Welcome to the 2014 SLAENT Major League Baseball OT presented by Derek Jeter's oral herpes cream.
Required reading:
Nerd stuff:
Sabremetrics 101.
Tom Tango's Sabremetrics 101 series.
The Sabremetric Wiki
The Fangraphs glossary of terms
Wikipedia on Sampling bias.
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler's_fallacy]Wikipedia on the Gambler's fallacy
Fun stuff:
The Tootblan tracker.
Bugs Bunny, Greatest Banned Player ever.
And one last link:
MLB Trade Rumors Free Agent tracker. Useful if you forgot who signed where and how many ridiculous 10 year contracts were handed out.
Anywho, we are a bit late as the season is a day old (or 3 days old if you're the Los Angeles Dodgers) but Baseball is back! America's past time and the best way to spend a summer afternoon this side of watching paint dry!
Consensus predictions:
AL
East: Boston Red Sox
Central: Detroit Tigers
West: Oakland A's
WC1: Tampa Rays
WC2: Texas/Cleveland
NL
East: Washington Natinals
Central: St. Louis Cardinals
West: Los Angeles Dodgers
WC1: Pittsburgh Pirates
WC2: Atlanta Barves
Required reading:
I’ve written this before: I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn’t. And that’s what makes it great.Fire Joe Morgan
Nerd stuff:
Sabremetrics 101.
Tom Tango's Sabremetrics 101 series.
The Sabremetric Wiki
The Fangraphs glossary of terms
Wikipedia on Sampling bias.
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler's_fallacy]Wikipedia on the Gambler's fallacy
Fun stuff:
The Tootblan tracker.
Bugs Bunny, Greatest Banned Player ever.
And one last link:
MLB Trade Rumors Free Agent tracker. Useful if you forgot who signed where and how many ridiculous 10 year contracts were handed out.
Anywho, we are a bit late as the season is a day old (or 3 days old if you're the Los Angeles Dodgers) but Baseball is back! America's past time and the best way to spend a summer afternoon this side of watching paint dry!
Consensus predictions:
AL
East: Boston Red Sox
Central: Detroit Tigers
West: Oakland A's
WC1: Tampa Rays
WC2: Texas/Cleveland
NL
East: Washington Natinals
Central: St. Louis Cardinals
West: Los Angeles Dodgers
WC1: Pittsburgh Pirates
WC2: Atlanta Barves
Frankman Favorite Mike Pelfrey getting pranked pretty good: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/video-twins-play-hilarious-march-madness-prank-mike-pelfrey-article-1.1734451
fuck the doyers.
Looks at this guy, trying to bad mouth our baseball team but cheer for our b-ball team.
call me when the doyers are relevant again.fuck the doyers.
Looks at this guy, trying to bad mouth our baseball team but cheer for our b-ball team.
call me when the doyers are relevant again.fuck the doyers.
Looks at this guy, trying to bad mouth our baseball team but cheer for our b-ball team.
Someone hasn't been paying attention.
call me when the doyers are relevant again.fuck the doyers.
Looks at this guy, trying to bad mouth our baseball team but cheer for our b-ball team.
They have the highest payroll in Baseball, had a ridiculous winning streak last year that propelled them into the playoffs, they have the highest paid pitcher in baseball, they just opened the season in a show case series in a foreign country, they have the best odds of winning the world series according to Vegas, Fangraphs.com has them currently projected to finish with the best record in baseball.
I mean how much more relevant do you want?
They have the highest payroll in Baseball, had a ridiculous winning streak last year that propelled them into the playoffs, they have the highest paid pitcher in baseball, they just opened the season in a show case series in a foreign country, they have the best odds of winning the world series according to Vegas, Fangraphs.com has them currently projected to finish with the best record in baseball.
I mean how much more relevant do you want?
Anglols have won a championship more recently than them.
F da Doyers.
how about not getting embarassed on national television? and try to actually win game 6 but instead getting shut out.Looks at this guy, trying to bad mouth our baseball team but cheer for our b-ball team.call me when the doyers are relevant again.
They have the highest payroll in Baseball, had a ridiculous winning streak last year that propelled them into the playoffs, they have the highest paid pitcher in baseball, they just opened the season in a show case series in a foreign country, they have the best odds of winning the world series according to Vegas, Fangraphs.com has them currently projected to finish with the best record in baseball.
I mean how much more relevant do you want?
what i witnessed in that decisive game 6 should only be reserved for the knicks.
if they actually tried, i wouldn't be giving them this much shit.
doyer fans can talk about payrolls as if that's a barometer to a successful season, but until they actually decide to make some real noise in the playoffs, i'll continue to clown them in the same level as the lolknicks.
Anglols have won a championship more recently than them.
F da Doyers.
They have the highest payroll in Baseball, had a ridiculous winning streak last year that propelled them into the playoffs, they have the highest paid pitcher in baseball, they just opened the season in a show case series in a foreign country, they have the best odds of winning the world series according to Vegas, Fangraphs.com has them currently projected to finish with the best record in baseball.
I mean how much more relevant do you want?
Anglols have won a championship more recently than them.
F da Doyers.
This makes sense coming from you, since Lakers:Clippers::Dodgers:Angels. Meaning no matter how bad LA's team is or how good the JV squad is, they still ain't shit.
how about not getting embarassed on national television? and try to actually win game 6 but instead getting shut out.
what i witnessed in that decisive game 6 should only be reserved for the knicks.
if they actually tried, i wouldn't be giving them this much shit.
doyer fans can talk about payrolls as if that's a barometer to a successful season, but until they actually decide to make some real noise in the playoffs, i'll continue to clown them in the same level as the lolknicks.Anglols have won a championship more recently than them.
F da Doyers.
I don't see how being 2 games away from the World Series is anything other than relevancy. If winning Championships is the only barometer for relevancy than only 1 team is ever relevant at a time, which is a ludicrous concept. They had the fourth best record in the league, they won 5 games in the playoffs, including their first round series. They're the odds on favorites for the title this year.
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I'm not seeing how the Dodgers are anything but relevant.
Bluemax, you have to forgive the Lakers fans. Their brains have been addled by all that tanking, they don't know how baseball works.
Maybe I haven't been paying attention, but is it just me, or did the Blue jays not do anything in the offseason?
This is stickied? Despite being for Spring Training? Hmm, we might need a thread title change!
Aside from that, I enjoyed opening day. The Mariners gave me reasons to be optimistic, but my battered wife syndrome says not to believe.
Aside from that, I enjoyed opening day. The Mariners gave me reasons to be optimistic, but my battered wife syndrome says not to believe.
Thread Stickied and Title changed.
Even though baseball sucks, it warrants a proper stickied thread.
leggo angels!
Even though baseball sucks, it warrants a proper stickied thread.
leggo angels!
call me when the doyers are relevant again.fuck the doyers.
Looks at this guy, trying to bad mouth our baseball team but cheer for our b-ball team.
Wat? This is straight fertilizer right here.
Edit: ohh you're a salty angels fan. Continue on.
Its kind of amazing that the Yankees infield might actually be worse than the Astros, which means it might honestly be the worst one in the AL.
SF 8
LA 0
top of the 4th.
yup, look at all that relevancy going on.
Talk come playoff time , when your owner is still leveraging a relocation and the only ball team you have is off season Lakers.
Went to opening day yesterday. Vin came out on the back of a 65 mustang, got escorted to the mound by Magic and threw the opening pitch to Koufax.
Then Chris Paul who was in attendance was asked to name as many members of the Olympic dream team as he could in 12 seconds and was drown out by a wave of boos.
Dodgers lost but it was a cool day all in all.
edit: and Kareem was there today. :)
Then Chris Paul who was in attendance was asked to name as many members of the Olympic dream team as he could in 12 seconds and was drown out by a wave of boos.
Dodgers lost but it was a cool day all in all.
edit: and Kareem was there today. :)
SF 8
LA 0
top of the 4th.
yup, look at all that relevancy going on.
The season is 162 games long for a reason.
Bluemax you still on "that OTHER forum" right? Invite MLB-"that OTHER forum" member here. I miss talking to Braves-"that OTHER forum" and my fellow Mets-"that OTHER forum" guys like dmncby2k9 and stuff.
Bluemax you still on "that OTHER forum" right? Invite MLB-"that OTHER forum" member here. I miss talking to Braves-"that OTHER forum" and my fellow Mets-"that OTHER forum" guys like dmncby2k9 and stuff.
This place can barely handle traffic as is. I think we're holding off on expanding until the real Slaent launches.
This place can barely handle traffic as is. I think we're holding off on expanding until the real Slaent launches.Good point.
Bluemax you still on "that OTHER forum" right? Invite MLB-"that OTHER forum" member here. I miss talking to Braves-"that OTHER forum" and my fellow Mets-"that OTHER forum" guys like dmncby2k9 and stuff.
Get out of here. You were the dumb ass who got banned for no fucking reason.
Bluemax you still on "that OTHER forum" right? Invite MLB-"that OTHER forum" member here. I miss talking to Braves-"that OTHER forum" and my fellow Mets-"that OTHER forum" guys like dmncby2k9 and stuff.
I've been perma banned over there for almost a year now. I invited the irc crew, ie Sanjuro and Enron.
Get out of here. You were the dumb ass who got banned for no fucking reason.EXACTLY. :lol:
I love it when people make my point for me.
i've already cleansed myself of any interest in the nats--the guys are just soft, consistently injured and come into spring training hurt, meh
I'm more disappointed in how abysmal the Mariners offense has been. Cano is hitting empty singles and no one else is hitting at all. Kyle Seager's peripherals suggest he's gonna start hitting soon so that's something. Miller meanwhile looks hopeless.
oh hai there mariners fans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqOIfq5sPW8
I would rather lose than have your jerseys so it's all good...
What are you implying!?oh hai there mariners fans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqOIfq5sPW8
I would rather lose than have your jerseys so it's all good…
With that being said I was really surprised by how loud the place sounded lol
What are you implying!?oh hai there mariners fans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqOIfq5sPW8
I would rather lose than have your jerseys so it's all good…
With that being said I was really surprised by how loud the place sounded lol
Bobcats fugly
You think they move Mike this season?
You think they move Mike this season?
Definitely not this year. I'd say during his contract year or if they get an inkling that he's out the moment it's up, and while his stock is at its highest
But it's the Marlins way to always buy high and sell low. I hate this franchise
I'm still never forgiving them for trading Miggy. Like I knew at the time it was a fucking horrible deal and they were letting go one of the greatest hitters in the era, let alone baseball history
Hey guys so how bout dem Yanke--
*is booed out of the thread*
But no seriously, Tanaka and Pineda are badasses, and I might kinda sorta not be completely and utterly repulsed by Tacoby anymore? Maybe?
I'm sure that'll pass once he reaches a true cold streak.
*is booed out of the thread*
But no seriously, Tanaka and Pineda are badasses, and I might kinda sorta not be completely and utterly repulsed by Tacoby anymore? Maybe?
I'm sure that'll pass once he reaches a true cold streak.
Hey guys so how bout dem Yanke–
*is booed out of the thread*
But no seriously, Tanaka and Pineda are badasses, and I might kinda sorta not be completely and utterly repulsed by Tacoby anymore? Maybe?
I'm sure that'll pass once he reaches a true cold streak.
.....................just let me have my one year of happiness
