Comments for Rays Index http://www.raysindex.com Fri, 24 May 2013 00:35:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Playoff Chances And Longo’s Legs by Don http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/bGFiFrS7w2I/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html Don Fri, 24 May 2013 00:35:03 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27607#comment-266574 I was the FIRST one to say the Rays would never miss BJ upton when they moved Jennings to CF where he belonged all along,, a .260 hitter replacing a .240 strike out artist…..I had to listen for a year that it didn’t make any difference if they lost CC they had a better replacement in the minor leagues which of course never could happened…what Jennings earns has nothing to do with his performance which will remain below Carl Crawford for many years (forever) but hopefully will surpass Upton
Friedman couldn’t handle Hamilton So he GAVE hime away…..good business but expensive for the Rays..

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html#comment-266574 Comment on Postgame Shot Of Joe: Fernando Rodney Was Set Up To Fail by Rob http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/XVx-fYA7kX4/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html Rob Fri, 24 May 2013 00:25:38 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27604#comment-266538 That’s actually a really great point.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html#comment-266538 Comment on [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Playoff Chances And Longo’s Legs by Dave L http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/nlGfOhOSn6U/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html Dave L Thu, 23 May 2013 23:11:49 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27607#comment-266227 Listen to him thats excellent advice.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html#comment-266227 Comment on [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Playoff Chances And Longo’s Legs by Gus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/szWBY2n-KkQ/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html Gus Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:17 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27607#comment-266207 Easiest way to describe it: go to the home plate box office (which is on 16th street), go due west towards the setting sun — that lot immediately across 16th street is where the best season ticket holders (excluding VIPs) park in the most #s. That is your spot for very good tickets from season ticket holders.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html#comment-266207 Comment on [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Playoff Chances And Longo’s Legs by Scot http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/LO_1gnZ3MuA/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html Scot Thu, 23 May 2013 22:25:48 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27607#comment-266026 Which parking lot – north by 1st or south by 3rd?

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html#comment-266026 Comment on Postgame Shot Of Joe: Fernando Rodney Was Set Up To Fail by OriginalTom http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/VZ1uqe3dyvU/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html OriginalTom Thu, 23 May 2013 22:25:04 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27604#comment-266022 S, Intersting analysis, however, as a sabermetrics team perhaps the more relevant statistics are Bautista’s BA (.254) vs. Encarncion’s OBP (.343). Joey Batts needed to get a hit to end the game and his career BA is .254, if he walks Bautista, Encarncion can end the game with a hit OR a walk. For this reason I believe Maddon made the correct move pitching to Bautista.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html#comment-266022 Comment on [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Playoff Chances And Longo’s Legs by Gus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/lcrTv_orR48/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html Gus Thu, 23 May 2013 21:49:50 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27607#comment-265862 Go to the top season ticket holders parking lot (west of 16th street) and make friends. You’ll be able to do well there (must stay on the west sidewalk or the cops will sometimes shoo you away if too close to the home plate box office).

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html#comment-265862 Comment on Postgame Shot Of Joe: Fernando Rodney Was Set Up To Fail by Rob http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/7is-4b2HaLk/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html Rob Thu, 23 May 2013 21:48:38 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27604#comment-265855 @Mr Smith, being a .300 hitter doesn’t mean you are going to get 3 hits every 10 at bats – it means you average 3 hits per 10 ABs. You can go 0-10 and then 6-10 and be a .300 hitter.

With your rationale, you are saying if a guy is 0-5, he should go 3-5 in his next 5 ABs because he is a .300 hitter. I am saying it’s possible he could be 0-5 and actually go another 0-9 and then get 6 hits in a row (or not). Expand that over a season or a career, and there is no such thing as being “due”. A .300 hitter has a 30% chance of getting a hit every time he comes to the plate (ignoring opposing pitching, defense, and park variables, of course) regardless of how many hits he had before that.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/postgame-shot-of-joe-fernando-rodney-was-set-up-to-fail.html#comment-265855 Comment on [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Playoff Chances And Longo’s Legs by Gus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/CU1m8HT30uo/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html Gus Thu, 23 May 2013 21:46:38 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27607#comment-265847 A good topic here. My list of boo-ees (people I’d boo) from the post D-Rays era:

1. Troy Percival — classless exit quiting the team, huge ego that refused to pitch anywhere but closer, likely steroid user who was stealing money in TB. Also, ripped the fans at one point I think. Just a disagreeable person. (The fact that Maddon loved him made it all the worse)

2. Pat Burrell — signed as DH, then whined about DH, shut it down until he got cut and could get back to the NL, likely steroid user.

3. Elliot Johnson — I know, he played catch in the parking lot and was a funny guy. But being a great guy doesn’t excuse you from having the worst fundamentals in MLB — couldn’t bunt, throw or field. A guy with limited athletic tools should have mastered his craft. He drove me insane purely as a player (again JoMa’s mancrush was an aggravating factor here).

4. Josh Hamilton — set the franchise back 5 years with his selfish drug use. He apologized and I think he’s doing best as he can, but he was a first class jerk whose action personally put me through a lot more lossess than I might otherwise have suffered. Probably win the 2008 world series if he stays off of heroin. He gets the boo.

]]> http://www.raysindex.com/2013/05/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html#comment-265847 Comment on [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Playoff Chances And Longo’s Legs by Rob http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForRaysIndex/~3/e84xHIaz76U/the-hangover-the-one-where-we-discuss-playoff-chances-and-longos-legs.html Rob Thu, 23 May 2013 21:38:13 +0000 http://www.raysindex.com/?p=27607#comment-265807 Unless you want to sit behind home plate or near a dugout, buy the cheapest ticket on game day and sit wherever you want.

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