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  1. TruffleShuffle
    E-Patt is not playing today... routine day off, or plane flight to Daytona? :)
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    E-Patt is leading the MWL in BA and is 4th in OBP (39 walks in 73 games)... he's proved himself at that level. Time for Daytona.
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    The one with good plate discipline hs two walks also.
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    Put the Nationals in this thread and take out the Braves.... the Braves are going to win the NL East, just like they always do.
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    That article had the air of "throwing dirt on the grave", or kicking Corey while he's down. Despite his terribly disappointing season, I don't think you need to totally give up on him at this point, nor do I think it's an appropriate time to start ripping everything about him.
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    Doesn't work that way... usually people grow out the mullet when they get to Pittsburgh, not after they leave there.
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    OMG IS KERRY WOOD OUT FOR THE YEAR?!?!? [/overreaction]
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    You know what's funny? If the Cards wanted to improve their pitching staff, one thing they could do would be to trade Mulder for Haren straight up. Except the A's would never make that deal. :lol:
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    attend more games please
  10. TruffleShuffle
    I'd root for a stadium collapse.
  11. TruffleShuffle
    The STATS also said that there was no way the BoSox should have won the ALCS but they did and it all hinged on one play or misplay. Game 1 Mark Bellhorn The Red Sox winning the ALCS hinged on Mark Bellhorn doing something in a game they lost?
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    I guess bad habits are hard to break! http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/images/wormcan.gif
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    Yes, but not as right as some might think. Grace had a 119 OPS+; Palmeiro has a 132 OPS+. That's not as much of a difference as some would expect, but Grace actually had a higher career OBP, and Palmeiro's numbers were helped out some by playing in more hitter-friendly parks. Grace was a better fielder too. So while Palmeiro was certainly the better choice and should have been kept in retrospect, Grace was not as far behind him as one would think from looking at the gaudy power stats of Palmeiro.
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    Getting 300 wins you mean? Randy Johnson should be and almost certainly will be a first ballot HOF. 4000 K's, 250 wins and #8 all-time in ERA+. Glavine's ERA+ is only 121, which puts him in the company of Derek Lowe and Jose Rijo. His longevity will work in his favor, but I don't think his career numbers support him being a first-ballot HOF. Ron Santo is more deserving of being in the HOF than Tom Glavine, dammit! EDIT - also noting that while he won 2 Cy Young awards, only the first one was deserved. Maddux deserved to win in 1998, but because writers are entranced by shiny things like 20 wins (Maddux had "only" 18!), Glavine won the award.
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    Is 21 hours enough rest for Prior to pitch this one too?
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    Outside of a pair of poor starts, both of which he deservedly lost (although IMO Dusty left him in way too long at least in Atlanta, and possibly in Houston as well), Prior has been outstanding this year: 71.1 IP, 42 H, 14 ER, 18 BB, 75 K; 1.67 ERA, 0.84 WHIP Add in those two bad starts and he's been "only" very good. He certainly is deserving of a better record than he has right now, however.
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    He'll probably get a taste of the bigs in September. I might consider trading the Cubs entire minor leagues for him... I think he's gonna be a perennial all star in the majors.
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    I'd really like to see E-Patt moved up to Daytona soon. He definitely has things he needs to work on, specifically making more contact, but he's putting up better numbers at Low A-ball than he did in college. He'd certainly be able to hold his own at the very least in Daytona.
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    That might have made some sense if Clemens didn't start last year with Piazza catching. Why does that second comment make any difference? Ummm, didn't the Clemens-Piazza battery give up 6 runs in the first inning last year? Yes, so obviously Clemens pitching to Piazza this year would have resulted in more runs scored by the AL.
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    I'm interested in Josie Maran too... doesn't mean anything is going to happen. :P
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    Yes, his one scoreless inning does in fact prove that he deserved to start the game over two other guys with superior stats put up over half a major league season. Our apologies for questioning the decision.
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    Actually Edmonds is batting in the second hole and has been for about a month. 17 games 57 AB batting 2nd 37 games 127 AB batting 4th 14 games 50 AB batting 5th 5 games 10 AB batting 6th Let me try this another way, if Pujols was hitting behind Patterson and Perez all year (like Lee has) he would IMO have less RBI than he has now hitting behind Eckstein, Edmonds (and others who have hit second) which makes Lee's accomplishments all the more impressive. Also, Lee's home run average would be higher if he hadn't played all those years in Florida (just ask Carlos Del Gado). Or, to put in terms of the actual stats: Cards #1 hitters OBP: .370 Cards #2 hitters OBP: .337 Cubs #1 hitters OBP: .317 Cubs #2 hitters OBP: .295 Eckstein's numbers are fluky this year, but still, the Cubs OBPs are atrocious in the top two spots in the batting order. What's worse: OBP as leadoff hitter Hairston .389 Patterson .268 N. Perez .253 But of course, Hairston has had only about 40% of the Cubs' leadoff plate appearances. This suggests that Lee would easily have more RBIs if the Cubs had a competent manager.
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    E-Patt went 1-3 with a sac fly, and most importantly (in my mind) 2 BB with 0 K. He's struck out almost once a game, which is not good for a guy with only marginal power, but he has 35 BB in 70 games, which is a solid walk rate. OBP is around .415... definitely solid.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    Peoria's pitching sucks!
  25. TruffleShuffle
    Do the coaches stress anything specific about your approach at the plate? When you go up to bat in a normal situation with nobody on base, what are you thinking... work the count, make solid contact, drive the ball, etc?
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