EVIL~! alkeiper

I'm somewhat ashamed that I never learned to use a straight razor. It's always electric. And I really have to shave every day, or else I feel like I look disgusting.

I doubt it'll make a significant difference. Every year there are close to 1,500 draft picks. Only 10-12 of them are compensation picks. The first compensation pick is #31, a point where a pick is a shot in the dark. The team this effects the most is the Boston Red Sox, who exchange free agents for other free agents and get more draft picks without actually losing anything. The question of course is whether teams feel compelled to trade impending free agents for scraps. I'm unsure of the effects of that right now. Here's the infuriating part in hindsight. The 1981 strike occured due to a bitter debate over free agent compensation. The owners wanted compensation to consist of a current MLB player. 25 years later, the owners are ready to scrap free agent compensation altogether!

I checked win probability on a whim. The difference between Endy Chavez making and missing that catch is 34.8% of a win.

No al, it's just that not everybody has the same encycolpedic knowledge of baseball as you do. I never knew the dude pitched for the Royals. I did, and I think "well" might be a stretch. If you're comparing him to the rest of the Royals, yes; otherwise, I think he was just slightly above average. Slightly above average is well, particularly when you do it for 210 innings a season.

Wasn't this the basis of Sgt. Slaughter's original gimmick?

Of course, Suppan pitched well for four seasons with the Royals, but we're going to pretend that never happened. Ten starts in 2003 tells you all you need to know about a pitcher.

I agree. I doubt the Cardinals are going to go quietly.

Eight teams make the playoffs, and two of those get to the World Series. Who cares how hard it is to predict sports? You would think that at least one out of 19 freaking analysts could have pickes at least one of these teams. There was only who even picked either of them to make it to the LCS. Well, fi you used any type of real analysis to make a pick there's no way in hell you would take the Cardinals. Analysts are asked to make predictions because they look sexy in print. A good analyst will tell you things to watch for, what makes a difference, etc. You have to look beyond the predictions and see what they actually write. That's why I flat out refuse to make predictions. If I wrote for someone, I'd probably have to. And the topic title was bugging me, so I fixed it.

It's way too early to write off Lastings Milledge. Just look at Melky Cabrera for an example.

Considering the Cards just upset the best team in the National League, it's pretty stupid to assume they can't win a single game over the Tigers.

I'm stunned.

Second time they've played the Network clip.

Damnit this is gut-wrenching right now.

Someone needs to take the Mets' soundboard guy and lock him in a closet.

Kirk Gibson Ks. One down.

This is a nice thought, but I fear reality may win out over sentiment. And that hand clapping thing needs to stop. They do it every goddamned inning.

It's Endy. He would bunt for a base hit.

The Mets aren't going to get much better than Jose Valentin at second base.

You forgot '97. My bad.

YES!!!

This Sharp commercial is WAY too overplayed.

Looking through the record, there have only been three game sevens that went extra innings. 2003 ALCS (NY d. Boston) 1991 World Series (Minnesota d. Atlanta) 1924 World Series (Washington d. NY Giants) Also, game eight (a deciding game) in the 1912 World Series went extras. The Red Sox beat the Giants.

I think the best option would be to combine the two teams onto one roster. Then the World Series might be competitive.

Before this set I figured the Mets would win game five, the Cards game six, and game seven might be an epic. I got the first two mixed up, but this one has real potential.

I agree, but I could've sworn that they did it in St. Louis too.