Belle was in my opinion, the best hitter I ever saw. Too bad he flamed out so quickly.

WAR is the stat that says if you play center field for ten years instead of right field for ten years the difference is 95WAR. 95WAR being a Hall of Fame career.

Dude, did you follow baseball in that era? Stats were cheap. Those were pretty good. Not very good. Not at all great.

The plus part then? And how it skews those at the top and the bottom? And how is lacks any consideration of the different eras of baseball?

Define OPS+

Don’t forget Manny. Clear number 3 on my ballot. (I’d hear Chipper arguments though.)

I take that as a compliment. I really do. Many is the bad take hill I’m willing to die on. To say Thome is remotely as good a player as Larry Walker is today’s hill.

I don’t care about the first ballot silliness either, I should have clarified.

It speaks to your general lack of a moral compass that you would instantly presume my anger, anyone’s anger really, would be even remotely motivated by some petty stupid fucking rivalry between two schools.

To me, the fact that baseball’s Hall of Fame vote is conducted the same way high school Student Government elections are done is a feature and not a bug.

having the gall to let Klages resign instead of firing her outright and calling the FBI.

Consult an accountant from Day 1. An accountant saves you money 365 days a year, not just tax time.

Watching Dantonio’s barely suppressed rage at his press conference that anyone would DARE question his side of the story made me want to puke.

It is so shamelessly cynical yet it works. All they need is the tiniest bit of plausible deniability and the fan base will give them complete benefit of the doubt every time.

I kind of think Griff and Drummond will fit well together. But Detroit made their bed with Reggie Jackson who is simply fucking awful. That said, this is a worthy roll of the dice for a team that is cap fucked already for the next three years.

Good point. Whatever then plan, good sell-high on Blake if you ask me. Health issues alone makes it worth doing.

This is really a two year salary dump if you look at their roster. They’ll have some space this summer, but not much, a lot of guys are still signed. But the year after that the books are clear except for Gallinari.

Aside from the fact the the Athletic Department thoroughly corrupted the Title IX department to do their bidding, which allowed Nassar to do so as well? Aside from the 19 football players, 6 basketball players, and one coach who have been revealed to have been potentially involved with violent and sexual crimes versus…

Dafuq Jonathon Taylor Thomas do to piss everyone off around these parts?

Just to add, MSU’s entire Title IX department was under investigation by the federal government at the time. (Still is!) This obviously is a critical issue with millions at stake. Her Office must’ve been dealing extensively with the issue.