No Hitters: Anibal Sanchez 1, Josh Beckett 0

[sppunk]

Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

sox fans can't admit when their team makes a terrible deal. especially since Boy Genius took over. everything is francona's fault.

I'm not on that bandwagon. I don't think Francona has done much to hurt the team. When he's not been giving decent players to work with, you can't expect miracles from any manager.

Epstein has really made some awful moves in the past few years. Dude simply can't build a bullpen. Granted, he's had bad luck with recent FA signings, but still he's sucked.

[Nimrod's Son]

i thought arroyo had "regressed to the mean"

you probably mean the fact that he wasn't winning as many ballgames, which as wel all know is the most important stat to judge a pitcher's performance

[coffee spoon]

Originally Posted by sppunk

I don't use spare as a form of suck. I use it as a replacement for "nothing great."

Moving on. What are the chances FLA reaches the playoffs?

we both know that's a lie.

and i say pretty good.

san diego can't hit. they can't keep getting this good of production out of woody williams and clay hensley. although it is happening again tonight. if the pads win it will be because of their bullpen and timely hitting.

i like florida to win the nl wild card

[sppunk]

His stats have regressed back to his Boston-esque numbers since the first month of the season when he was pitching so great. I sometimes wonder how much the NL can make a mediocre AL pitcher look better, and how much the AL can make a very good NL pitcher look better.

Anyone ever seen a number on that type of thing?

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by coffee spoon

we both know that's a lie.

and i say pretty good.

san diego can't hit. they can't keep getting this good of production out of woody williams and clay hensley. although it is happening again tonight. if the pads win it will be because of their bullpen and timely hitting.

i like florida to win the nl wild card

Hensley has actually been better than his record would reflect. I've been watching them all year - the guy has been a victim of a lot of bad luck, poor defense, and no run support.

I fully believe San Diego can not only make the playoffs, with Peavy/Wells and that bullpen they can beat the Mets

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by sppunk

His stats have regressed back to his Boston-esque numbers since the first month of the season when he was pitching so great. I sometimes wonder how much the NL can make a mediocre AL pitcher look better, and how much the AL can make a very good NL pitcher look better.

Anyone ever seen a number on that type of thing?

It's called ERA+

[sppunk]

Right, but I haven't seen a league average ERA+, just individual pitchers. I haven't looked really, granted, but have not seen one.

And it's time to sleep. I have to wake up at 5 a.m. Kill me now.

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by sppunk

Right, but I haven't seen a league average ERA+, just individual pitchers. I haven't looked really, granted, but have not seen one.

And it's time to sleep. I have to wake up at 5 a.m. Kill me now.

You don't understand how ERA+ works.

League average would be 100. Anything lower is worse, higher is better.

ERA+ is league and park adjusted.

[coffee spoon]

Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

Hensley has actually been better than his record would reflect.

yeah i lost money on that monday night game where he gave up 1 run in 8 innings of work but the pads got shut out by hennesey and benitez/

[Nimrod's Son]

the padres are doing it again tonight

[Sepiae]

Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

sox fans can't admit when their team makes a terrible deal. especially since Boy Genius took over. everything is francona's fault.

You must deal with a lot of fucking Sox fans in your daily life. In San Diego.

What the fuck? I'm just glad he hasn't bled to death at this point.

[coffee spoon]

i think the mets better pray that they don't draw san diego, la, or florida in the first round.

[coffee spoon]

which essentially means rooting for san fran or philly and even if philly wins then they have to hope st louis finishes lower than the nl west champ. mets would take out stl in a five-game series and probably any nl team in a 7-game series.

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by coffee spoon

which essentially means rooting for san fran or philly and even if philly wins then they have to hope st louis finishes lower than the nl west champ. mets would take out stl in a five-game series and probably any nl team in a 7-game series.

The Phils can't play the Mets in round one.

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by Sepiae

You must deal with a lot of fucking Sox fans in your daily life. In San Diego.

Yes and no.

[Nimrod's Son]

btw amy when I say "sox fans" I am generalizing to the mentality of the standard SoSH poster.. someone like Nate the Grate... certainly not you.

[Elvis The Fat Years]

hey ace. do you have the white sox in the playoffs? also, how many wins are you putting the bulls on this season?

and mike. have you been watching the wsop? i just caught up on it tonight and that nobles guy is out of his mind. and it sucked to to daniel go out, he was playin good last week.

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by Elvis The Fat Years

hey ace. do you have the white sox in the playoffs? also, how many wins are you putting the bulls on this season?

and mike. have you been watching the wsop? i just caught up on it tonight and that nobles guy is out of his mind. and it sucked to to daniel go out, he was playin good last week.

Nobles is a dumb piece of shit. He's one of the reasons I don't really play online anymore. Racers are bad poker players. They can get exteremely lucky and build up a stack but they'll piss it away, as he did. 90% of online players will go all in on a pot where their stack is 10x the size. It's fucking stupid.

For every Nobles still left on day 3, 100 have been knocked out.

[Elvis The Fat Years]

have you been watching high stakes poker?

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by Elvis The Fat Years

have you been watching high stakes poker?

I have never seen it. We don't get GSN here