...nic pic of Pablo Sandoval;

[Mattingly23NY]

...and there you have it, folks...yet more statistical gymnastics. This is exactly why children should not be allowed to play on the internet.

...now you only want to point to OPS ?...why am I not surprised?
... the team OPS at SS was dragged down by Ryan (.413) and others...Jeter had an OPS of .617
...Headley?....700 OPS last year (I suppose you think that's good for a 3Bman?)...3B eam OPS was .726 (I noticed you didn't post that)...yeah, huge upgrade. Can you explain this?
...and Gregorius ?...again, yeah, huge upgrade.

...and how many of us "schmucks" (not sure what a "shmuk" is) have said they are not hoping for a better year from some of the players?..answer?...no one, but you already knew that, right?

...the problem is that you seem to see only improvement from last year and that everyone will remain healthy and you also assume the pitching staff will somehow be as good if not better and will somehow also remain healthy. Again, as far as I know, you're the only one who is predicting "90+ wins" this year...but everyone else on the planet is somehow wrong?....can you explain this?



...every time you post you dig the hole deeper and deeper.

I only know of one off season schmuck on this board, (and it sure as hell is NOT any regular poster with >2,000 posts).......during the season, we have two, the "self anointed Mgr. and Baseball expert," due to playing in rookie league slow pitch softball.

I'm with Brian Williams sitting here in China, waiting for that gopher hole to pop open, from halfway around the world....~ Big News too, with 2 Chinese Reporters covering the phenom for Mandarin Monkey TV....~

 

[yankeesince59]

He can't, remember.....................he said he was done.

...I know, and I hated embarrassing the little guy any more than he's already embarrassed himself but, well, you know.

...that's OK, he'll be back on his knees in no time and jumping through hoops once more.

 

[blgridesagain]

...I posted BAs...you then decided to interject OPS...now you're again reverting back to BA and comparing it to career numbers in order to ridicule Ichiro?

...please just stop with your incessant self-mutilation...it's painful to watch.

No silly, YOU were the one who first injected Ichiro's BA to try and prove he was an asset in RF.......so I proceeded to demonstrate how his BA , supplied by you wasn't so impressive....he was basically a harmless slap hitter who couldn't hit .285.

Don't play silly games with me...please.....the 2014 production from RF,SS,1b and DH was dreadful.....you can slice it any way you want to......I happen to believe there will be good improvement from most of those areas in 2015......we'll see how things work out.

 

[yankeesince59]

Jeter and Ichiro were borderline terrible last year which, highlighting their averages as bright spots, shows you just how bad the team was last season. Jeter being penciled in at the top of the lineup every day was a great disservice.

...that's not what this is about though...no one said either of them had banner years.
...but yeah, I think I understand what you're saying...pretty much the whole team under-acheived offensively last year...and the pitching staff over-achieved in a way. Unless they add an arm before opening day or unless Tanaka, CC, Pineda, and Nova (when he returns) can all remain healthy AND perform as expected, the BP will be burnt out out by July because the starters were not able to go deep into games.

 

[Rick2583]

So much for being done.

 

[blgridesagain]

I doubt that.

You doubt what? Are you nuts? lol

 

[Mattingly23NY]

...I know, and I hated embarrassing the little any more than he's already embarrassed himself but, well, you know.

...that's OK, he'll be back on his knees in no time and jumping through hoops once more.

I've been waiting too long, for that kid to for once, not be able to pull both of his feet out of his small mouth.......

But he'll never get the boots, out of his ass.........that's for sure.....!

 

[yankeesince59]

...uhhh, you "interjected" OPS after I pointed to BA...and I never said Ichiro's BA was "impressive") (you made that part up, no surprise)...I only disproved what you said by illustrating that he and Jeter alone were not the reasons why TEAM BA at their positions was was down last year...caught up yet?...can you/will you dispute this?

...Ichiro has always been a slap hitter and was only in RF because Beltran was out most of the time...I notice how you conveniently like to flip flop from one facet of the game to another to suit your agenda but I'll play your little "gymnastics" game ...why do you omit Ichiro's defense and base stealing/running?...hmmm?

...still waiting for you to explain why you're the only one who sees "90+ wins" out of this team this year and why everyone else on the planet is somehow wrong.

...also still waiting for you to explain why you think Headley will be such an offensive "upgrade" over last year. What metric will you use this time?...the length of his pecker?

 

[Mattingly23NY]

...uhhh, you "interjected" OPS after I pointed to BA...and I never said Ichiro's BA was "impressive") (you made that part up, no surprise)...I only said that he and Jeter alone were not the reasons why TEAM BA at their positions was was down last year...caught up yet?...can you/will you dispute this?

...Ichiro has always been a slap hitter and was only in RF because Beltran was out most of the time...I notice how you conveniently like to flip flip from one facet of the game to suit your agenda but I'll play your little "gymnastics" game ...why do you omit leave out Ichiro's defense and base stealing/running?...hmmm.

...still waiting for you to explain why you're the only one who sees "90+ wins" out of this team this year and why everyone else on the planet is somehow wrong.

...also still waiting for you to explain why you think Headley will be such an offensive "upgrade" over last year. What metric will you use this time?...the length of his pecker?

Utilizing OPS only, now I'm sure we will hear how crucial WAR is as a essential, non-essential Stat....! LMAO....!

 

[Rick2583]

You doubt what? Are you nuts? lol

I doubted you were done. I've been around these boards for over a dozen years & you're right up there with the hand full of posters I've seen that love to argue just for the hell of it.

 

[blgridesagain]

...I know, and I hated embarrassing the little guy any more than he's already embarrassed himself but, well, you know.

...that's OK, he'll be back on his knees in no time and jumping through hoops once more.

Stick with your batting averages.....any other stat is some kind of gymnastic cherry picking. YOU brought up Jeter's BA as some sort of defense for the lousy offensive production from SS, .....when I injected OPS (tell us this isn't a well respected stat, I dare you) you blamed Ryan for dragging the OPS down - so now I give you and the board some other Jeter numbers, he was 10th amount reg A.L. SS in OBP, 11th in SLG%, OPS 11th, and your famous BA- he was 9th.

Now, would you like to "cherry pick" some other offensive stats?
Maybe you can invent a couple. Lmao.

Then you gave us Ichiro's fancy .284 BA which happened to be 33 pts lower than his career BA.....so I "cherry picked" ◀ (I love that lame excuse) a couple of more offensive stats he provided for that "awesome" RF production the Yanks got in 2014.
He was 12th in the A.L. in OPS, 7th in OBP, 12th in SLG%, 12th in total bases....had 22 RBI and a grand total of ONE HR.

Now, would you like to add some more important numbers......maybe you can create some new break-throughs in batting stats.

Shame on you.....nothing left to say but childish insults.

 

[yankeesince59]

...shame on me?....says the clown who refers to those who disagree with him as "shmuks schmucks"...again, hypocritical much?

...are you going to answer my questions or not?

"...still waiting for you to explain why you're the only one who sees "90+ wins" out of this team this year and why everyone else on the planet is somehow wrong.

...also still waiting for you to explain why you think Headley will be such an offensive "upgrade" over last year."

 

[blgridesagain]

Wait there's a couple of more "cherry picked" stats.
Amoung reg A.L SS, Jeter was 13th in extra basehits.
Amoung qualifying A.L. RF, Ichiro was 10th in extra base hits.

Feel like doing anymore statistical gymnastics?
Or have you come up yet with anything else but BATTING AVERAGES?

Now go call your puppets, you could use some help....lol

 

[yankeesince59]

...pretty much what I thought...you can't/won't answer 2 simple questions.

"...still waiting for you to explain why you're the only one who sees "90+ wins" out of this team this year and why everyone else on the planet is somehow wrong.

...also still waiting for you to explain why you think Headley will be such an offensive "upgrade" over last year."



...and where are your "puppets"... oh, wait, you have none, which has already been well established...you're all alone.





...I've had quite enough of your garbage...maybe you'll enjoy talking/arguing with yourself.

 

[blgridesagain]

...pretty much what I thought...you can't/won't answer 2 simple questions.

"...still waiting for you to explain why you're the only one who sees "90+ wins" out of this team this year and why everyone else on the planet is somehow wrong.

...also still waiting for you to explain why you think Headley will be such an offensive "upgrade" over last year."



...and where are your "puppets"... oh, wait, you have none, which has already been well established...you're all alone

...I've had quite enough of your garbage...maybe you'll enjoy talking/arguing with yourself.

____________________________________

This is my post # 27 from the Redsox make offer for Hamel thread:


"Excuse me....once again you're playing your little word games....I have said I think the Yanks will win APPROX 90 games- you said 90+wins."


"Stop putting words in my mouth.....and YES, sometimes people have THEIR reasons to waive "pom poms".


Do YOU always wave the white flag before the season has begun?



And I've said this a couple of times, yes, I do think the TOTAL package of offense AND defense from Headley will be an asset at 3b for the Yanks over the course of the whole 2015 season.
I'm sure you're aware this is contingent on him staying reasonably healthy.
If he gets his playing time, he'll do a good job at 3b for the Yanks.


Now go away, lol...I know its kinda difficult when you can't bamboozle me.
But I still love ya.....its only baseball!

 

[blgridesagain]

...pretty much what I thought...you can't/won't answer 2 simple questions.

"...still waiting for you to explain why you're the only one who sees "90+ wins" out of this team this year and why everyone else on the planet is somehow wrong.

...also still waiting for you to explain why you think Headley will be such an offensive "upgrade" over last year."



...and where are your "puppets"... oh, wait, you have none, which has already been well established...you're all alone

...I've had quite enough of your garbage...maybe you'll enjoy talking/arguing with yourself.

____________________________________

This is my post # 27 from the Redsox make offer for Hamel thread:


Excuse me....once again you're playing your little word games....I have said I think the Yanks will win APPROX 90 games- you said 90+wins.


Stop putting words in my mouth.....and YES, sometimes people have THEIR reasons to waive "pom poms".



And I've said this a couple of times, yes, I do think the TOTAL package of offense AND defense will be an asset at 3b for the Yanks over the course of the whole 2015 season.
I'm sure you're aware this is contingent on him staying reasonably healthy.
If he gets his playing time, he'll do a good job at 3b for the Yanks.


Now go away, lol...I know its kinda difficult when you can't bamboozle me.
But I still love ya.....its only baseball!

 

[Messiah717]

Hey Tex says his strength is back. That's reason to celebrate.

 

[Rick2583]

Hey Tex says his strength is back. That's reason to celebrate.

Now if he can only get his ability back we'll be okay.

 

[blgridesagain]

I've been waiting too long, for that kid to for once, not be able to pull both of his feet out of his small mouth.......

But he'll never get the boots, out of his ass.........that's for sure.....!

By the way, you never did supply a similar quote from any of Hank's contemporaries regarding his scathing rant about "Redsox Nation" being a bunch of bullsh!t created by redsox fans over at ESPN. You do Not have a small mouth, you specialize in five minutes of irrelevant boring fog. But i must ask, what kind of footwear do YOU wear in YOUR mouth?

 

[totus44]

Hey Tex says his strength is back. That's reason to celebrate.

Did he go back to the mullet?

 

[Mattingly23NY]

By the way, you never did supply a similar quote from any of Hank's contemporaries regarding his scathing rant about "Redsox Nation" being a bunch of bullsh!t created by redsox fans over at ESPN. You do Not have a small mouth, you specialize in five minutes of irrelevant boring fog. But i must ask, what kind footwear do you wear in YOUR mouth?

Was it your Mom or Teacher who used to leave the entire bar of lye soap in your mouth, for hopes, you'd either learn something, run away, or just never figure out, no one here is going to do your homework for you.

Your constant harassment, of questions you ask, demanding answers to, and along comes one to give you a over sized key to MLB History, but you can't figure out if that's a key or a shoe horn?

The sad thing, is only you have tons to learn, especially about MLB History, but are to damned lazy to even google, what is is, you demand out of others......do us all a favor, their having tryouts for high Diving on the Bridge Tonight.....your up...!

How the hell did you escape out of Bellevue? Ah the garbage dumpster trick, what did you do, curl up in a Turkey's ass to escape?

Fawn over yourself, no one else will.....YAWN......

 

[yankeesince59]

...wow, I see Rainman is still at it.

1. He claimed several days ago that the Yanx will win "88-92 games".

2. Since then several people have said several times they cannot see the Yanx winning that many games..

3. "90+" games has been used as the basis of this debate ever since it began and he never once disputed that number, not once...until now.

4. Now several days later he is backing off his prediction and now claims words are being put in his mouth and that he never said or implied "90+ games".



...now, can someone explain to me how saying the Yanx could win as many as "92 games" is not the same as saying they could win "90+" games?

 

[totus44]

Ron, its the new math. He's using common core methodology. Give him a gold star for trying?

 

[yankeesince59]

...gold star?...you mean like "the golden turd award"?

 

[blgridesagain]

...wow, I see Rainman is still at it.

1. He claimed several days ago that the Yanx will win "88-92 games".

2. Since then several people have said several times they cannot see the Yanx winning that many games..

3. "90+" games has been used as the basis of this debate ever since it began and he never once disputed that number, not once...until now.

4. Now several days later he is backing off his prediction and now claims words are being put in his mouth and that he never said or implied "90+ games".



...now, can someone explain to me how saying the Yanx could win as many as "92 games" is not the same as saying they could win "90+" games?

You can easily look it up from previous posts - I have said I think the Yanks will win approx- approx 90 games.....and on one occasion I mentioned "approx 90" wins give or take a couple which could ALSO mean (obviously to those who know what approximately means) could also mean anywhere from 88,89-90 wins, and YES,I have also said on one occasion if things break right they could win a couple more than 90.
As of now, I say they win APPROXIMATELY 90 games....live with it.
Now stop playing your cheesy straw-man semantic games in an effort to discredit me.

 

[totus44]

Don't walk back your 90+ homerism man, own it with pride.

 

[blgridesagain]

This is a post of mine (#8) from the "less than 40 days" thread:
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I don't see it being much better but one has to believe that CC, Beltran & McCann will have better seasons & that there's really no where for Teixeira to go but up.
They won 84 games last - they'll win approx 90 this year......could be higher, could be lower IF THEY SUFFER ALOT OF INJURIES.

Unfortunately, I can't say if it will or won't be good enough for a playoff spot.


Feel better?

blgridesagain, Jan 15, 2015


___________________


There ya go....I own up to it and stand by it.
Approx 90 wins!!!!!

 

[Rick2583]

Holy shit, this thread adds a whole new meaning to "The never ending story".

 

[totus44]

Is 91 = to approx. 90? How about 92 = approx. 90?

If yes, than approx. Does imply 90+.


Try this: 89.5 wins, over or under?

 

[totus44]

Holy shit, this thread adds a whole new meaning to "The never ending story".

We need a rule: pick a whole number, or pick a fraction and claim over/under.

 

[yankeesince59]

You can easily look it up from previous posts - I have said I think the Yanks will win approx- approx 90 games.....and on one occasion I mentioned "approx 90" wins give or take a couple which could ALSO mean (obviously to those who know what approximately means) could also mean anywhere from 88,89-90 wins, and YES,I have also said on one occasion if things break right they could win a couple more than 90.
As of now, I say they win APPROXIMATELY 90 games....live with it.
Now stop playing your cheesy straw-man semantic games in an effort to discredit me.

...first off, you don't me to "discredit you"...you're doing a good enough job of that on your own.

...secondly, you need to learn the definition of the term "strawman" and its proper uses. And there's no "semantics" either. I'm going by your own words.


...and thirdly, are you denying that you did in fact claim the Yanx could win as many as "92 games"? (I'll gladly link the post/thread if you'd like)...Are you denying that it is the same as saying they could win "90+ games"?....yes or no will do. If yes, conversation over....if no, please explain how 92 games is not > greater than 90.