Haha I was about to say I was going to start my career throwing 57 but never 58 and NEVER 56
― nerd shit (Will M.), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 14:33 (eight years ago) link
i don't get it though. is this counting every pitch? every strike? or every "definitive" pitch (resulting in either a hit or an out)?
― nerd shit (Will M.), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 14:35 (eight years ago) link
i would imagine the latter but i dunno
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 14:53 (eight years ago) link
http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2015/09/30/majority-of-baseball-brawls-are-between-players-of-different-ethnicities/
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 19:29 (eight years ago) link
gonna put this here too because it's kind of amazing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/trade-for-jonathan-papelbon-had-disastrous-results-for-the-nationals/2015/09/30/0aef1564-66ee-11e5-8325-a42b5a459b1e_story.html
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 20:39 (eight years ago) link
on the BP podcast, recently resigned Dodgers head trainer Stan Conte
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=27733
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 October 2015 11:57 (eight years ago) link
the biggest plays ever, by Championship Probability Added
http://grantland.com/features/mlb-win-percentage-added-world-series-championship-kirk-gibson-bobby-thomson-david-freese-mariano-rivera-yogi-berra/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 12:40 (eight years ago) link
Two Republican senators from Arizona -- Vietnam veteran John McCain and junior senator Jeff Flake -- recently released a report explaining the underside of stadium patriotism: For the past few years, the U.S. Department of Defense and the major sports leagues have embedded military-themed programs into the game-day experience, not for goodwill, not in support of the troops, but for money. McCain and Flake call it "paid patriotism" and say the DOD has spent at least $53 million of taxpayer money on at least 50 teams to stage these events, hoping to recruit new soldiers while duping fans into believing these gestures are voluntary expressions of teams' gratitude for returning soldiers. The two senators have drafted laws to make it stop. "It is time to allow major sports teams' legitimate tributes to our soldiers to shine with national pride rather than being cast under the pallor of marketing gimmicks paid for by American taxpayers," the 145-page report notes.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14173360/mlbs-nfl-paid-showings-patriotism-cost-fans-more-ways-one
― Andy K, Friday, 27 November 2015 22:26 (eight years ago) link
Is the pentagon still sponsoring those NASCAR cars?
― brimstead, Friday, 27 November 2015 22:37 (eight years ago) link
FOX's JABO is no more
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/new-york-giants-charles-victory-faust-jabo-says-goodbye-120215
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 December 2015 03:19 (eight years ago) link
stupid name and neyer has really declined
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 December 2015 03:22 (eight years ago) link
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/on-the-magnitude-of-transaction-mistakes
― mookieproof, Thursday, 10 December 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link