Tiger337

The top 20 list according to perplexity is below. I asked them why Fryman was not on the list and it said he was solid but did not have the same elite status as players on the list. I stopped there. Trammell Whitaker Verlander Morris Parrish Fidrych Smoltz Granderson Porcello Castellanos Avila Maybin Manning Mize Greene Kapler Zumaya Higginson Max Clark Rainer

Why do they even need the rivalry thing? They play every team every year now anyway.

Motownbombers wants to know those phone numbers.

What are the odds that all four of them reach their potential? I think they'll do well if two of them become above average players. I am not being negative here. I think their system is in good hands now and they'll be competitive for several years. I just don't think we can point to any set of future players and say that's when they'll be read to spend. It might be many years before they are 7 1/2 games in first place on August 16 again.

It must suck getting steamrolled by your hero. Must be really humiliating.

I think he is risk averse, but being risk averse does not mean being scared. It's more of a carefully planned strategy where you think a cautious approach will bring more long-term success than taking risks.

I had a tick like that when I was a kid. It must have been right around the time McLain was suspended because I remember my father joking to a doctor that it came from that. I actually didn't know what was going on with McLain at the time. Anyway, the doctor asked if I was a lefty or a southpaw. I started to correct him, but my father stopped me since the doctor was either messing with me or was being stupid. I suspect the former. Wow, it's weird how that all just came back to me. The tick didn't last long.

my utility costs went sky high this year which has nothing to do with Trump, but I am happy to blame him.

Newsom doesn't type those posts, but it's still funny.

Fake baseball sucks...but a paper win is better than a paper loss.

I often turn it off when the ghost runner comes in to the game. That is something I can't get used to.

He had two games where he threw 13 innings. It would take about 7 or 8 pitchers to do that today! No ghost runners in those games either.

He has never "thanked" anyone in his life, but maybe, it's about White. Whatever it is, it's all about him. That's they only thing of which we can always be sure with him.

I don't think you can make definitive comparisons across eras with pitchers. When you compare guys with 200 IP with guys like Newhouser, Lolich and McLain who had close to 30 CG and over 300 IP, It's apples and oranges. I am not saying those guys were better, just that it was a very different set of circumstances. You can say that those pitchers couldn't do that in this era where every pitch is thrown with full effort and you'd be right, but if they were confined to 7 inning starts, they would have had much better rates than they did. The question is which pitcher dominated his own era the most? I think Skubal, McLain and Verlander and some others were all incredibly dominant in their best seasons.

I thought was bad things that come in threes.

I wanted them to keep Melton in the rotation, so this was good to see today. I am not sure where they need him most at this point as both their rotation and bullpen need help. Just make sure you get a lot of innings out of him down the stretch.

I think Trump is hosting a ufc fight to bring back ufc fans after Rogan **** on him about Epstein. He's an idiot about most things, but he does know marketing.

Nope, Alex Lange.

He has a 113 wRC+ which make him an above average hitter. The average for DH is 114, so he is average compared to DHs.

I don't think that's really true. I don't believe he likes himself and he needs to be loved to validate himself. Then he punishes those who don't love him. I believe he is a deeply ill individual.

You were less dogmatic this time! I can see where you'd be interested in contract negotiation if you have done it for a living. I admit I have zero experience in contract negotiation, even my own contracts. Thus, this an argument that I don't particularly care about.

Trump read this and thought you were talking about Salma Hayek! I do agree there has always been a conflict for Trump about wanting to be loved and wanting to be king. That may save us in some ways and screw us in others.

The difference is I have expected him to go through a bad stretch all year.

Raising the cap seems like a no brainer to me. I don't know if raising the edge is even a good idea for the economy. You are forcing people who are possibly past their working prime to work longer while possibly making it more difficult for younger people to find work.

That's a fair statement. I don't know if he knew, but I don't think he made an offer just to make it look like he did something. If that was his intention, he could have just leaked a fake offer to the media. I don't see this as any different from Bregman last year.