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Around SBN: The Ten Worst Swings Of The 2011 Season

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Everytime I look at this

I find something new. It’s layered like that.

by James Kannengieser on Jul 14, 2009 10:01 PM EDT reply actions  

True.

Excellent work here.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jul 14, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Niese and Livan

have some big ass heads

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Jul 14, 2009 10:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Looks like the sausage race.

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Jul 14, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

I saw the ambiguity after I posted it.

But I meant the former for Niese, either for Livan.

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Jul 14, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

This is fanastic!

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by Jack Moore on Jul 14, 2009 11:47 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm tellin you guys

Don’t do it! Leave Niese Down!! They’ve already conceded the season. We all know how great a job the organization does between differentiating between quality of pitching and quality of defense/luck when determining a pitcher’s quality. What happens if they call up Niese, give him 12 starts, and he goes 2-6 with a 5.15 ERA? Is he a failure? Will he be called a failure either way? No matter what, I’m pretty sure the likelihood that he’ll be called a failure at some point will substantially increase, and become significantly greater than the chance that he will actually fail. And either way, I wouldn’t bet on great ERAs or even RAs for Niese with this defensive unit, at least until Beltran and Reyes come back. Even if a 4.00 ERA/4.50 RA is the expectation, that still looks like slim pickin’s in terms of a W/L record for a rookie pitcher unless the offense comes back to life. And that seem optimistic. I just pray if he does get the call, the organization already feels enough faith in him to give him another few chances despite the potentially poor “stats”.

Anyway, I’m only half kidding (maybe more like one-third), but this is hilarious. Jonathon’s the best part. For serious, awesome.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Jul 15, 2009 12:48 AM EDT reply actions  

I don't know

Credit to Omar for sticking with Big Pelf for all those crappy years.

by TheBigStapler on Jul 15, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

Big Pelf got a huge signing bonus

Point taken though, I hope you’re right, but Pelf had the benefit of playing on pretty good defensive teams, he was just called up before he was ready, and it was hard to deny that. Its easier to deny that a guy like Niese, who doesn’t have that “upside” and never got that big money, might actually be doing some things right in spite of a poor record and ERA.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Jul 15, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions  

gotta get the yips out first

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Jul 15, 2009 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

This. Is. Awesome.

I’d rec it, but you can’t do that on the mobile.

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Jul 15, 2009 3:14 AM EDT via mobile reply actions  

To my untrained eye

Livan appears to be wearing a suit with an open collared pink shirt and a big gold medallion.

Why does that seem about right to me?

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it on the scoreboard?"

by hotspur on Jul 15, 2009 9:15 AM EDT reply actions  

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