Gold from Keith Law.
Klawchats may be my favorite thing to read on the internets...
Bobby (Detroit): You should be Alexei Ramirez for Halloween
SportsNation Keith Law: (1:35 PM ET ) Too easy. Walk around in a black shirt, swinging a baseball bat around but never hitting anything.
about 1 year ago
Peter Bendix
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never hitting anything?
and this guy is supposedly a senior baseball analyst with a wealth of knowledge to tap into, huh.
he's stubborn. and lacks discipline. and i hope he drowns in front of his children. but I’ll have to document all that when I see him next year, assuming he stays here, which he probably will. i don’t wanna be dissin’ without substance.
It was somewhat hyperbolic, yes...
But the guy did also have a .317 OBP this year.
by Peter Bendix on Oct 30, 2008 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
right.
so wouldn’t a joke about that, instead of, i don’t know, a .290 batting average and like a 10 or 12% k rate, make sense? there’s a lot not to like about ramirez. him not making contact kind of isn’t it at all. perhaps fool’s gold from keith law is a more apt title.
he's stubborn. and lacks discipline. and i hope he drowns in front of his children. but I’ll have to document all that when I see him next year, assuming he stays here, which he probably will. i don’t wanna be dissin’ without substance.
sure he mis-typed on half his comment
but it’s still a great costume idea. if only any of my friends would get it…
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
"mis-typed", huh.
very generous you are with dumb commentary. i’m guessing you wouldn’t be as charitable if joe morgan or tim mccarver said it. dumb = dumb, no matter whose mouth it comes from. unfortunately, keith often deserves to be described in the company of the latter two gentlemen. we’ve been talking about overrated – keith law’s another to add to the list.
he's stubborn. and lacks discipline. and i hope he drowns in front of his children. but I’ll have to document all that when I see him next year, assuming he stays here, which he probably will. i don’t wanna be dissin’ without substance.
Yeah but when KLaw does it, he's not being serious
Those other announcers are tards because they really believe those dumb things that they’re saying. I think he just plays on that ramirez is overrated.
by staplemaniac on Oct 30, 2008 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
law says a whole lot a dumb stuff.
and i’m not quite sure who is overrating ramirez. i’m in chicago and i’m a sox fan. where is this occuring?
he's stubborn. and lacks discipline. and i hope he drowns in front of his children. but I’ll have to document all that when I see him next year, assuming he stays here, which he probably will. i don’t wanna be dissin’ without substance.
You seem to have missed the articles where Alexei Ramirez was proclaimed AL ROY.
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 30, 2008 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
i forgot i was on a rays blog so a few idiots on this topic suddenly become mainstream opinion to bash so as to defend the honor of longoria.
he's stubborn. and lacks discipline. and i hope he drowns in front of his children. but I’ll have to document all that when I see him next year, assuming he stays here, which he probably will. i don’t wanna be dissin’ without substance.
chill.
this is not a blog where people come out pistols blazing to defend their teams and opinions. and it’s not a blog where you get to call the authors “a few idiots” like it means nothing. it’s civil discourse. about baseball. with intelligence. feel free to disagree, but keep it objective and impersonal. thanks.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
you guys really take stuff seriously.
apparently both here and on our site. i think you’re the one who needs to chill if you can’t see that the above was a joke. hello? also, you may wish to consider reading better and figure out who ‘idiots’ refers to, mmkay. here’s some help: it’s not the “authors”; it’s idiots who wrote the said articles where alexei ramirez was proclaimed AL ROY. i think the context is very clear but, if it’s not, there’s your clarification. ask for that if you’re unclear and avoid doing this:
he's stubborn. and lacks discipline. and i hope he drowns in front of his children. but I’ll have to document all that when I see him next year, assuming he stays here, which he probably will. i don’t wanna be dissin’ without substance.
You seem to have missed the articles where Keith Law said Dan Haren had no strikeout pitch
and was a #3 starter at best.
Keep in mind, he wrote this in the winter of 2007-2008 after Haren had already started an ASG.
I could go through the archives and pull out many other retarded things Law has said before, but it’s not worth bothering with.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
Every analyst is going to end up saying things that turn out wrong...
…especially if they’re prolific and cover a whole lot of teams.
I don’t always agree with KLaw, but I don’t know that he’s a “dolt” – he’s certainly not Jim Rome or Colin Cowherd bad.
the problem is that he tries to cover a whole lot of teams.
i think being able to do that well borders on the impossible, if not being impossible. you can tell when he’s just talking out of his ass about something. i just wish these guys would recognize their limitations and just not opine on things they don’t know enough about. they aren’t helping anyone when they do that.
he's stubborn. and lacks discipline. and i hope he drowns in front of his children. but I’ll have to document all that when I see him next year, assuming he stays here, which he probably will. i don’t wanna be dissin’ without substance.
i certainly don't read enough (like, next to zero) of Keith Law to judge his qualifications
but I do respect him for this, even if he’s just copying and tweaking from PECOTA
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on Oct 31, 2008 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
ok, Law said something that was partially dumb. i'll stop defending it. dumb dumb dumb
still funny.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
Keith Law is a dolt.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
Why you be hatin?
Clutch: A measurement of how much better or worse a player does in high leverage situations than he would have done in a context neutral environment. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/glossary/
in what sense is what law said funny or even close to accurate?
you’re lauding law for having a clever reader?
anyway, the keith law worship is a little much. his default condescension is abrasive and less tolerable in light of the errors.
nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team
you don't get it. he made a joke about alexei ramirez. everyone knows that if you're a sabrmetric guy, you should dislike ramirez because he doesn't get on base enough.
nevermind that the joke doesn’t make sense. laugh because keith law is awesome and he made a joke about a player you should dislike and is overrated. that’s what the cool kids do.
he's stubborn. and lacks discipline. and i hope he drowns in front of his children. but I’ll have to document all that when I see him next year, assuming he stays here, which he probably will. i don’t wanna be dissin’ without substance.
I thought the joke was walking, since Ramirez is having none of that.
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 31, 2008 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Ding ding ding.
Also, swinging at everything.
by Peter Bendix on Oct 31, 2008 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
The punch line got lost in the midst.
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 31, 2008 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
i think it got lost due to the "but never hitting anything" part
if he wanted to be someone who walks around swinging but never hitting anything varitek would have been a much better choice.
The movement was so devastating that television announcer Hawk Harrelson called it "the Doomerang," saying that if Day had enough distance to work with, the pitch would eventually come back to him.
if he's dressed apparently as a sox player doing the above, i think it's pretty obvious that everyone would think he's juan uribe.
ramirez makes no sense.
he's stubborn. and lacks discipline. and i hope he drowns in front of his children. but I’ll have to document all that when I see him next year, assuming he stays here, which he probably will. i don’t wanna be dissin’ without substance.
yeah, but then he has to stuff a bunch of pillows under his shirt
The movement was so devastating that television announcer Hawk Harrelson called it "the Doomerang," saying that if Day had enough distance to work with, the pitch would eventually come back to him.
keith ain't that skinny.
he just needs to get a big wad of gum to stick in his right cheek and he’s there.
he's stubborn. and lacks discipline. and i hope he drowns in front of his children. but I’ll have to document all that when I see him next year, assuming he stays here, which he probably will. i don’t wanna be dissin’ without substance.
but does he have the peroxide-dyed facial hair to cap it off?
The movement was so devastating that television announcer Hawk Harrelson called it "the Doomerang," saying that if Day had enough distance to work with, the pitch would eventually come back to him.
...in the midst of incomprehensible writing.
fixed.
nothing gets ‘em wetter than infrequent postings on the city’s second favorite team
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