04-29-2006, 09:14 AM | #21 |
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il Pad you really did use a great and wise man in your quote about baseball. As you stated I am a reformed baseball hater and let me say everything in my life has been better since I learned to love baseball.
Johnny your post simply proves that you do not understand baseball. The intentional walk does not take a player out of the game at all. It puts the player on base. Getting on base is a huge deal in baseball and you are already one step closer to getting burned because of intentional walk. Plus let's not forgot the strategy involved with constructing a lineup to protect your players you do not want walked intentionally. |
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A little Moneyball from the man who used to have an A's logo as his CB moniker.
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04-30-2006, 06:41 AM | #23 |
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Moneyball is one the best books every written on any subject. It is also the best baseball book I have read hands down. I am waiting in anticipation for the follow up to Moneyball. Sadly I think it is another 2-3 years away.
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04-30-2006, 07:07 AM | #24 | |
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Baseball brings joy into good men's lives. -Dennis Nuttblock Actually, I made it up myself. Tom
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04-30-2006, 07:22 AM | #25 |
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Dennis Nuttblock has witnessed many baseball games.
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04-30-2006, 09:33 PM | #27 | |
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At least not on this board.
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04-30-2006, 10:26 PM | #28 |
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I'm glad the consesus is that I don't understand baseball.
That's good. I'll bet that if I understood curling, it'd be awesome, too. Thanks for the education, guys. |
04-30-2006, 10:41 PM | #29 |
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I think the consensus is you lack the capacity to understand baseball, if you actually think that intentionally walking a player is taking him out of the game.
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There is nothing like a 1-0 pitcher's duel, or a 6-4-3 double play, or a game-winning RBI single with a man on 2nd, and a play at the plate. Football hits you in the mouth. Baseball seduces you.
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