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Ridiculous quote from Rick Dempsey on 105.7 this morning

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ShaneDawg85 Hangout Veteran Council

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Apparently, then you never heard him say that Arietta was going to be the ace of this staff, and he said it well before he was called up. To my knowledge he was the first notable person to publicly make that prediction. So, if that wasn't intriguing or interesting to you than I don't know what would be?:rolleyes:

You are the king of taking a small sample size and blowing it up as fact. Nobody does that better than you. Two major league starts and how he's our ace. All bow to Oldfan & Dempsey.:notworthy::rolleyes:

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Apparently, then you never heard him say that Arietta was going to be the ace of this staff, and he said it well before he was called up. To my knowledge he was the first notable person to publicly make that prediction. So, if that wasn't intriguing or interesting to you than I don't know what would be?:rolleyes:

This is only notable because through two whole games it looks like he has a small possibility of being right. If he was wrong, it would not have even made a ripple because that is just par for the course.

And it is not like he said that Pedro Viola was going to be the ace, it was pretty widely accepted that Arietta was a guy that could make an impact.

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No, just evidence as to how hot and tough Spring Training can be for the Orioles. Dempsey ought to know, he went to many of them as a player. Can you or anyone else here claim they have experienced Spring Training as a player in the Florida heat?:eek::eektf:

Oh good Lord. This just downright silly. Besides, wasn't he trying the make it a point that Baltimore is much colder in April than it is in Florida and that after they've been down there "losing salt" that they come back to the harsh Baltimore spring and get all injured and crap? He wasn't saying the heat hurts them, he was saying that coming back to Baltimore and the contrast in climate was what hurts them.

See it's stupid even when I try and explain it.

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Oh good Lord. This just downright silly. Besides, wasn't he trying the make it a point that Baltimore is much colder in April than it is in Florida and that after they've been down there "losing salt" that they come back to the harsh Baltimore spring and get all injured and crap? He wasn't saying the heat hurts them, he was saying that coming back to Baltimore and the contrast in climate was what hurts them.

See it's stupid even when I try and explain it.

Exactly. Go back to my post above where I transcribed word for word what he told Garceau, two weeks ago. The transition from humid Florida to cold Baltimore...and then to humid Baltimore.:rolleyes:
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Exactly. Go back to my post above where I transcribed word for word what he told Garceau, two weeks ago. The transition from humid Florida to cold Baltimore...and then to humid Baltimore.:rolleyes:

He has a small kernel of a decent thought with the fact that Baltimore typically has a very short true spring season. It often goes pretty quickly from cold to hot and humid. I'm sure that could be challenging to deal with as an athlete. But the stuff about going from ST to cold April is BS. Other teams have it even worse.

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tvz1997 Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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I started to read this thread and then realized it went on for 8 pages !!! Eight pages discussing a dumb comment by Rick Dempsey? Really....:rolleyes:

Well, that led to discussing other dumb comments by the Dipper, so you should applaud our restraint. :D

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Apparently, then you never heard him say that Arietta was going to be the ace of this staff, and he said it well before he was called up. To my knowledge he was the first notable person to publicly make that prediction. So, if that wasn't intriguing or interesting to you than I don't know what would be?:rolleyes:

Really? Why is no one surprised that after 2 ML starts that you would be anointing Jake Arrieta as the "ace of this staff"?

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Careful there tvz....CAREFUL!!!!!! :cussing:

:laughlol:

Hey man, anytime you want to go after Townes Van Zandt (with whose music I was obsessed when I joined OH), feel free! :D

EDIT: Besides, any discussion of the dumb comments by Dipper9 would clearly have exceeded 8 pages by now and be on its way to classic status. :D

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The broken clock is right twice a day. The man practices a variety of the "throw spaghetti at the wall" style of prognostication. Eventually, some of it sticks, but look at all that uncooked inedible crap on the floor.

So what? If you automatically discount someone because they don't get everything right you would be discounting just about everyone all the time. Especially politicians and people who like to predict things. Cmon' you know that. :rolleyes:

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