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  1. TruffleShuffle
    almost nobody is expecting him to be as good as last year. i'd even say that most aren't expecting an OPS above .800. but soto did have much more of a breakout year than theriot, who never put up outstanding numbers for even one year in the minors. so nobody really thought that theriot had a "just-figured-it-all-out" moment, whereas Soto seems as if he may have really taken off. plus soto is a very good defender and has also shown pretty good discipline, and he's at a position where the cubs have no other acceptable options. even a league-average catcher would be just fine considering the price.
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    bonds hits the ball really, really far and is really, really good at doing that. steroids add strength, and naturally one associates home run power with strength more than it associates pitching with strength. that's why probably half of the people who use(d) roids were pitchers, but you hear mostly about guys like bonds, sosa, mcgwire (pretty sure he's white) and giambi (probably also white). clemens was probably the most widely-rumored steroid user among pitchers, but you still heard way more about a significant number of hitters than you did about him. not saying that race could have a little to do with it, but given that barry bonds is the best hitter of our generation and has broken the single-season and all-time home run records, it's natural that the spotlight has shone brightest on him. in fact, if bonds had kept cranking out about 40 homers a year, i'm fairly certain that mcgwire and maybe sosa would still be the most talked-about players when it comes to steroids. but bonds hit 73 in a year and was still cranking them out at an incredible clip during the few times that he got something to hit, and he invited the attention on himself.
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    can't say i agree with these... it's not Johnson's fault that he had to play behind a dog crap O-line with no passing attack to keep the defense honest, and then got hurt. It's not Heap's fault that he has struggled with injuries, and that Baltimore has no competent quarterback. you want RBs who have REALLY been a bust, how about cedric benson or shawn alexander. and l.j. smith and alge crumpler would've been better bust picks at TE.
  4. TruffleShuffle
    hey here's a thought, let's turn the clock back to 1908 for the entire season
  5. TruffleShuffle
    12 years?!?!? man i wanted him signed long-term, but that's a little absurd. still, the dollars are pretty reasonable for a player with his leadership qualities and all-around ability.
  6. TruffleShuffle
    competitive advantage. guys who use steroids can become better players than their non-juicing peers because of steroids. if you're a guy who doesn't want to hurt his own body in the long run to make a few million, or you have a family and don't want to lose them early, why should you be punished? and yes, it's being punished - i guarantee you there have been plenty of AAAA players who had just as much talent as other guys who made the big leagues and were able to make at least the major league minimum... but they never stuck in the major leagues because they chose not to juice while their equally-talented peers did so. this goes for baseball and any other sport. make a strict drug policy, make punishments tough, and do your best to enforce it.
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    i'd actually take a job with the cards and then run them into the ground. it might get me fired, but my cub fan friends sure would appreciate the effort.
  8. TruffleShuffle
    His ERA+ of 122 in 2002, 109 in 2004, and 120 in 2005 say that he's been well above average. get out of here with your fancy logic and numbers.
  9. TruffleShuffle
    the team that wins the nl central will be the team that has the least degree of incompetence and ineptitude from its front office and ballplayers. sadly, this may be the cubs, which is really saying something.
  10. TruffleShuffle
    yes, i too feel bad for all the cheaters who have now been exposed. Case in point. nice job circumventing the board guidelines. anyhow, if mlb had a comprehensive drug test that included blood work, i would've been against this whole idea. but the mlbpa doesn't allow their players to be blood tested, which for all we know means that every player on mlb is still using hgh. if there's no investigation, then there's no incentive not to use hgh, because you can enhance your performance without the risk of being caught. now this report has named a number of players who otherwise never would have been outed. So people in the future who could potentially use HGH will have the knowledge that a number of former players who used HGHs were publicly embarrassed - and many of them likely cost money on the FA market. trying to make any sport a cleaner, more fair environment is not a bad thing.
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    today's news makes this signing look even better
  12. TruffleShuffle
    yes, i too feel bad for all the cheaters who have now been exposed.
  13. TruffleShuffle
    how did bret boone manage to stay off this list?
  14. TruffleShuffle
    you really should change your handle to "Narcissus"
  15. TruffleShuffle
    obviously the people who allow him to keep his job don't get it either
  16. TruffleShuffle
    i would've been shocked if clemens wasn't named.
  17. TruffleShuffle
    i would literally crap myself if hendry used any of the terms you mentioned (vorp, warp, eqa)
  18. TruffleShuffle
    should make contingency plans in case hill, marmol or piniella don't make it out of gary alive
  19. TruffleShuffle
    he says pecota likes soto and pie, but where are the new pecota numbers? the player cards list the '07 pecota projections.
  20. TruffleShuffle
    geovany soto
  21. TruffleShuffle
    apparently there are going to be former Cy Young winners (favorites: Clemens, David Cone, Jack McDowell) and MVPs (favorites: Sosa, Bonds, Tejada, Giambi -- is there even a point if he is named?, Pudge, Juan Gone, Caminiti - again, what's the point)
  22. TruffleShuffle
    no, unless you change it to "dustyruinedprior" or "EffYouHendry"
  23. TruffleShuffle
    Right...it went both ways and they decided to part. I feel empathy for those who really loved Prior because it is hard to see a guy go that you really enjoyed watching play for the Cubs and the wonderful potential he had. Again, I wish Mark well as long as it doesn't interfere with the Cubs being successful. :lol: good one... thanks for the laugh, this thread was getting too sad and serious, glad someone was able to crack a joke
  24. TruffleShuffle
    imagine how much smaller the other threads would've been if games like lsu-arkansas had almost no meaning?
  25. TruffleShuffle
    Given the track record of the Cubs' doctors, a.k.a. Nick Riviera & Associates, I'm going to have to side with Dr. James Andrews on this one.
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