Comments on: Premature Report Card

By: gps

gps — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:14:18 +0000

Rotation and shortstop are likely five-credit courses within the major, while coaching and bench are probably two-credit electives.

The real question is who is taking Beltre’s tests to allow him to maintain his eligibility?

By: Choo

Choo — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:50:07 +0000

You guys were too kind to Beltre. I would have given him a Y- . . . maybe even a Z+. The alphabet has 26 letters for a reason.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:40:09 +0000

The median score was probably somewhere around 1.5, but the mean had to be 2.0. C was defined as average. In some classes, 87% was a C. In others, 34% would get you a C (welcome to Engineering).

By: Mat

Mat — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:22:30 +0000

Where did you go to school? Where I went, the average was, by definition, a C. The average should fall right at 2.00.

If your school’s overall GPA fell at 2.00, then you must’ve had approximately just as many D students as B students. And just about as many 0.5 and lower GPAs as 3.5 and higher GPAs. I call BS.

By: Red Sox Girl

Red Sox Girl — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:34:57 +0000

DMZ- regarding Felix’s weight- I would actually be more concerned with some one of his age (under 23-ish) lossing weight without really slimming down much. I don’t know what his weight was listed as previously, so I don’t know how much he lost.

If he lost less than 8-9% of his total body weight it’s much more likely that it’s muscle not fat that he lost. (Remeber that fat weighs less than muscle.) For someone his age, whose metabolism has yet to start naturally slowing down, initial weight loss is typically all muscle loss. I don’t have the authority of a doctor or a trainer, but I spent all of last year studying this type of thing as I went through the process of getting in shape. I asked trainers, body builders, and doctors countless questions on this topic.

Also from my own personal experience, I dropped almost 2 pants sizes and put on 15+ lbs without “packing on the muscle.”

Overall though, Felix’s weight should not change his performance too much. Other guys have gone on to be great pitchers while maintaining a less than optimun weight. If Felix has been heavy his whole life and has always pitched well, don’t mess with success. I would only start to worry if he suddenly makes dramatic changes in his overall body structure.

By: dan@jackson

dan@jackson — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:29:43 +0000

Speaking of mangagers and the perceived influence they can have, anyone recall the Dick Williams Era here? I do remember Bill James,for one,telling everyone that the M’s would be a force if Williams were the manager.This is the mid-80′s team of Alvin Davis,Harold Reynolds,Dave Valle,Mark Langston.Williams did not make the team a winner is what I remember.Of course MHO of 1987 is that if Mike Moore had pitched well, the M’s would have come close to the AL West title.The Twins won with a low games won number (was is something like 85?) I think the M’s won 78 and Moore was 9-19.

By: msb

msb — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:04:12 +0000

or both

By: adroit

adroit — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:00:43 +0000

According to Jeff Passan, Felix isn’t a dissapointment– he’s being held back:

By: discojock

discojock — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:55:19 +0000

158– It would be problematic, except that the average overall comes out to the same as the pitching average. (If your going with Brian’s math, which is better than mine.)

One thing I’ve noticed not really seeing all the games but following somewhat and it seems so far that the old addage “as Ichiro goes… so goes the team…” is holding true. The days he hits, the team scores. And when he completely whiffs so does the team in general.

Ichiro w/ a D and the team overall a B+ just doesn’t seem possible.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:53:30 +0000

Who said Felix is a disappointment? All I read in the original post is he’s been terrible but he’s not likely to continue being bad. That’s a long ways from writing him off for the entire season or anything.