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Hank Chinaski

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  1. I just assume Lance will never throw more than 100 IP in a season again.
  2. I’ve heard that Chas is a weirdo (more so than an asshole). That he struggled to read the room when he came up to the big club (did some things rookies shouldn’t be doing). Not sure if that has corrected itself at this point (you’d think it would have), but that was the word early on.
  3. I hear you, but his own team just gave Bogaerts a deal into his 40s. If he performs in ‘23 anything like he did in ‘22, he probably should opt out.
  4. They’re both bulldogs, I believe.
  5. Counterpoint: wouldn’t being gored to death by Bevo be a humane thing, to relieve the misery of a poor dog that is forced to live in that environment, among those people?
  6. It depends entirely on how you view the value of Maldy’s non-offensive play - his defense, how he handles pitchers, calls pitches, etc. While I believe he is good at these things, I have no idea how to quantify it and thus no idea how valuable it really is. But hell, Dusty seems to think there’s something there, and we made no effort to replace him. And people think Yadier Molina and his career 97 wRC+ is a goddamn HOFer. So maybe there’s something to it.
  7. I don’t necessarily disagree, though I’d again say that Elway is right there among the most physically talented (and translating the talent into on-field success). I don’t know how you differentiate them, but they strike me as very similar from a physical talent standpoint.
  8. I guess that was “crying.” But for real, the book has some interesting stuff about sign-stealing strategies from multiple teams. If you’re actually interested it is probably worth reading.
  9. I’ve been watching baseball for 40 years and I still don’t completely understand what the fuck a balk is. I kinda do, but not really.
  10. The book apparently details lots of stuff about what teams other than the Astros were doing as well; y’all should read it. Also - if history has taught us anything, it’s this:
  11. What the fuck is “baw?” Nevermind, I don’t care.
  12. I just want specific examples of all the stuff Texas has done over the years that has egregiously screwed A&M and everyone else. Real, substantiated, specific incidents and examples. It’s a nice, convenient talking point to just repeat “Texas always ruins everything, just wait,” but I really have no idea what we’ve supposedly ruined and how exactly we ruined it. (And yes, the examples should probably include things that A&M didn’t also sign off on.)
  13. That’s fair, though I always kind of feel like the “increased athleticism” idea applies to all players - offense and defense. So it all sort of offsets, right? Point is, it’s tough to compare across eras. Pure passing statistics don’t work because of all that has been mentioned here (different rules, different offensive philosophies, evolution of the game, etc). I just feel like SB wins as a stand-alone metric of how good a QB is doesn’t make that much sense because there are too many variables that determine that (not unlike pitcher wins in baseball).
  14. This. Montana got the absolute shit beat out of him in the ‘80s (all of them did) and every rule change since has benefitted offenses. Not saying it’s a bad thing necessarily, but it’s a different game now.
  15. I think QBs in general are overrated. That’s just how it is, always has been and always will be. We give them credit for Super Bowl wins, which has always been weird to me. (Does Pete Carroll deciding not to punch it in with Marshawn Lynch make Brady a better QB?) I like watching the line play, and KC’s OL was phenomenal tonight. They get the game ball. Mahomes is great, has always reminded me of Elway. I don’t think that if he wins a third Super Bowl that that means he’s necessarily better than Elway - that’s a weird metric to me if we’re talking about how good a player is.
  16. Wow, whoever runs this account is quite the petulant titty-baby. Fat, bitter and childish is no way to go through life, son, and the pretend tough-guy routine doesn’t actually get you anywhere - especially when it reads more like the rantings of a spurned ex-girlfriend. (Not sure if fat, but the quote is the quote.)
  17. What are the highlights, for those of us unwilling to create an account?
  18. (I know the ads are inevitable but goddamnit it will never not bug the shit out of me.)
  19. Probably doesn’t make a shit. I’m sure he/his agent have an idea of what it would take from a years/dollar perspective, regardless of the arb result.
  20. Goddamn, why are they so obsessed with the first meeting being in CS? They know the game will be played every year at alternating campuses, right? The shit from which they derive self-affirmation is bizarre. Also: What “makes sense” to them is that this ongoing, 9-figure negotiation between networks was finally settled only because Texas was desperate to hang onto a few teenaged football recruits, who would have left if they had been made to play an extra season in the B12? That’s what makes sense? The only thing that makes sense? Seriously what planet do these guys live on? That’s a child’s outlook. Christ.
  21. Someone’s not a Gen-X-er…
  22. I wish they’d stay in Oakland, but I can’t see anyone wanting to pay for renovation of that decrepit stadium, and the taxpayers there have made it clear they aren’t paying for a new stadium either. Probably just a matter of time at this point.
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