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Congrats Mike.
I think the question will be which will be worse.....Texas summer heat or Georgia summer heat.
I think the question will be which will be worse.....Texas summer heat or Georgia summer heat.
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Bob- I'm not exactly sure it would ROCK as you say it Byron.. it may be cool, by typical text book descriptions. Your opinion of this is shallow and poorly constructed, but allow me to re-craft your initial thought into something tangable. -
Thanks, guys!"Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"Comment
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Ad Astra per Aspera
Oh. In that case, never mind.
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GITH fails logic 101. - bryanbutler
Bah...OJH caught me. - Pogues
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Hey Mike, nice shoutout from Keith Law today...
Hank: Can you give us some background on Mike Fast? Seems like a lot of excitement about Atlanta hiring him, but I don’t know much about him.
Keith Law: One of the first people to bring out research on pitch framing – to measure it and show its effects were real and sustainable. Great hire."Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
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"Your shitty future continues to offend me."
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so, uh, Mike, do you have a relative named Hank or something?
Hank: Can you give us a rundown on Mike Fast? What makes him such a big addition for Atlanta?
Kiley McDaniel: One of the top analysts in the game. I think fans may underrate how impactful that is, potentially having a small to medium edge you didn’t have before in dozens of decisionsIn the best of times, our days are numbered, anyway. And it would be a crime against Nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were presumably designed in the first place, and which the gravest statesmen and the hoarsest politicians hope to make available to all men in the end: I mean the opportunity to do good work, to fall in love, to enjoy friends, to sit under trees, to read, to hit a ball and bounce the baby.Comment
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Congrats Mike! I think we could have used you in Baltimore.Originally posted by Controller Jacobs View PostComment
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Smart move, Mike, congrats! Getting on the winning train and helping it over the top is excellent!Comment
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How has it taken this long from me, or someone else, to realize you are now working on the same team as your rotojunkie alias, the Braves hitting coach? Did you pick the name, because you were a fan? If so, have you gotten to interact with the real KS? How surreal and cool is that?Originally posted by Kevin Seitzer View Post
Speaking if hitting, I know you probably shouldn't comment on your team's players, but if you have any thoughts on Albies that you can share, that would be cool. He was so great in the first half, and fell way off. But he was also only 21, facing adjustments from pitchers throwing him more break and off speed pitches, and probably also fatigued playing in a career high games. Do you think the roto nerds out there, and Braves fans, should expect more first half Albies this year, or maybe he was a bit hot there and more modest numbers are reasonable. He did pick things up in September, but it is hard to know what to make of player numbers at that time of year.Comment
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I asked him awhile ago. (Coincidentally Kevin Seitzer was my favorite player for a few years).Originally posted by Sour Masher View PostIf DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
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Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
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It's probably buried in a vintage draft discussion.Originally posted by Sour Masher View PostIf DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
Bullshit is everywhere. - George Carlin (& Jon Stewart)
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel PaigeComment
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Damn, My Bad, lost.Originally posted by Sour Masher View Post---------------------------------------------
Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
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He was my favorite player when I was a kid. I haven't met him yet but will next week at spring training. It won't be quite the same as it would have been when I was a kid, but it's still pretty cool. I have to pinch myself sometimes. I got pretty used to seeing Nolan Ryan and Craig Biggio in the box at games when I was in Houston, but I will admit to pinching myself a little bit when I was watching Mike Fiers throw a no-hitter while I was sitting behind a man who had seven of them. Other ex-ballplayers I interacted with regularly and got to know them as actual coworkers and normal human beings, to the point I didn't even think about "who they were", and hopefully our hitting coach will be in that category down the line.Originally posted by Sour Masher View Post
I'm not allowed to give fantasy advice on players. Commissioner will cut off my fingers.Speaking if hitting, I know you probably shouldn't comment on your team's players, but if you have any thoughts on Albies that you can share, that would be cool. He was so great in the first half, and fell way off. But he was also only 21, facing adjustments from pitchers throwing him more break and off speed pitches, and probably also fatigued playing in a career high games. Do you think the roto nerds out there, and Braves fans, should expect more first half Albies this year, or maybe he was a bit hot there and more modest numbers are reasonable. He did pick things up in September, but it is hard to know what to make of player numbers at that time of year."Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"Comment
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I figured that...I should have phrased differently. I do recall you saying something early on about what a dedicated and hard worker Dallas Keuchel was, without giving any specific advice, but that praise did hip folks to how legit he might beOriginally posted by Kevin Seitzer View Post
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I've got a friend in the ATL area who goes to lots of games. By his accounts, there are a lot of nice players there, many of whom have been kind to his kids, and Albies is one of them. No correlation there to performance, but it is cool to work with good folks. I hope you are digging it so far! He keeps trying to get me to relocate to that area. His praise of ATL knows no bounds. Everything is great about that area, it seems, but the traffic. He said if I did move there and was on the opposite end of town, we'd never see each other, because driving through the city is a nightmare that takes forever.Last edited by Sour Masher; 02-14-2019, 12:02 AM.Comment
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Braves have said Josh Donaldson is going to hit 2nd. Acuna will either be 1st or 4th. If JD can stay healthy that's a heck of a good lineup spot.Comment
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