Al Bundy

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On Feb 19, 2020:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Asstros Thread" at 12:26 am

  • This story has generated more February baseball talk than I can remember in decades. I think that it may also help with ratings, especially when the Astros are playing in nationally televised games. By making them the team that people hate, it has sparked an interest. In a strange way, this story may be good for MLB.

On Feb 18, 2020:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tribe Talk- Off Season Chatter" at 12:09 am

  • I hope that Lindor stays, but I am skeptical. The Indians have offered him more money than he can spend in a lifetime. If he truly wants to stay, sign the contract.

On Feb 16, 2020:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tribe Talk- Off Season Chatter" at 03:30 pm
  • posted by Verbal Kint

    They already put a rule in for that not to be allowed

    Everything that I have read says that umpires can waive the 3 batter rule if the pitcher becomes injured or ill. 

On Feb 15, 2020:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tribe Talk- Off Season Chatter" at 06:54 pm
  • posted by Verbal Kint

    I think they changed pitchers DL to 15 day to prevent this.

    I'm not talking about a real injury where you need to go on DL. Just maybe a situation where they want to pull a pitcher to be safe, and then they can change pitchers

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tribe Talk- Off Season Chatter" at 03:01 pm
  • posted by BR1986FB

    Baskin & Phelps (Les Levine was on with Phelps today) were talking about this new rule where a pitcher has to face at least 3 batters in an inning. They had Paul Byrd on with them and were discussing some of the scenarios, one of which I don't think Byrd had considered. They mentioned If a lefty were facing a lefty-righty-lefty in an inning that if the lefty hitter lead off with a double, the pitcher might intentionally walk the righty to get to the third hitter so he could satisfy the 3 batter rule. They also mentioned that these managers would have to get creative with their lineups, not stacking a bunch of left or right handed hitters together. Also discussed that the bullpens may be completely different where you may see setup men earlier in the game (6th inning, etc). Will be interesting to see how this new rule unfolds.

    Or maybe the first pitcher tweaked something or has a blister after the leadoff double and injury forces a pitching change

On Feb 7, 2020:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tribe Talk- Off Season Chatter" at 05:49 pm
  • posted by BRF

    Last year he hit .253 with 21 HR and 69 RBI. 
     

    Best year was 2017 when he hit .278 with 30 HR and 85 RBI. 
     

    Lightning in a bottle guy?

    I hope that he is, but I worry that we have too many 5th outfielder type guys on the roster.

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tribe Talk- Off Season Chatter" at 04:22 pm
  • posted by Laley23

    At least he is in his prime and not some 33-37 year old.

    He never had a prime.

On Jan 11, 2020:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Tribe Talk- Off Season Chatter" at 09:43 pm
  • posted by HitsRus

    Tribe signs all arbitration eligible players... now that the unknown contracts are established, time to go out and get that big bat for the Outfield! LOL.

    in other words, what Verbal Kint said three posts ago... waiting out the market for this years attempt to catch lightning in a bottle.

     

    At this point, I'd like to see them resign Puig. It seems to make sense for both sides. He is better than most of the question marks that we have for outfielders, and Puig didn't get offered the big contracts that he expected from bigger markets.

  • Al Bundy replied to "Browns Regular Season 2019 Season | Season of Dreams" at 09:15 pm
  • posted by iclfan2

    Ha well yea, having Bosa and a bunch of 1st rounders is great. Just saying Stefanski called a horrible game.

    The video of Cowher getting out into the Hall is awesome. Go watch it if you haven’t see it.

    Cowher did have a good moment. I don't see how he gets in before Mike Shanahan and Mike Holmgren. They both have more wins. Shanahan has more championships and Holmgren has the same.

On Jan 5, 2020:

  • Al Bundy replied to "NFL 2019 season playoffs" at 06:42 pm
  • posted by mhs95_06

    3 competitive games so far.  Will all the 5&6 seeds win?  

    5 seed buffalo lost yesterday

On Jan 3, 2020:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Browns Regular Season 2019 Season | Season of Dreams" at 06:40 pm
  • posted by thavoice

    True.

    I think this method is a strong ploy to get a big name HC.  That has to be attractive...

    I hope that it works, but we have tried this method before, and it has been a disater.

On Dec 29, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Browns Regular Season 2019 Season | Season of Dreams" at 11:20 pm
  • posted by Ironman92

    Who are some candidates you guys would like to see them interview? Who is your early choice?

    My answer won't be exciting, but I'd just like them to go with someone who has had success and brings discipline. Look at the difference under Williams compared to Freddie and Hue.

     

    I hope that we don't try to find the next genius who has never been a head coach. I'd prefer an NFL coach. 

     

    I'd have Rivera and McCarthy at the top of the list. I'd interview McDaniels, but I'm not convinced that he is an NFL head coach. He was a mess in Denver.

     

     

On Dec 9, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Predict the NFL playoffs" at 04:34 pm
  • posted by justincredible

    I do not have Tennessee beating the Saints. I assume the ESPN link I ran through did not calculate the final seeding incorrectly.

    The ESPN playoff machine is great. It is fun to try different things. In some cases when it comes down to strength of schedule, almost every game on the schedule matters if the records are close.

  • Al Bundy replied to "Predict the NFL playoffs" at 03:59 pm
  • posted by justincredible

    I ran through the rest of the season here:

    http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

     

    TEN and PIT both at 9-7. TEN is in.

    It depends upon who you have Tennessee beating. If their win is against the saints, Steelers would have better conference record.

  • Al Bundy replied to "Predict the NFL playoffs" at 12:23 pm

  • AFC

    1) Ravens 13-3

    2) Patriots 13-3

    3) Chiefs 12-4

    4) Titans 10-6

    5) Bills 11-5

    6) Browns 9-7

     

    Browns over Chiefs

    Titans over Bills

     

    Browns over Ravens

    Patriots over Titans

     

    Browns over Patriots

     

    NFC

    1) Saints 13-3

    2) Seahawks 13-3

    3) Packers 12-4

    4) Cowboys 8-8

    5) 49ers 13-3

    6) Vikings 12-4

     

    Packers over Vikings

    49ers over Cowboys

     

    Saints over 49ers

    Seahawks over Packers

     

    Saints over Seahawks

     

    Browns over Saints

On Dec 8, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "2019 NFL Regular Season Thread" at 11:29 pm
  • posted by Ironman92

    Browns to get in:

    *Beat Zona and Bengals 
    * Raiders lose 1 game (@Den, @SD, vs Jags)

    *Colts lose 1 game (@NO, Car, Jags)

    *Broncos lose 1 game (vs Raiders@KC, Det)

    *Titans lose to (Hou x2 and Saints)

    *Steelers lose to Bills, @Jets, Ravens

    OR

    BEAT Baltimore and knock 1 win or loss off everything mentioned except Tennessee

    My guess:

    Steelers 9-7

    Titans 9-7

    Browns 8-8

    Colts 7-9

    Raiders 7-9

    Broncos 7-9

     

    It is interesting that that Titans and Texans still have to play twice. With them both at 8-5, that could be either of them in the wildcard spot.

On Dec 6, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Did Massillon hurt national championship run?" at 05:52 pm
  • posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

    National championship?  Did I travel through time to 1943 and just didn't realize it?  Massillon in a runner-up middle size school division in Ohio.  They are not known nor relevant on the national scene.  

    We didn't win the 1943 national championship or any during WWII. The Massillon boys were busy leading the Allies to victory. It most likely cost us 4 national championships, but that is what heros do. Our boys are right up there with Ted Williams and Bob Feller who sacrificed athletically to save the world.

On Nov 25, 2019:

  • Al Bundy replied to "Steelers @ Browns...Round 1" at 09:49 am
  • posted by BR1986FB

    Owen Lademann@OwenOnTheBoard

     

    .@JayGlazer says DE Myles Garrett didn’t want his allegation that QB Mason Rudolph used a racial slur public because Garrett thought it would be bad for the ... Garrett tried to get audio almost immediately and was told it didn’t exist.

    It seems hard to believe that it doesn't exist from a nationally televised game. This is a league that records everything.