2012/13 MLB Off-Season Random Thoughts

[EmpireWF]

From the NYP's Mike Puma on Twitter, about Mets pitching prospect Jeurys Familia:

J. Familia had to talk his way past security upon arriving. He kept saying "Familia" and the guard wanted to know "whose family" he meant.

So Familia said "Familia, Mets" and the guard was like, 'OK, you're with the Mets family, but who are you here to see?"

[Goober]

[MVPete]

From the NYP's Mike Puma on Twitter, about Mets pitching prospect Jeurys Familia:

Just an absolutely riveting story.

[NAHSTE]

FatJuan in the #BestShapeofHisLife


And Jason Heyward is in the best shape of anyone's life, ever.

[Slateman]

Zimmerman's locker, courtesy of Ross Detwiler

[NAHSTE]

got trolled pretty good at O's camp:

[Warner2BruceTD]

I got Reds statistician Joel Luckhaupt, a hardcore, far left wing (VSN SABR scale, trademark W2B & NAHSTE) SABR nut, on twitter to kinda sorta admit that while pitcher wins are a flawed stat, they are still sorta reliable over larger samples and victims of misuse more than total uselessness.

This guy is someplace in between Gooby (Obama) & glen (Stalin), so that's a hard fought win.

[ryne candy]

Ichiro is as happy as a little school girl:

[FedEx227]

I got Reds statistician Joel Luckhaupt, a hardcore, far left wing (VSN SABR scale, trademark W2B & NAHSTE) SABR nut, on twitter to kinda sorta admit that while pitcher wins are a flawed stat, they are still sorta reliable over larger samples and victims of misuse more than total uselessness.

This guy is someplace in between Gooby (Obama) & glen (Stalin), so that's a hard fought win.

Here's where I always scratch my head at the "WELL WINS DO MEAN SOMETHING IN THE LARGE SCALE", well, yeah, of course they do. Of course a 300-game winner is probably going to be a really good pitcher. Nobody has ever, ever, ever, ever disputed that. It's the 15-win seasons here and there. The Chein-Ming Wang 19-game winning seasons. On the offensive side nobody has ever said someone with 1500 RBIs in a career are all really good players, it's the random 100 RBI Joe Randa seasons that are the reason for looking to other way.

[Goober]

Groaned for comparing me to obama.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Chase Headley will miss one month of the season with a broken bone in his thumb. Those things tend to nag. Tough break.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Buster Olney just retweeted this:

Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone 13m
It sounds weird to say I'm woking in Randolph, but I am. April 27 Randolph, VT Chandler Music Hall

PAULA POUNDSTONE.

Unfollow.

[EmpireWF]

got trolled pretty good at O's camp:

lol Adam Jones....bigger question...why the fuck does that pitcher eat so many donuts during his starts? Imagine along his career, he would've stopped for one start without getting shelled.