EricWiener1970

Well we know where all the runs from the Braves series went

Same

Contextually, yes. Baseball is a game with many variables. And the team in the first week of the season isn't the same as what we're. Cueto and Rogers are on the IL, so a large portion of the rotation is different. All by itself, that changes the largest impact upon RA by a significant amount.

I've been a sabrmetric guy for a long time, but run differential is something to look at for a short-term period, like babip, or line drive %. If a team or player consistently outperforms an indicator, then there is another element in play. On May 1 we might have thought there was significant over performance, since May 1, not so much.

This is starting to feel like a butt whipping

I'm getting a real good feeling about this season

My comment is, Cooper is slow as hell. I watched it from Budweiser deck after getting a cafecito, and I might have drank my entire coffee in the time it took him to get from first to third.

If I were a 3b coach, my nickname would be windmill. If send so many runners I'd tear my rotator cuff

I like the big crowd here at the park, but I kind of miss not having to wait for food

.400 BA of all singles still makes for a solid OPS. And Luis has 18 extra base hits.

Goddamn it, beat me to it

Taste test

It's close to positive outside of that Twins and Phillies ass-kickings right at the start

We got lucky with our record in April, and since then our run differential is way positive. We can believe they've figured it out, and enjoy the ride, or we can be downers

I look around most weeks, just tired of the phone by the time I get to baseball time

Nice one by Berti and nice assist from the ump

This is a solid move, but I will be disappointed if this is it

When is the stove gonna warm up? And I mean for everyone.

Cabrera and Willis is bad in retrospect, but we have the benefit of the fullness of time to make that determination. The worst trade is that whole series of trades where we kept trying to dump Luis Castillo (P) until we succeeded. The Marlins were in a position, and this predates, at least the first time, Jose's tragic death, to have Jose pitching before Luis. Even with Castillo's poor season this season, the trade was just wrong headed from it's very conception

He was hit by pitch seven times because the numbers you're looking at are regular season. Urena hit him once on purpose after he pitched a huge fit for being hit on a pitch that was barely inside

Mack was a steal

Or not

Tme for a 5 run 9th.

It's for the kids. This kid in my section totally rocked out to it

0-2! Just where he wants em!