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It has
been
almost a month since my last update. Sorry about that...been super
busy
and haven't really had time to do anything.....
| PLAYER |
AVG | RBI |
HR | SLG |
OPS |
| X | .352 |
52 | 14 |
.568 | .975 |
| Y |
.365 | 64 |
10 | .528 |
.972 |
Before
we get started....take a look at the numbers above and tell me who is
truely better. And if one is "so much" better than the other, is he so
much better that he deserves tons of credit whereas noone mentions the
other guy? Take a look at the numbers and just think about it for a
second or two...
time for some short quick jokes...
| Two
gay men decide to have a baby. They mix their sperm, then have a
surrogate mother artificially inseminated. When the baby is born, they
rush to the hospital. Two dozen babies are in the ward, 23 of which
are
crying and screaming. One, over in the corner, is smiling
serenely. A nurse comes by, and to
the gays' delight, she points out the happy child as
theirs. "Isn't it wonderful?" Neil
says to Bob. "All these unhappy children, and ours is so
happy." The nurse says, "He's
happy now. But just wait until we take the pacifier out of his butt."
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| A
jewish guy is driving to work one day... he starts looking for a
parking space and notices he's gonna be late... there's no parking
anywhere- he looks up at the sky and says to god: "dear lord I promise
that if u help me find a parking space i'll start eating only kosher
food, rest on saturday and do all the mitzvas i'm suppoused to..." 5
seconds later he finds a parking space... he looks up at the sky
again:
"dear god, never mind- I found one on my
own" |
Here
are the answers to the last post...with the movie thing. Sorry I
couldn't find a picture to post on here...so I'll just provide the
link
so you can go and find the answers. The site is a bit shady and I dont
necessarily agree with their answers...but here ya
go
CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO ANSWERS
now...a
comparison JOE MAUER VS BRIAN MCCANN  
How
many times do catchers lead the league in batting? Rare...very rare.
How often does the AL and NL batting champ each play the catcher
position? Never. It will happen this year. Here is my issue
now....everyone raves and ohh and awes over Joe Mauer...but nobody
mentions Brian McCann? Lets throw up some stats
| PLAYER |
AVG | RBI |
HR | SLG |
OPS |
| McCann |
.352 | 52 |
14 | .568 |
.975 |
| Mauer |
.365 | 64 |
10 | .528 |
.972 |
McCann is only batting a few points lower (and nothing is wrong with
.352) and have more homers and a better slugging and ops
(slugging + on base percentage). Mauer has more RBIs but that
is
because McCann has spent time on the 15 day DL and Mauer has played 14
games at DH (stupid rule). And remember...Brian McCann is
younger...
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| This is like the music puzzle from months back...but this time there
are "maybe" 100 movies represented in this photo...have fun.
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This is all I have to say about
Trevor Hoffman....
Thanks
for blowing it for the NL. Thanks for losing home field advantage for
the NL World Series representative. Way to lower that 10+ ERA in All
Star appearances. I was going to trade for you from JJ, but now all
trades are off. Sorry JJ, I am not allowed to have this guy on my team
now.
another topic that saddens me...
Back
in the 1970s Ted Turner started beaming his Braves team over the air
and was even given the monikor "America's Team" for a while. It got to
where they aired 150 games a year and had some of the most homer
announcers ever. And it was great. A
few years ago they made a decision to start scaling back the Braves on
TBS and renamed it MLB on TBS and temporarily got rid of Skip Carey
and
Pete Van Wieren to create a more neutral telecast. Then they started
scaling back the amount of games shown from 150....to 90...and down to
70 this year. And now...this... TBS
agreed on a 7 year deal with MLB to show non Braves games for the
first
time. It includes all the divisional series games started in 2007 and
26 Sunday afternoon games starting in 2008. It also includes showing
the draft and MLB All Star selection. TBS
will keep their commitment to show 70 Braves game next year but in
2008
the Braves become just another team in the new national package on
TBS.
The new deal says they can only show a team 13 times per year on its
Sunday afternoon Schedule. Viewers
in Atlanta will still see Braves games. They were scheduled for 45
games in 2008-20012 and that will continue, with the majority of the
rest being on Turner South, Fox Sports South and ESPN. No more than 13
of these games, potetially less, will be shown nationally.
Meaning viewers outside of the Atlanta region will only see 13 and
more
than likely less Braves games a year. This sucks hardcore. I'm going
to
have to drag a video cable to my TV now and watch
MLB.TV Ok
I want to address one more issue: Atlanta's postseason chances. Baring
a major collapse by the Mets the division is theirs. This leaves the
Wild Card. I found these statistics on some website and I will post it
here for the people who refuse to acknowledge the Braves are playing
excellent ball lately and think they have no shot at being in
the
playoffs.
During the last week before the break,
they
trimmed a 10 game deficiet down to 6 1/2 games. Here is how 11 teams
in
the final few weeks of the season. This next section is copied and
pasted...
1. Los Angeles (46-42):
Dodgers are 10-12 with a 4.85 ERA and only 11 home runs in 22 games
since June 16, and have won just one of their past four
series. 2. Colorado (44-43):
Rockies are 10-11 with a .258 batting average since June 16, including
three straight home losses to Arizona to close the "first
half." 3. Cincinnati (45-44):
Reds went 1-8 with a 6.69 ERA to finish half. 'Nuff said.
4. San Francisco (45-44): Giants are 11-12
with a .252 average and 4.52 ERA since June 16, and with one series win
in five before the break. 5. Milwaukee
(44-46):
Brewers are 9-11 with .244 average and 5.01 ERA since June 19, and
lost
three in a row to the lowly Cubs to close the first half.
6. Arizona (43-45): D-backs are 9-23 with a
6.13 ERA since June 5. Six-one-three. 7.
Houston (43-46):
Astros are 7-13 with a .242 average and shaky bullpen since June 18,
and lost three in a row to Central rival St. Louis before the break.
8. Philadelphia (40-47):
Phillies are 7-18 with 5.72 ERA since June 11, and are expected to
start selling off parts (Burrell, Gordon, etc.) any day now.
9. Atlanta (40-49):
Braves are 10-6 with .292 average and 3.73 ERA since June 23, and lead
the majors with .339 average and .564 slugging percentage in
July. 10. Florida (38-48):
Marlins' youth is showing; 3-7 with a 6.93 ERA in July.
11. Washington (38-52): Nationals are 8-18
with a 6.51 ERA since June 12, and are expected to shed some big
salaries before the July 31 trade deadline.
NOW...tell me how impossible it looks to be playing in late
October now...
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| Well, to
end "Rolly's" suspense...yes the answer to the riddle was that it was
daytime. Come on Rob, just use your own name.
Speaking of Rob, congratulations! Jill and Rob are having a
baby. Yes, this means I will be an uncle. Uncle Steve.
Fun
week ahead. July 2-5 I'll be sitting in The ATL with my dad, JJ and
Worm watching two horribly struggling teams. Who would have though the
Braves would be in last place and the Cards are losing 8 strait games?
These two teams should be 1-2 in the league.
On
the
Braves again, everyone noticed and talked about Anthony Reyes' start
last week. Noone mentioned Chuck James, who pitched just as well. He
gave up one more hit than Reyes but also struck out more guys. He is
the young Glavine with more K's if you watch
him.
I want to
give a
quick shout out and thanks to Britteny and Julia for taking care of
Scuba Squirrel, who is now just Squirrel. After his mask was took,
they
fashioned him up nicely. Just take a glance.
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