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Gut reaction: Why would the San Francisco Giants trade a resurgent Michael Conforto for a year and two months of a floundering Mitch Garver when designated hitter Jorge Soler is under contract through 2026? It's a good thing these players can do things other than DH... the Giants outfield is dog pi...

Gut reaction: Why would the San Francisco Giants trade a resurgent Michael Conforto for a year and two months of a floundering Mitch Garver when designated hitter Jorge Soler is under contract through 2026?

So are you a robot then? I am secure enough to welcome statistical challenges to my gut reactions. Somewhat unrelated, but the current lecture in my sports analytics course discusses the data generated by a single event. The video example showed Shohei Ohtani homering off Logan Gilbert on a 3-1 cou...

So are you a robot then? No, just a Superior Rational Being like Spock on Star Trek relative to us Wild and Crazy lunatic Human fans. https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e11fd8c8d000e92d&sca_upv=1&rlz=1CATRYO_enUS1048&sxsrf=ADLYWIIcjTcjOtC-4IVNg4Bjmya3HybzZg:1715428198337&q=spock+on+humans&tbm=vi...

I'd say those are fairly optimistic Fans are susceptible to recency bias, especially with newly acquired players. So are you a robot then? I am secure enough to welcome statistical challenges to my gut reactions. Somewhat unrelated, but the current lecture in my sports analytics course discusses th...

Donn Beach wrote: ↑

Sat May 11, 2024 1:37 am

I'd say those are fairly optimistic

Fans are susceptible to recency bias, especially with newly acquired players.

GARVER: "Hey, here's a great idea, let's sign the guy who's the worst hitter in the history of T-Mobile Park!" I swear, some of the swings he takes look like they're coming from some hobo they pulled out of the stands who's trying to grab the ladder on a boxcar going 93 MPH. We were never going to ...

D-train wrote: ↑

Thu May 09, 2024 7:30 pm

Remember debating whether to trade for Polanco or Kepler. Welp Kepler has a .952 OPS and Polanco is at .594. Guess Jerry chose wrong like he does EVERY single time with position players...

Josh Rojas?

seth8734 wrote: ↑

Thu May 09, 2024 8:07 pm

Woo starts tomorrow. Need him to do what he has been doing in his rehab starts. Gonna be tough. Oakland is actually scoring a ton of runs right now.

Twice in the last week the Oakland Athletics have scored 20 runs in a single day.

Who saw that coming?

The Athletics helped the Mariners this afternoon by taking down the reigning World Series champion Rangers 9-4 in the first game of a doubleheader (at this poster’s likely last visit to Oakland Coliseum). Are the Concession stands still open? lol When the cash register crashed (and the concessioner...