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That's exactly what I did. I took the top of my shoulder to the top of my pants. Divided in half and for me it's the pits. I also did some looks when searching for the rule that you nailed and they had a picture showing the mid point being the pits as well. :shrug: the bottom of my rib cage is only three inches from my best and 15+ inches from the top of my shoulder.
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My favorite teams
Do you wear your pants like Erkel?
Seriously, I think we're losing something in the translation over the internet that would take about 20 seconds in person to be in complete agreement. :shrug:
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Do you wear your pants like Erkel?
Seriously, I think we're losing something in the translation over the internet that would take about 20 seconds in person to be in complete agreement. :shrug:
No, I might have eaten him, but I am not that thin.
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There are a lot of other threads for that. I just want to talk the game here.
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Jose Quintana's sequencing is ridiculous. Travis Wood and he are cut from that Mark Buehrle mold. Really fun to watch if you're paying attention.
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I'm not paying attention... what's ridiculous about it?
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He uses a cutter, FB and a change along with location to keep hitters off balance. Opening AB was a FB on the outer black at 91, two junk Changeups (one that induced a whiff) and then a cutter on the inner black that produced a backwards k. Everything located well, and he does that stuff a lot.
Changes eye levels and hits all quadrants of the zone. He's fuuuuuuun
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E-Jax and Villanueva? Yeap.......nuff said! Veras in relief? nuff said!
And BTW, if you have a good staff, they generally all shouldn't be rumored to be on the trading block either.
As a rule, you usually keep a good staff together. :yep:
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Oh, so the definition of a good staff means you have all top notch pitching? Seriously? I mean I am a Cub Hater and I am sorry, props are due.
Now as to trading folks away, that's completely off topic
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Quintana and Wood being more than 4's is still a shock to me. Interestingly both outpitched their peripherals by a far margin last year (Quintana two years in a row), but both are underperforming them right now. Both of which indicate potential career years if the performance starts to match much less if they begin to follow what they've shown a knack for doing, e.g. generating a lot of IFFB which depresses BABIP.
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Which is why I'm really excited about the potential of seeing Kyle Hendricks sometime at Wrigley this year. I've watched some extended vids of last year and he just seems really savvy with where his sequencing goes. Does a good job changing speeds and moving the ball around the plate.
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I think my favorite pitch in baseball right now is Jake Peavy's FB. It's not great, but I just like watching it.
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Wainwright's curve on a 1-2 count is kind of like climbing Cristo Redentor to watch the sunrise. That's my fav. Up there with Jose F's slider, Craig Kimbrel doing anything in a one-run game and Kenley Jansen's off speed stuff.
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#4 and #5 suck for the Cubs. Wood is not going to get better, and in fact, probably will regress. Hammel? The jury is still out as to I would like to see how he pitches in warmer weather, and when the wind is blowing in Wrigley. Shark? I believe you had stated that he was overvalued by Cubs fans. I was just playing into your analysis, and he is playing for a contract extension or showing off for future teams, however you want to spin it.
If they are doing this in July, I will gladly take back what I said.
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Those are all solid. I'd add in Verlander's change when it was great as well.
Love me some changeup. Koji has a great split change as well.
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Verlander's repertoire during his MVP season was like when you played MVP Baseball 2004 and jacked up your created pitcher's stats to 99. So tasty.
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Wood and Hammel probably do regress, but still could settle very much above average. And Shark isn't in a contract year. And after regressing last year he's really put it together. My analysis is Cub fans do have him rated too high. He was a 75-100 guy, now off the top of my head he's a top 50 or maybe even a top 25-30 type from most desired.
Finally back to Shark, aren't we all playing for Contracts/Teams? Give me those types.
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Yeesh, can we plz talk about the Orioles defense? Metrics really like this squad. And watching these guys perform routine plays is really enjoyable. Weiters, Adam Jones, Machado, Hardy... all supreme defenders.
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Read an article from BR complaining about the infield and how they shouldn't have let Cano go. Got a kick out of how many times he stated that the boss never would've let him walk.
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