Matt C

Well before last year Greinke had back to back seasons of a 3.75FIP and a 3.56FIP so it wasn’t like he came from nowhere last year.(Even though few would’ve predicted a season THAT dominant)

I do agree that players need time to develop but Buchholz will be 26 this season and has been pitching in the organization for 5 years. I would say that’s more than enough time to develop . It’s not like he is 22 or 23 years old and just got drafted 2 years ago. ... See all content Hide content

1 week, 3 days ago onWordpress in www.fangraphs.com

That does looks at look more like Tucson that Phoenix (I live in Tucson). Maybe it’s from that Marana Golf Tourney that they just had a few weekends ago…

2 weeks, 2 days ago onWordpress in failblog.org

I’ve never been but I work in montclair. I follwed them on twitter and Maybe I will try and get over there this weekend! Thanks

Matt

2 weeks, 2 days ago onWordpress in www.hangrypants.com

That essay on Theophilus was some quality writing. New music writers should be shown that shit, and be told to get Confused.

1 month ago onWordpress in pigeonsandplanes.com

As Pedro has also stated, I feel that you cannot equate someone in Computer Science with programming. Programmers are a subset of Computer Science, and does not equate to Computer Science.

As you should know, Software Engineering is not all programming either. As a matter of fact, programming is one of the easiest parts of the process. I have fell in love with the art and creativity of software to fix problems and the design process of software. I however, am not in love with programming. I don’t hate it… but it’s apart of my job, not a passion I pursue.

There is a difference between a software engineer and programmer, and please recognize that in your article. You continue to criticize CS folks for not being good programmers, even if they have no intent to program professionally.

No offense intended, but this comes off as an extremely narrow-minded, arrogant article that puts everyone in Computer Science in a box, when the program is meant to encompass many disciplines, not just programming. ... See all content Hide content

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That’s the only explanation I can really think of, because it’s much shorter down the right field line than the left field. It’s 345FT down the left field line vs. 330 down the right, and they both get drastically deeper as they move towards center field. Plus there’s really no jet streams at the park so it plays pretty straight up. You figure Granderson and the switch hitting Guillen were really the only lefty bats in the Tigers lineup with any sorta pop the last few years vs. Cabrera, Ordonez, Inge, Sheffield, Guillen, Thames, Monroe and to a lesser extent Pudge Rodriguez from the right side so it would make sense for that to be the reason.

To me it looks like it would favor a guy like Damon, it’s fairly short down the line so he can still put some out, and the gaps are huge so more balls will drop in for him there so his BABIP maybe pretty high, plus if you hit the gap in right center it often rolls all the way to the wall which is almost a guaranteed triple with anybody with decent speed. I expect his HRs to take a bit of a hit but I still think he can put up 15-20 and I think his .avg may actually improve slightly because of the size of Comerica Park. You can get quite a few more bloop singles or soft liners can find gaps because outfielders are so spread out because of the size of it.

On the other hand though his RBIs should take a hit with Everett and Laird hitting infront of him, as will his SBs with a much more conservative Leyland coaching him(even though Damon’s were already way down last year). Leyland doesn’t really straight steal that often which is why Granderson’s SBs totals were pretty low considering his speed. That also should effect his run total but I still think he could be at around 90 or so if he gets enough PAs. ... See all content Hide content

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Yeah there’s no doubt that Miggy/Magglio at this point aren’t the offensive players Tex/A-Rod are but to Maggs defense he didn’t have the opportunities that those 2 had either. Last year he had 60 less ABs with RISP than Tex and 38 less than A-Rod. Plus I don’t have the numbers but I highly doubt that Ordonez had many instances where there were multiple guys in scoring position for him. But Maggs batted .292 with RISP vs. .264 and .261 for Tex and A-Rod respectively. So if he does get in scoring position there’s still a decent chance that Ordonez could drive him in, the problem lies though when he’s on first because with Ordonez fading power numbers it’s gonna be much harder for him to score. For the record Cabrera was over .290 too with RISP.

Granted 100 some ABs that those numbers were taken from is a rather small sample size but I think both of them have proven throughout their careers that they can drive in runs if given the opportunities. Unfortunately for them the last couple years Granderson and Polanco have shown declining OBPs, lower steals and in Granderson’s case increased HRs numbers limiting their opportunities. ... See all content Hide content

3 weeks, 6 days ago onWordpress in www.fangraphs.com

you keep mistaking ignorance for political decisions that are explained by emotional and mental preferences that cannot be surveyed.

this line of thinking is so tiring now...political ignorance, voters are dumb, i am an expert, blah

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I loved it. Thank you for posting it.

1 month, 1 week ago onWordpress in www.matrixmasters.net

i don’t know mass. law but this sounds like an easy fraudulent inducement or negligent misrep claim. and why is agent who makes a negligent or fraudulent misrepresentation of material fact intended to induce action not supposed to be held civilly liable for the reliance thereon. the agent made money on the transaction

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