2014 MLB Season: How Many Pitchers Will Die For Our Sins?

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  1. clint g

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    I think you're over stating things just a bit. Generally speaking, people just shrug and say "maybe next year"
     
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  2. Jedi_Master

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    I know a few Yankees fans. I don't think he is overstating it by much.
     
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  3. Pondwater

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    It's still too early to say, we'll see by the end of August/September.
     
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  4. Timby

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    I'm still sad that this is the last year "past a diving Jeter" will be a thing. :(
     
    Timby, May 21, 2014
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  5. clint g

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    I've lived in NYC for 28 years and counting. I know he's overstating it.
     
    clint g, May 21, 2014
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  6. Skywalker

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    Don't know, but they'll probably go and spend $500 million on more free agents to try and keep it from happening again.
     
    Skywalker, May 22, 2014
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  7. Timby

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    According to a local beat writer, Prince Fielder is considering season-ending surgery on his neck. I know the AL West is easily anyone's to take (outside of Houston, because ... well, they're Houston), but, man, that would hurt the Rangers.
     
    Timby, May 22, 2014
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  8. Yanks

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    He's batting 250 with 3 dingers... wouldn't hurt too much.
     
    Yanks, May 22, 2014
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  9. Timby

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    According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Jeff Samardzija is the only pitcher in major-league history with an ERA below 1.50 and zero wins in his first ten starts of the season.

    I hope he never wins a game and wins the Cy Young award just so idiots can be angry about it.
     
    Timby, May 23, 2014
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  10. Ar-Pharazon

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    The Cubs sign Manny Ramirez as player/coach for their AAA team.

    Story

    They hope he can mentor their young hitters but have no designs on calling him to the majors.

    Will he have a good effect on those players?
     
    Ar-Pharazon, May 25, 2014
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  11. Mr. Laser Beam

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    ^ Manny Ramirez != 'mentor'

    In other news: Josh Beckett no-hits the Phillies. Well played. :techman:
     
    Mr. Laser Beam, May 25, 2014
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  12. Timby

    Timby o yea just like that Administrator

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    If you aren't excited about the possibilities of Coach Manny, I don't know what to tell you. Manny owns, and I'm saying this without a trace of irony. Yes, he's eccentric and was dumb enough to get popped for steroids twice (and there's the whole "got arrested for beating his wife" thing, ugh), but here are myriad stories of Manny being an incredible resource in terms of analyzing pitchers on tape or in person and conveying that information to his teammates.

    If anything, he'll educate the Iowa Cubs in the ways of awesome bat flips.
     
    Timby, May 25, 2014
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  13. Use of Time

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    I'm going to start a petition to send over to the MlB network that pleads them to broadcast these games every night.

    All joking aside, Manny may seem like a freak talent that had his head in the clouds but his approach to hitting along with his preparation made him one of the most feared hitters and toughest outs in the game. The concept of him mentoring younger players isn't as funny as it sounds. Manny Ramirez in any capacity improves baseball for everyone.
     
    Use of Time, May 26, 2014
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  14. Ar-Pharazon

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    I just hope he can translate his talent into useful advice. Most great players don't make good coaches, but many mediocre players make great coaches.

    Weird how that works.
     
    Ar-Pharazon, May 26, 2014
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  15. Timby

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    This actually gets brought up in Moneyball. I forget the player-turned-coach discussed, but the gist of it is that the great players don't generally turn out to be great coaches, because they can't teach the otherworldly gifts that they were born with ... but a mediocre player probably had to work with every trick in the book to stick to the roster. Hence why Mike Maddux is regarded as a legendary pitching coach, but Greg only does very occasional training during offseason workouts.

    Edit: Found it, page 178 in the hardcover:

     
    Timby, May 26, 2014
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  16. Mr. Laser Beam

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    Perhaps Manny can teach rookies how to goof off during a game and hide in the Green Monster.
     
    Mr. Laser Beam, May 26, 2014
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  17. Timby

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    Man, it's baseball, not rocket surgery. This is still one of my favorite images in all of baseball history: [​IMG]
     
    Timby, May 26, 2014
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  18. Use of Time

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    The diving cutoff in the outfield may have been the funniest thing I have ever seen in my 32 years of watching baseball. Not only did he cut it off, but he fucking laid out for it. So good.
     
    Use of Time, May 26, 2014
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  19. Ar-Pharazon

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    I think the Maddux brothers are a great example of this phenomena.

    Also, possibly the insane geniuses are just harder to work with.
     
    Ar-Pharazon, May 26, 2014
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  20. Danny99

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    If anyone needs proof that Toronto is a long ways away from being a baseball city again, the team is on a seven game winning streak and has one of the hottest hitters in Edwin Encarnacion, but it took a free jersey give away for the building to sell out. Tonight, there's maybe 11,000 in the Rogers Centre.
     
    Danny99, May 27, 2014
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