MrRain422

Did you go to the FDR memorial at all?

Well, yeah, I wasn't saying that the team should be focusing on Ohio State already. But as a fan I should still be pulling for a result that will benefit my team later on.

John Cale - "Gun"

I think they're going to be out of town on the 17th.

Were they wearing green tonight or is that just a strangely lit picture?

I hate games like this one because it puts me in the very, very uncomfortable position of having to pull for an OSU victory so that, if Michigan can beat OSU at the end of the season, it can count for a little more. It hurts so bad though...

If only there were some way that they could both lose...

Sounds like a State Theater type of movie.

Also, I don't think "preparedness" is a real word. If it is, it shouldn't be.

Yeah, it's a nice thought, but I don't think it really accomplished anything. In the newspaper today, a city official was quoted as saying that it would have gone much more smoothly if less women wore high heals, and instead wore shoes that were better for descending a dozen flights of stairs. Does this mean that women should never wear high heels just in case there is a terrorist attack? Because if not...well, it's a completely meaningless observation, because, in a business environment, high heal shoes will be worn on most days. And of course the fact that everyone knew it was going to h

Maybe he can get Grand Funk to tour with him.

Fo' real.

Me too. Still finishing off the Summer Ale in my fridge though.

I don't remember anyone here saying specifically that they'd take Ryan over Carlton. They're actually pretty similar in a lot of areas. Career ERA and ERA+ are almost identical. Carlton's K/BB is a little better. Remarkably, their career WHIP is exactly the same.

Let's look at 2 pitchers from last year: Roger Clemens: 13-8, 1.87 ERA, 1.008 WHIP, 185/62 K/BB Chris Capuano: 18-12, 3.99 ERA, 1.384 WHIP, 176/91 K/BB You would rather have the guy who gives up more than a full run more per 9 innings, and lets on 3 more baserunners per 9. You can have him.

He's not lucky, he has better hitters on his team. This is so fucking obvious that I can't believe we're even having this discussion. The guy who is 20-5 with a 12.00 ERA is not "lucky". He doesn't "know how to win", he's on a team that SCORES A TON OF RUNS. That's all there is to it. Unless you think he has some magical power that makes his hitters better (and makes his bullpen protect leads better), then you're making absolutely no sense at all. I don't know, I just have this weird thing where I feel that baseball skills count for more than luck over the course of an entire season.

So a guy who is 20-5 with an ERA of 12.00 (but happens to pitch for a team that scores 15 runs a game) is better than a guy who is 5-20 with a 1.50 ERA because he pitches for a team that scores 1 run a game?

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What does it mean that he "knows how to win"? I mean, aside from pitching really well. But unless you think that a pitcher has some sort of magical ability to make his teammates hit better (or perhaps that some pitchers make their teammates hit worse), then I have no idea what you mean by this. QFT.

We're snobs just because we don't like him?

Fuck the Yankees!

Ooh, my bad. I still think wins/losses is a horrible guage for the quality of a pitcher, but I definately misread that. Sorry.