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katmai

#615
October 04, 2013, 02:46:15 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 04, 2013, 02:44:16 AM
Well, that did not go too well.

You people are gonna make me root for the Cardinals dammit!  <_<
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Syt

#616
October 04, 2013, 02:58:20 AM
Well, I was giving the Pirates a 40% chance to make it against the Cards. Might still make it, but I see the advantage on the side of StL.

Otherwise I would root for the Dodgers and Tigers.
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katmai

#617
October 04, 2013, 03:28:06 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 04, 2013, 02:58:20 AM
Well, I was giving the Pirates a 40% chance to make it against the Cards. Might still make it, but I see the advantage on the side of StL.

Otherwise I would root for the Dodgers and Tigers.

Dead to me German
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sbr

#618
October 04, 2013, 08:24:46 AM
Dusty baker fired as reds manager.

derspiess

#619
October 04, 2013, 08:35:34 AM
Quote from: sbr on October 04, 2013, 08:24:46 AM
Dusty baker fired as reds manager.

Cue the "Bring Back Pete" chants from the yokels here :lol:

Ten bucks says they end up with someone worse than Dusty.  But man, is he hated here.
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derspiess

#620
October 04, 2013, 08:36:42 AM
Quote from: katmai on October 04, 2013, 02:46:15 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 04, 2013, 02:44:16 AM
Well, that did not go too well.

You people are gonna make me root for the Cardinals dammit!  <_<

If you want the Gigantes to win it all next year, you ought to be doing that anyway to continue the pattern :contract:
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

derspiess

#621
October 04, 2013, 08:39:26 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 04, 2013, 02:58:20 AM
Well, I was giving the Pirates a 40% chance to make it against the Cards. Might still make it, but I see the advantage on the side of StL.

Otherwise I would root for the Dodgers and Tigers.

I'm just glad game 1 wasn't played in P-burgh.  Cards need to win tonight to hopefully dampen the crowd a little for game 3.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Syt

#622
October 04, 2013, 11:59:35 PM
 :showoff:
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jimmy olsen

#623
October 05, 2013, 04:18:32 AM
Wow, looks like the Rays outfield never played om Fenway before.

Nice win for the Sox.
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jimmy olsen

#624
October 06, 2013, 07:44:57 AM
I knew that the Pirates depended on their pitching, but I had no idea their offense was so anemic. Amazing that a team could win that many games with those stats, even in the N.L.

    W-L 94-68
    BA .245
    RPG 3.9
    ERA 3.26
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dps

#625
October 06, 2013, 04:13:13 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 06, 2013, 07:44:57 AM
I knew that the Pirates depended on their pitching, but I had no idea their offense was so anemic. Amazing that a team could win that many games with those stats, even in the N.L.

    W-L 94-68
    BA .245
    RPG 3.9
    ERA 3.26

They scored 140 more runs than they allowed:  688-548.  With that ratio, their expected W-L record would be 98-64, so, no, it's not amazing for them to win 96 games.  688 runs scored is hardly anemic--it'sgood enough for 4th in the NL in runs scored (and one of the teams ahead of them is Colorado), and no team allowed fewer runs.

Also, I don't know where you got your numbers, but 688 runs scored in 162 games is 4.2 RPG, not 3.9;  and according to Baseball Reference, their team ERA was 3.18, not 3.26, and their batting average was .249, not .345.

jimmy olsen

#626
October 06, 2013, 04:57:56 PM
I got the numbers from the ESPN matchup page.
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Admiral Yi

#627
October 06, 2013, 06:21:50 PM
Do they draw a ton of walks?

As everyone knows now, the only stat that matters is on base %.

Razgovory

#628
October 06, 2013, 06:49:18 PM
Dammit all. :mad:
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dps

#629
October 06, 2013, 09:08:21 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 06, 2013, 06:21:50 PM
Do they draw a ton of walks?

As everyone knows now, the only stat that matters is on base %.

A good amount, yes.  They were second in the league in walks, but even with that, they were only 6h in OBA.  Their offense is based on power--they lead the NL in HR and slugging %.  That might surprise some people, because no one on the team hit a lot of homers.  The thing is, though, everyone on the team who was appeared in at least 100 games except B.J. Upton (who hit terribly all-around) hit for at least decent power totals.
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