Phriday Phillies Links Phor You, September 10, 2010: Stand by Your Men
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 10, 2010 7:45 AM EDT
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PrintPhillies Notes: Phillies' Rollins feeling better, Amaro says
Like "Simon Says," but smuggerer.
We'll see.
The story I want to see is "Scout who talked Amaro into signing Nate Robertson forced to commit ritual self-punishment," but I can't link to what's not there. And speaking of what's not there, Chip Lawrence now works for the Padres.
It's Late Summer, and the Phillies are on the Move
One thing I'll miss about not having Donovan McNabb around is how cemented he was in the minds of New York media types as a nemesis, but the "It's September and the Phillies are going to cut your heart out" meme isn't bad, either. Anyways: Amaro tidbit:
Amaro has a World Series championship ring from 2008 and a National League ring from last season. These days he wears the N.L. ring, because the Phillies somehow win more often when he does.
Phillies at Mets preview
Wonder if the Phillies can score ActualRuns this time through CitiField.
Mind over matter for Hamels this season
Off-season practice with spoons made fixing the cutter child's play. Oh, and there's this from David Murphy, you meddling kids:
One of the great misconceptions of the last year in Phillies baseball is that Hamels was never himself in 2009, when he finished the regular season with a 4.32 ERA and then logged four disappointing starts in the postseason.
Also at the bottom of this story, there's this:
Double A Reading announced plans for a $10 million renovation to FirstEnergy Stadium.
which has me a little alarmed, though I can't find any more details than that just yet. The place is one of the best minor-league parks in the country as is.
Is Ryan Howard One of the Greatest Run Producers of All Time? - Bleacher Report
I know, I know, but before you roll your eyes, it's not a typical nob-slobber from BR. And the discussion is pretty interesting.
Giants-Padres postgame thread: McCovey Chronicles
Some lulz here. Getting tighter out west.
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Reading renovations
The stadium could use some money. It’s a dump. Lakewood is nicer. Harrisburg (Senators AA) is nicer. York and Lancaster (nonaffiliated) are nicer. The concourse is terrible. A facelift is long overdue.
Remember the Phitans
by RememberthePhitans on Sep 10, 2010 9:00 AM EDT reply actions
I agree that something’s needed, I just hope it has thoughtfulness to it that doesn’t mess up its charm. I’d imagine too that the players hate having to walk through the concourse to get to the lockerroom, and it gets right stuffy in that concourse on hot nights.
I always get suspicious of renovations that take axes to places where scalpels are called for.
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 10, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Right. At my college reunion last year I finally got in this place for the first time since its renovation and was kind of appalled. It got the big things right, like not adding an upper deck (before the expansion it was truly the Fenway of football) and having a consistent facade, but under the skin the details were alternately really crappy and cheap (think larger concourse with a Sam’s Club kind of feel) or utterly scrubbed up and Disneyfied. I made my friend take a picture of me by a concession stand that still had the 1930s roll down window and detailing because I just know how these cats operate – it will be replaced by a Starbucks kiosk the next time I’m there.
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 10, 2010 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Was just there for the Purdue game last weekend. Those seats are hecka uncomfortable.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
Plus, you know, jesus was watching you the whole time
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
When FM looked up, His eyes were glowing red.
I was never uncomfortable in those seats (mostly b/c students stand the whole time).
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 10, 2010 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I was rooting for Purdue (my best friend goes there) so I didn’t spend a lot of time on my feet.
i did snap a photo of me giving touchdown Jesus the finger, however. I am a completely unapologetic Jew in that sense.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
Jesus was also an unapologetic jew, got him killed.
I went to school in the midwest with way too many closet Notre Dame fans
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Classic! Here and I thought the most subversive shot we could take was a shot of the Golden Dome in the rearview mirror.
One of my best friends always said that what the campus really needed was a few more Jews from the East Coast. In that respect, the school has recruitment problems. Happy New Year, FM!
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 10, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
My sister had the chance to go out there with the Rutgers marching band. She loved the stadium and campus, particularly the Jesus statue.
by dannijd on Sep 10, 2010 2:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hamels story
I think 2009 saw some Verducci effect for Hamels — he was spent at the end of 2008, and it lingered into 2009, with lower velocity. Hitters adjusted to him too, probably. The new pitch, additional maturity, getting healthy again after overuse at a young age…all probably combined to help him this year. He’s a work in progress, folks. He’s still really young. Of the major contributors on the team, he is the youngest of all of them. He could realistically be a starter for the Phillies 12 years from now. That can’t be said of any other starter (pitcher/fielder) on the team (not treating Brown as a starter yet, because he isn’t).
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by RememberthePhitans on Sep 10, 2010 9:07 AM EDT reply actions
Dude, I know he's a former starter on the DL
But you forgot Moyer. I’d imagine he’s good for another 12 years or so.
by Screen Name 20 on Sep 10, 2010 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions
My bad. I suspect that Moyer will probably be better-equipped to get people out in 12 years than Kendrick is today.
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by RememberthePhitans on Sep 10, 2010 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
If we make the postseason and if we have enough of a cushion to set up our starters in the order we want, I assume it would be Halladay, Hamels, and then Oswalt (R/L/R)? Is there a case to be made for starting Oswalt in game 2?
by Boundforbeach on Sep 10, 2010 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know or care. The fact that they’d have a starter the quality of Hamels or Oswalt to start a game three is pretty dope.
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by WholeCamels on Sep 10, 2010 10:46 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Definitely- the trio of starting pitchers in our lineup is very wow.
by dannijd on Sep 10, 2010 12:41 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
When Oswalt first joined the Phillies, his numbers for the season were better than Hamels’, so you could make a case that the Phils should go Roy1-Roy2-Cole. Though Oswalt has pitched very well, I think Hamels has actually overtaken him, and since that matches up well with the L-R-L split-up (for whatever that’s worth), I’d go Roy1-Cole-Roy2.
It was the hair, Domonic Brown figured. The hair had to be the problem.
“Cornrows,” said the Phillies’ rookie outfielder. “I had the whole football look.”
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One day, he made a trip to Georgia. There, he found Brown had cut off all his hair.
“He said he didn’t take me seriously until then,” Brown said.
I know Lawrence was just joking around there, but it’s amazing how big a deal hair can be for a lot of people, perhaps including those other scouts who lost interest in Brown. I know tons of guys who abandoned the NBA in the late ’90s because they thought it had gotten too “thuggish” and who now watch only college basketball, and oftentimes their emotions are directly traceable to the visceral reaction they felt once Iverson and others started wearing cornrows and such.
Yes, racism still exists in this country…this is news why?
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t mind talking about it but finding it ‘amazing’ that it’s still relevant demonstrates a societal naivete to me that I wouldn’t have expected to you.
Why is it ‘amazing’ that hair is still a big deal? Of course it’s a big deal, because we’re still a racist society.
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
You seem to be confusing “amazing” with “new” or “surprising.” But “amazing” does not necessarily mean “new” or “surprising.” That is only one of its possible definitions.
amazing adj: causing amazement, great wonder, or surprise
amaze verb: to show or cause astonishment
astonish verb: to strike with sudden and usually great wonder or surprise
The “or” in the definitions of “amazing” and “astonish” show that those words can be used to indicate feelings other than surprise, and the definition of “amaze” further supports this. For example, I am “amazed” every time I go to Niagara Falls, even though I have been there many times and know exactly what it looks like.
In my case, I was using the term to reflect “wonder,” here in a negative sense. Just as one can feel a positive sense of wonder at Niagara Falls, one can feel a head-shaking form of wonder at things that do not make sense. In both cases, one may feel such “amazement” regardless of whether the object of amazement is or is not expected. (Using “amazement” or “wonder” in this negative sense could also be described as a form of irony – the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning – which you have admitted on many occasions that you are unable to grasp.)
In any event, this is all a digression from the actual substance of my comment. The topic of whether the writer of the comment (myself) used a choice of words that did or did not reflect personal naivete is not a topic that interests anyone, even if your point had any merit to it, which it did not. I don’t think any further discussion of it is necessary or warranted.
I find NBA games uninteresting and love college basketball. It has nothing to do with the color of the player on the court, nor his hairstyle.
Generally, the only time I turn on an NBA game is to see how rookies from my alma mater (woo latin in a TP response!) are doing. I’ve also looked in on a LeBron game to see if he’s the hype (and I’ll say he is).
I’d say I lost my interest in the NBA once Sir Charles left town and the sixers started sucking. I did watch the Iverson-Shaq finals too.
I realize this is germane to the conversation above, but I didn’t want to break up the argument brewing. Anyway, Mets related, but interesting: three Mets (Beltran, Castillo, and Perez) didn’t go to this military hospital team trip for a variety of reasons. This pretty expectedly raised the ire of the NYC media, and while picking through the controversy, I saw that our own erstwhile Phillies guy Andy Martino is the sole voice of reason. Honestly, Martino calling a spade a spade here is pretty tremendous.
I don’t like Martino, but he has his moments.
Amazin Avenue also linked to a nice blog post about the topic.
http://nysportsdog.blogspot.com/2010/09/from-21-year-military-veteran-leave.html#
The really ridiculous thing is that two of the three guys aren’t even American. They just work here. Why should they be expected to honor American troops? Would any of the people out there who are complaining do the same for Mexican troops? I would doubt it.
Also worth considering that the same people who are getting all worked up about them not visitin the hospital are the same people who would tell them to “shut up an play” when they express a left-of-center political opinion. American sports are dripping with militarism and jingoism which is inherently political. As long as this is the case, people must also be willing to accept that players are going to bring alternative political views to the table as well.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
by FuquaManuel on Sep 10, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
In like fashion, apparently there’s a maelstrom of criticism for what the Saints and Vikings did last night before the game to demonstrate unity of the player’s union.
While I get the resentment of millionaires, I don’t know why you would castigate one side of these upcoming negotiations over the other. You could have worse problems in your industry other than making money hand over fist over hand over fist over….
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 10, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t understand why general people (i.e. not rich folks) continue to take the side of ownership/corporations when it comes to financial issues. Why would you want the owner’s to profit more when the players are the ones who do all the work?
Is it some sort of delusional “some day I’m going to own my own business/corporation/team and I don’t want to get hosed” mentality? You’re more likely to be working for said corporation, so why not want the employees to get maximum benefits/pay?
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Fans complain about cheap ownership all the time. It was a recurring theme here prior to 2008.
The difference is that owners don’t strike if there’s no CBA.
The difference is that owners don’t strike if there’s no CBA.
That’s true, but there are hard liners in both the NBA and NFL who will block any minor adjustment to the ‘league’ version of the new CBA because they will make more money if they don’t play the season.
If either the NBA or NFL have lockouts, they will probably have both sides equally responsible
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not talking about the “cheapness” of ownership; I’m talking about profits vs. salary. Why should owners as a general rule rake in what they do while employees get peanuts, relatively speaking. The NFL prints money.
In corporate terms, I see this all the time. Companies are doing just fine, but want bigger profits, so they cut overhead by laying off more personnel. They don’t have to, of course. Then they point to the economy and say, “but it’s all effed up.” Well, of course it is, because you’re helping to make it that way, dummies.
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I was only speaking to why people have a problem with a show of union solidarity in professional sports; it means there’s a labor dispute coming, which means a possible work stoppage. It’s the players who are making a public show of it so they get the ire.
I personally recognize that ownership shares the blame if there is a strike; I’m just saying what I perceive to be the reason why players typically bear the brunt of this.
Why should owners as a general rule rake in what they do while employees get peanuts, relatively speaking. The NFL prints money.
I don’t know how it works in the NFL but in the NBA the salary cap is based on the Basketball related income and I believe it’s set at 51%
So in the NBA they aren’t getting peanuts.
Why should the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins supplement teams like the Jacksonville Jaguars?
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not talking about revenue sharing in the slightest, and honestly it’s not something I care for. I was just talking about ownership paying the players their market worth and not just thinking about maximizing their profits. This happens for a percentage of NFL/NBA players, but certainly some are still underpaid (or crucified for current pay, like Andre Iguodala).
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but certainly some are still underpaid
I’m not really sure how you define underpaid, but many are over paid as well, but your argument that the owners don’t ‘share’ the money was untrue. You seem to be ignoring the massive overhead that running an NFL team entails.
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Ever since the 1980s, a very large portion of this country’s population has bought into the proposition that in life there are “winners” and “losers” and people who criticize the ultra-rich are just “losers” who are jealous of the “winners.” For the same reason, the level of anti-union sentiment in American society is through the roof. I don’t think the unions are above criticism, but there are so many people who buy into the most over-the-top stereotypes of unions being corrupt thieves and villains.
If anything, I think these tendencies are a little less pronounced in sports than they are elsewhere. For example, the backlash you see in places like the Wall Street Journal whenever somebody dares to criticize the level of CEO pay or call for higher progressive taxes is much greater.
Usually people give lip service to “well I don’t like the owners either.” But the players are far more visible, so they are easier targets.
But I definitely with you guys’ larger point: the admonition that we “keep politics out of sports” usually only goes one in one direction on the political spectrum.
If I had to make a WAG about this situation, it could be partly because people know the players as individuals a lot more, and players are transitory, Brett Favre will retire (someday) but the vikings will go on, he left the pakcers, but the packers still exist. Many people identify themselves as fans of the teams no matter who the player is so they might be on the ‘team’ side, not the owners per se but they don’t recognize that.
Or maybe it’s a jealousy thing, close to 1700 NFL players (active) versus 32 owners, and who aspires to ‘own’ an NFL team when they’re younger. When we’re kids, we want to play the game for a living, not own the teams, and there’s always that ‘they get paid to play a game thing’ that people often use to justify railing against sports salaries.
Whereas, if common sense and concern for well being prevailed, football would have a good shot of being outlawed in this country. It’s freaking physical assault on every play
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I missed the beginning of the game- what happened?
by dannijd on Sep 10, 2010 12:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The really ridiculous thing is that two of the three guys aren’t even American. They just work here. Why should they be expected to honor American troops? Would any of the people out there who are complaining do the same for Mexican troops? I would doubt it.
Oh I don’t know….
Maybe because US Troops hang out in other countries too (and not just in acts of aggression)
Maybe because they’re drawing a paycheck in the US which is more than they could in another country doing the same thing?
Maybe because it’s politically correct and the nice thing to do and doesn’t make you look like a jerk?
If a US professional sports team traveled to another country (Japan, UK, Germany, etc..) and 90% of the team went to an event honoring the local gov’t/nation, I’m pretty sure there would be fallout againt the couple guys that snubbed it.
I live in the united states of america which gives all people the freedom to choose what they do and how they do it…be it honoring the troops or protesting the war or ignoring the whole damn thing. That’s my right.
What country do you live in – it sounds a lot like Murdochistan
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, America also gives people the right to bitch about someone else’s beliefs. Beltran, for example, is free to express his opnion, but Bilzo is also perfectly free to call him a jerk for doing so.
Freedom of speech is not freedom from repercussions.
I guess I’m the only one who thinks saying someone shouldn’t have the right to do something the way they want to (within existing laws) seems an ironic way to argue the freedom of expression
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
no…you are correct you do have the freedom to not honor the troops if you chose not to, it is completely within your rights as a citizen of the USA, but as Cormican pointed out, I can think you a jerk for your beliefs and actions.
At no point in my post did I say they were “required by law” to go. I just suggested some reasons that they might consider it.
That is just more evidence of the jingoistic sentiment taking over New York City in general that’s really embarrassing to our nation (this whole prayer center thing) and I think might end up costing Bloomberg his job.
I find it fascinating when all these people who claim to support America and the principles it stands for haven’t actually bothered to find out what the constitution really says
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Fuck the constitution. For realz.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
by FuquaManuel on Sep 10, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, this was just meant to be a silly non-sequiter, I’m not actually trying to start a debate today.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
by FuquaManuel on Sep 10, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed. My favorite part of that was that people clamored for the Mosque not to be built and they should be stopped from building the Mosque. Then many of the same people said that the idiot in Gainesville has a Constitutional right to burn the Koran. Lovely consistency.
(Sorry phatj, just had to get that off my chest.)
Lovely consistency.
Oh but it is consistent
It’s consistent religious prejudice
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
This is America Buddy, you can take your logical consistency and stick it where the sun don’t shine ;)
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
If his is instant loss for the Phillies.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Sep 10, 2010 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t Think I am exggerating it is probably 80%
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Sep 10, 2010 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
That is why I feel this way are record against them I believe isn’t to good right?
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Sep 10, 2010 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I am suprised we have evened it up but some of those loss feels so bad it is like they are 2 to every 1
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Sep 10, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
True but I still feel luck or a mystic force has something to do with everything.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Sep 10, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
We’ve won more than half of Kendrick’s starts this year. He may not be a particularly good pitcher, but you’re getting really carried away.
I wiil agee with the first sentence. But you have even said as of late luck is against him. I feel he has hit a wall and won’t get the rest of this year. I hope he surprises but If no bats he will fail IMO.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Sep 10, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Luck is luck. If I flip three straight heads, that doesn’t mean my next coin flip is more likely to be another head. It’s still 50/50.
if it was me and you wanted 3 straight heads you are getting 3 straight tails. I gues I just don’t feel good about him never have never will. but we will see if the luck has fliped.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Sep 10, 2010 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Why is it that Blanton’s most recent starts are the ones that carry more weight when you assess his performance, but for KK, it’s just a little bit of bad luck?
Blanton’s recent starts are more consistent with his underlying peripherals and his career norms than his early-season starts were. He was also coming off an injury during his early-season starts.
Kendrick’s recent starts are less consistent with his underlying peripherals and his career norms than his early-season starts were (he has a .360 BABIP over the last month). If his peripherals had shown a significant negative spike in his recent starts, that might indicate a real shift. But in fact, they only show a mild spike which is likely explainable by random variance.
The proper methodology is always to look at a pitcher’s peripheral statistics first. That gets you closest to a view of what he’s really doing out there. To the extent that the underlying peripherals fluctuate over time, then you can look at factors such as recency and sample size in determining what they predict going forward. More recent stats are generally more valuable than less recent stats, but larger sample sizes are more valuable than smaller ones. These two factors often cut against one another, so when they do, it requires some judgment in comparatively weighing them. Here, however, you don’t even have to get there with Kendrick, because his peripherals have not fluctuated that much at all, certainly not enough to explain the full extent of his ERA fluctuations. Meanwhile, with Blanton, there was a real fluctuation in peripherals over the course of the season, but both recency and sample size point in the direction of placing greater weight upon his more recent appearances than in his early-season appearances.
What percentage of games started by Kyle Kendrick have the phillies lost?
I bet you it’s less than 80%
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
My percentage was not gear to stats just a hunch that there is only an 80% chance he has a good game IMO.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Sep 10, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
So – it’s a made up number with no basis in reality?
Fine, I think there’s an 8i percent chance the phillies win
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I wouldn’t say reality we still like on eath and many people bet money on luck not stats or hoiw they feel about a game I have done it many time during football and made much money on guses I how I feel about that game so If you don’t like don’t get made. I don’t have to see your point of view you don’t need to see mine. If they do win on a 80% it won’t be because of kendrick.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Sep 10, 2010 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Flabbergasted, truly and completely, flabbergasted.
Huh what?
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
sorry for my spelling have been on a chat with verizon for so long I think my hands are going to fall off.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Sep 10, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Man what am I saying I guess verizon got me madder than I thought the guy below is right I am flabergasted reading later with a clearer head. but I guess I say a 60% chance of loss I my crazy world.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Sep 10, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn’t i just something you learn about in high school? I was good at math (but hated it except when i conned the 9th grade teacher of Geometry to teach us probability and statistics) and i just liked the idea of imaginary numbers, so i stuck with me
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, it is taught in high school. But I try to mention I have a math minor every chance I get. Gives me some cred with the fellow nerds.
I never really got the importance of the existence of i. It just seemed to more of an exercise in computation, rather than any real applicable usage.
At some point some math nerd thought he’d be cool by pointing out there is not sqrt of a negative number so he made one up.
analytical chem….(which is a science with like math and junk) but not so much usage for the fake number.
(and being that I’m in science and have never seen its usage is why I was curious of its importance)
Cody Ross
So, I need to bring up a point raised on another thread…Cody Ross a real possibility next season in the Phils’ outfield? It really hadn’t crossed my mind in the slightest, and quite frankly, I am struggling with the idea. /sarcasm //I still really hate Cody Ross
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Can we wait until after the parade please?
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Can this city even afford another parade? We might have to start a jar fund.
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MCC
I read that thread—they are some sick, twisted dudes. Good times.
They love them some Pat the Bat.
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Not to mention I’m not really fond of the idea of facing that rotation.
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Their pitching staff for the year has a collective ERA+ of 119. That’s just awesome.
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by RememberthePhitans on Sep 10, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
All the guys whose girlfriends he banged while he was in Philly?
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Half of those guys consider it a badge of honor that they date someone hot enough to sleep with Pat Burrell (they don’t follow the logical process to which she’s cheating on them constantly and has no respect for them, but hey)
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I used to be friends with a guy who claimed he fell into that category. That said his all time favorite Phillie was Brett Myers, so the intelligence was already in question.
See to me, those are two immediate no way would I ever be friends with you personality traits
did he hate bobby abreu?
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
True Story
My brother-in-law was in the city one night barhopping with one of his friends quite a few years ago. Outside of one of the bars they saw Pat riding on a kids tricycle down the middle of the street totally hammered out of his mind.
Someone came running up behind Pat and pushed him off of the bike. Not everyone likes him. LOL.
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was your brother in law drunk too? If so, that really diminishes the likelihood of the truth of this story.
Lies…if he had photos they’d have circulated the interwebz at least 1 million times by now
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah, he’s not that kind of guy. But Burrell and my BIL were always out at bars, so I believe him.
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It’’s true, if you go out in Philadelphia you’ll run into the same people over and over, small towns are like that
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 10, 2010 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Those “Answer Man” interviews always have a little bit of forced-humor-awkwardness to them. Matt Stairs gave a pretty classy answer to the “Step Decline” comment. Lesser men would have punched Dan Brown in the face.
by LeepinLizardz on Sep 10, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry, that would be “Dave Brown.” Da Vinci Code, he is not.
by LeepinLizardz on Sep 10, 2010 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Hits keep coming for the Mets
Santana to miss rest of season
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
From the sounds of it, he is also likely to miss at least the beginning of next season, if not more. Really sad news for the Mets.
by dannijd on Sep 11, 2010 9:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Lidge may be available tonight, no Rollins
Rollins still day-to-day. Hope this doesn’t linger.
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
Me too. They are saying possibly Sunday, but more likely Monday.
by dannijd on Sep 11, 2010 9:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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