Recent content by Gubanich Plague

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    8/19 Beat the MFY

    Yankeesfans: The Stories Behind The Animated GIF. - Progressive Boink I have this bookmarked, it's required reading on YED in my house
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    The Red Sox ARE good. So now what?

    My guess is that Gammo forgot the word "happy": ". . .made the Red Sox development people happy they turned down. . ."
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    Cy Young and MVP races

    We have 3 self-contained leagues this year, East, West, and Central. Wouldn't it make sense to have an MVP and a CY winner from each of the 3, rather than for AL and NL? It would be very fitting for this strange season, and would distinguish as MVP award for a 60-game season from an MVP...
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    MLB’s sign-stealing controversy broadens: Sources say the Red Sox used video replay room illegally in 2018

    The other fielders should know what pitch is coming, or at least its location, so they have an idea of where a batted ball is likely to end up Even more important, middle infielders have to know when a pitchout is coming.
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    2019 ALCS - Yankees vs. Astros - General Gamethread

    There's a great post on the (fictitious) backstories on these people; it's a truly exceptional piece of creative writing. It's my traditional reading on Yankee Elimination Day; hopefully I'll be re-reading it tonight...
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    Craig Kimbrel: Dominant Closer

    In the after game commentary, Pedro said that Kimbrel was looking at his target too late, which is why his control has been so wild. Sounds plausible to me.
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    Why Baseball Games Are So Damned Long

    I may be mistaken, but it appears the existing (unenforced) rule starts the 20 seconds when the pitcher assumes the ready position, and the new rule starts the 20 seconds from the previous pitch.
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    Playoff Roster Construction

    It can get complicated. For example, say a pitcher gives up a single to a right-handed batter, then induces a double-play grounder by a left-handed batter. I would think that you count that as 2/3 of an inning against left-handed batters, yet the pitcher faced only 1 left-handed batter. It's...
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    September 2017 Game Thread

    18 games is 1/9 of a season, so that's the equivalent of a player with (whatever the Indians' average OPS was before this) having a full season (no missed at bats at all) of .955. Pretty amazing.
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    September callups (Travis, Swihart, Elias, Maddox, LIN, Marrero, Velazquez)

    I have no inside knowledge or special insight, but I'm hopeful that Brentz will be in Boston in 2018. I think part of the dynamic is that cutting Young-type players in October would make it tough to sign similar players in the future. Of course, it's a stretch to say that Kyle Martin, for...
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    Steve Palermo Dead at 67

    I'm surprised nobody has posted this yet (maybe it's somewhere else and I missed it). Steve Palermo was considered one of the best umpires in the game, but was paralyzed from the waist down when he was shot trying to break up a robbery. As usual, Joe Pos has a great take on Steve...
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    Race and the Red Sox

    Sorry, but I'm almost certain you're not privy to the whole story about your daughter's friend. The facts as you told them would precipitate a sussessful lawsuit at a public school, and at minimum some really really bad PR at a private one. It's more than possible to have a zero tolerance...
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    Race and the Red Sox

    Some thoughts from a long-term lurker. By way of background, my wife is of another race, our kids are mixed race, I lived for years in a country where I was a minority (white), and work and socialize with people of all races. In my opinion, we as a society concentrate too much on race, and not...
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    World Baseball Classic 2017

    I can see that we agree on a lot of things. I said you comment hit a nerve, but I didn't take it as you personally attacking me (how could you; I post so seldom that you I'd be surprised if you were aware of my existence). I agree that comments like Kinsler's can be disheartening, but when the...