Comments on: The Sure Thing

By: ms october

ms october — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:36:34 +0000

[34] jeter should have gotten second – and miggy should lose points for playing a shitty 1b – so 2 things are off there

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:05:51 +0000

[14]
Miggy: .324 .396 .547 .942
MTex: .292 .383 .565 .948

Not TOTALLY insane to include a guy who has similar numbers to the #2 winner.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:49:38 +0000

[30] The rain pounds Seattle too, why didn’t he vote for that?

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:47:41 +0000

Miggy finished *36th* in AL in OBI% (% fraction of runners on base who were driven in during a batter’s plate appearances.)

By: Yankee Mama

Yankee Mama — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:00:48 +0000

28] Thanks for the insight. I learn so much at the Banter. Gotta love incentives.

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:58:11 +0000

Why did Konishi vote for Miggy? Perhaps because Miggy pounds Seattle. http://tinyurl.com/ycx6522 (highest OPS vs. any AL team)

By: Shaun P.

Shaun P. — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:55:57 +0000

[27] I think it was discussed that it could be a problem, but I don’t think it was ever changed.

By: Shaun P.

Shaun P. — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:55:21 +0000

[23] In law school, part of our first year legal writing and research class was to be paired up with another student where 1 person represented a sports team and the other a superstar player due a new contract. I, playing the part of agent representing a soccer superstar, and taking some advice from the Assistant DA who taught the class (and dreamed up the exercise, being a huge sports fan), successfully negotiated my “client” a contract that had bonuses for making the All-Star team, finishing anywhere from 1st to 10th in MVP voting, making the playoffs, winning MVP at any level of the playoffs, leading the league in various statistical categories, and so on. All in exchange for taking a slightly lower annual salary that would be easily recouped if a couple of those bonuses kicked in.

Long story short – yes, they do teach you this stuff in law school!

By: ms october

ms october — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:53:19 +0000

[23] yeah – that is when it was – after kepner was flogged

[25] i thought they got rid of those contract bonuses after some weird thing with red light and the fear that someone would float some of the money to a writer

By: Dimelo

Dimelo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:51:16 +0000

[25] You aren’t the only one thinking that