You're looking silly here. I'm not interested in the wrong ideas of 100 sports fans who know less than I do. You don't have as much faith in your opinion as I do in mine. That's clear.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Calling Spanky's 100 hypothetical sports fans! The first one of you who is a real guy and wants to put up a hundo on A-Rod vs. Dunn for homers this year, let me know.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

You changed topics, not me. You went from who will win the AL HR title to "who is the most consistent power hitter in the league"?
I'm just following your lead.

I'll say $100 straight up - Dunn doesn't lead the AL in HR's at the end of the season. I'll even throw you a bone and include a T-1 as a win for you.

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Now why would I do that? I could get odds. The reason I think Dunn has a good chance to lead the league is that of the two guys that one might say have been just as consistent, one has ZERO homers and the other hasn't hit over thirty for a few years. I'm not going to make a stupid bet, but I will bet Dunn straight up vs. the guy you are insisting is more consistent.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I said I would say him if he isn't out for the next several weeks, reading is a skill.

I also showed the #3 and #4 HR hitters in the AL last year are behind Dunn so far this as....as is the HR champ from the last TWO seasons in the AL! Its a good thing you quit after I showed you whats up.


And Dunn hit a rocket into RF as I was typing this

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Because you are the one making the crazy predictions?

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Then sharpen up your reading skills, champ. (and stop recycling Mac's lines already).
I asked for 3 possibilities, he was one of the 3 you listed. You didn't list anybody else.

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Soon as you stop stealing Jurko's.

If I had said any of those names at the beginning of the season, nobody would have given a second look to any of them; except Dunn and he's proving day in and day out that he is back. Which is the point of this thread anyway.

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I don't think that was really the point of this thread.

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It's not a crazy prediction. Dunn is going to be among the AL home run leaders. Whether he leads the league or is in the top three or five, I can't say. But he's going to be in the mid-30s minimum. Barring an injury, of course. That may not top Hamilton playing in a hitter's paradise. There's no advantage to me making a bet that he'll lead the league at even money.

I just started the thread so Frank will have a place to remind you every time he crushes one.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Oh man, I haven't even tried and you are starting to cave already. Here is what you posted an hour ago:





Dunn plays in the Grand Canyon?

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Come on, dude. Obviously I wasn't guaranteeing a home run title.




U.S. Cellular isn't close to being Texas. Ask Rudy Jaramillo.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Ahem.

Rank - most total HR hit, by stadium, in MLB:
2011:
Texas - 1st
Cell - 5th

2010:
Texas - 7th
Cell - 1st

2009:
Texas - 3rd
Cell - 4th

2008:
Texas - 5th
Cell - 2nd

2007:
Texas - 17th
Cell - 4th

2006:
Texas - 12th
Cell - 2nd

2005:
Texas - 5th
Cell - 2nd


Avg. rank during those seasons:
Texas - 7.14
Cell - 2.86

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Does anyone really even care about baseball anymore, I mean nobody watches the games.

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I'm pretty sure that's not how you rate a ballpark. The teams do have different lineups, don't they?

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

be honest, you really don't know that

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

That's total HR's hit. By both teams in each stadium.

Besides, is Texas' lineup traditionally filled with singles hitters?

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Right, but it's clearly skewed by the players that play 81 games in each park. I doubt Texas' line-up is traditionally filled with singles hitters, but the White Sox were one of the best power-hitting teams in several of the years you cited and I don't believe it was because of their park.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I think it is the widely held belief that the Cell is one of the most HR friendly parks in the majors - especially after they lopped off the 10k seats from the top and it lowered the roof.

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That's the exact site I used. He's already discounted that.

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Sox Team HR Rank

2005: 5th 200(115 Home, 85 Road)
2006: 1st 236(136 Home, 100 Road)
2007: 6th 190(110 Home, 80 Road)
2008: 1st 235(143 Home, 92 Road)
2009: 8th 184(103 Home, 81 Road)
2010: 7th 177(111 Home, 66 Road)
2011: 15th 154(86 Home, 68 Road)

Seems like even when the Sox weren't a prolific HR hitting team the Cell was still HR friendly.

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I'm not saying U.S. Cellular isn't hitter-friendly. It just isn't close to the Ballpark at Arlington or whatever it's called these days, which is the biggest hitter's advantage in baseball.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

So what are you basing this on? From the link posted about it seems the cell is pretty close to the one in Texas.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

But that isnt true, it is one of the most hitter friendly but the stats dont back up your claim. The Cell is obviously close. They were both top 5 last season and the Sox were higher in 2010.

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We're both drawing a whole bunch of conclusions from the evidence. It's not exactly scientific when there are so many variables involved.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

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Exactly. Same kind of thing.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don