Comments for Rocky Mountain SABR http://www.rmsabr.org The website of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Troy Renck’s continued assault on the English language by mitchiapet http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=317#comment-292 mitchiapet Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:40:59 +0000 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=317#comment-292 I'm not sure who'd be to blame more for that: Troy, or his editor at the Post. Someone should've caught it though. I’m not sure who’d be to blame more for that: Troy, or his editor at the Post. Someone should’ve caught it though.

]]> Comment on September Stretch Run by Paul Parker http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=295#comment-291 Paul Parker Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:49:46 +0000 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=295#comment-291 Hi Stan: Our next SABR baseball outing is Saturday, Sept. 26, a 6:10 first pitch vs. Matt Holliday and the St. Louis Cardinals. The next monthly luncheon is Wednesday, Sept. 16. Are you planning to attend? Hi Stan: Our next SABR baseball outing is Saturday, Sept. 26, a 6:10 first pitch vs. Matt Holliday and the St. Louis Cardinals. The next monthly luncheon is Wednesday, Sept. 16. Are you planning to attend?

]]> Comment on September Stretch Run by stanmvp48 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=295#comment-290 stanmvp48 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:56:00 +0000 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=295#comment-290 Paul: when is the next SABR basebll outing? Paul: when is the next SABR basebll outing?

]]> Comment on Troy Renck’s Reign of Error by S Cook by stanmvp48 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=289#comment-289 stanmvp48 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:54:14 +0000 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=289#comment-289 Man, you are tough. I tried to link up an article on the flied vs flew issue and didn't know how to do it. Incidentally, "whomever" or "whoever"? Man, you are tough. I tried to link up an article on the flied vs flew issue and didn’t know how to do it.

Incidentally, “whomever” or “whoever”?

]]> Comment on Troy Renck’s Reign of Error by S Cook by Douglas http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=289#comment-288 Douglas Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:11:02 +0000 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=289#comment-288 Whomever it was, they flied out. Hard to believe that a "national baseball writer" said he flew out. Whomever it was, they flied out. Hard to believe that a “national baseball writer” said he flew out.

]]> Comment on Troy Renck and his understudy by stanmvp48 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=285#comment-279 stanmvp48 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:23:11 +0000 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=285#comment-279 I made an error deliberately in order to see if anyone was reading. Stan I made an error deliberately in order to see if anyone was reading.

Stan

]]> Comment on Troy Renck and his understudy by stanmvp48 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=285#comment-278 stanmvp48 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:11:29 +0000 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=285#comment-278 You criticize his proof reading and misspell "Tracy" yourself. How dare you criticize such a great man? -Troy's greatest fan- You criticize his proof reading and misspell “Tracy” yourself. How dare you criticize such a great man?

-Troy’s greatest fan-

]]> Comment on Stealing Home by mitchiapet http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=270#comment-272 mitchiapet Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:58:23 +0000 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=270#comment-272 Doug, Thanks for noticing that. I'll be sure it gets discussed at the August meeting. Matt Mitchell Secretary Doug,

Thanks for noticing that. I’ll be sure it gets discussed at the August meeting.

Matt Mitchell
Secretary

]]> Comment on For all of you Troy Renck fans by stanmvp48 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=268#comment-271 stanmvp48 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:49:33 +0000 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=268#comment-271 Not the first time. Fact checking is not the man's strong suit. And I believe this was a Sunday column, not written on deadline. He once stated that "Franklin Morales first major league pitch was a 94 mile per hour fast ball which Juan Pierre fouled off." The problem was this: Juan Pierre had batted second in that game. STAN Not the first time. Fact checking is not the man’s strong suit. And I believe this was a Sunday column, not written on deadline.
He once stated that “Franklin Morales first major league pitch was a 94 mile per hour fast ball which Juan Pierre fouled off.” The problem was this: Juan Pierre had batted second in that game.

STAN

]]> Comment on Someone will have to explain this to me by stanmvp48 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=239#comment-229 stanmvp48 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:34:15 +0000 http://www.rmsabr.org/?p=239#comment-229 "From the sabermetric perspective, it’s also acknowledging that you can’t just look at the team’s record as the only barometer of success, because sometimes you get lucky and win more than you maybe should, and other times you get unlucky and don’t win as many as you expected." WELL IT MIGHT MEAN THAT BUT THAT SEEMS AWFULLY SOPHISTICATED FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK CLINT BARMES BELONGS AT THE TOP OF A MAJOR LEAGUE BATTING ORDER. MORE LIKELY THEY ARE SAYING THAT WOULDN'T MIND LOSING IF THEY "PLAYED THE GAME RIGHT" I.E SACRIFICING AND ADVANCING RUNNERS.. “From the sabermetric perspective, it’s also acknowledging that you can’t just look at the team’s record as the only barometer of success, because sometimes you get lucky and win more than you maybe should, and other times you get unlucky and don’t win as many as you expected.”

WELL IT MIGHT MEAN THAT BUT THAT SEEMS AWFULLY SOPHISTICATED FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK CLINT BARMES BELONGS AT THE TOP OF A MAJOR LEAGUE BATTING ORDER. MORE LIKELY THEY ARE SAYING THAT WOULDN’T MIND LOSING IF THEY “PLAYED THE GAME RIGHT” I.E SACRIFICING AND ADVANCING RUNNERS..

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