Instead of locking threads, how about locking members?

[Ralph Wiggum]

I know that everyone gets emotional at times, but threads like this are totally and utterly uncalled for:

 

forum.brewerfan.net/viewtopic.php?t=11176.topic

 

As if the topic hasn't been totally beaten to death, it's basically a moot point, isn't it? I know it isn't my place to inbox the originator of this thread, but it probably should be someones.

[dadofandrew]

Brian decides who he wants on the board. Mods just lock threads that deserve it.

[brewerjamie15]

It's locked. We've all gone off on a rant from time to time, no reason to shut down a member for something minor like this.

[Ralph Wiggum]

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It's locked. We've all gone off on a rant from time to time, no reason to shut down a member for something minor like this.

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This isn't an isolated incident with this particular poster. He has made instigating posts in the past.

 

I'm not calling for his banishment more than just asking someone with a little clout (maybe either of your two) to let him know that type of topic isn't appriciated. It's not my place.

[Brian the Automator]

[ I'm not calling for his banishment more than just asking someone with a little clout (maybe either of your two) to let him know that type of topic isn't appriciated. ]

 

The locking of the thread is an indicator to the poster that the topic was not appreciated. I give my mods complete "clout".

 

But since we're on the topic, I have to make something clear:

 

3TO was an inside joke, people. sheesh

 

"neener-neener" and spite posts don't fly here. I would apply the same to myself if Ohka got shelled in the first half, and I was thankful I wouldn't have to see any pro-Ohka threads.

[mothershipconnection]

3TO was an inside joke, people. sheesh

People just didn't get it. Some of us happened to like a player who hit lots of homers and also struck out a ton. It's not like we loved 3TO and Branyan just fit so he was worshipped. Rather, we thought Branyan was better-than-advertised and he happened to be the king of an obscure statistic Batman (I believe) came across within an article written by the pres of the Rob Deer fan club.

I just don't get the hatred. Seriously, this is a team that sucked, and bad, for over a decade. Accordingly, we had several players who sucked more than even the biggest K hater could say Branyan did.

[pogokat]

I was a big branyan fan because he hit the ball really hard, and he was a very nice individual...and a cool dude when i met him a few times in the minors

[bjkrautk]

Just curious what the dividing line is between "beaten like a dead horse" and "additional evidence." This is less a question about the linked thread above, so much as the current thread in the ML Forum about Branyan not making the 25-man roster in TB.

 

Because the first thread requested it, I kept my comments kind. As someone who believes that Branyan has been overvalued (both as a Sabermetric anomaly and as a player), his inability to make one of the worst teams in baseball over the past few seasons reinforces my views on him.

 

Obviously, I didn't read the posts in the thread that had been deleted....but if people can't respectfully post their negative views on a player in a thread someone else created about a transaction involving the player negatively, where can they talk about it? It hardly seems appropriate fodder for the political forum. Am I alone in thinking that the people who don't want to read the negative things about Branyan should probably just skip the thread about him being sent down by the D-Rays?

 

As long as the posters don't say anything that violate the decorum of the forum, or call out specific posters, I really don't see why they should be taken down. Take an inside joke too far....and you reap what you sow, IMO.

[BillScottCanRake]

As long as the posters don't say anything that violate the decorum of the forum, or call out specific posters, I really don't see why they should be taken down.

 

Posters were called 'delusional'. Hopefully that's a good enough reason for the post and two replies to be removed from the thread so it could continue without being locked.

[Brian the Automator]

Who's the next completely polarizing player going to be? The Brewers need an all-batting-average no-walk-or-K guy to complete the cycle.

 

I guess I just didn't see why people got so angry about Russell. Sure, I liked him, and still think he'd be an awesome platoon player for some team not blessed with a lot of 3B talent, but the whole 3TO thing was just a way of turning somewhat of an ugly stat into something fun.

 

Ah well... 3TO became a WOAH SOLVDD type codename for Brewerfan.net, and that's really all I envisioned for the 3TO phenomenon. It's kind of like people who love the Evil Dead trilogy. It was all about being campy.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I don't know why people get MAD when other people like a player they don't. And even then, it's entirely possible to just say, "I don't like that player, this is why, blah blah blah" without having to be a condescending jerk to those who disagree.

 

It's the nature of message boards that discussions can and do get heated, and I think that's all fine and well, until people start throwing out "you're all delusional" and comments of the like.

[rluzinski]

Branyan has been overvalued...as a Sabermetric anomaly...

 

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Definitions of anomaly:

 

* deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

* a person who is unusual

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Highest 3TO%: (HR+BB+SO)/PA

(min. of 1,000 PA)

 [b]Last First PA HR BB SO 3TO%[/b] Branyan Russell 1691 93 200 597 52.6% Nicholson Dave 1661 61 219 573 51.4% Deer Rob 4512 230 575 1409 49.1% Nieves Melvin 1392 63 136 483 49.0% Dunn Adam 2783 158 462 733 48.6% Pappas Milt 1174 20 36 510 48.2% Thome Jim 7281 430 1257 1762 47.4% Lolich Mickey 1017 0 105 362 45.9% Bellhorn Mark 2185 61 310 628 45.7% McGwire Mark 7660 583 1317 1596 45.6%

Some of us found that pretty unique.