krush
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Post by krush on Jun 9, 2007 18:53:30 GMT -5
Every time Dan Haren has a scoreless outing, a little part of me dies.
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Post by nyk9327 on Jun 9, 2007 19:21:29 GMT -5
Not having to read his useless and lame insults would be so much better OMGZ DICEK THE SUX!!>! 7 INNGSIN 2 RUNSZ NIT EVEN AS GOOD AS DA ROOOOOOOOOOOCKET. LEMME GO MAKE ANOTHER MYSPACE AND PRETEND IM CLOERLORED LOLOZ Bro are you on drugs? Seriously, i just point out how you are a prick and I disagree. You said Dice K would dominate the rest of the year 3/4 starts ago... what happened? You were wrong and I pointed it out... how is that an insult? When have I really insulted you? I never have even spoken about Clemens in this thread I think. Seriously are you on drugs? Pretending I type like that and talking crap about how I got you to post numorous times buying into my gimmick last year is pathetic. I mean, you were requesting I post more pictures so I guess it was pretty entertaining. Christ, you were the one who was the most into it from what I remember. Don't be mad over nothing. Just because you act like a total prick on here in half of your posts and I tend to disagree or counter you has nothing to do with TYP"ING LIKE DUI"SSS lolz!!! or anything else. I think it's safe to say it's not me that upsets you, it's yourself. Why don't you go stalk my sister's myspace page.
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Post by nyk9327 on Jun 9, 2007 19:47:22 GMT -5
Sorry guys I'll try not to feed into his bullcrap and be immature by pointing out he's being a prick or he's making absurd predictions and distracting the baseball conversation when I do this.
I mean, he throws a tantrum over me posting one thing in a friendly manner (I even joked and said I love you), so obviously he's got some personal agenda against me.
Sorry Ralpho, I didn't mean to make you explode.
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Post by drippy on Jun 9, 2007 20:11:08 GMT -5
Every time Dan Haren has a scoreless outing, a little part of me dies. He's pretty much amazing. I remember watching him pitch in the '04 World Series as a scared kid, and now he looks like he's ready for some serious Cy Young talk. I knew there was a reason I kept my A's hat after Zito left! When I go to San Fran this August, I'm definitely going to hunt down a Haren shirt jersey deal.
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Post by michaelrichards on Jun 9, 2007 20:23:23 GMT -5
how oakland still manages to have good pitching year after year, even though zito, hudson, and mulder arent there anymore, is beyond me.
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Post by nyk9327 on Jun 9, 2007 20:30:25 GMT -5
Seems like Oakland always scouts good pitching.
Rich Harden came up as well.
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Nash
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Post by Nash on Jun 9, 2007 20:32:42 GMT -5
omg. atleast they made it exciting in the end and it was overall a good time. get the sigs ready asia.
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Post by BOOKER_T on Jun 9, 2007 20:38:00 GMT -5
omg. atleast they made it exciting in the end and it was overall a good time. get the sigs ready asia. What keeps pissing me off is we are getting good starts from our pitchers just our offense blows.
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Post by Nash on Jun 9, 2007 20:42:36 GMT -5
omg. atleast they made it exciting in the end and it was overall a good time. get the sigs ready asia. What keeps pissing me off is we are getting good starts from our pitchers just our offense blows. If we had a sucky lineup, I would be less pissed. But me you, and everyone else saw how good this offense was two years ago and last year. That's the real thing that makes it so fustrating. By the time Pods, Crede, and Erstad come back, it will probably be too late for the WC since the division is pretty much out of question right now.
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Post by ET had AIDS on Jun 9, 2007 20:50:19 GMT -5
Sorry guys I'll try not to feed into his bullcrap and be immature by pointing out he's being a prick or he's making absurd predictions and distracting the baseball conversation when I do this. I mean, he throws a tantrum over me posting one thing in a friendly manner (I even joked and said I love you), so obviously he's got some personal agenda against me. Sorry Ralpho, I didn't mean to make you explode. I wouldn't worry about it... I don't think you're the one distracting the baseball conversation here most of the time. You're one of the last people in this thread doing that. ..and I think it's safe to say he has a personal agenda against half the world, not to mention most of this site. ;D
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Post by drippy on Jun 9, 2007 20:50:34 GMT -5
how oakland still manages to have good pitching year after year, even though zito, hudson, and mulder arent there anymore, is beyond me. Zito was pretty overrated outside of his big year. He gobbles innings, though, so he's pretty useful. Hudson is on and off and should be doing much better than he is now in the NL, especially on a club like Atlanta. He's doing well this year, but we'll see. And I was always kinda "blah" on Mulder. He was amazing in Oakland, but almost magically, sucked it up completely in the NL. Really makes you wonder what they're doing in Oakland that makes their guys better. Each of the "big 3" has moved onto the NL, and they have yet to see real success. Weird.
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Post by immortal on Jun 9, 2007 20:53:07 GMT -5
dan haren is still a ing animal. christ that guy rules. and lieber, apparently. lolz.
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Post by taker1 on Jun 9, 2007 20:56:47 GMT -5
how oakland still manages to have good pitching year after year, even though zito, hudson, and mulder arent there anymore, is beyond me. Zito was pretty overrated outside of his big year. He gobbles innings, though, so he's pretty useful. Hudson is on and off and should be doing much better than he is now in the NL, especially on a club like Atlanta. He's doing well this year, but we'll see. And I was always kinda "blah" on Mulder. He was amazing in Oakland, but almost magically, sucked it up completely in the NL. Really makes you wonder what they're doing in Oakland that makes their guys better. Each of the "big 3" has moved onto the NL, and they have yet to see real success. Weird. You're gonna get crucified for saying that here.
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Post by tim on Jun 9, 2007 20:58:42 GMT -5
what a fuckin gem by lieber tonight
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Post by nyk9327 on Jun 9, 2007 21:02:56 GMT -5
Sorry guys I'll try not to feed into his bullcrap and be immature by pointing out he's being a prick or he's making absurd predictions and distracting the baseball conversation when I do this. I mean, he throws a tantrum over me posting one thing in a friendly manner (I even joked and said I love you), so obviously he's got some personal agenda against me. Sorry Ralpho, I didn't mean to make you explode. I wouldn't worry about it... I don't think you're the one distracting the baseball conversation here most of the time. You're one of the last people in this thread doing that. ..and I think it's safe to say he has a personal agenda against half the world, not to mention most of this site. ;D Thanks man. Good to see somebody like you said that. On topic though... I gotta Willy Aybar card the other day with a representation of his autograph on it... He wrote "Willy aibar" - lowercase a and spelt his last name wrong.
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Post by ET had AIDS on Jun 9, 2007 21:04:30 GMT -5
how oakland still manages to have good pitching year after year, even though zito, hudson, and mulder arent there anymore, is beyond me. Zito was pretty overrated outside of his big year. He gobbles innings, though, so he's pretty useful. Hudson is on and off and should be doing much better than he is now in the NL, especially on a club like Atlanta. He's doing well this year, but we'll see. And I was always kinda "blah" on Mulder. He was amazing in Oakland, but almost magically, sucked it up completely in the NL. Really makes you wonder what they're doing in Oakland that makes their guys better. Each of the "big 3" has moved onto the NL, and they have yet to see real success. Weird. Hudson's been injury prone since 2004... I would have thought last year would be a big season for him seeing as he made it through the whole year, but it wasn't really. If he can stay healthy for the rest of the year (knock on wood, think he went out with an injury tonight), he should finish with some nice stats... I always felt Mulder was the weakest of the 3... but had he not gotten injured, he'd probably be adequate for St. Louis right now. He's shown decline since being in Oakland though, so it's not like going to the Cardinals made a huge difference in his game. His walk rate was way up in his final year in Oakland, hits were more... so on. Plus, he's been beat up for the past year and a half. So he hasn't even really gotten a chance to pitch. Zito will be alright in the longrun... he'll give the Giants 220 innings probably, 15 wins... etc. Typical Zito year. Just a slow starter.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Jun 9, 2007 21:09:19 GMT -5
We went over the Zito being overrated argument in the offseason, same with Buerhle, I mean it is what it is. They are going to get 100000000000000000000000$ to pitch, as long as you throw innings and dont get your ass handed to you.
Zito is/was overrated though, hes come back down to earth a bit, but his contract will never tell you, no ones will
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Post by drippy on Jun 9, 2007 21:09:46 GMT -5
Zito was pretty overrated outside of his big year. He gobbles innings, though, so he's pretty useful. Hudson is on and off and should be doing much better than he is now in the NL, especially on a club like Atlanta. He's doing well this year, but we'll see. And I was always kinda "blah" on Mulder. He was amazing in Oakland, but almost magically, sucked it up completely in the NL. Really makes you wonder what they're doing in Oakland that makes their guys better. Each of the "big 3" has moved onto the NL, and they have yet to see real success. Weird. You're gonna get crucified for saying that here. Dude, I'm probably Zito's biggest homeboy on this site. I've been riding his jock for years, but even I know that he's not hall of fame material. He walks too many people, throws too many pitches, etc. He's a great player, probably my favorite, but when you break things down, honestly, he's no saint.
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Post by taker1 on Jun 9, 2007 21:23:59 GMT -5
You're gonna get crucified for saying that here. Dude, I'm probably Zito's biggest homeboy on this site. I've been riding his jock for years, but even I know that he's not hall of fame material. He walks too many people, throws too many pitches, etc. He's a great player, probably my favorite, but when you break things down, honestly, he's no saint. That's pretty much how I feel. He's got awesome hair, but he isn't an ace anymore. He really hasn't had a GREAT year since '02, but just all around solid. When I said this last year, I got crucified.
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Post by ThugSuperstar on Jun 9, 2007 21:28:37 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I don't agree with this talk about Zito at all. T1 is actually saying Barry Zito isn't an ace? If Zito isn't considered an ace by being one of the top 5 pitchers in baseball, who is?
Some of you guys have way too high standards. You can bash Zito and Buherle as much as you'd like, but you plug both of those guys in any rotation and I like my chances at making the playoffs.
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