The Seaward

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re: Is Paul Skenes the best pitcher in MLB already?

Posted by The Seaward on 4/19/25 at 3:10 pm

I think it’s him or Skubal

re: Truck Violence + Squid

Posted by The Seaward on 4/13/25 at 9:38 pm

I like Squid a good bit.

Had never heard of Truck Violence. Was looking them up on Rate Your Music based on this thread, under genre it has “post-hardcore, noise rock, pigfrick”. Can’t say I’m super familiar with the pigfrick genre.

The National- Alligator Turns 20

Posted by The Seaward on 4/12/25 at 9:13 pm

The first truly great album by arguably the best band of the century was released 20 years ago today. To this day, I’m not sure if I prefer the polished perfection of Boxer or the looser, grittier Alligator. Either way both are 10/10 albums.

Mr. November

Secret Meeting

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re: Best betting line of the night

Posted by The Seaward on 3/27/25 at 8:20 pm

Mark Sears 10+ 3s was easy money

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re: Mike Trout, is he done for?

Posted by The Seaward on 3/17/25 at 3:38 pm

quote:
I think Griffey is romanticized post career a little bit, but he had more hits in the first 10 years of his career than Trout does now through 14 seasons

Now do outs?

re: Mike Trout, is he done for?

Posted by The Seaward on 3/17/25 at 2:41 pm

Griffey played in the more offensive friendly era. You are pretty clearly just biased towards Griffey/biased against Trout.

re: Mike Trout, is he done for?

Posted by The Seaward on 3/17/25 at 1:04 pm

Career triple slash in high leverage situations (source: Fangraphs)

Trout- .289/.432/.540
Griffey Jr.- .247/.347/.461

Disclaimer: not exactly sure how Fangraphs classifies “high leverage”

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re: Mike Trout, is he done for?

Posted by The Seaward on 3/17/25 at 7:12 am

quote:
Who else is considered GOAT tier but cant get out of the first round?

One baseball player cannot single-handedly will his team that far like a superstar NBA player or superstar QB. It just doesn’t work that way in baseball.

The current GOAT, Ohtani, was in the same boat when on the Angels.

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re: Mike Trout, is he done for?

Posted by The Seaward on 3/16/25 at 8:49 pm

quote:
He doesn't have that much power the ISO stat is just trash (and impacted by his love of walks)

Please explain how his love of walks impacts his ISO?

re: So who has the best shot to get #1 pick Cooper Flag?

Posted by The Seaward on 3/9/25 at 7:57 pm

quote:
Wemby

San Antonio is one of smallest markets in NBA

Jokic- 31/21/22

Posted by The Seaward on 3/7/25 at 11:43 pm

First 30-20-20 game in NBA history

re: the Kinks are vastly underrated

Posted by The Seaward on 2/28/25 at 10:49 am

quote:
"Autumn Almanac"

Probably the biggest miss for me. That and “Village Green”

re: the Kinks are vastly underrated

Posted by The Seaward on 2/27/25 at 8:30 pm

Best 50 Kinks Songs

I’m sure there will be quibbles with this list, I certainly have some, but good read.

re: LSU beats Omaha 20-8 overall

Posted by The Seaward on 2/22/25 at 9:03 pm

Wins and losses obviously matter more than run differential, but in terms of projecting the future success of a team, run differential is typically more correlated than record.

Not that a 2 game sample against Omaha is meaningful for either.

Tiger Rant

The New Pornographers- The Bleeding Heart Show

re: What are YOU listening to?

Posted by The Seaward on 2/14/25 at 9:29 pm

re: What are YOU listening to?

Posted by The Seaward on 2/14/25 at 8:58 pm

The Hold Steady- Stuck Between Stations

10/10 drinking song

re: 5 hour drive, and you can only listen to one artist.

Posted by The Seaward on 2/6/25 at 10:14 pm

quote:
I love Modest Mouse but don't love them as a road trip band,

Interesting. This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, Lonesome Crowded West and The Moon and Antarctica scream road trip albums to me.