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— A Timely Look at Transactions as They Happen

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   1. Teheran's Uranium Enriched Missiles Posted: December 07, 2007 at 03:33 AM (#2637642)
Does Shelton have any platoon splits? They could platoon him with Botts...
   2. Excel Hearts Choi Posted: December 07, 2007 at 03:37 AM (#2637644)
Botts will most likely be the DH while Shelton will start at 1B.
   3. Teheran's Uranium Enriched Missiles Posted: December 07, 2007 at 03:39 AM (#2637646)
What about Catonolotto? And Salty/Teagarden when they aint catching...
   4. Enrico Pallazzo Posted: December 07, 2007 at 05:33 AM (#2637677)
That optimistic for Shelton is pretty. I've always felt for the guy since he got replaced by someone who clearly wasn't any better than him in Sean Casey.
   5. Excel Hearts Choi Posted: December 07, 2007 at 02:40 PM (#2637912)
What about Catonolotto? And Salty/Teagarden when they aint catching...

Teagarden probably won't see the majors this year, especially if the Rangers don't trade Laird.

As for the OF, it is a mess, and a weak hitting mess at that. Cat could play first, with Shelton hitting against LHP. But that would mean Nelson Cruz would probably be the starter in a corner OF spot. He has lots of talent, but that is not translating into anything useful for the Rangers right now. Might as well go with a Cat/Cruz platoon in LF, and keep Shelton at 1B.
   6. ColonelTom Posted: December 07, 2007 at 02:44 PM (#2637918)
Terrific move by the Rangers. Chris Shelton is free at last!
   7. a bebop a rebop Posted: December 07, 2007 at 03:59 PM (#2637984)
How long is he under control?
   8. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) Posted: December 07, 2007 at 05:32 PM (#2638099)
How long is he under control?

It looks like has a little more than 2 years service time, so 3 or 4 years.
   9. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: December 07, 2007 at 05:40 PM (#2638108)
Terrific move by the Rangers. Chris Shelton is free at last!

Agreed. Now Free Justin Huber.
   10. Loren F.'s well-anchored glenoid Posted: December 07, 2007 at 05:47 PM (#2638115)
I've been out of town and away from the ZiPS SuperComputer

Dan, I'm surprised that the ZiPS SuperComputer can't just send the ZiPS-Plane to get you and automatically bring you back to the ZiPS-Cave. Or, failing that, ZiPS-Mite the rascally sidekick could run the numbers for you.
   11. IronChef Chris Wok Posted: December 07, 2007 at 05:50 PM (#2638118)
How is Shelton's D at 1B? I've heard anywhere from OK to atrocious
   12. Ardo Posted: December 07, 2007 at 07:50 PM (#2638276)
Shelton's D at first base is actually above-average. He had a lot of fielding win shares in 2006.
   13. Dan Szymborski Posted: December 07, 2007 at 07:59 PM (#2638287)

Dan, I'm surprised that the ZiPS SuperComputer can't just send the ZiPS-Plane to get you and automatically bring you back to the ZiPS-Cave. Or, failing that, ZiPS-Mite the rascally sidekick could run the numbers for you.


Because I offer the projections for free, I cannot afford a ZiPSCave or a ZiPSPlane. I do have a ZiPSMazda, but it looks quite similar to my regular Mazda.

It's worth noting that ZiPS is actually supposed to be ZiPs, but I made a typo years ago and I decided to stick with it.
   14. jwb Posted: December 07, 2007 at 11:26 PM (#2638479)
I think Dan is purposely keeping the ZiPS SuperComputer under manual control to avoid this scenario: New... powerful... hooked into everything, trusted to run it all. They say it got smart, a new order of intelligence. Then it saw all people as a threat, not just Tracy Ringolsby. Decided our fate in a microsecond: extermination.
   15. Will Young finally tied the knot Posted: December 07, 2007 at 11:55 PM (#2638496)
Because I offer the projections for free, I cannot afford a ZiPSCave or a ZiPSPlane. I do have a ZiPSMazda, but it looks quite similar to my regular Mazda.

The Regular Mazda is pretty pimped out.
   16. Jim Wisinski Posted: December 08, 2007 at 04:13 AM (#2638585)
I do have a ZiPSMazda, but it looks quite similar to my regular Mazda.


Hopefully you aren't leasing, according to a guy I saw walking along the road today holding a sign that said thus, you should never lease a Mazda.
   17. Lassus: Posted: December 08, 2007 at 05:24 AM (#2638640)
The Regular Mazda is pretty pimped out


A huge air-brushed portrait of Toscanini.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
   18. Bitter Calculus Instructor Posted: December 08, 2007 at 05:56 AM (#2638674)
It's worth noting that ZiPS is actually supposed to be ZiPs, but I made a typo years ago and I decided to stick with it.


Ok, so what is the acronym "ZiPs" stand for.
   19. Crispix Attacks Posted: December 08, 2007 at 06:00 AM (#2638680)
I thought the "P" and the "S" were the only letters that actually stood for words. Shouldn't it be "ziPS"?
   20. Morally Excellent Posted: December 08, 2007 at 06:17 AM (#2638688)
I always assumed it was sZymborski's Projection System
   21. Dan Szymborski Posted: December 08, 2007 at 03:16 PM (#2638846)
Shock has it right.

First, I thought SPS, but it needed a vowel to be able to say. So it became SIPS, but that sounds like a juice box, so it becamse ZIPS. I also wanted it to rhyme with DIPS since I think that other than Voros's system, it was the first attempt to model $H for pitchers.

I'm sure if you guys use your imagination, you can figure out why I wanted it to be ZiPs. Free hint: I'm a Gen-Xer.
   22. Mike Emeigh Posted: December 08, 2007 at 03:29 PM (#2638855)
I've always felt for the guy since he got replaced by someone who clearly wasn't any better than him in Sean Casey.


Casey at least can play 1B. Shelton's a born DH.

Lost in the shuffle here is that Shelton hasn't hit for nearly two years (since a hot first month of 2006) and his strikeout rate has ballooned upward in that time period. Whatever he was doing in 2005 seems to have gone by the boards.

-- MWE
   23. Mike Emeigh Posted: December 08, 2007 at 03:32 PM (#2638859)
Does Shelton have any platoon splits? They could platoon him with Botts...


Except that Botts appears to be a better RHB than LHB, and Shelton bats right.

-- MWE
   24. Beauregard Posted: December 08, 2007 at 09:19 PM (#2639087)
I'm sure if you guys use your imagination, you can figure out why I wanted it to be ZiPs. Free hint: I'm a Gen-Xer.


Dan, I had some of these bad boys, too.
   25. Dan Szymborski Posted: December 08, 2007 at 10:32 PM (#2639135)
Heh, while I had a pair of those ZIPS, the spelling of ZiPs was for one of my favorite shows as a little kid, CHiPs. You could entertain me for hours with that and Dukes of Hazzard.

As great as that ZIPS commercial is, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd4C8_FMdjA">Alfonso Ribeiro's Breakin' and Poppin'</A? is still the best commercial in television history.
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