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  1. TruffleShuffle
    a lot of that list is 20/20 hindsight and picking guys who are having unusually good years. melky cabrera was never a big-time prospect, was thoroughly mediocre the last three years and now is having a good year. same with francoeur - basically he was a zero win player for 3 years; now he's a 2 win player and it looks like the royals had some kind of amazing foresight. jj hardy was just undervalued due to his low batting average and contact issues, plus a poor 2009, not because he was some busted prospect. i agree that there are guys out there who are prospects that were cast off too quickly - maybin and sizemore strike me as two who fit that bill - but the problem is, how do you know who's going to be casey kotchman and who's going to be some AAAA guy who continues to fail every chance he gets? also, i take issue with the cameron maybin requiring "minimal compensation", as the padres did trade a pair of reasonably solid and young relief pitchers for him.
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    http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/pirates-starting-to-pay-attention-to-themselves,20985/ =D>
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    some fangraphs blog author thinks jim hendry should go now
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    the part that scares me about kemp is that he seemed pretty disinterested last year, was lousy defensively, mediocre offensively, and overall just not a particularly good player, let alone a franchise-type guy. now this year he's been terrific, his K rate is down and his BB rate up (have to wonder if the latter is due to growth as a hitter or being surrounded by terrible hitters though), and his defense has probably been better. was last year just a fluke? has he refocused more on baseball with a potentially big payday not far down the road? would that focus continue after he signs a big free agent contract? fortunately there's at least another year to see how he does.
  5. TruffleShuffle
    since chuck is now in the driver's seat for the #1 overall picks, we should all make him sign a pledge to not trade them to tim.
  6. TruffleShuffle
    yeah we get it. nobody cares.
  7. TruffleShuffle
    ok, everyone at the cubs game is an idiot.
  8. TruffleShuffle
    no, the people sitting there pouting about people singing and having fun at a [expletive] baseball game are the ones who look like idiots.
  9. TruffleShuffle
    dude there are some cubs fans who probably think theriot is better than castro.
  10. TruffleShuffle
    that 27 year old cuban shortstop for daytona (who normally can't hit) had a double and two HR's today.
  11. TruffleShuffle
    was poking around for info on golden's ankle injury... didn't see anything but it seems the idaho statesman does a pretty good job writing up some pieces on various prospects. darvill wang devoss liria
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    http://dansideas.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/wet-blanket.jpg?w=627&h=480
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    ipad isn't going to change your to you're or whose to who's. try using your own brain in those situations.
  14. TruffleShuffle
    i can just see dfnowak and questionmarkgrace running through the crowd after a win like the one today, screaming at happy little kids and celebrating drunk guys, "STOP SINGING YOU IDIOTS! THE TEAM IS STILL 20 GAMES BELOW .500!!!"
  15. TruffleShuffle
    nice guys finish last, like the cubs are trying to do this year. Its fun for drunk idiots from iowa and little kids. Go to disney world if you want that crap. is this post a joke? like i said, the phillies play "high hopes." the yankees always play that terrible cottoneye joe song and the red sox always play sweet caroline. i guess those teams don't win anything either.
  16. TruffleShuffle
    a three-game winning streak! and it only took until almost august to get it!
  17. TruffleShuffle
    You can lose to me if you want too :-s I appreciate the fact that you are putting out a decent effort, even though there is an obvious race to get the first draft pick. I need to know who is more likely to trade it to me so I know who to cheer for. then cheer for the other guy
  18. TruffleShuffle
    who's
  19. TruffleShuffle
    they're not going to play drive-by truckers at a cubs game
  20. TruffleShuffle
    in philly they started singing "high hopes" after games - it was harry kalas' favorite song. who cares if the cubs sing it? it's fun and steve goodman was a nice guy and a huge cubs fan. opposing fans who hate it already hate the cubs and their fans, so the whole "contributes to a negative image of cubs fans" is just stupid.
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    bump
  22. TruffleShuffle
    yeah wouldn't it be kind of dumb if they made a rule that they could only play that song if they were within 8 games of a playoff spot or whatever?
  23. TruffleShuffle
    golden grounded out and then left the game due to an injured ankle :x ben wells' results have been very mediocre so far.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    since the cubs are bad this year i think fans should sit silently when they score and then file out of the ballpark quietly if they win. alternatively, they could just boo every action by the cubs, like an aramis 3 run homer or a marmol game-ending strikeout. if soriano hits a home run they should just throw trash on the field, because that's what this team is, TRASH.
  25. TruffleShuffle
    Yeah, like Cards fans can read. (it needed to be said) when cardinals fans want to destroy a car they just drink a bottle of jack and hop behind the wheel.
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