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I accept reality that there is no stopping gays getting married nor do I care if they do. Its the procreating part that gives me pause. There's a new social bloc we're going to be creating after...

Wait till I get to the punchline!

Somewhere there is a 4 year old girl with two lesbian moms running around (or more likely, walking slowly with her head down), and yours truly is the sperm donor...

Care to put a wager on that? I'll give 2:1 odds that kids of lesbians turn out to be even fatter than kids of heteros, and also worse at math. A whole new generation of David Sedaris walk-reading...

Or they would not have existed at all.

Let's say the social science comes back in a few years and says "of the 3 groups - children of single moms, children of gay parents, and children of hetero parents, the gay-family kids average score...

I would hope any couple, SSM or hetero, would fare better than your average single mom just by virtue of having 2 incomes. What I am more concerned with is how kids of gay parents fare compared to...

I'm of the conviction that kids, particularly boys, need a strong male presence in their upbringing. And there are plenty of studies out there to support this. So I'll be eagerly watching as...

The variance between K/9 and K% is small but magnified in a situation like this.

The number John should have arrived at is -.65. That is a difference of .09 from the -.56 coefficient he arrived...

I'm sure in another 40 years after fashions have changed, ownership will still be perfectly satisfied and not want a modern ballpark or threaten to leave if it doesn't get one.

That's a heck of a caveat.

Again I can't help myself. Its disingenuous to use K/9 to look at any relationship involving strikeout proficiency, unless you are purposely trying to discount the strength of that relationship.In...

Carl Pavano?

So, Dunn isn't drawing walks anymore, but he's still hitting HRs and striking out. In other words, there isn't any reason left to throw him a strike.

Yeah I didn't think that smelled right either and you have pointed out why. I did a simple fangraphs query using combined totals, so my set was just 30. I did it again using season-totals instead and...

By my math, the correlation between K% and H% going back to 2007 is -.824.

Stronger relationship to Runs and ERs using K%, and weaker relationship using BB%, as opposed to /9 stats.

K%-R correl...

I suspect this is true but if the opposition is going L-R-L-R, as the Stinking Whities did last night, then you are back to asking yourself, would it just be better to let the starter go out to face...

2-2 game after 7. Correia's PC at 98, goes back out for the 8th to face 8-9-1 hitters for the Sox. Gives up back to back doubles on 6 pitches. Leaves with no outs down 3-2 with a man on 2nd.

May...

I think the conventional wisdom says 100 pitches which can be extended in the event of a shutout.

Way too early to judge most of last offsesaon's signings.

Sometimes I miss the good old days when the winds could be summoned by the flip of a switch:

http://www.aem.umn.edu/outreach/Baseball_Launcher/startrib1.pdf

Its the same problem Parker identified in the offseason, Worley's lack of a 3rd pitch. Take a look at his contact rates on his 2ndary pitches so far. According to fangraph's pitch classifications...

But those 3-4 guys are worth pursuing, yes? Especially when starting pitching is your biggest need?

Jim I was trying to tap out there but if you want to go another round we can.

How do you reconcile this argument:

with this fact:

Right, "thin."

I will give you credit for this Jim. Its almost like we're arguing with Jerry Ryan himself. That is a great boon to my self-inflated sense of importance on the Internet.

A marginal difference is still a difference. We're talking about a .500 ballclub here.