This site would be much better if people only made completely irrefutable posts like "I think if Didi can become a decent hitting shortstop he will be a decent hitting shortstop". It goes without saying that the above is just my opinion.
This site would be much better if people only made completely irrefutable posts like "I think if Didi can become a decent hitting shortstop he will be a decent hitting shortstop". It goes without saying that the above is just my opinion.
"Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?" ~ Jim Bouton
http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99639
Nearly every post in the 3 Bold Predictions for 2013 thread is "presented as fact" then. But of course they aren't. People just assumed, as they should, that they are being presented as "I think......"
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
The Angels have a surplus of outfielders following their agreement with Josh Hamilton, and there’s reason to believe GM Jerry Dipoto will make a deal to balance out his roster. The Angels are “very likely” to trade an outfielder such as Peter Bourjos or Mark Trumbo for a pitcher, Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com reports (on Twitter). Depending on the return, either player could be moved. Trumbo seems less available than Bourjos, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports (on Twitter).
Read more at http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/#AsGg7v6dss3LAbrK.99
Both Bourjos and Trumbo will remain under team control through 2016 and won't be arbitration eligible until after the 2013 season. Earlier today, Dave Cameron of FanGraphs explained that Bourjos closely resembles Cameron Maybin and suggested he’d be a worthwhile pickup for a team in need of a center fielder.
Read more at http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/#AsGg7v6dss3LAbrK.99
You do realize we're simply chatting on an internet message board and not typing up our college doctorate dissertation....right? I wasn't aware that we had to choose our words quite so carefully in such a casual environment. Apparently I was mistaken.
"None of the previous content should be construed as facts, these are all opinions or thoughts that I believe to be true even though they may not actually be true. Some things that I may believe to be facts were actually information gathered from the internet which does not have any sort of fact checking guru supervising it. Reader beware."
Maybe we should all include this phrase in our signatures? Lots of absolutes are quoted around here as facts but they're just bits of information we've gathered off of the net. Yet we're trusting that information as factual....how many people have actually done the research to verify that these things are accurate? I sure don't. There could be some guy at baseballreference.com who is dyslexic and has completely screwed up everybody's projections for Billy Hamilton going forward. Oh darn.
Semantics. I think a bit of common sense should simply be applied.
Last edited by _Sir_Charles_; 12-14-2012 at 06:31 PM.
Wait... this is a chat board??
Look, the question was posed as to why Doug is constantly being slammed.
I provided an answer that most people seem to agree with, in that he could work on his tone and condescention, as it seems most people share that viewpoint.
You guys can keep your fingers in your ears, but, don't be surprised if the same conversation keeps coming up.
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