Subject: baseball predictions?
Date: Mon Mar 18 08:46:10 2019
User: Denny
Message:Spring training is wrapping up. How are things looking? Are the Cards in it this year? How about the Red Sox?
Date: Tue Mar 19 08:05:57 2019
User: caharris
Message:Pundits say that the Central division is the one to watch as the teams are all good and it should be interesting.
The Cards are in that division and with the addition of Paul Goldschmidt (Goldie) I think we have a good chance this year.
Thanks for asking and enjoy!
Date: Sat Mar 30 10:33:12 2019
User: MrFixit
Message:Goldie!! Why did Db
acks let him go?!?!?!
Date: Sat Mar 30 14:02:39 2019
User: caharris
Message: Goldie hit 3 home runs in yesterday's game. Looking good!!
Date: Wed Apr 3 22:57:56 2019
User: Dr.Bombay
Message:The Mariners currently have the best record in all of baseball. My prediction: it won’t last.
Date: Mon May 27 23:01:17 2019
User: Dr.Bombay
Message:Now firmly entrenched in last place in the AL West. Their plunge from opening 11-2 has been impressive.
Date: Tue May 28 02:08:44 2019
User: TNmountainman
Message:I don't follow the standing regularly these years, but have been remembering your prescient(?) prediction, and how true it's turned out to be.
Ok, now the weirdness............
I was gonna come on this thread and predict that Khris Davis would NOT hit his ridiculously usual .246 this year. I had actually peripherally heard of him on a nice streak lately (I thought/think), so I went to see what he's hitting now, and was gonna predict that he would NOT hit .246 yet yet yet again this year. So guess what? He's hitting a robust .246.
.jaw drop
He's indeed been on a hot streak lately, hitting .360 the last 7 games to bring it up to said apparent physical constant.
And no, I checked - that's *this* year - too. He's temporarily(?) injured, but if by some chance he didn't make it back this year, well........
THAT SAID..........I'm *still* gonna predict he ends the season somewhere that's NOT .246.
Date: Tue May 28 17:01:21 2019
User: Klepp
Message:How dumb were the Nationals by giving up Giolito for an over-the-hill Adam Eaton...it was obvious from Day One dude would pitch *as he is now*...what, they thought they were strong enough at the top of their rotation? Not possible..........................................(Giolito for AL Cy Young?).
Date: Tue May 28 17:50:46 2019
User: byronsmoot
Message:Lucas Giolito Fun Facts
In the Majors since 2016 ... he just this season became a career .500 pitcher (Rec: 19-18), with a ROBUST (cough) ERA of 4.99.
My favorite Giolito game was May 24, 2018 when my Baltimore Orioles scored 7 runs off him in 1.1 IP ... he also repeated this FEAT again on September 28, 2018 against the Minnesota Twins.
The point being that it was NOT obvious from Day One that dude would ever be pitching at his current level.
But he is a guy that will likely fill Fantasy stat sheets for the next decade.
Date: Thu May 30 21:36:31 2019
User: Klepp
Message:Fine, he can give Don Cooper 1/3 credit.
Date: Mon Jun 3 09:53:08 2019
User: byronsmoot
Message:Whatever the ChiSox have done with Giolito it is a far better than the Nats ... in fact, I cannot think of one homegrown pitcher they have developed other than 1:1 Strasburg, who was billed as a once in a generation talent when drafted.
Date: Wed Jun 5 23:43:48 2019
User: Klepp
Message:PIT has Reynolds and LAD has Verdugo, but isn't ATL's Riley running away with NL ROY?
Date: Thu Jun 6 00:30:46 2019
User: Denny
Message:I heard Kimbrel went to Cubs.
Date: Thu Jun 6 16:28:44 2019
User: byronsmoot
Message:Yes, with the requisite draft pick attachment having expired ... the Cubs likely outbid other teams ... reportedly 3 years, $43M.
Date: Sat Jun 8 13:13:50 2019
User: Klepp
Message:I predict Haniger misses at least six games on the IL.
Link: Get Well Soon, Mitch
Date: Sat Jun 8 18:16:35 2019
User: byronsmoot
Message:Giolito
9-1, 2.28 ERA
8th Straight WIN Today
7.2IP, 3H, 0R, 11K
Dude
Date: Mon Jun 10 17:44:03 2019
User: JackStraw
Message:Next year at this time Padres will have a new manager
Date: Mon Jun 10 18:32:14 2019
User: The_Interpreter
Message:Toronto first.
Date: Fri Jun 14 20:46:58 2019
User: byronsmoot
Message:June 14, 2019
Lucas Giolito, donned in his clan's pale hose, has been sent forth to slay the Yankee hordes.
Date: Sat Jun 15 11:31:26 2019
User: ejchap
Message:To all BB fans.
The Red Sox need a power right handed starting pitching. I said this at the beginning of last season; and they got a power starter and reliever, both righties.
Too many of their starting pitchers are lefties. and I haven't checked the stats, but most batters are right handed.
and they have to keep bringing up their very very good young players from the minors. We have had enough of Holt & Pedie. Play the youngsters.
Plus Bradley is not a good hitter
Those are the problems, let's see if they can fix them
ejchap
Date: Sat Jun 15 13:48:55 2019
User: joeygray
Message:Meanwhile, the Orioles had a triple-a pitcher with a 7.01 ERA. They could arrive at no better plan than to call the kid up to the majors for a spot start last night against the Red Sox. Yeah, somebody who can't get triple-a hitters out, starting in the show. What a surprise, they got shelled 13-2 and ought to refund the tickets of everybody who showed up to that travesty of a game.
Date: Sat Jun 15 16:14:13 2019
User: Klepp
Message:Feisty Earl Weaver could coax 56 victories out of that roster, even (merely) lying in state.
Date: Sat Jun 15 16:21:44 2019
User: The_Interpreter
Message:Boog's BBQ is worth the ticket.
Date: Sat Jun 15 21:16:24 2019
User: joeygray
Message:Remember, EBW brought Earl back a few years after he retired, but it wasn't a success. Also, Casey Stengel couldn't do a thing with the expansion Mets for 4 years. Very little a manager, any manager, could do with a roster like this.
I met Boog the last time I was at the park, and took a picture of him with my brother-in-law. Yeah, his stuff is good but not enough better than other BBQ places to overcome buying a ticket and watching an actual major league team curb-stomp one that, isn't.
Date: Sat Jun 15 21:27:34 2019
User: The_Interpreter
Message:Well, if you don't like BBQ, there is a small Italian sausage vender right across from Boog's, that adds sautéed onions and green peppers. Add a little yellow mustard to make a killer dog.
Date: Sun Jun 16 04:02:03 2019
User: TNmountainman
Message:Shouldn't The_Revelator be weighing in on this knowledge? Seems to me The_Interpreter is getting out of his lane again. Is it possible that The_Revelator doesn't like Q, and is sending The_Interpreter to impart these truths(?)? And what Italian sausage vendor *doesn't* have sauteed onions and peppers?
I always thought (correctly, I believe) Earl Weaver was a jerk, so haven't minded the O's having such a woeful stretch. (Sorry, joey....) But enough's enough, maybe. Karma has done it's work. Besides, it wasn't the O's who left town in the middle of the night. But unfortunately.............the city writ large has had to shoulder some of the residual burden of that transgression, it would appear.
Date: Sun Jun 16 09:23:14 2019
User: The_Interpreter
Message:I am assuming you meant sautéed.
Date: Sun Jun 16 12:38:16 2019
User: ejchap
Message:When I had Red Sox season tix; 1970 - 2010,
the hot dog sausage vendors outside the park would get to know you, & put onions & peppers on your hot dogs.
ejchap
for historians, I got to see Tony Conigliaro play all his home high school bb games in Lynn MA
Date: Sun Jun 16 14:01:09 2019
User: TNmountainman
Message:I really think it'd be more appropriate for The_Inquistor to be asking linguistic questions, no?
Date: Sun Jun 16 14:04:43 2019
User: The_Inquisitor
Message:Did you see a question mark?
Date: Sun Jun 16 14:18:13 2019
User: TNmountainman
Message:While point taken....
1) I think he knew what I meant.
2) Since The_Interpreter has lost his way/role/identity/path so many times, it's only reasonable to guess/presume that that could have, or indeed had, happened yet again.
3) Yes, and since the context was using "sautéed", that clearly was the intent. (Is it even legal to use non-sautéed peppers and onions on an Italian sausage in the vicinity of a ballpark? I.e., sort of a moot question, it would appear.)
Date: Sun Jun 16 14:49:19 2019
User: The_Counselor
Message:You may want to seek advise from a professional concerning your somewhat obsessive, and, perhaps, unhealthy interest in The_Interpreter's "way/role/identity/path".
The sautéed peppers and onions need to be done on a flattop to be authentic. A fry pan is a no-no.
Date: Sun Jun 16 15:09:48 2019
User: TNmountainman
Message:As someone with a (moderately-thin) self-confessed pedantic streak, I don't need no counselor to tell me that. To wit: should The_Counselor be giving sautéeing/sautéing advice with The_Relevator possibly within earshot? (Not that one would disagree with that particular opinion.)
Date: Sun Jun 16 16:15:05 2019
User: The_Counselor
Message:My advice to The_Relevator may be too late since railing against Mr. Fixit is consider by many here to be the same as blaspheming The_Almighty.
Date: Sun Jun 16 16:40:15 2019
User: jamesblackburn-lynch
Message:I pay no attention to this thread since baseball is incredibly dull but I did catch the last few comments.
If it is true that TN is many (or better, all) of nicks of the form The_*, this conversation becomes much funnier. Particularly since I have throw aspersions at TN’s sense of humor in the past.
James
Date: Mon Jun 17 14:32:36 2019
User: Klepp
Message:WS: (Klepp predicts) LAD over HOU, in six.
(Back to topic, though punctuational squabbles between/among discerning posters has given Klepp giggle-time.)
Date: Mon Jun 17 15:00:30 2019
User: byronsmoot
Message:Following in the foot steps (and skate marks) of the Toronto Raptors & St. Louis Blues ... It would be nice to see a MLB franchise win the World Series for the first time.
The candidates are as follows: Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, and Washington Nationals.
Date: Mon Jun 17 15:24:46 2019
User: TNmountainman
Message:AMEN!! Spread the wealth.....
Date: Mon Jun 17 15:40:15 2019
User: Klepp
Message:(Bless David Stearns.)
Klepp's (un-colloquially?) fantastic WS prediction: MIL over TB, in seven...(too bad, networks).
Date: Mon Jun 17 15:44:31 2019
User: TNmountainman
Message:Don't think TB has paid enough dues yet (as if the '69 Mets had!). Would love to see the Brew Crew get it together, but I fear they also have too much capability to self-destruct. They sure look strong for now, tho.
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