Kolek planning to go pro
It would have been a hyperbole if I said he should have used a golf club.
You did say a tag up was the greatestplay in World Series history a few months ago.
That tag up was huge. They don't walk Rizzo to get to Zobrist without it. (Granted Rizzo could have hit a home run which obviously would be a better outcome.)
Honest question for all Cubs fans who think Arietta has never taken PEDs. Beyond any players who have failed a drug test and been suspended by the MLB already, over/under 0.5 players currently in the Cubs organization that have taken PEDs. What are you taking?
Also one comment on the Arrieta thing... it's pretty well known the Orioles screw up the pitchers in their system by trying to get them to all pitch to their system.
Easy, I believe Quintana was suspended 50 games as a member of the yankees mets (or just released by the mets)...what were the odds on the over? I am here to collect!
Guess you missed the whole “beyond any players who have failed a drug test and been suspended by the MLB already” part.
I might have, I don't often like to read everything
With back to back last inning losses, the Brewers could really use some time to recharge. Maybe they should consider calling today's game due to rain.
Says the guy who literally just asked me to provide him with the numbers to show the velocity of his pitches throughout his career AFTER making the claim that his velocity hasn’t changed throughout his career. And then AFTER that pulls up some random website nobody’s ever used and says “hey look I found the numbers that I claim I had already seen but obviously hadn’t or I wouldn’t be asking you to find them and then saying hey look I found them!”Here you go, “genius.”http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=4153&position=PNot too hard to comprehend. Slider in 2010 with Baltimore comes in at 85.3. In 2015 it’s at 90.8. Hmm. No velocity change there at all.But yeah I’m full of sh!t, despite telling you the exact numbers while you literally claim you’ll be waiting because the numbers can’t be found. Lol. This is too good.Here’s an idea. Next time you think to yourself, “I don’t think I can find this information,” go to this website called Google.com, type in what you’re trying to find, and chances are you’ll find it. It takes like 15 seconds max usually. Worth it.
I never claimed his velocity never changed THROUGHOUT his career. Not once. I also asked you to provide a link because you made a specific claim which gives you the burden of proof. Let me try to explain this to you like you are a child. -You claimed Arrieta used PEDs to become the "best pitcher in baseball" in his age 29 season. (2015)-You later also indicate he would have used in his age 28 season (2014) based on his success. -The lower velocity on the slider you reference is in 2010, his age 24 season. You then reference the 5 mph increase by 2015, a period of 5 years. -Let me repeat - 5 years. Nevermind that the velocity on that pitch gradually increased over time during these 5 years as he moved into his physical prime. This was not a one year or even a two year jump. -The biggest jump on his slider was actually between 2011 and 2012. Yet during this time period he was still terrible in Baltimore. If he was using PEDs during this point why didn't his performance follow suit? That's the narrative you keep pushing. -From the time he joined the Cubs in July of 2013 until becoming "the best pitcher in baseball" in 2015, his velocity on the slider, and really all of his pitches, was extremely consistent. Most differences on a month-by-month basis were negligible. -Logically, you claim that PEDs are responsible for his success. Yet any velocity increases occurred over a long period of time while his performance remained well below average. His velocity at the time of becoming a Cub, where he first found success after changing his mechanics as he was entering his prime, had basically leveled off. -Logically, this disputes the entire basis for your argument. The numbers don't show what you think and say they do. -If PEDs are responsible for his success, why did his velocity increase over a period of multiple years yet we did not see the same improvement in his outcomes? It just doesn't add up. I'm looking forward to seeing how you move the goalposts.
Yep, like Zach Davies...
Haven't you guys figured out that wades never gives an inch and responds every time? So if you are tired of his responses, don't engage him.
I enjoy making him look foolish and I find his inexplicable responses that fly in the face of reason and logic fascinating.
I'm stealing this from someone. But I wanna do it.
Wait, what? I brought up the claim? Uhh, no, you're the one who said his velocity has never changed, which I showed is clearly false. You asked for his velocity from his rookie year to present day, but now you're going to dispute that because it changed over the course of his career rather than one night it's not valid? What will you look for next?Wow, the guy's month by month velocities didn't vary much. I'm shocked, I'll tell ya. Because that's definitely the time you'd see the increase in production with PED use because the MLB has so much time off to train in season. You definitely wouldn't see it from one year to the next through an offseason when he goes from a guy who can't stay under a 4.50 ERA to suddenly a 2.53 ERA. Hmm...But yeah, his month to month velocities within seasons are the same. No chance he took steroids! It's indisputable, what was I thinking?Again, this stuff is great. Mind blowing, really.
Don't take the bait, Vander!