The Dirty Water Filter, 10/18 - Lazy Sunday
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Oct 18, 2009 5:00 AM EDT
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Apparently, the world has moved on from the Red Sox. Here's all I could find today:
Eric Walker And "Moneyball" - The Joy of Sox
Moneyball is supposed to be running baseball like a business, or so I thought. The goal of business isn't to win some award at whatever cost, it's to make the largest profit.
Looking Back: Marlins and Red Sox Trade, Was It Worth It? - Bleacher Report
YES. For both sides. Not that difficult to decide either. We got one of the best pitchers in baseball, a surprisingly solid player, and some non-important reliever that tested positive for PEDs for a few years, they got a great young star, a flash in the pan, and some minor pieces. Neither team NEEDS what they gave up, and both would likely be in worse situations without what they received in making this trade.
The lack of material means... I get to do some focus group stuff!
Concept for Title Heading:
What do y'all think? Too busy? Fonts hard to read?
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I've been thiking this morning and I have come to the conclussion I want Derek Lowe back
VARITEK MUST GO
Brandon Webb in 2010
by gizmosandy on Oct 18, 2009 10:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Big contract to pick up for an aging pitcher.
Leastways, that’s the way I remember it. I don’t have the numbers at my fingertips, but he’s due a few years and a big chunk of cash, it seems to me. You think he’d be worth that?
Goddamn that DeMarlo Hale.
by Bloggy on Oct 18, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, groundball pitcher I love it.
VARITEK MUST GO
Brandon Webb in 2010
by gizmosandy on Oct 18, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Three more years at $15million a year for a guy who put up a 4.67 ERA in the NL East
He also had the lowest strike outs since 2004, and higher walk totals than normal as well. His groundball rate also went down while his flyball rate went up. Maybe this was just a fluke year, but I would really worry about him in the AL East
Braves fans are talking about moving him to closer. It’ll never happen, but that’s the kind of confidence they have in him as a starter.
DFA Beckett
by South Coast Ghost on Oct 18, 2009 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
* I've been thiking this morning and I have suffered a concussion
@bs_uf15bosox9be 12 pieces of bacon, a Red Bull, and go get 'em; Learn to use SB Nation
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Oct 18, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think you're trying to show too many things in your graphic
good idea, but then there’s also the fact that your fonts are different too, can be sort of distracting…maybe keep the background one solid color and make the font consistent…i don’t think you would need the logos in between the words “the dirty water”, i would pick one of two logos at the most to display in the graphic…the white bar in the middle also separates the top and the bottom making it look like it’s not one continuous title
just my two thoughts, i do graphic work so those are just some things that pop out to me.
Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
by DougieWentDeep on Oct 18, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I was trying to do a gradient background, as if the color is filtered.
Couldn’t decide whether I wanted to do blue or red though…
I think I can work with what you and B&B are suggesting. I’ll post the updated version in a few minutes.
@bs_uf15bosox9be 12 pieces of bacon, a Red Bull, and go get 'em; Learn to use SB Nation
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Oct 18, 2009 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about keeping the font consistent and adding the championship years instead of the retired numbers.
maybe something like this in the background
You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. ~Jim Bouton, Ball Four, 1970
by BoldandBrash on Oct 18, 2009 12:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
link fail
You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. ~Jim Bouton, Ball Four, 1970
by BoldandBrash on Oct 18, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Attempt 2:
@bs_uf15bosox9be 12 pieces of bacon, a Red Bull, and go get 'em; Learn to use SB Nation
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Oct 18, 2009 2:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
looks pretty good
if you’re sticking with the original design, space out the retired numbers on the left a little.
"We're not going to give up," It doesn't happen, so who cares? There's always next year. It's not like it's the end of the world."-Manny Ramirez
by revigik on Oct 18, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, that was probably not my best effort.
Besides, I like the whole team > individual cliche, even if baseball is the worst team sport in that regard.
@bs_uf15bosox9be 12 pieces of bacon, a Red Bull, and go get 'em; Learn to use SB Nation
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Oct 18, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
much better
You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. ~Jim Bouton, Ball Four, 1970
by BoldandBrash on Oct 18, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I might need to squish "The Dirty" a little and make the championship years a little bigger.
2004 and 2007 look weird compared to the rest because they don’t have 1s.
@bs_uf15bosox9be 12 pieces of bacon, a Red Bull, and go get 'em; Learn to use SB Nation
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Oct 18, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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