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Throws chair

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throws chair (thrOs chA-yur), v. (fr. Moneyball ) 1. an act expressing extreme frustration, esp. having to do with failure in any aspect of baseball, including front office errors: Theo Epstein, brilliant young GM of the Red Sox, was reported to have thrown a chair across his hotel room upon learning the Yankees had signed Jose Contreras. (apocryphal) 2. (on Primer) a figurative expression used to express disgust when a sabermetrically favored team's shit don't work.

The act has taken on a somewhat more ominous meaning since an incident in the summer of 2004 in which Rangers reliever Frankie Francisco hurled a chair into the stands during an argument with, fittingly, Oakland A's fans. Francisco's motivation for the act is cloudy, but may have to do with comments from the fans that were in extremely bad taste.

See also Beane, Billy.

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