flavum Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Jeff Banister is the Rangers manager. Career OPS+ of 469. Not bad. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/banisje01.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 11:02 AM) Jeff Banister is the Rangers manager. Career OPS+ of 469. Not bad. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/banisje01.shtml Highest career average of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 11:02 AM) Jeff Banister is the Rangers manager. Career OPS+ of 469. Not bad. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/banisje01.shtml But it was a hell of a plate appearance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 11:09 AM) Highest career average of all time. Wimpy's brother John was 3 for 3 with a couple of walks, 4 runs scored and 3 RBI in his career. Edited October 16, 2014 by Dick Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 (edited) http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/columnist...ff-banister.ece Banny will be a great manager. I saw him manage a team of overachievers (the best players on our team were Jimmy Anderson, Chris Peters, Jason Johnson, Lou Collier and finally Jose Guillen near the tail end) for 142 games in 1995 when the GreenJackets won the SAL. He's the right combination of communicator, stern/disciplinarian...you have no choice but to respect him, and he has clearly adjusted over the last twenty years, because analytics/SABR was all still pretty new back at that time and was being scoffed at by most scouts and "insiders." As a personal story of perseverance, he should be a Lifetime/Disney Movie of the Week before he even manages with all the adversity he's overcome already. Here's another article. http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/1...anister-manager Edited October 17, 2014 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I have no idea if anyone else here cares about this but why not write it. Just watched the 30 for 30 on the 1989 Loma Prieta (world series) earthquake. Caught a bit of delightful science in the actual video of the quake hitting. When an earthquake happens, it sends out seismic energy in the form of different shaking methods. The fastest-moving wave that heads out is called a p-wave, its always weaker than the waves that come afterwards that do the real damage. The p wave is usually somewhere between a second and a couple seconds faster than the big surface waves, and the farther you are from the source of the quake, the bigger the time gap. In the video from when the quake hits, Tim McCarver is talking about something that happened in the previous game. If you listen carefully, McCarver stumbles over his words and pauses mid-sentence, then resumes talking normally for about 2 seconds, and then the tv camera cuts out. Tim McCarver paused his sentence when the p-wave hit, kept talking for 2 seconds not having a chance to process what it was, and then the main shaking hit. I can literally tell how far Candlestick Park was from the source of the quake by Tim McCarver's speaking. I just thought that was remarkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benchwarmerjim Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Wow, that is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 The past few 30 for 30's have been very good. The Boston College Scandal and the earthquake. The earthquake was one of those events that I wish Twitter was around for. Remember waiting for the game to start with my my mom and pic went out. We didn't have cable in 89 so had no idea why until the news came on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I just remember that we got aftershocks from the earthquake all the way out here in the Great Lakes. It was definitely an experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabiness42 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I have no idea if anyone else here cares about this but why not write it. Just watched the 30 for 30 on the 1989 Loma Prieta (world series) earthquake. Caught a bit of delightful science in the actual video of the quake hitting. When an earthquake happens, it sends out seismic energy in the form of different shaking methods. The fastest-moving wave that heads out is called a p-wave, its always weaker than the waves that come afterwards that do the real damage. The p wave is usually somewhere between a second and a couple seconds faster than the big surface waves, and the farther you are from the source of the quake, the bigger the time gap. In the video from when the quake hits, Tim McCarver is talking about something that happened in the previous game. If you listen carefully, McCarver stumbles over his words and pauses mid-sentence, then resumes talking normally for about 2 seconds, and then the tv camera cuts out. Tim McCarver paused his sentence when the p-wave hit, kept talking for 2 seconds not having a chance to process what it was, and then the main shaking hit. I can literally tell how far Candlestick Park was from the source of the quake by Tim McCarver's speaking. I just thought that was remarkable. We had an early morning earthquake here a few years back. The cats started flipping out a full 10-15 seconds before the shaking started. It's the only reason my wife was awake to feel it because the cats sleep on her and they woke her up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 20, 2014 -> 08:22 AM) We had an early morning earthquake here a few years back. The cats started flipping out a full 10-15 seconds before the shaking started. It's the only reason my wife was awake to feel it because the cats sleep on her and they woke her up. We also had a small one, that originated very close to where I live. My wife was pregnant with my middle son Jakob, and she woke me up and said he was really active and going nuts, next thing i know, the house shook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Alfonso Soriano retiring at age 38. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 So, just me spitballing based on hypotheticals right now. Alex Rodriguez received a 162 game suspension. What if the Orioles and Yankees tied for the division title and had to play a game 163? Would ARod have been eligible to play in that game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttriptotulsa Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 10:42 AM) So, just me spitballing based on hypotheticals right now. Alex Rodriguez received a 162 game suspension. What if the Orioles and Yankees tied for the division title and had to play a game 163? Would ARod have been eligible to play in that game? My guess would be no, but really it would be an interesting argument. His suspension was listed as 162 games and he would be ineligible for the playoffs because he was not removed from the restricted before August 31, but game 163 is considered "regular season" so I'm not sure. In reality, I don't think the Yankees would activate him for that one game after not playing for over a year. Edited November 5, 2014 by lasttriptotulsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Nov 5, 2014 -> 10:51 AM) My guess would be no, but really it would be an interesting argument. His suspension was listed as 162 games and he would be ineligible for the playoffs because he was not removed from the restricted before August 31, but game 163 is considered "regular season" so I'm not sure. In reality, I don't think the Yankees would activate him for that one game after not playing for over a year. I think the latter is correct because you wouldn't want to risk your entire season on a guy who hasn't played for a full season other than perhaps minor league rehab games. On the other hand, your option at 3B could alternatively be an injury replacement type player whose true MLB value is like a -2 WAR - poor or mediocre defense, bad offense, but he's the only option you have at 3B. It'd be like a one in a million scenario, but it's fun to think about anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGajewski18 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Rays trade Caesar Ramos to the Angels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGajewski18 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 OF Chris Young resigns with the Yankees pending a physical. I know there were some people who were interested in him on the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerksticks Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 That was 2006 man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Anyone think kW finally gets his man again, and ichiro comes off the White Sox bench? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSox13 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 9, 2014 -> 05:36 PM) Anyone think kW finally gets his man again, and ichiro comes off the White Sox bench? Griffey Jr and Manny would certainly think so. Let's hope JR has taken KW's Xbox controller away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 9, 2014 -> 05:36 PM) Anyone think kW finally gets his man again, and ichiro comes off the White Sox bench? Insert Roberto Alomar and Carl Everett joke here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 9, 2014 -> 06:37 PM) Insert Roberto Alomar and Carl Everett joke here Don't forget Omar Vizquel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Steve Carlton says "hi!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 10, 2014 -> 04:13 AM) Steve Carlton says "hi!" I had no idea he was one of KWs guys he was trying to get for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Waiting for a Smokey Burgess mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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