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Awards Finalists
| Frayed Knot Nov 05 2018 07:22 PM |
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I still don't particularly like the idea that they do this: pre-announce that only these three candidates can possibly win each award, and I'm not sure what prompted them to adopt this strategy over the last few years.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 05 2018 07:23 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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Predictions: Acuna, Ohtani, Counsell, Melvin, deGrom, Snell, Yelich, Betts
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| Ceetar Nov 06 2018 08:28 AM Re: Awards Finalists |
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reality TV probably. But I've come around on it. It's gives 'em a day to tweet out clips and graphics and other #content that's good for engagement and all that jazz without having to go deep to like 10 MVP candidates or anything. It's not really 'finalists' so much as a slow-reveal. no deGrom on the MVP list though, stupid writers.
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| Mets Willets Point Nov 06 2018 08:29 AM Re: Awards Finalists |
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What a wonderful phrase! Acuna, Ohtani, Ain't no passing craze.
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| Lefty Specialist Nov 06 2018 08:42 AM Re: Awards Finalists |
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Well, they already know who won everything, so they take the top three votegetters and stoke up the excitement.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 06 2018 01:31 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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And when there's a year with four or more possible winners (plenty of seasons have seen more than three players receive 1st place votes) it stokes down excitement. Can you stoke excitement down? Probably, although not with a minor present
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| Frayed Knot Nov 12 2018 05:01 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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ROY
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| Mets Willets Point Nov 12 2018 06:14 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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| Frayed Knot Nov 12 2018 07:16 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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I'll need to have that one explained to me.
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| Ceetar Nov 12 2018 08:38 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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hACUNA matata. Ain't no passing craze.
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| Mets Willets Point Nov 12 2018 09:41 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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Acuna Ohtani sounds like "Hakuna Matata," a song sung by these characters in The Lion King.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 13 2018 01:23 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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So what we really need is a mash up of Ronald Acuna and former NYM Masato Yoshii -- Acuna Masato
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| Frayed Knot Nov 13 2018 04:54 PM Re: Awards Finalists Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 13 2018 07:13 PM |
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The Braves continue to hoover up awards as Brian Snitker is named NL Manager of the Year
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| Ashie62 Nov 13 2018 05:00 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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Jeff McNeil got one 3rd place vote to come in 8th for ROY. Well done!
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 13 2018 09:28 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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Oh, bud, it's not kid culture-- it's been a Broadway musical for two decades. Babies conceived during the film's theatrical run are just about old enough to serve in Congress. We probably should have considered Melvin a little more carefully back in 2010, huh?
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| batmagadanleadoff Nov 13 2018 09:43 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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Count me out of it, too. I thought the cartoon animals were smiling because the Yankees didn't take home the ROY award.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 14 2018 04:48 AM Re: Awards Finalists |
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Well I suppose we could get into a discussion on how much of Broadway is or isn't kid-oriented culture (I thought every Disney princess had her own show these days) but that's a separate issue. Let me put it this way: I was aware that such a song existed and might even possibly recognize it if it were played for me*, though wouldn't have been 100% sure of the title. I did not, however, make the leap from Acuna + Ohtani to the song title, nor did I connect it to the two critters in Willets' post which I most certainly DID connect with kid culture. These babies you speak of, are you saying that some of them were conceived in the theatre? Was it during intermission? Late in Act II perhaps? * though possibly not and mainly know it as a Seinfeld joke where Elaine fessed to singing it at work; "I thought I was alone" ... Jerry: "That doesn't make it right"
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| Lefty Specialist Nov 14 2018 07:17 AM Re: Awards Finalists |
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I'm so happy I know who Pumbaa and Timon are.
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| Mets Willets Point Nov 14 2018 09:35 AM Re: Awards Finalists |
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The thing is, I made the Acuna Ohtani joke earlier in the thread. The image was just follow up.
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| Mets Willets Point Nov 14 2018 09:36 AM Re: Awards Finalists |
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My son is outraged on Alex Cora's behalf. But at least no one can claim East Coast Bias.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 14 2018 10:14 AM Re: Awards Finalists |
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So between not knowing the lyrics and not knowing the characters, it appears that I whiffed on the reference twice.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 14 2018 05:02 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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Meanwhile, votes were a bit more spread out over in the unimportant league
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| Benjamin Grimm Nov 14 2018 05:12 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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I was much less interested in this one. Until just now I thought that Snell's first name was Nate.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 14 2018 05:44 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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Could be worse, you could be an old football fan and think it was Matt.
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| MFS62 Nov 15 2018 03:46 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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They're lucky they didn't have to hit against him. His ERA, ERA+, and several other stats were comparable to those Jake had. (Except for those, uh, ... wins) https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... bl01.shtml Later
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| Frayed Knot Nov 15 2018 04:21 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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And the NL MVP goes to Christian Yelich
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| Frayed Knot Nov 15 2018 05:37 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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| Frayed Knot Nov 15 2018 06:37 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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And, because by rule he can never be completely shut out, Derek Jeter also received 2018 MVP points from some back of the ballot votes. For Trout, that's now 2nd, 2nd, 1st, 2nd, 1st, 4th, and 2nd in his seven ML seasons. In the year he finished 4th he led the league in OPS
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| MFS62 Nov 15 2018 06:40 PM Re: Awards Finalists |
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I just threw up in my mouth. Later
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