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Enjoy Terror

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  1. 38 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

    I think the team is bereft of ML talent and is merely playing reasonably well in a small sample size.  If they somehow get to the playoffs they have no chance to win the WS.

    Any team that gets hot at the right time can win a World Series.

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  2. 14 hours ago, survivedc said:

    It’s getting on negligence not having Mountcastle up. Sure play some time games if you want but we have to be close to the point of hurting his development not having him face legitimate competition.

    I don't even believe you know what this means. How do you quantify "hurt by AAA competition" because he wasn't called up to more difficult level? This is some boogeyman catch phrase people use because they're upset and don't have a real argument for why.

  3. I didn’t initially want to agree with the “mistake” person, but I thought about it it... if you sink significant money into opening a bar and it goes belly up within two years (as many food service establishments do), your lost investment would have been considered a mistake. Even if factors out of your control, predicting the future, are a consideration, losing the money better spent elsewhere would be a mistake.

    And to an extent, I agree that the selection of a person, not just in the first round but before any other (e.g first pick vs second pick) sets the expectation that for the amount of money spent the selection is the most sure thing to recoup the outlay of cash. It’s a mistake to lose value in that way.

    I think it gets muddy where you draw the line though; Matt Wieters was our first round pick, become an everyday catcher, several years of good use. But there are two schools of thought: he was worth 10 WAR or he was only worth 10 WAR. Was Matt Wieters a mistake? I bet you have people that will argue both sides just because of the expectations.

  4. r/NFL on reddit was talking about Devin Hester yesterday; one of the NFL's greatest moments of the 2010s was Hester breaking Deion Sanders' record of 20 career return TDs in Week 3 of 2014.

    Hester, for those still unaware, was so feared for his punt and kick returns that teams simply stopped kicking to him, preferring to just purposely yank the ball out of bounds where no one could touch it. The equivalent of walking Barry Bonds with the bases loaded.

    Dennis Green's famous "They are who we though they were" speech was the consequence of Cardinals punter Scott Player unwisely kicking it directly at Hester who, of course, returned the punt for the game winning touchdown and preserved the record of the undefeated and eventually Super Bowl-bound Bears.  Insult added to injury for the Cardinals, considering they had the game in hand; up 23-3 near the conclusion of the third quarter.

  5. On 8/4/2020 at 11:30 PM, Philip said:

    The Cardinals never have a low pick, and yet they have a wonderful farm and consistent success

    Same with the Ravens. Different sport, but the sentiment is the same. Well run organizations just get the most out of their players.

  6. Worth stating that not everyone has a career carved out for them in Major League Baseball. If everyone could be fixed, they would be. Lots of money, time, and tech poured into these people.

    We knew on draft day that DJ Stewart had an uphill climb in this industry.

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  7. 5 hours ago, section18 said:

    He has a problem with his stance, He keeps bouncing his bat off of the top of his shoulder before every pitch. He needs to stop this bad habit and keep his bat more up rght and still before every pitch. He is late on every pitch due to this glitch. Can someone tell him?

    I feel like they pay people to watch these things and if it’s a problem to fix it.

    It may not be a problem, or not his only problem.

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