ESPN: Complete and Utter Idiots

This from the summary on Saunders, on my HalosHeaven Fantasy League daily report:

"Saunders has been fortunate to avoid outings like this more often than that. He pitches on a pretty good team with an above average bullpen, however, so he'll make up for the lack of strikeouts with a few extra wins.

Wow. Thanks for paying so much attention to detail, guys.

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Why even listen to anything they say. Even if we won the WS they would never give us any credit.
East coast bias all they way.

by angelsfan777 on May 17, 2009 1:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Worthless

ESPN must think every team in the AL West is only there to subsidize Boston and NYY player shortages. They make ignorant errors, give non-factual analysis, miss names or mispronounce them, and deride good young players they don’t know much about with comments like “four more years until he is a Yankee”. Thankfully, MLB Network is getting some notice and I think will overtake ESPN shortly on baseball audience.

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on May 17, 2009 2:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

MLB Network

I watch mlb network and i like it alot more but the only problem I’ve seen with it is Joe Magrane keeps callin jeff mathis and mike napoli mike mathis and ed napoli

"Boy, did he drop a huge deuce in the stands!" (About a two-run homer)
Rex Hudler

by devildogamp on May 18, 2009 6:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't see the problem..

This is essentially true…

Saunders is a pitch to contact pitcher, that relies on defense because he K’s so few. The Angels are (or at least have been) a pretty good team with an above average bullpen, and an above average IF defense.

From a fantasy standpoint, this makes him exactly as advertised….someone who won’t help you with K’s, but will win more than his share.

So, what is wrong with the statement, and what is wrong with a pitcher like that?

He is a fine pitcher, one that looks better than he is on a good team, and poorer than he is on a bad team. He can be Tommy John on the great Dodgers teams, or Geoff Zahn on the crappy Cubs teams….A valuable asset, but not a star…most teams that win it all have at least 1 Joe Saunders on their roster..usually 2 or 3.

by statlr on May 17, 2009 7:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs