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    crowd at BOB

    I agree DWKB, I think you're right on with this one.
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    Oscar Villarreal usage

    I noticed last night that Oscar Villareal throws a sort of side-arm pitch, almost a 3/4, but definitely not a true overhand. If that's true, I feel better about the usage. This may be an old untrue adage, but it's always been said that sidearmers are much less prone to arm injury. Certainly Kent...
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    BB's Early Shower

    I was watching the game on TBS and even their announcers were all over the ump's case. They said it was wrong for him to follow Curt after Curt had turned his back to him and was walking to the mound. Even if umps do get fined, we never hear about it.
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    Missing Bob Melvin

    It seemed to me in 2001 and 2002 that as crazy as the constant line-up changes were, that they usually worked. I can remember a lot of games where a player inserted in the line-up in a strange place or when the bench guys played that I remember thinking good move BB. This year it's almost...
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    Oscar Villarreal usage

    I noticed this myself. I was surprised that he went in to last night's game instead of Mike Koplove, when it was tied. Koplove should be getting more innings than Villareal, he is older and his sidearm pitching is less stressful. I suspect it is more a function of how crummy the D-Backs have...
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    DH Rule in NL

    Steve, I'm not insulting him. I'm asking him to state his case. You stated his case, he didn't. All he did was to argue against the arguments that people give against the DH. That's not the same thing as making an argument for the DH. In debate there is an affirmative and a negative. I'd like to...
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    DH Rule in NL

    I agree the DH makes real roster differences. I'm not completely sure why, but certainly the way AL teams use their bench is different from the NL. Greg Colbrunn is rotting on Seattle's bench. If he was still with the D-Backs he'd have a lot more PH appearances. And as I mentioned before, if...
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    DH Rule in NL

    I'm still waiting for DWKB's defense of his position. I've decided he really onlyl likes to knock down everyone elses, but never offer his own opinion or back it up with analysis. Maybe I'm wrong, but he's setting up a straw man of other people's arguments and attacing them. That doesn't explain...
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    Tino's suspension reduced

    I fail to understand how he could possibly rationalize charging the mound after he is out at second as the right thing. And I can't believe Watson the jerk reduced it. Creep. Cards and LoRussa can do no wrong for MLB.
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    DH Rule in NL

    Well, I'm not sure why DWKB felt it was off thread topic to talk about why logistically he liked the DH. Interesting mind/emotionl dichotomy, I'm not sure why one should exist. I mean, the whole answer to the question is value laden. Presumably the answer to whether or not one prefers the DH...
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    dh v. no dh.

    Is that a sick joke, or do you have some reasoning to back it up?
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    Schilling pushed back to Saturday vs. Braves

    John's right that the 10 day rule doesn't apply in the case of an injury, so Webb could have been brought back up as Curt was put on the DL. As to Barajas, the team has discretion in deciding when to reactivate a player just because the 15 days is up doesn't mean the player has to be...
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    4/25 Game Comments

    Oscar Villareal gives up back to back doubles and takes the loss. He's really done an excellent job out of the bullpen. Seems like in the past two years, the hitters would have picked him up and won the game later. You really wonder just how much of the managing Bob Melvin actually did...
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    Batista suspended 10 games

    I heard that on the radio driving home today and started yelling at the radio "What a bunch of horsebleep". Scared the heck out of my husband who had drifted off to sleep.
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    Maybe if we take up a collection!

    Brian is 2-2 with a 3.51 ERA in Cleveland. He ranks 36th in the AL in run support at 4.21 runs per game. And BK? He ranks dead last in the NL in run support at 1.74 per game.
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    Ground Hog Day

    While Randy arguably may be "old" there is nothing to indicate anything is wrong with his arm. Curt is just 36. He's had one bad game this year - At Coors. It amazes me how quickly people are to consign a player to the scrap heap once he's over 35. Yes a lot of players decline, but the...
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    Walker for Williams trade revisted

    I don't believe the D-Backs did anything wrong. Matty was off hunting and not reachable at the time the trade talks were being discussed. From what I heard, the D-Backs did not make the trade public, the Rockies did. Trades are made all the time with players with no-trade clauses. This one...
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    Should Mark Grace retire?

    Steve. here was how you started your original post: So I took your question as "why do people rag on Matty as a lineup cancer and not Grace?" the answer to me is simple, Grace's presence keeps a AAA guy such as Cintron or Tracy in Tucson, Williams's presence keeps a quality free agent from...
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    Should Mark Grace retire?

    Woah, I don't blame Matt Williams for taking the $10 mil, or hate or resent him for it. I thought the question was who is a greater drag on the team and if I could magically wipe someone out of existence, whose non-existence would benefit the team more? The obvious answer to that question is...
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    Ground Hog Day

    Matty was 0-4 today batting 5th against a right handed pitcher. I think his average is now .180 after his hot start.
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    Should Mark Grace retire?

    Hey Steve, you started the discussion with the question of whether Grace should retire and why do people dog Matty and not Grace when neither are producing. BTW, you still are ignoring my argument. Do you think the fact that one player blocks a AAA player who never has been considered more...
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    Walker for Williams trade revisted

    Well Steve, I addressed this is the other thread. But consider what we knew about MLB contracts, transactions etc. To the best of my knowledge the trade was not conditional on Larry Walker accepting and signing an agreement to defer. Has anyone heard otherwise? He was being asked to defer, BUT...
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    Should Mark Grace retire?

    Ha!Ha! you guys, 1981 was one of the best years of my life. When you enter old age, your brain is one of the first things to go and you start living in the past. :shock: DWKB, I don't per se have a problem with waiving Grace from a team standpoint. It would get you the benefit of Cintron or...
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    Should Mark Grace retire?

    While Durazo was not on the DL much in 1981, he wasn't available to play a good chunk of that time because of the shot to the jaw that Terry Schumpert gave him. He was pretty ineffective for most of the summer. Grace is in the way of Alex Cintron. Matty is in the way of numerable very good...
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    (OT) What is protection?

    DWKB I don't understand how you went from your numbers to your extrapolated numbers to the amount of extra hits, etc. From your raw numbers, even though there were more at bats, it looks like the difference should have been greater. The OPS difference was greater, which suggests more power. The...

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