Al Bundy

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On Aug 8, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Indians vs. Rangers" at 02:15 am

  • You have a better chance of scoring at least one run with a runner on third and one out than a runner on second with 0 outs. This calculator shows it https://gregstoll.com/~gregstoll/baseball/runsperinning.html just take the complement of 0 runs scored in each situation.

     

    Laley's data shows that your expected outcome is greater by not bunting, but if you are down 1 run in the bottom of the 9th all that matter is 0,1, or 2 runs.

    With that said, I believe that you have to look at the players involved. We never all will agree with Tito, but he is the best tribe manager of my lifetime, and I trust his decisions.

On Aug 6, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Indians vs. Rangers" at 09:11 pm

  • I wonder how this will change the rotation for the Minnesota series.

On Aug 3, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Indians vs. LAA" at 04:13 pm
  • posted by iclfan2

    And there goes Salazar to the IL. Supposedly his groin was keeping his velocity down last night. Woof. So Clev, Plutko, Bieber, Plesac...

    Olson also to the IL

    In a strange way, I'm glad to hear that Salazar is hurt. When I saw him pitching on Thursday night, I thought that his career was over. Maybe there is still hope.

  • Al Bundy replied to "First Ballot Hall-of Famers" at 01:14 pm

  • What win total do you think that voters will look at for pitchers? Of the ones mentioned, only Verlander and Sabathia are over 200. Some of the others are still quite a bit away from 200.

On Jul 30, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Astros vs Tribe (Series Thread)" at 11:29 pm
  • posted by Ironman92

    Will Indians back out since Reds didn’t pull him? Puig might be looking at several game suspension.

     

    He was my favorite Reds player this season. I think you’ll love him. I’ll be rooting hard for him.

     

    On the video that I saw, Puig was doing a lot of yelling. Is there a video that shows more or what he would have done to deserve a suspension?

On Jul 29, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tribe vs Royals (Series Thread)" at 07:03 am

  • Unless we are overwhelmed in a trade offer, I hope that we keep Bauer. I don't think that we can count on Kluber, Salazar, or Cookie at this point. Bauer is an a-hole, but he is an a-hole with some talent. It's practically impossible to win with all good guys.

On Jul 28, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tribe vs Royals (Series Thread)" at 01:04 pm
  • posted by Verbal Kint

    Yes, need to beat the good teams now and crush the bad ones...

    .464 for the Twins,

    .499 for the Indians.

    Cleveland has 19 games left against the White Sox, Royals and Tigers, Minnesota has 33

    I think that the head to head games with Minnesota will ultimately determine it. We have played poorly against them this year, but if we can play well in the remaining 10, I like our chances.

On Jul 17, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tigers @ Tribe (Series Thread)" at 07:21 pm

  • Twins lost this afternoon. We have a chance to cut their lead down to 4 games.

    Mercado misplayed another fly ball tonight. We got out of the inning without any damage, but I'd much rather see him at a corner position. Play Allen in center.

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tigers @ Tribe (Series Thread)" at 10:34 am
  • posted by Laley23

    Prior to last night, he went 5 for his previous 15. With 3 2Bs and a HR. 

    Hes struggling, but you can see the power potential. Unfortunately I think he needs to learn to hit the offspeed pitches in the bigs. Don’t see how mashing AAA pitching more will help. He won’t see enough, and they won’t be as high of quality. 

    I think that he can also use work defensively at AAA. There have been cases where he struggles to make what should be routine plays for a major league first baseman (fielding grounders, digging out low throws to first, footwork, making correct decisions on cutting off throws from the outfield, etc. ) I get that we are counting on him mostly for his bat, but I'd hate to have a guy that young who can only play DH.

On Jul 16, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tigers @ Tribe (Series Thread)" at 01:20 pm
  • posted by BRF

    I feel the same way and it’s going to be Bauer.  I’m going to be pissed if we deal Hand.

    Go Tribe.

    Go cat_lover!

    (to Al Bundy: I apologize for calling you a troll and I hope you keep posting here)

     

    No problem, I've been called worse. I'll also be pissed if they trade Hand. I'm not opposed to trading Bauer if we get value in return, but I am opposed to trading him to the Yankees or Astros. If we can't get value from an NL team, keep him.

On Jul 15, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tigers @ Tribe (Series Thread)" at 11:46 am

  • Over the past 6 weeks, we have done a great job of beating up on the bad teams (with the exception of the Baltimore series). We have 7 games left on this homestand against 2 horrible teams. We need to continue to dominate the bad teams.

On Jul 14, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Twins at Tribe (Series Thread)" at 09:22 pm
  • posted by vball10set

    What the fuck are you cutting that for, Santana?!?

    It was a horrible cut, but it was Bradley. Santana was DH today. I hate to question Tito, but I would like us to see our best defensive players against the Twins. We can't give them extra outs/runs. 

On Jul 13, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Twins at Tribe (Series Thread)" at 04:48 pm
  • posted by Ironman92

    Michael Brantley ?

    I may be mixing up my years, but I think Brantley struggled his rookie year and was sent down to the minors a few times.

  • Al Bundy replied to "Twins at Tribe (Series Thread)" at 02:16 pm
  • posted by Gardens35

    The last major league ready rookie center fielder/outfielder for the Tribe was Rick Manning.

    Discuss.

     

    Kenny Lofton

On Jul 10, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "MLB All-Star Thread" at 10:16 pm
  • posted by BRF

    Start a new thread. 

     

    Troll

    GFY. I'm talking about the ASG and Indians history. I have forgotten more about the Indians history than you will ever know.

  • Al Bundy replied to "MLB All-Star Thread" at 10:11 pm
  • posted by Laley23

    It was a win win, because while Cleveland won’t be allowed to sell/license him...the fans will never let him die.

    It’s a completely racist and out of touch mascot, but I’m nostalgic and can’t let him go. I acknowledge how wrong it is, I just don’t care lol.

    Cleveland still does sell/license Chief Wahoo. He is sold at the gift shop and many booths throughout Progressive Field. If they decide to quit selling him, they give up the trademark.

     

    They cut a deal with MLB where they would take him off of the uniform in exchange for hosting the ASG.

  • Al Bundy replied to "MLB All-Star Thread" at 04:27 pm

  • There were some great moments the past few days, but was it worth killing Chief Wahoo to make it happen?

On May 15, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Browns Preseason 2019" at 05:58 am
  • posted by BR1986FB

    Luxury to have Duke. I'm indifferent on him. On 3rd downs I'd rather see them go 5 wide with OBJ, Landry, Higgins, Callaway & Njoku then have Duke in the mix. Just wondering where he's going to get touches. Unless Chubb gets dinged up, I don't see him getting the ball much.

    I agree with your assessment, but if we can only get a 6th or 7th round pick, I'd rather keep him as insurance. If a team gets into injury problems and wants to overpay, I'd be happy with a trade.

On Feb 12, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Browns Preseason 2019" at 12:10 am

  • I like it. It's a low risk, high reward move. We got him for nothing. If things don't work out, we just cut him. If things go well, he's a restricted free agent, so we should be able to keep him.