If the NBA was really purging your state Governor, they would move the professional basketball team that plays within it.

That’s the 2009 Braves.

Whatever $7.28 would get you.

Pete Rose has 1900 more PAs than anyone else in MLB history. He was a hanger-on and an accumulator.

Is it common for entire college teams to come out and celebrate non-walkoff home runs?

Through ruthless dominance Djokovic has become his sport’s Floyd Mayweather sans the rap sheet: a champion leagues above his rivals who rules with a technical brilliance that critics degrade as mechanical and boring. That antipathy always seems to be amplified when he’s up against the dazzling artistry of Federer,…

So now you don’t respect his game? I’m confused.

His hard hit rate is at an all time high (44%), although he’s hitting more grounders and less fly balls and line drives. I should’ve indicated that before so that it was clear that when Joey Votto is hitting the ball, he’s hitting it as hard as he ever has before. Also, you may be right about Votto’s bat speed being…

There’s no reason to doubt his BABIP normalizing to career averages when his batted ball profile is just as good as it has ever been. The K/BB ratio is cause for concern, but other than that it seems like this is just some bad luck for Joey Votto.

holy shit you don’t even sound like a real person.

I’d use wRC+ before I’d use wOBA, if only because of park adjustments. That being said, Ichiro’s 105 wRC+ is actually rather pedestrian by Hall of Fame standards. For context, David DeJesus, Colby Rasmus, Johnny Damon and Jose Reyes all have a career 105 wRC+. Ichiro’s value is boosted significantly by his glove and…

People keep bringing up the age thing, but Ichiro’s career is worse on a per PA basis (according to fWAR) than Andruw Jones, Kenny Lofton, Edgar Martinez, Tim Raines, etc.

Discussion topic; was Ichiro the most famous ball player of his generation? Like I’m stumped to think of anyone in the past 15 or so years that was as well known as him. Maybe Bonds, but I don’t think he can compete with Ichiro on a worldwide level.

They stole that from Futurama. Which, to be fair, is one of the better Futurama quotes to use in everyday life.

Also, what do you mean, consistent success? Harvey’s been a bonafide ace for the first 2.5 years of his career, and has been bad for the last two months. For someone who follows the Mets, I don’t understand how you can equate a clear drop in velocity with “pretty boy that needs to get his head cleared.” That makes no…

This is New York, bro. Maybe if you weren’t so focused on being a PRETTY BOY you could be a good pitcher.

Yeah, but that’s just relying on how something will be judged, as opposed to how it should be judged. How do you feel this particular instance, which is not subjected to anything other than the judgement of MLB, should be judged?

In this case, it’s probably just because attempted murder/murder is a very easy (albeit lazy) comparison to make. However, you’re right in the sense that’s it being used for heavy handed hyperbole as well.

Maybe they should let Odor be tried in a court of law then. Also, WAT. Why is murder the analogy you’re jumping to? We have like a whole mess of assault laws that would be way better comparisons.

Trust me, it’s extended down to Monterey Bay.