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    Image of Owen Good Owen Good
    12/10/09

    In reply to And You Thought VORP Was Confusing
    Sure Barry, I can give you the explanation for this one:

    Small sample size.

    It wins every other statistical argument.
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    Image of SponsoredbyV8 SponsoredbyV8
    12/09/09

    In reply to And You Thought VORP Was Confusing
    Here's the idea:

    All umpires have some built-in error. Every umpire will have an average range of areas they could have perceived a pitch actually being (If a pitch is PERFECTLY in the center of the strike zone every time, there's going to be an area around that center point where the umpire actually thinks he sees the balls crossing the plate).

    Not a big deal, unless you're looking at pitches on the edges of the strike zone. At the edge of the strike zone, some "true" strikes will be mistakenly called balls (false negatives) and some "true" balls will be accidentally called strikes (false positives).

    So, the idea is...by enlarging the strike zone for pitchers who are known for being very accurate...you'll decrease false negatives more than increase false positives....and your total pitch calling accuracy will improve. (The vice versa would also be true...stricter strike zone for less accurate pitchers would actually make your total more accurate).

    Of course...it's all completely worthless because this is only true when the pitchers are trying to throw a strike every single time and never try to throw a pitch just outside of the strike zone...not to mention that accurate pitchers would be more able to take advantage of the increased area for "false positives".
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    twoeightnine promoted this comment Edited by SponsoredbyV8 at 12/09/09 11:51 PM SponsoredbyV8 was starred SponsoredbyV8 was unstarred
    Image of Texy Texy
    12/09/09

    In reply to And You Thought VORP Was Confusing
    Who thought VORP was confusing? I demand you step forward and show yourself! You should be ashamed.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    12/05/09

    In reply to Deadspin Films Presents: "High And Outside: The Dock Ellis Story"
    "High And Outside: The Inside Story of Dock Phillip Ellis, a Pitcher with the Control of a Lysergian."

    Also, I suspect that much of the story will be told in flashbacks.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    12/05/09

    @AzureTexan: HIGH AND OUTSIDE wins it. Maura! Put 'er up there.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    12/05/09

    @Foster Kamer: Cool.

    I eagerly await my free subscription to Deadspin, in addition to the Young Manhattanites 2010-11 desk calendar.

    Cheers!
     Reply
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    Image of Chris Hanson's Axe Chris Hanson's Axe
    12/05/09

    In reply to Deadspin Films Presents: "High And Outside: The Dock Ellis Story"
    PsychadEllis
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    Image of Armen Tamzarian Armen Tamzarian
    12/05/09

    In reply to Deadspin Films Presents: "High And Outside: The Dock Ellis Story"
    We gonna get down. We gonna do the do. I'm going to hit these motherfuckers."

    Perfect. I want that on my headstone.
     Reply
    Foster Kamer promoted this comment Armen Tamzarian was starred Armen Tamzarian was unstarred
    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    12/05/09

    @Armen Tamzarian: Right? Someone needs to get that inscribed on something. Maybe even tatted.
     Reply
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    Image of Pete Gaines Pete Gaines
    12/05/09

    In reply to Deadspin Films Presents: "High And Outside: The Dock Ellis Story"
    OK, so who you got directing this?
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    Image of Tardy Tardy
    12/05/09

    @Pete Gaines: Ken Russell, obvs.
     Reply
    Pete Gaines promoted this comment Tardy was starred Tardy was unstarred
    Image of 1980 David Bowie From The Music Video Ashes To Ashes 1980 David Bowie From The Music Video Ashes To Ashes
    12/05/09

    @Pete Gaines: Terry Gilliam
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    Foster Kamer promoted this comment 1980 David Bowie From The Music Video Ashes To Ashes was starred 1980 David Bowie From The Music Video Ashes To Ashes was unstarred
    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    12/05/09

    @1980 David Bowie From The Music Video Ashes To Ashes: Gilliam's good, but his films are fucking cursed. If Todd Phillips wanted to get serious for an Oscar, maybe. This is a tough one. We need a cross between Phillips and Ron Shelton.
     Reply
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    Image of DirkToberFest DirkToberFest
    12/05/09

    In reply to Deadspin Films Presents: "High And Outside: The Dock Ellis Story"
    If Reggie Jackson is supposed to get hit in the face with a baseball, shouldn't he be played by Johnny Knoxville?
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    Image of Greek McPapadopoulos Greek McPapadopoulos
    11/19/09

    In reply to Watch This, Then Go Check Your Water Supply For Drugs
    Wait, where were Tim & Eric in that clip?
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    Edited by Greek McPapadopoulos at 11/19/09 1:38 AM Greek McPapadopoulos was starred Greek McPapadopoulos was unstarred
    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    11/19/09

    In reply to Watch This, Then Go Check Your Water Supply For Drugs
    "And afterward, let's all ride the Yellow Submarine to Wile E. Peyote's house!"
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    Image of Bobby Big Wheel Bobby Big Wheel
    11/19/09

    In reply to Watch This, Then Go Check Your Water Supply For Drugs

    That's the second creepiest Mitt I've ever seen
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    Image of izzone izzone
    11/18/09

    In reply to Watch This, Then Go Check Your Water Supply For Drugs
    I've always wondered what it would be like to play ball with the hamburger helper
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    Image of Karlifornia Karlifornia
    11/18/09

    In reply to Watch This, Then Go Check Your Water Supply For Drugs
    edit: I officially crossed my own line
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    Edited by Karlifornia at 11/18/09 11:22 PM Karlifornia was starred Karlifornia was unstarred
    Image of rulesboy rulesboy
    11/18/09

    In reply to Watch This, Then Go Check Your Water Supply For Drugs
    1:58 is identical to the time my mom caught, me, my friends, our talking baseball bat, and floating baseball smoking weed in my room.
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    FlakJack promoted this comment rulesboy was starred rulesboy was unstarred
    Image of DeepFriar DeepFriar
    11/18/09

    In reply to Watch This, Then Go Check Your Water Supply For Drugs
    Looks like I picked the wrong night to stop huffing keyboard cleaner.
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