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Offline welch

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #250 on: May 07, 2014, 10:33:44 pm »
I don't think it's possible to judge a manager by in-game moves. Billy Martin? Yes. He over-thought everything...tried to play chess-game with his lefty-righty match-ups and even a good left-handed hitter will fail two times out of three. The 1978 season is a good example of Martin's style compared to Bob Lemon's "pick the best players and let them play" style.

Only judge by the results of a long stretch of games. This Nats team has not cracked even though Fister, Ramos, Zimmerman, and Harper have been out for a long time, and Span missed a week after the collision. No telling if, or how long, the collision affected Span. They're still winning, and just took two of three from the Dodgers.

So far, Williams looks pretty good. (If he gets into a bar-fight with Strasburg or Zimmermann I'll change my mind quickly!)
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Offline PebbleBall

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #251 on: May 07, 2014, 10:47:36 pm »
I get the impression that nobody in the clubhouse would leave a bar fight with Zimmermann on two feet.
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Offline wpa2629

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #252 on: May 07, 2014, 10:49:33 pm »
Quote from: PebbleBall on May 07, 2014, 10:47:36 pm
I get the impression that nobody in the clubhouse would leave a bar fight with Zimmermann on two feet.

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Offline varoadking

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #253 on: May 07, 2014, 10:51:46 pm »
Quote from: wpa2629 on May 07, 2014, 10:49:33 pm
??

He's a very strong person...

Had one helluva grip when I shook hands with him last year...him and Stammen both...
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Offline Mattionals

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #254 on: May 08, 2014, 08:57:52 am »
Quote from: varoadking on May 07, 2014, 10:51:46 pm
He's a very strong person...

Had one helluva grip when I shook hands with him last year...him and Stammen both...

For the record, Matt Williams has a pretty damn strong handshake as well when I met him in ST this year.
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Offline Slateman

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #255 on: May 08, 2014, 09:00:29 am »
We call that "country strong"
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Offline wpa2629

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #256 on: May 08, 2014, 10:02:59 am »
Quote from: varoadking on May 07, 2014, 10:51:46 pm
He's a very strong person...

Had one helluva grip when I shook hands with him last year...him and Stammen both...

No, I get that, but I don't understand the leaving with 2 feet thing at all

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Offline Ray D

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #257 on: May 08, 2014, 10:19:34 am »
Quote from: wpa2629 on May 08, 2014, 10:02:59 am
No, I get that, but I don't understand the leaving with 2 feet thing at all



Poor sentence construction: nobody in the clubhouse would leave a bar on two feet in a fight with Zimmermann .

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Offline spidernat

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #258 on: May 08, 2014, 11:06:50 am »
Quote from: wpa2629 on May 08, 2014, 10:02:59 am
No, I get that, but I don't understand the leaving with 2 feet thing at all



They wouldn't walk away on their strength. Someone believes ZNN is a knockout artist.  :lmao:
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Offline PebbleBall

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #259 on: May 08, 2014, 11:16:25 am »
Quote from: Ray D on May 08, 2014, 10:19:34 am
Poor sentence construction: nobody in the clubhouse would leave a bar on two feet in a fight with Zimmermann .

Why would they simultaneously be leaving a bar on two feet while fighting Zimmermann?
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Offline tomterp

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #260 on: May 08, 2014, 11:34:18 am »
Quote from: PebbleBall on May 08, 2014, 11:16:25 am
Why would they simultaneously be leaving a bar on two feet while fighting Zimmermann?

Why would anyone willingly leave a bar anyway, unless they ran out of product?
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Offline blue911

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #261 on: May 08, 2014, 11:36:52 am »
Quote from: spidernat on May 08, 2014, 11:06:50 am
They wouldn't walk away on their strength. Someone believes ZNN is a knockout artist.  :lmao:

I thought he meant Jordan would bite his foot off ala Mike Tyson.
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Offline mitlen

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #262 on: May 08, 2014, 11:40:48 am »
Quote from: tomterp on May 08, 2014, 11:34:18 am
Why would anyone willingly leave a bar anyway, unless they ran out of product?

...  and by that time rail liquor would do quite nicely.    :)
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Offline spidernat

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #263 on: May 08, 2014, 02:28:40 pm »
Quote from: tomterp on May 08, 2014, 11:34:18 am
Why would anyone willingly leave a bar anyway, unless they ran out of product?

:worship:
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Offline wpa2629

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #264 on: May 08, 2014, 02:34:08 pm »
Quote from: Ray D on May 08, 2014, 10:19:34 am
Poor sentence construction: nobody in the clubhouse would leave a bar on two feet in a fight with Zimmermann .



Really? That's what that sentence meant?


Sentence Construction Nazi is not pleased :nono:
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Offline Slateman

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #265 on: May 08, 2014, 04:08:09 pm »
Bars can run out of product!?!!?
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Offline blue911

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #266 on: May 08, 2014, 04:14:59 pm »
Quote from: Slateman on May 08, 2014, 04:08:09 pm
Bars can run out of product!?!!?

Rookie
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Offline tomterp

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #267 on: May 08, 2014, 04:51:41 pm »
Quote from: spidernat on May 08, 2014, 02:28:40 pm
:worship:

I should probably add "money" to my short list of reasons, anyway.    :?
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Offline wpa2629

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #268 on: May 08, 2014, 09:56:03 pm »
Quote from: tomterp on May 08, 2014, 04:51:41 pm
I should probably add "money" to my short list of reasons, anyway.    :?


LOL at needing money at a bar

Oh wait ... you're a guy



Never mind ...
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Offline welch

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #269 on: May 08, 2014, 10:25:06 pm »
My mistake. Billy Martin slugged Bob Allison and then Dave Boswell in an alley behind a bar. Not precisely a bar fight, although I never heard why Martin punched his number two power hitter and number one starting pitcher.
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Offline mitlen

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #270 on: May 08, 2014, 10:29:04 pm »
Quote from: welch on May 08, 2014, 10:25:06 pm
My mistake. Billy Martin slugged Bob Allison and then Dave Boswell in an alley behind a bar. Not precisely a bar fight, although I never heard why Martin punched his number two power hitter and number one starting pitcher.

Punched Reggie too.   :)
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Offline blue911

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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #271 on: May 09, 2014, 05:54:30 am »
Quote from: mitlen on May 08, 2014, 10:29:04 pm
Punched Reggie too.   :)

And Ed Whitson broke Martin's arm in a bar fight in Baltimore.
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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #272 on: May 09, 2014, 06:03:40 am »
Quote from: tomterp on May 08, 2014, 11:34:18 am
Why would anyone willingly leave a bar anyway, unless they ran out of product?

Now that is a good one TT. Ran out of money???
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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #273 on: May 09, 2014, 06:07:24 am »
Quote from: welch on May 08, 2014, 10:25:06 pm
My mistake. Billy Martin slugged Bob Allison and then Dave Boswell in an alley behind a bar. Not precisely a bar fight, although I never heard why Martin punched his number two power hitter and number one starting pitcher.

Too lazy to look it up but when did B. Martin coach Allison and Boswell of the old Senators.
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Re: The Matt Williams Effect
« Reply #274 on: May 09, 2014, 06:12:31 am »
Quote from: mitlen on May 08, 2014, 10:29:04 pm
Punched Reggie too.   :)

R.Jackson was staying in the same hotel I was  and he got on the elevator with his bodyguard and the guard told me to wait . I gave him a FU look and got on anyway. I was ready if you get my drift knowing they wouldn't do anything.
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