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  1. CubinNY
    He doesn't speak English, they could tell him that's a chicago cheer. I don't think booing effects most players as much as we think it does. I could be wrong though.
  2. CubinNY
    I'm fine with the deal b/c Murton and Patterson had no future with the Cubs. Sean hurts, but you have to give up some percieved value for Roberts. I think the Cubs gave too much, but as long as they weren't intending to give a shot to Murton (in LF to start) and playing patterson out of positon (how bad can his defense be?) It really is a good trade for the Cubs. They gave up little (in their eyes) to get a pretty good 2nd baseman. I hope Murton tears it up next year.
  3. CubinNY
    For me they would be a lot more easy to take if they team had a higher OBP.
  4. CubinNY
    I see Clemens' balls haven't been diminished by steriod use. The same cannot be said about his reasoning ability.
  5. CubinNY
    First, let's dispense with the groupthink stuff. There are a few people who are not sold on Pie. There are others who like him but at the same time think he has good trade value. There are others who think he shouldn't be traded. It all depends on who he is traded for should he be traded.
  6. CubinNY
    I want to like Pie, but if he could help to get the Cubs Bedard and Roberts I'm all for trading him tomorrow. I have little faith in the Cubs pitching staff, especially Zambrano. I think all the abuse is catching up to Big Z. Trading Pie makes the Cubs better in 2008 at least until 2010.
  7. CubinNY
    No actually it is because the Cubs didn't offer him a contract. Wrong again. It's both. The Cubs did offer a contract, just not the one that Prior wanted. Then the Cubs refused to offer a standard contract. Sorry, that's not the case. The Cubs didn't want to abide by the "standard" contract so they attempted to get Prior to sign a more "team friendly" deal. After all, he's been stealing money for years and years. When Prior didn't want that they cut him lose. The decision was solely up to the Cubs.
  8. CubinNY
    Some beliefs are so ridiculous that they can be refuted without numbers. Empirical, BTW means objective observation, two things which Cuse cannot be accused of when it comes to Prior.
  9. CubinNY
    No actually it is because the Cubs didn't offer him a contract. Wrong again.
  10. CubinNY
    Just a gut call, but I really don't want 3 lefties in the rotation. I'd rather have the Cubs pursue Blanton - he'd be under team control for 3 seasons. How does what hand a guy throws with factor into a decision? It makes little sense to me.
  11. CubinNY
    I don't think 172 ab's is enough to come to that conclusion. As for the "not enough contact, not enough walks to stay on a big league team" thing, couldn't the same be said for Soriano? Actually, no the same thing cannot be said about Soriano. Ankiel will be 28 next year and put up these numbers in a very friendly hitting environment in the PCL last year. .267 .314 .568 .882 Not bad SLG (but out of line with previous years). Nothing to get excited about either. Maybe he's a 4th OF but he'll get exposed next year, especially if he's off the juice.
  12. CubinNY
    Ankiel's future has to be considered up in the air at this point, as the commish is apparently going to be probing all over the lives of those named in Mitchell's report. Ankiel has no future in baseball. He was supposed to be a feel good story for one year. He doesn't make enough contact and doesn't take enough walks to stay on a "real" major league team for a year. Which is to say he might make the Cardinals team out of ST.
  13. CubinNY
    What's the point of not punishing past behavior and still naming names?
  14. CubinNY
    Me either. Would Soriano consider trying CF again. If he started training for it now he may make it a full season. Just a thought, but I wouldn't count on it. I don't think Lou would try him in CF again. Lou is old school, he likes power from "power positions" and he seems to like defense up the middle. He put the screws to Barrett pretty quick in ST and he didn't last a year behind the plate when his hitting went into the crapper. I also think this factors into why Murton has been relegated to bench duty. He doesn't hit for enough power and Lou likes a "balanced" line up. It's also Hendry's MO per sey (not that he actually has an MO), but he seems to try to get the manager players that fit the manager's proclivity. He is the exact opposite of Beane.
  15. CubinNY
    Well, la-dee-dah, God of the Interwebs. That's Lord of the Interwebs to you. All we need now are hat measurements, calve sizes, and acne counts to make this mockery of a witch hunt complete.
  16. CubinNY
    As predicted, this is the stupidist thread in NSBB history. Thank you George Mitchell and MLB
  17. CubinNY
    I wouldn't be overly concerned about Bowden leaving Auburn during the middle of the '98 season. Bobby Lowder, the same powerful board member who wanted to replace Tuberville with Petrino a few years back, had it in for Bowden that year. Without question, Bowden was going to be fired before the end of '98. That said, I don't believe Bowden is a great coach or recruiter; he wasn't with Auburn. He inherited a lot of talent from Pat Dye, and his Auburn teams consequently went 11-0 and 9-1-1 in '93 and '94. However, by the time he left in '98, the cupboard was bare, and his team was 1-5 when he resigned. Tuberville replaced Bowden, went 5-6 in '99, has turned the program around thereafter. I honestly can't provide a lot of expert analysis about Terry, but I'm pretty sure he has more experience and would have more input with the offensive side of the ball. Bottom line, my perception is that he wasn't a great coach ten years ago. Wasn't Bowden sleeping with a cheerleader or something? UCLA has some hoterific looking cheerleaders.
  18. CubinNY
    He'll pitch for the NYY and become a "true" Yankee, helping them to win multiple World Series titles and Cub fans will then spite him for taking money and leaving.
  19. CubinNY
    that's just a ridiculous statement. Sorry we can't put a number on it so you could understand it. well, sure, when you just pull stuff out of your ass, it's hard to put a number on it. Wouldn't that be number 2? What if you adjust for league and park factors? 1.89 NL 2.25 AL
  20. CubinNY
    Where is your proof/evidence?
  21. CubinNY
    It's kind of sad that Hendry still doesn't get it.
  22. CubinNY
    This is what I cannot stand. I can just imagine the self-righteous indignation that will be spilling out of the word processors of the likes of Mike Lupica, Bill Conlin, and their ilk over this. In two weeks, no one will care.
  23. CubinNY
    I agree with Ping/UK. It was a fair deal IMO, but that's about the most fair they've been to Prior in quite some time.
  24. CubinNY
    All of this is incorrect. All of it. Hendry even came out once in 2004 or 2005 and ripped Prior for coming out of a game when "nothing was wrong with him". They waited until 2007 (!) to have his shoulder properly examined and operated on. No, sorry, you're imagining a sentiment that didn't exist. I'm aware you wouldn't be convinced otherwise, especially since Prior is headed out, and I'm not sure what the point would be in debating arbitrary perceptions of a third-party's feelings - however, in all my dealings and with people I've talked to, I've never thought "the front office is sure treating Prior like garbage!" This is just the way some fans interpret the business. In all your dealings? Please share your dealings with the front office of the Cubs in relation Prior. All you have to do is dig up a Paul Sullivan article crica. 2005-2006 regarding Prior. Where would Sullivan and half the radio morons get the "Prior is soft" stuff from if not from Hendry and crew, saying "we can't find anything 'physically' wrong with Mark"?
  25. CubinNY
    Old Style Cub fans (pun intended) are much worse about heckling players, that's one reason why they got the name "bleacher bums". If anything, new style Cub fans are criticized for being uninvolved.
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