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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    I haven't seen a single person claim Mallex and Ender are equals. What I have seen is folks claim that the return for trading Ender would more than make up for the drop off from Ender to Mallex in CF.
    Who give a frick what the "return" is"? The whole point of the exercise is to build a competive team, and *hopefully* win a championship. Never once have the Fangraphs phuckwads ever identified a future HOFer...from Kelly through Black Jesus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knucksie View Post
    Who give a frick what the "return" is"? The whole point of the exercise is to build a competive team, and *hopefully* win a championship.
    I hate to point out something so obvious: but wanting a good "return" is another way of saying that you want to see the Braves build a competitive team. I don't see this distinction you seem to be drawing. As far as I can tell you are getting exercised over semantics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    I hate to point out something so obvious: but wanting a good "return" is another way of saying that you want to see the Braves build a competitive team. I don't see this distinction you seem to be drawing. As far as I can tell you are getting exercised over semantics.
    Maybe he's been drinking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knucksie View Post
    Who give a frick what the "return" is"? The whole point of the exercise is to build a competive team, and *hopefully* win a championship. Never once have the Fangraphs phuckwads ever identified a future HOFer...from Kelly through Black Jesus.
    Special.
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    Stupid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knucksie View Post
    Yeah, you "put me in my place" about how Fangraphs Favorite, Heyward, was having a better season than Freeman. Then it was pretend like it never happened.
    Interesting

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    Quote Originally Posted by GovClintonTyree View Post
    Maybe he's been drinking.
    Well, yeah, you would say that...because you were among those who wanted him traded.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    I hate to point out something so obvious: but wanting a good "return" is another way of saying that you want to see the Braves build a competitive team. I don't see this distinction you seem to be drawing. As far as I can tell you are getting exercised over semantics.
    Maybe Ender is somebody whom they identified as an important building block? Some in the gallery here in on auto pilot for "trade everybody." He's staying whether they like it or not.

    Back during the Scout days, there were posters who cared more about their fantasy league teams than the Braves in real life (yes, really). Similar situation here.
    Last edited by Knucksie; 01-14-2017 at 08:48 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knucksie View Post
    Maybe Ender is somebody whom they identified as an important building block? Some in the gallery here in on auto pilot for "trade everybody." He's staying whether they like it or not.

    Back during the Scout days, there were posters who cared more about their fantasy league teams than the Braves in real life (yes, really). Similar situation here.
    Hey, I love the guy. I would have loved to have Sale or Archer more. And had the opinion we could backfill Inciarte with Smith. Now that we're not in the hunt for those guys, I'm glad we kept and signed Inciarte.

    I still think you might have been drinking. Maybe a little? It's okay, you're among friends.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knucksie View Post
    Maybe Ender is somebody whom they identified as an important building block? Some in the gallery here in on auto pilot for "trade everybody." He's staying whether they like it or not.

    Back during the Scout days, there were posters who cared more about their fantasy league teams than the Braves in real life (yes, really). Similar situation here.
    who is they...who are those posters who care more about their fantasy league team than the braves

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    who is they...who are those posters who care more about their fantasy league team than the braves
    It happens to the best of us. But it usually passes when the Braves do something exciting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    who is they...who are those posters who care more about their fantasy league team than the braves
    It was during the Scout days, over 12 years ago. I didn't maintain a spreadsheet of names and quotes.

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    20 pages over Mallex and some other guys? Lol. Must be January.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knucksie View Post
    It was during the Scout days, over 12 years ago. I didn't maintain a spreadsheet of names and quotes.
    You said similar situation here. So I was curious as to who the perpetrators might be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    You said similar situation here. So I was curious as to who the perpetrators might be.
    It was in reference to Scout. Most of the members here did migrate over from Scout. Before this place was up and running, I'd tuned a lot of them out and really wasn't even posting there that much at the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knucksie View Post
    It was during the Scout days, over 12 years ago. I didn't maintain a spreadsheet of names and quotes.
    Why not?

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    Quote Originally Posted by GovClintonTyree View Post
    Why not?
    He's not a nerd. And only nerds use spreadsheets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    He's not a nerd. And only nerds use spreadsheets.
    i know he uses a spreadsheet to organize his collection of scotches

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    Have to admit I'm warming to the deal more and more as the surprise wears off. As one who has always been in the "Pitching Above All Else" camp, I have to admit that trading someone like Mallex (no matter how much I love him - and I'm a believer) with nowhere to play for the next 2-3 years (certainly not at his best position, anyway) when you have a more-proven guy in Ender locked up and Acuna coming for someone with a TOR ceiling and a lefty who could pitch at the back of the pen soon is pretty much a no-brainer.

    Definitely doesn't mean I won't always wonder what could've been here though.
    Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...

    Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?

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    Quote Originally Posted by clvclv View Post
    Have to admit I'm warming to the deal more and more as the surprise wears off. As one who has always been in the "Pitching Above All Else" camp, I have to admit that trading someone like Mallex (no matter how much I love him - and I'm a believer) with nowhere to play for the next 2-3 years (certainly not at his best position, anyway) when you have a more-proven guy in Ender locked up and Acuna coming for someone with a TOR ceiling and a lefty who could pitch at the back of the pen soon is pretty much a no-brainer.

    Definitely doesn't mean I won't always wonder what could've been here though.
    Yuuuuupppp. This has been my opinion the whole time. Suck to see him gone, but it was a great value trade for us.

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    Scotch, and the list of posters he allegedly has on "ignore."

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