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Sinkers!? I didn't know Ceda had that in his arsenal. Hahahahaha! I read that as Snikers for some reason. I guess mostly due to Ceda's size.

Girardi is on my "to be fired" list along with Guillen and Manuel.

Are you defending the shirts now? Or still just fixated on whether the message is racist or not? Why split that hair when you think, "They are insensitive, rude, offensive, stereotypical and wrong?" Because I think accuracy and distinctions are important. To quote that kids book, "The Giver," "precision of language, please!" There is a real and valid difference between offensive attempts at humor and actual racism, and it is important to understand and be able to identify the difference between the two. What is that difference?

I'm not Fred but I'm pretty sure they were 6-9.

Holy snikes that's a tough question. I'd have to give it to Baker b/c of the love of the double switch.

Surely you have data to back this opinion up? How on earth could he have data on this? Do they have a "drunk and idiot fans in attendance" stat somewhere on baseball-reference.com? C'mon. And that's the point. Wrigley is no better or worse than any other ball park that has a large attendance (or most that have a small one). If one doesn't like drunk idiots, the best option is to stay away from places that drunk idiots populate. To state in unequivocal terms that Wrigley is terrible compared to other ballparks is pretty asinine.

How are they any less racist than references to Pearl Harbor? I keep hammering this point, but racism is the belief that some races are inherently superior than others. Neither a plane nor the slanted eyes shirts are racist. They are insensitive, rude, offensive, stereotypical and wrong, but not racist. And how is making a product that highlights consensus negative stereotypes about a particular race not suggesting that that race is inherently inferior? Pronunciation differences are negative? You answered it in the post above. It doesn't take a Master's in international relations to figure this out.

Pittsburgh is a very bad baseball team. I feel sorry for Jake.

I'm in agreement. I don't understand why there needs to be a some kind of line when we are and aren't offended by racism. These shirts were totally out of line and more than just vaguely or slightly racist. Why is this any less signifigant than anything else? 1) You both misunderstood my point. I didn't say people couldn't or shouldn't be offended, just that exaggerated outrage in relatively insignificant cases is not useful for the reason I've already stated, which brings me to: 2) This is less significant, than, say, voter suppression, because voter suppression limits people's actions because on race, which is unethical. This doesn't take away anyone's freedom of choice, it just bothers us. Making a big deal out of stupid things like this is for many people a way to feel good about your morality on race without confronting larger problems of race, and as a society we have been doing that for too long. You had me until paragraph three. The problem isn't making a big deal out of "insignificant" stuff. The problem is sort of like the "little boy who cried wolf". People get tired of hearing it, even if "it" happens to be true. Then the Fox News types can say, "oh he's pulling the race card". Although pulling the race card may be true because it needs to be pulled, the outrage for little things gives the idiot/racists cover.

A lot of it could be attributed to Fukudome and Johnson. Lee has always seen a lot of pitches. Lee + Fukudome + Johnson = seeing a lot more pitches.

Surely you have data to back this opinion up?

So, Mr. Yost, you won't take any chance in April. You're not doing it. Yet, when he felt tightness in his tricep after his previous start, you sent him back out to the mound on regular rest, anyway. Isn't that taking a chance with Sheets? viewtopic.php?f=29&t=47915

Christ on a stick

If that's true, Lou is as dumb as some Cub fans.

Group think, that's a good one.

They were 35-19 in 1-run games and outproduced their expected W-L by 8 games. That indicates to me they excelled at fundamental play and situational hitting (and featured a strong bullpen). They were 35-19 in 1-run games because they had 12 pitchers pitch out of their minds and their offense couldn't score many runs so they were drawn into close games. Performance in one run games is terribly influenced by random variability. So much so that many people call 1 run wins "lucky" wins. There's not much "fundamental" about a "seeing eye" grounder or "ducksnort" bloop hit.

Saved the best for last. I love it.

Glad some people on these boards are rational. What up raw? Nice to see both Chicago clubs off to a good start. Ozzy Guillen will be fired by the ASB. The Sox are not a decent team. They are a mediocre to bad team who have gotten off to a decent start. They'll be sitting in 4th place by the end of the season. However, I really don't care what they do.

I am so pissed. Freaking DirectTV blackouts the MLB EI games because I'm in the Reds Home territory but I don't get any station that carries the Reds games. Stupid.

yeah, how Charlie Manuel didn't make that list is mind-bottling Last week I say Girardi use Cano (I think) bunt over Molina to third.

I order of most to least crappy: Dusty Baker, Charlie Manuel, Joe Girardi, Ozzy Guillen, Ned Yost, Bruce Bochy (for leaving SD for SF)

When Andy and Jim went about overhauling the organization in the mid 90's, they explicitly talked about focusing most of their developmental attention on pitchers, while trading for bats later. They thought that was the best way to emulate the Braves, ignoring how many quality position players that franchise developed. Quite frankly, I don't think any of us can really complain about the number of pitching prospects the Cubs have produced who have had some amount of success in the major leagues over the past ten years. Their plan worked. Off the top of my head, the following guys have pitched with varying degrees of success and exposure in the majors after spending some time in the Cubs' minor league system in the past ten years... Mark Prior Kerry Wood Carlos Zambrano Rich Hill Sean Marshall Jon Garland Carlos Marmol Dontrelle Willis Sergio Mitre Ricky Nolasco Renyel Pinto Carmen Pignatiello Michael Wuertz Ryan O'Malley John Koronka Todd Wellemeyer Will Ohman Andy Sisco Francis Beltran Sean Gallagher Juan Mateo That's just off the top of my head, to boot. Weren't there quite a few years where the top two or three picks were pitchers? That has an effect too.

How does one value something that by definition, one knows so little about?

I fully agree, but it won't be for any legitimate reason. He's being railroaded by the coaching staff; Lou is determined to destroy this kid's confidence. This is an incredible overreaction. It should be bronzed and placed in the Overreaction Hall of Fame. When one takes into account the recent history with PIe on the ML Roster I don't think the post is much of a stretch. However, since you feel the need to be the arbiter of what is and is not an overreaction, I'll defer to your greater wisdom.

I wrote this in last night's game thread but I thought maybe it would be a good idea to discuss it here. Last night's loss was on Lou. Ward is not a RFer. If you have to get him some PT put him at 1st base. Bruce Miles' take. Discuss.