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Monday, May 20, 2013

The Changing Gigantics of SF | Bill James Online

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posted 4 hours ago by Jim Furtado to giants, sabermetrics | 7 comment(s)

Is this really true?

Baseball teams change at a glacial pace. I’m not talking about how a team does in a given season…that can change quite dramatically…I’m talking about what a team is: the broad scope of a team’s talents, their strengths and weaknesses. A team that’s good at converting a double play generally stays good at turning the double-play, just as a team with a terrible bullpen can’t make that bullpen a strength, at least not quickly. A team that gets lots of production ...

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1. charityslave is thinking about baseball posted on November 20, 2012 at 03:08 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I thought it was going to be in the context of "boy, Loria really f*cked the A's out of whatever little hope remained of getting a new stadium" or even "does anyone know what the f*ck this thing is on my head", but it was just a pedestrian "I'm not going to answer the f*cking question". What a waste of an f-bomb.

2. ColonelTom posted on November 20, 2012 at 03:11 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Jeff Loria will save the A's!

3. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars posted on November 20, 2012 at 03:25 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Over the past decade, Selig has continually clung to unwritten laws of “territorial rights,” noting that anarchy would exist without them.

"Human sacrifice! Giants and A's living together! Mass hysteria!"

4. zonk posted on November 20, 2012 at 03:37 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Things that keep me up at night...

What if, through the course of linguistics, the evolution of language, and scientific naming conventions -- atoms were 'fatoms' and/or hydrogen was 'fydrogen'... would the world be forced to actually say the word #### instead of 'F' bomb?

5. Swedish Chef posted on November 20, 2012 at 03:40 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

would the world be forced to actually say the word #### instead of 'F' bomb?

Nah, they would scratch the first letter and drop 'uck'-bombs.

6. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on November 20, 2012 at 03:47 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

What if, through the course of linguistics, the evolution of language, and scientific naming conventions -- atoms were 'fatoms' and/or hydrogen was 'fydrogen'... would the world be forced to actually say the word #### instead of 'F' bomb?

Sadly, Gary Carter is no longer with us to answer this.

7. The Yankee Clapper posted on November 20, 2012 at 03:58 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

First, dying his hair blonde, and now cursing in public? What has got into Bud? Better keep an eye on his "biographer".

8. winnipegwhip posted on November 20, 2012 at 04:10 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

A slip of the forked tongue by Selig.

9. The Chronicles of Reddick posted on November 20, 2012 at 04:45 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

And yet he had no problem moving the Nats to DC.

10. Baseballs Most Beloved Figure posted on November 20, 2012 at 04:52 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

And yet he had no problem moving the Nats to DC.

Or leaving the A's in Oakland which is more than twice as close to SF as is San Jose.

11. The Yankee Clapper posted on November 20, 2012 at 05:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The A's should "study" moving back to Philadelphia - that might get MLB to find a suitable Bay-area location a bit more rapidly.

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