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Old#5fan Hangout Grand Counsel

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Oldfan, a few months ago you were saying you didn't hate NM, you just thought he was a good (rather than a great) hitter. That's a respectable opinion.

Now, you're acting like you wanna crucify him. What's the deal?

It just angers me that he gets excuse after excuse after EXCUSE on this board by certain posters while Jones who is also doing much better gets bashed. I don't get it. Jones is an All-star and a GG winner. Markakis has done NOTHING OUTSTANDING HIS ENTIRE CAREER.

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SammyBirdland Hangout Grand Counsel

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It just angers me that he gets excuse after excuse after EXCUSE on this board by certain posters while Jones who is also doing much better gets bashed. I don't get it. Jones is an All-star and a GG winner. Markakis has done NOTHING OUTSTANDING HIS ENTIRE CAREER.

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It just angers me that he gets excuse after excuse after EXCUSE on this board by certain posters while Jones who is also doing much better gets bashed. I don't get it. Jones is an All-star and a GG winner. Markakis has done NOTHING OUTSTANDING HIS ENTIRE CAREER.

Jones is doing better than Markakis? Are you sure this is what you meant to say?

Nick's OPS is over 200 points higher than Adam's. Nick's slugging percentage and OBP are both much higher. The reason Markakis doesn't get bashed as much is because he's having a much, much better season than Jones is.

It's hard to take you seriously when you completely fabricate things.

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It just angers me that he gets excuse after excuse after EXCUSE on this board by certain posters while Jones who is also doing much better gets bashed. I don't get it. Jones is an All-star and a GG winner. Markakis has done NOTHING OUTSTANDING HIS ENTIRE CAREER.
Jones is doing better than Markakis? Are you sure this is what you meant to say?

Nick's OPS is over 200 points higher than Adam's. Nick's slugging percentage and OBP are both much higher. The reason Markakis doesn't get bashed as much is because he's having a much, much better season than Jones is.

It's hard to take you seriously when you completely fabricate things.

Wow is this ridiculous. Jones just stinks right now, whereas Markakis is just a smidge below his very good career numbers.

Jones deserved to be an all star when he was selected in June. By the time the year was over Markakis had the better year. If you can't see that, you're blind.

Markakis: .293/.347/.453, 18 HR 101 RBI

Jones: .277/.335/.457, 19 HR 70 RBI

I'm a Jones fan, I expect him to come around this year, but Nick has had at least 3 seasons better than any Jones has had.

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dslats715 Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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FYI - Jones and Markakis just had back-to-back RBI base hits with RISP to tie the game, followed by a Wieters 3-run homer with RISP to take the 7-4 lead, followed by a double into the gap by Tejada. Pretty clutch.

Won't take anything away from anybody, but I don't think Jones would brag about that hit ;)

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Old#5fan Hangout Grand Counsel

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Jones is doing better than Markakis? Are you sure this is what you meant to say?

Nick's OPS is over 200 points higher than Adam's. Nick's slugging percentage and OBP are both much higher. The reason Markakis doesn't get bashed as much is because he's having a much, much better season than Jones is.

It's hard to take you seriously when you completely fabricate things.

What I thought I wrote is Jones (like Markakis) is doing better (now).

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Old#5fan Hangout Grand Counsel

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Wow is this ridiculous. Jones just stinks right now, whereas Markakis is just a smidge below his very good career numbers.

Jones deserved to be an all star when he was selected in June. By the time the year was over Markakis had the better year. If you can't see that, you're blind.

Markakis: .293/.347/.453, 18 HR 101 RBI

Jones: .277/.335/.457, 19 HR 70 RBI

I'm a Jones fan, I expect him to come around this year, but Nick has had at least 3 seasons better than any Jones has had.

Cmon Frobby, Jones got hurt last season and missed a bunch of games. That isn't even a fair comparison as he didn't play in nearly as many game and you know that. My Lord, are even you that biased for Markakis versus Jones?:confused:

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Old#5fan Hangout Grand Counsel

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He'll just complain that it was already 8-4 so it's worthless. :rolleyestf:

Hey, he just equalled his entire season totals in rbis in this game (5) which is great but I hope he saves some for later when we may need them even more.:) How about Wiggy hitting two homers? Wieters also had a three run shot. The entire team seems to have caught fire and maybe it was sparked by Miggi's clutch hitting yesterday? Who knows?

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Hey, he just equalled his entire season totals in rbis in this game (5) which is great but I hope he saves some for later when we may need them even more.:) How about Wiggy hitting two homers? Wieters also had a three run shot. The entire team seems to have caught fire and maybe it was sparked by Miggi's clutch hitting yesterday? Who knows?

Or maybe they're not as bad as we all think they are, and it was only a matter of time till most of them started hitting, anyway.

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