, but dude never really got close to the sideline and clearly stayed in bounds, so it really looks like the ref was just all "fuck it, gonna throw my hat under his feet *fling*"

COMEDY FOR EVERYONE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg

the refs havent screwed my team yet so im still enjoying it all. would happily vote for selig again

I know it's football and all but that gif is kind of worrisome; his slip comes out of nowhere, he puts a lot pressure on his left knee and ankle and lands awkwardly on his left leg with a lot of opportunity to screw that ankle, too.