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11. But I’d be more interested in the numbers when adjusted for inflation, considering that 35 of these have been released since 2010by Noah Frank via twitter 8/14/2019 6:35:13 PM -
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Even though we only hung out sporadically (because we’re married adults and he has kids now) there was something of a feeling of permanence to him being here, just because I’d known him since my first week in town. So it goes, I supposeby Noah Frank via twitter 8/15/2019 3:50:48 PM
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Seriously, I’m not clicking on it, but if that article is more than a word long, it’s a waste of everyone’s timeby Noah Frank via twitter 8/15/2019 4:25:52 PM
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Actor, artist, philanthropist, Super Bowl champ. @VernonDavis85 is still playing football, but the D.C. native's life is much larger than just the game wtop.com/washington-red…by Noah Frank via twitter 8/15/2019 4:45:27 PM
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I don’t know if the Phillies have enough to make the postseason. But if they do, tonight might have been the differenceby Noah Frank via twitter 8/16/2019 2:28:09 AM
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It's a night game in Oakland, where the ball doesn't travel well, and the A's and Astros are just taking turns belting monster home runs off one anotherby Noah Frank via twitter 8/16/2019 4:00:24 AM
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She was an unexpected hero of the #USWNT 's World Cup win in France. As @roselavelle settles into her new normal, she and @WashSpirit face their biggest week of the season wtop.com/soccer/2019/08…by Noah Frank via twitter 8/16/2019 5:08:57 PM
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This is an excellent promotion. More teams should think about doing this.by Noah Frank via twitter 8/16/2019 6:38:02 PM
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The thing with private equity and journalism is that the entire business plan is degrading the product faster than… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…by Mike L. Goodman via twitter retweeted by NoahFrankWTOP 8/16/2019 10:13:27 PM -
My god they’re doing 9 innings of this I don’t think Benetti is going to survive https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECJByGyWsAI1zq6.jpg
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That’s because this only tells you the player’s relative value to team ownership, not to how much the player contributes on the field. We absolutely should not be celebrating baseball’s broken salary structures through this awardby Noah Frank via twitter 8/17/2019 7:33:35 PM
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You want to celebrate the shrewdness of acquiring players who cost less than they produce? That’s your Executive of the Year Award baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Execut…by Noah Frank via twitter 8/17/2019 7:35:17 PM
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Qualifying how great players are by how much they’re getting paid is how you end up with a damn wrestling belt being given to the team that does the best job of screwing its players in arbitration theathletic.com/888513/2019/03…by Noah Frank via twitter 8/17/2019 7:37:39 PM
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This is quite a chaser after the absinthe shot of Bill Walton last nightby Noah Frank via twitter 8/17/2019 8:17:31 PM
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Every pitcher does this, so it’s hardly scandalous. But whatever’s on Chris Bassitt’s hat is so shiny that the projected ad on the backstop is picking it up https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECM26oiX4AAOu4H.jpg
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Quality Start may be a garbage stat, but to get through 6 IP with 3 ER after a 31-pitch 1st inning, in a day game in Oakland, against the Astros lineup, is exactly thatby Noah Frank via twitter 8/17/2019 10:16:10 PM
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Anybody have the stats handy on Doolittle’s numbers on the second day of back-to-back appearances??by Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 2:29:28 AM
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(Just to be clear, holding your catcher with zero outs at 3rd is the right call. I just can’t believe he didn’t send him.)by Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 3:19:20 AM
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It’s a war of attrition.
It’s a war on war.
J. Guerra will win, one J. Guerra will lose. Who is who? Who’s to say?by Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 4:28:00 AM -
It’s after midnight, there will be no deletions/corrections to tweets missing wordsby Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 4:30:52 AM
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Also, I arrived at the bar in the 7th inning, watched the Nats go up 3, blow it in the 9th, come back to tie but fail to score with the bases loaded and none out, stayed until the 12th, witnessed a car crash on my 1.5 mile walk home, and was still in the door before that HRby Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 4:35:05 AM
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They’re honestly lucky, pitching to Soto at allby Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 4:45:26 AM -
You fools. You absolute buffoons. You think you can challenge this #weirdbaseball realm without scoring more runs than innings? You didn’t want war. But you finished with it. It finished you. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECOhaggWsAAag6P.jpg
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Btw, Asdrubal Cabrera accomplished something more rare than a perfect game tonight: 8+ plate appearances with 4+ walks, but no hits. 17th time in MLB history, first since Adam Dunn in 2013 baseball-reference.com/play-index/gam…
Ok, goodnightby Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 5:21:08 AM -
There’s a lot of noise in these numbers, so, here, with AL rank:
Devers:
bWAR 4.9 (7th)
OPS+ 142 (7th)
Trout:
bWAR 8.2 (1st)
OPS+ 189 (1st)by Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 12:43:50 PM -
Devers is having an excellent year. He may well finish second in the AL MVP. If the vote was held today, unless one writer went rogue, Trout would win it unanimously wtop.com/gallery/mlb/up…by Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 12:45:54 PM
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Love this town, where someone will happily park their car in the middle of a busy street, blocking you in, and just leave it there https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECQjnR5W4AApljq.jpg
by Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 2:22:34 PM -
I agree that
1. MLB needs to stop acting blind to the obvious changes in the ball
2. Something needs to be done to address the grip, which pitchers have struggled with
But are more home runs...bad? Is there a good argument for why we should have FEWER of them?by Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 3:27:43 PM -
10-day IL for Doolittle would make a lot of sense, give him time to rest and work on stuff on the sideby Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 3:50:08 PM
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Btw, if you need a palate cleanser before today's Nats game, this Loudoun County LL team (on ESPN) is ruhl goodby Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 4:01:16 PM
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Neither Chase Anderson nor Erick Fedde have pitched more than 6 innings all year (108/102 season-high pitch counts). Both started as relievers, moved to rotation. With both bullpens gassed, interesting to see how long the leash is for either if they struggleby Noah Frank via twitter 8/18/2019 4:57:17 PM
