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Craig Edwards
8:57
if you set your expectations high enough, everything is a disappointment.
AvatarDan Szymborski
8:57
I mean lots of guys love playing, but for some, it's just a job they don't really care for but makes them fabulously rich.
I'd happily fry up big macs all day if I made $10 million a year doing it.
Planet Dust
8:58
Was Cy short for like Cyrus or was that his full name (I'm checking)
AvatarDan Szymborski
8:58
It wasn't short for anything
Well, it was short for his nickname
which was cyclone
Planet Dust
8:59
It was short for CYCLONE, Dan!
Guy Smiley
8:59
It was short for Cyclone. That was his nickname.
Super Benintendo
8:59
Cyborg Young. It's where the word cyborg came from, obviously.
Craig Edwards
8:59
I was looking through old leaderboards and was generally astonished by how short most of the names where. People were lazy with names back then.
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:00
As names go, whiel I support JA Happ's feelings on bagged milk, I cannot condone pronounced your initials "Jay" as if that's a name.
Guy Smiley
9:00
Is a cyclone a genetic replica of a cyborg?
Nick
9:00
Psy Young
Planet Dust
9:00
I complain about announcers a lot because they are terrible and I am a whiny person. Recently I've been thinking that a lot them could get a lot better by just not talking quite so much. I have literally never heard someone complain about how an announcer doesn't say *enough*, BUT people must like the normal amount of background chatter, right? The market can't have failed this badly.
Guy Smiley
9:00
Denton True Young. 500 wins and 300 losses.
John
9:00
awful call
5 Run Homer
9:00
Sigh Young
Craig Edwards
9:00
Not trying to fill silence is incredibly difficult
CamdenWarehouse
9:01
I'm doing a draft in 1901 for a sim league right now. I disagree, the names are great.
Super Benintendo
9:01
So I have a silly question ... is Cora's insistence to use Kimbrel "as a closer" in any way related to Kimbrel's contract? We see Cora being quite inventive with his bullpen otherwise, but even in the regular season, Cora would generally only pitch Kimbrel in "save" opportunities.
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:01
Tormund is 0-2.
9:02
Tormund Groundersbane
CamdenWarehouse
9:02
Dummy, Klondike, Brickyard
Craig Edwards
9:02
Using someone as just a closer is also a good way to limit innings. 8th inning guys can often get overworked because they use them so much. It isn't always ideal, but it is definitely easy and there's some logic behind it.
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:02
In a Diamond Mind sim league, I once had four pitchers named Lefty
CamdenWarehouse
9:02
Boileryard
The Only Nolan
9:03
Do you remember Chuck E. Carr? I think he must've liked forcing everyone to pause when saying his full name. Sort of the opposite of J.A. Happ.
That is why I set my expectations as low as possible.
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:03
Did you know Chuck E. Cheese's full is actually Charles Entertainment Cheese?
Craig Edwards
9:03
middle ground maybe?
5 Run Homer
9:03
High Pockets Kelly is still the best old times baseball name
Planet Dust
9:03
Were all four of them left-handed pitchers Dan?
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:03
Yes
I always called Tim Collins Low Pockets, which really annoyed some people for some reason
Biz Marquis
9:04
Death To Flying Things......dont remember his real name but thats the best nickname IMHO.
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:04
Bob Ferguson
There's also Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mulcahy
9:05
Luke Appling's Old Aches and Pains is an underrated one
Super Benintendo
9:05
Craig ... fair ... but in the playoffs that makes less sense, right? And aside from mopping up last night's game (still in the 9th, though) Cora still brings in Kimbrel as "the closer" ... it just strikes me as odd considering how flexible he is when managing all of his other pitchers (starters included).
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