Smoltz could sign with Red Sox

I'm well aware of Lancaster's reputation as a power hitter's dream, and I'm "into baseball" enough to know that Anderson's home away splits for homeruns during his stay there was 7-6. Kinda wrecks your argument. I'm sure you'll find a way to attribute his solid on-base percentage and OBP to playing for Lancaster.

If Anderson has a weakness or area he needs to work on, it's his defense. Are you sure you're not thinking of someone else? As for him being another Casey and being an 18-25 HR a year guy, well that's just stupid. Casey hit 20 or more homers only three times and hit as many as 25 once. Those three years were an exception, as he hit less than 10 HRs eight times. For his career, he's averaged less than 11 homers and about 61 RBIs a season. Do your fucking homework before making these types of comparisons. Otherwise you come off looking retarded.

sure you do. and you write for a nationally-recognized fantasy football magazine; know soccer inside and out; are expert on hockey; and are fluent in seven languages. we know all that.

yes. Because the folks at baseball america are the only ones that have had good things to say about Anderson. (You know that's not true, otherwise you wouldn't have claimed that he's overhyped)

See, you spent an entire weekend googling and researching and still made yourself look stupid.

 

Come on, let's not pretend that you knew that split off-hand. You found it through Google after reading my post. It is an interesting fact, but no, it doesn't wreck my argument. During his time at Lancaster in '08, Anderson's home slugging percentage was .559 and his road slugging percentage was a more pedestrian .468.

Again, I don't expect you to know as much about baseball as I do, even with regard to Red Sox prospects. That said, maybe you'll be interested to know that Anderson was voted the top defensive first baseman by the managers in the South Atlantic League.

I'm obviously talking about his prime from '99 to '04. Injuries have robbed him of what power he had. And since I doubt that you follow baseball enough to have known this, I can tell you that when Casey was coming up in the Indians' minor league system, his scouting report had a lot in common with Anderson's now. Both were lefties of about the same build and had similar minor league statistics, and Casey was projected to develop a lot more power than he eventually showed at the major league level. I remember in part because I argued with some of my fantasy baseball peers that he would not become a 30 home run hitter.

I am deeply knowledgeable about baseball and football, but I've never claimed to be an expert on other sports. In fact, I've been pretty up front about the limitations of my knowledge in other areas.

This kind of thing is not going to succeed, grid. It would probably work if you used one of your other accounts, but I associate your own username with the desire to provoke a reaction, and therefore I'm less apt to respond in that fashion. Instead of getting offended, I usually enjoy your schtick, although you haven't exactly brought your A-game here.

 

Former Lancaster Jethawks who defied logic and became halfway decent major league power hitters:

Carlos Quentin, OF, White Sox: 36 HR, 100 RBIs in 130 games in 2008
Mark Reynolds, 3b, D’Backs: 28 HR, 97 RBIs in 2008
Stephen Drew: SS, D’Backs: 21 HR, 67 RBIs in 2008
Conor Jackson, 1B, D’Backs: 31 HRs, 75 RBIs in 2008 (89 HRs in 3+ seasons)
Dan Uggla, 2b, Marlins: 32 HRs, 92 RBIs in 2008 (90 HRs in 3 full seasons)


Former Portland Sea Dogs who miraculously beat long odds and cracked the majors as serviceable power hitters:

Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, Padres: 36 HR, 119 RBIs in 2008
David Murphy, OF, Rangers: 15 HR, 74 RBIs in 108 games as a rookie
Hanley Ramirez, SS, Marlins: 33 Hrs in 2008
Gary Sheffield, OF: 499 career homers
Kevin Youkilis, 3b/1B, Red Sox: 29 HRs, 115 RBI in 2008.

 

Nice touch with the "I don't expect you to know as much about baseball as I do" and "I know you don't follow baseball like I do." You should know those kind of comments weaken any kind of argument you'd wish to put forth.

Take your ridiculous "comeback route" squabble with Pi. You were thoroughly embarrassed, whether you care to admit it or not. You were owned there and you've been owned here. Sorry, but it's true.

 

If Collin continues to be owned like this, I'm going to have to start referring to him as Kunta Kinte.

 

I just call him Toby

 

They're merely statements of fact. For instance, you didn't even know enough about baseball to understand the ramifications of arbitration on the contracts Youkilis and Pedroia signed. And as for Lancaster/Portland, it's absurd for you to pretend that I said that no power hitters can come through there. That doesn't even make sense logically. But everyone who has knowledge about those two parks is aware that they boost hitters' statistics. Moreover, I'm not saying that Lars Anderson can't hit 25+ home runs in the major leagues, I'm just expressing my own doubt that he will live up to the hype.

Is that why no one was able to come up with even one example of a player running a "comeback route" where the QB throws the ball after the receiver turns and starts running back to the line of scrimmage? Erpi is the one who got "owned" in that thread, however much you may want to pretend otherwise. Not only was he wrong about comeback routes, but he made himself look foolish by insisting that you never throw to the RB on 4th down.

 

Sorry guy, you got owned by me and here again by Grid.

And I said you never throw the ball short of the 1st down marker on 4th down unless you have no other option. In my situation it just happened to be a RB releasing out of the backfield.

I don't expect you to understand, you never took one snap.

 

First, "own" is childish internet slang. Can you please use some adult vocabulary? Grid claims to win arguments against people because he's trying to irritate them and get a reaction, but he doesn't actually believe it. You really are that delusional, however. The thing you should ask yourself, though, is why no one asks your opinion about anything if you own people in every argument you have, as you claim. No one asks your opinion because no one thinks you know anything since you routinely embarrass yourself with a clear lack of knowledge, you just claim that you "won" anyway. By the way, I'm still waiting on an example of an NFL play where the receiver turned and started running back to the line of scrimmage before the QB threw the ball. Feel free to share that whenever you can find one.