Phil Rogers Discovers, Abuses Pythagorean Record

According to the Pythagorean standings, the Angels' Mike Scioscia and Houston's Cecil Cooper were the best managers in the majors this season. They had ratings of +12 and +9 respectively.

The worst were the Toronto combination of John Gibbons and Cito Gaston and Atlanta's Bobby Cox, at -7.

The rankings show managers decided only one playoff race—the AL Central. Minnesota's Ron Gardenhire was a -1 compared to Ozzie Guillen's zero, and without the difference the Twins would have avoided a one-game playoff.

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poor pythagoras

by larry on Nov 1, 2008 4:22 PM CDT reply actions

wow, that dude got fucked up. he must not know when to shut up.

Cashing checks and having sex.

by MarketMaker on Nov 1, 2008 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions

THE SABERMETRIC REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Nov 1, 2008 5:09 PM CDT reply actions

Numbers dont lie.

"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes anyday." - AJ

by omnipotent grab on Nov 1, 2008 5:56 PM CDT reply actions

This is like when when the NYT's got it's first blog. Funny and sad at the same time.

by madvillian on Nov 1, 2008 6:16 PM CDT reply actions

and my grammer, which is just sad.

by madvillian on Nov 1, 2008 6:16 PM CDT reply actions

Speling, to.

Whoosh!

by winningugly on Nov 2, 2008 1:18 PM CST up reply actions

I am really looking forward to Phil's

off season grading of all the teams based solely on players lost vs. players acquired…

Way to go danks

bitch can’t throw more than 130 innings a season? Trade him. He has no balls

Kenwo4life=ratings

by KenWo4LiFe on Sep 2, 2008 7:16 PM CDT actions actions 0 recs

by Where Triples Go to Die on Nov 1, 2008 6:16 PM CDT reply actions

if anyone needs a baseball fix, how about some venezuelan winter league?

currently en vivo.

http://www.lvbp.com/scripts/home/streaming.asp

by larry on Nov 1, 2008 8:27 PM CDT reply actions

Phil Rogers is one hell of a sportswriter.

I’ve been reading him exclusively since Mariotti left town. No one grades team moves better than rogers though….

I’m really excited to see that we found Jerry Owens in our farm system. – like he would be somewhere else…

I am going to ask you one time, and i'm gonna ask you nice. Where the fuck is Ringo bitch.

by ElDiablo on Nov 1, 2008 8:30 PM CDT reply actions

a year away and everyone forgets he's fast.

jerry easily could have run away and gotten into someone else’s farm.

by larry on Nov 1, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions

i'm rooting for him to be a triple-a all-star this year.

Cashing checks and having sex.

by MarketMaker on Nov 1, 2008 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions

I hope he leads all players in steals, in Charlotte.

"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes anyday." - AJ

by omnipotent grab on Nov 1, 2008 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm not arguing his value

I think that it’s going to be a quiet off season when Kenny is letting nuggets like that go out to the press.

I don’t think that we need to clean house, we won the central. I just feel like we need some serious turnover. I know that Dye caught almost everything that he could get to last year, it just doesn’t seem like he gets to much. Q is unbelievable with a baseball bat in his hands, but to me seems a very average left fielder. Plus Arm, average to + speed, average read on balls.

I guess what i am getting at is that i am hoping the team will focus on D. I think that all 3 of our open positions should go to plus defenders. CF, 3B, 2B.

I am going to ask you one time, and i'm gonna ask you nice. Where the fuck is Ringo bitch.

by ElDiablo on Nov 2, 2008 7:34 AM CST reply actions

happy birthday to everyone's favorite mercenary!

thanks for continually padding your stats, calling the official scorer, pissing off dye by stealing third, creating weird graphs that chicagopete posted, fucking with getz by throwing the ball from his first hit into the stands, having sex with joe cowley’s wife, and all the other great things you did.

by larry on Nov 2, 2008 8:58 AM CST reply actions

I was happy when we got this guy.

Now i can’t wait for him to leave…

i do think it’s funny that he banged cowley’s wife…

and that’s a sweet shirt….

I am going to ask you one time, and i'm gonna ask you nice. Where the fuck is Ringo bitch.

by ElDiablo on Nov 2, 2008 1:52 PM CST up reply actions

whoosh

The movement was so devastating that television announcer Hawk Harrelson called it "the Doomerang," saying that if Day had enough distance to work with, the pitch would eventually come back to him.

by U-God on Nov 2, 2008 3:17 PM CST up reply actions

he did not seriously bang cowley's wife, did he?

by The Scoper on Nov 2, 2008 8:21 PM CST up reply actions

well cowley banged count's wife

so what goes around, comes around

I think Contreras has trouble locating because he’s blinded by his tears for Pablo

Announcer: [A fan] from Frederick, Maryland, wants to know why you don’t go out and get some more team speed.

Weaver: Team speed, for Chrissake, you get BLEEP god damn little fleas on the bases getting picked off trying to steal, getting thrown out, taking runs away from you. You get them big BLEEP who can hit the BLEEP ball out of the BLEEP ballpark and you can’t make any god damn mistakes.

by hitlesswonder on Jul 13, 2008 4:27 PM EDT actions actions 0 recs
Cowley fucked Contreras’ ex-wife

Coffee is for closers.

by vince_ on Jul 13, 2008 4:29 PM EDT to parent up actions actions 0 recs

by onlysoxfaninboston on Nov 3, 2008 8:59 AM CST up reply actions

who is the guy on the left?

Cashing checks and having sex.

by MarketMaker on Nov 2, 2008 2:02 PM CST up reply actions

Darrin Jackson

by 3E8 on Nov 2, 2008 2:06 PM CST up reply actions

i see it.

Cashing checks and having sex.

by MarketMaker on Nov 2, 2008 2:30 PM CST up reply actions

so is he

by 815Sox on Nov 2, 2008 6:05 PM CST up reply actions

No, its Cabrera.

"I'll take one in the mouth over the eyes anyday." - AJ

by omnipotent grab on Nov 2, 2008 6:22 PM CST up reply actions

Whoosh.

Whoosh!

by winningugly on Nov 2, 2008 7:12 PM CST up reply actions

exactly.

Cashing checks and having sex.

by MarketMaker on Nov 4, 2008 12:21 AM CST up reply actions

Somebody is wired this AM.

Made a couple of bucks today, didn’tja?

Whoosh!

by winningugly on Nov 4, 2008 8:55 AM CST up reply actions

i'm retired, wu. or taking a leave of absence, more accurately. i'm done with the grind. you can have it.

Cashing checks and having sex.

by MarketMaker on Nov 4, 2008 12:28 PM CST up reply actions

you know, it's okay to tell us you got fired.

"what's the only thing that trumps the dead grandma sympathy vote?"
"the dead mother sympathy vote."
"that's right. which once again illustrates the competency gap between the two campaigns."

by larry on Nov 4, 2008 12:29 PM CST up reply actions

i would, too. thing is, no matter how hard i try, i can't seem to get canned. they love me. so now i'm taking my money and sitting out a few plays.

Cashing checks and having sex.

by MarketMaker on Nov 4, 2008 12:31 PM CST up reply actions

sorry,

“you know, it’s okay to tell us you got laid off.”

"what's the only thing that trumps the dead grandma sympathy vote?"
"the dead mother sympathy vote."
"that's right. which once again illustrates the competency gap between the two campaigns."

by larry on Nov 4, 2008 12:33 PM CST up reply actions

"Cashing unemployment checks

and having intimacy with myself" doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it?

Whoosh!

by winningugly on Nov 4, 2008 1:46 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

way to put up a fight tonight, orlando.

Cashing checks and having sex.

by MarketMaker on Nov 4, 2008 9:06 PM CST up reply actions

(Sighs.)

Rolled over like a lap dog.

Whoosh!

by winningugly on Nov 5, 2008 7:33 AM CST up reply actions

He is baked

by 815Sox on Nov 2, 2008 6:04 PM CST up reply actions

MLB TV to debut Jan. 1 with never before broadcast tape of larsen's perfect game.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/aroundnj/Is_MLB_coming_to_NJ.html

that’s some white hot baseball porn right there.

by larry on Nov 2, 2008 9:13 AM CST reply actions

that is pretty awesome

The movement was so devastating that television announcer Hawk Harrelson called it "the Doomerang," saying that if Day had enough distance to work with, the pitch would eventually come back to him.

by U-God on Nov 2, 2008 10:15 AM CST up reply actions

I'll be watching.

Where does one sign up for such a service?

PS colin, if you are watching, sorry we had to be the one to put the nail in the coffin yesterday.

Whoosh!

by winningugly on Nov 2, 2008 1:20 PM CST up reply actions

well hopefully you saw what i've been talking about

there are some epic concerns on defense. if we had competent safeties OR linebackers (not even both), this would be a pretty good defense because the defensive line is so good. so it’s too bad in that sense. it was exciting seeing Minor make the most of his opportunities. he’s finally doing what it’s looked like he had the opportunity to become. he’s got that size that i love watching in tailbacks, but his burst is good too. he’s not the hero mike hart is, but it’s largely because he hasn’t had the chance. as bad as the lines hart played behind, we have somehow reached a more desperate nadir. his enthusiasm despite that is really cool.

nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team

by colintj on Nov 2, 2008 3:46 PM CST up reply actions

as far as i know, mlb has brow-beaten everyone into putting it on their cable lineup.

it’s not going to be on basic but it’s going to be on whatever your cable service calls basic plus or whatever. you know, if you get like 70 channels or something this will be on it. i imagine most people on here have such service. i’d guess you’ll start seeing ads for it within the next month or so which will tell you where it will be on your cable system.

"[Our new product] is a revolutionary advancement in golf tee time technology," said Harry Ipema, Co-Founder and President of Fore! Reservations. "Two months ago our programmers told me that it would take twelve months to develop it. But it took one sixth of that time - we've had a programmer who has really been focused recently."

by larry on Nov 2, 2008 6:09 PM CST up reply actions