Recent content by Sloopy45

Tibbs: "are you such a whimp that you go crying for mods when you can't defend yourself?" Actually, I am so pained by Tibor's constant ribbing that I must call for his permanent banishment and the reinstatement of Guy Incognito. I'm permanently crying on the inside from this ..

Thump: "Why would we, you'll just turn it into a pissing contest." Dude, I never started this pissing match. You did. "I think he belongs in personally but don't feel like I have the energy to deal with you right now." I was only joking. Murray is the definition of "compiler" but I...

Anyone like to discuss my theory about how Eddie Murray DOESN'T belong in the HOF?

Jax: "Why don't you do some research and post something factually correct instead of your typical pro-yankee hyperbole or develop the sack to admit your wrong when its pointed out to you?" To clarify, oh genius: TB = Total Bases. TOB = Times On Base. I was giving you TOB, not TB...

Jax: "This isn't the first baseball thread turned trainwreck by this pattern from him." There's a very simple solution then. Stop posting on those threads.

Peach: "If you're gonna insult someone's ability to do simple math, you'd best make sure yours is right first..." You're correct, Peach. My bad. I miswrote, bad example.

Jax: "I find it endlessly amusing that everytime you work yourself into a hole you lack the integrity to just admit your wrong and move on. Instead you just keep digging and trying to throw insults at people to get away from the point about which you were mistaken." First off, I never started...

Thump: "Do you realize how many people have pm'ed me saying how big of an idiot you are in this discussion?" Do you realize how little I care? Maybe to you, "ex-competitive ball HOF'er," the approval of a bunch of people on a message board means something .. And the bottom line is, if I...

Jax: "In your example player B's OBP would be the same as player A's." Jax, my Player A vs Player B was to demonstrate how its skewed. If OBP = (H + BB) / (AB + BB), think about it. Again, simple math: (H/AB) + (BB/BB). And for you, Thump who was playing "competitive ball" while you should...

Tibbs: "The actor who plays Hugo Drax is in Munich as "Papa" and the whole movie I was trying to place him but couldn't. I just kept hearing "Papa" say, "Mr. Bond...." In the Moonraker novel (completely different from the movie), M assigns Bond to follow Hugo Drax purely from the fact that M...

I have to say that my favorite is Karl Stromberg, but mostly because he's the villain in my favorite Bond movie (the Spy Who Loved Me). Would also have to put Francisco Scaramanga (The Man With the Golden Gun & 3rd Nipple) up there, as well as his henchman: Nick Nack (Tattoo from Fantasy...

Tibbs: "Another clueless Yankee fan who thinks "pretty good" equals "HOF" Aren't such words grounds for re-banishment? "Can somebody explain the weak support for Orel? It is because the writers don't want to let somebody in on their first chance?" The writers want to make sure that Orel...

Thump: "You think I don't realize a BOB doesn't count as an at bat?" Apparently not. Otherwise, my previous post would be very, very simple to understand. "I'll take 10 walks over going 3-10 any day of the week." I never said otherwise. 10 walks vs 3 hits is another conversation...

Thump: "A walk is like a single, plain and simple. And yes, you can get RBI's with walks." A walk is not a single. A walk is a walk. Putting the ball in play is something completely different. In all your years of 'competitive ball' did you ever hit a single that was bobbled or got by the...

Jax: "OPS is not the only thing that matters but it is the single best indicator of offensive prowress. I know it you hate to hear it but I've never seen you offer any sensible alternative." First off, as I've said many times: stats are not the be-all, end-all. They're fun to look at, but...