You spelled “definition” wrong.

Except it doesn’t sound like it was an analysis at all; I didn’t watch video or listen, but the description sounded like a graphic popped up showing the stats and I presume they were already in conversation and he simply said yuck in acknowledgement of the graphic rather than stop and pivot conversation. I very well…

Counterpoint:

This. I am sick to the teeth of homer announcers pretending a 7.38 ERA is simply bad luck or a couple of bad starts and that .232 BA over 400 at bats is simply a slump. Yes the game is hard, yes, maybe those guys are busting a hump every day trying to figure out how to fix what is wrong but they should not expect the…

“Who the fuck is this Buckner clown? Does he have any idea what it’s like to make an error and see a ball roll through his legs?”-David Price

And all the alcohol. But you could ignore the near-twenty years he pitched AFTER his 17 CG season if you want.

I’m sure those early workloads have no correlation to the fact that his arm damn near fell off and he became a reliever.

To point 2 — is saying “yuck” really that bad in the context of things? If he was dragging the guy through the ringer, thats one thing, but homering any bad stats under the rug seems worse to me as a fan.

Meh. It’s unreasonable to compare that stat across eras. That’s 38 years ago, suffice it to say it’s a completely different game today with different usage patterns against different hitters. If you magically transported Price back in time to pitch in 1979, I suspect that the guy who led the AL in IP last year would…

Still can’t believe they let him go. I figured he had another 7-9 seasons left in him.

“What happened was we were a yard away from winning another Super Bowl.”

This is hilarious. Does Price even know who Eck is? Eck gave up one of the most famous HR’s in history. I’m pretty sure he knows how hard the game is.

Sure, Eckersley doesn’t know how rough it is on pitchers today. David Price has completed 16 of his 259 career starts, and Eckersley completed 17.

Yes! These kids are going to grow and will behave like the annoying people you had to endure.

It is so sad/infuriating/frustrating when people ruin a special opportunity. As my Grummy used to say, “Were you raised in a barn?!?” Sit down, shut up, pay attention, learn something from someone who knows a lot more than you. Or, if that isn’t your thing, leave.

Since you are ranting:

In a total “Get off my lawn”/ Wow, I am old moment:

Seconded — Chris’ hoops stuff is really top notch. Studied & smart w/o dipping into condescension. For my money, Chris on hoops & Giri on tennis are at the top of the stick-to-sports writing around here.

Dawwwwwww. Thanks.