John Buck 2012: Hey, He's OK

[Swifty]

Throughout the course of the 2012 season, please use this thread to discuss all issues, including but not limited to, news articles, injuries, performance, rumors, and statistical analysis related to the named player.

[Bobbob1313]

He'd be better if he was John Lackey.

/StupidFuckingJerk

[Namaste]

/StupidFuckingJerk

Finally something we agree on.



bobbob, CALM DOWN we're just tossing playful jabs. bobbob, I'm kind of hungry. Gonna head into the kitchen. Can I get you anything?

[TheMendozaLine]

Looks like the shade of blue used for the "M" is closer to teal than the one used for the marlin. Is this intentional? Are my eyes deceiving me?

[Miamarlin21]

I agree with .200

[emkayseven]

it's because of the white and black backgrounds

[Party]

It's also the angle and the stitching pattern. They reflect light differently. I have that jersey, it's the same color.

[Party]

[Todd]

Thats obscene in a 2nd season episode of Miami Vice kind of way.

[Swifty]

I kinda like it.

Hey, he's alright!

[Bobbob1313]

No, because the John Buck we got last year was a lot closer to the John Buck career average guy (and is almost what John Buck would be exactly if you remove his exceptionally "lucky" 2010 in Toronto).

John Buck had a .280 BABIP in his career prior to the Toronto season.

He has a .252 BABIP over the last two years.

You don't get to wave off Hanley's BABIP related struggles and then shit on Buck for a similar degree of flukiness regarding hits on balls in play. That's not the way to be intellectually honest.

Basically the only one of his "advanced" numbers that is down significantly over the last two seasons is XBH%, however that can obviously be seen as a result of the decrease in hits on balls in play.

[Ramp]

Atleast Buck is walking a bunch

[Namaste]

John Buck: We Don't Care What The Advanced Stats Say; We Fucking HATE him.

[Beef]

I like him

[Namaste]

I did a thing. I forgot were supposed to do less of those.