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    They were a scary team this year. They're like my MLB 05 team on the PS2, it's crazy. Seriously, if they get Johan and they stay healthy they could win well over 100 games.
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    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Dusty Baker appears to be settling in with his new position. No kidding. Any half-assed GM could put together a team of cast-offs from the teams in this divison to beat any team in this division.
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    It is what makes college football pointless. Pointless but rich.
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    And this is why we should know who is cheating and who isn't. If I were a GM I'd hire Jim Rockford for 200 bucks a day plus expenses and get the dirt on who's cheatingand who ain't. The public doesn't need to know. I think the GMs already have a good idea who was juicing. Either way it doesn't matter, use the data to tell you. Those data are too old to tell anyone much of anything about Roberts. Look at his last 3 years for trends.
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    Be careful what you are praying for. If a Selig stamp-of-approval owner gets in there is no telling what will happen, especially if the Cubs manage to win the division again with a low 80s win total. Hendry might get an extension. It really is disheartening.
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    I'm going to predict an OSU win over LSU. I'm also going to predict that shortly afterwards we'll see a long overly complicated rationalization using mathematical models of why LSU was the better team and "should have" won by Meph.
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    If he'd been coaching Michigan and saying that they'd all be cheering in Motown. After Bill Frieder left the basketball team to coach Arizona Bo had a hastily called press conference announcing that "a Michigan Man" will be coaching the basketball team in the NCAA playoffs. He said it with spittle flying from his mouth and hand pounding on a desk. They all applauded.
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    If Gallagher can learn to control the strike zone a little better he should be a pretty decent pitcher down the road. My question: Who has more trade value?
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    Ugh, good lord that is irritating. It is astounding to me that after so many comments from him last year about the team's inability to hit left handers, he is so focused on getting a lefty for right field. WTF?? I don't mean to take this thread on a tangent, but I have to mention this here. A few months ago, someone on this board posted a link to Steven Levitt's blog - the post where he endorsed one of his grad students for a position with any MLB team (after they worked on the "does lineup protection exist" study). I went to grad school with that particular student, and I asked him if he considered a position with the Cubs. His response was that the Cubs front office was one of the few MLB front offices with no interest in hiring someone with his background. Very telling, and extraordinarily infuriating. I had this conversation with him over the summer, but didn't bother to post about it until I read that mind-numbing quote by Hendry. WTF?!?! It just gets better every day. The only good thing is that Hendry is in a division largely populated with GMs just like him.
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    http://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/images/carthumbs/STL/3082/3082.jpg Very nicely done! ________________________________________________ Sandberg>Mazeroski>Morgan Anyone remember the Bert Weinman Ford commercials on Sunday mornings on WGN back in the day? "I'm Len Burton for Bert Weinman Ford, and look at this beautiful 1975 coupe de'ville. AC/AM/FM radio, 8 track tape player, power steering and power brakes. What a beauty"
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    that's absolutely ridiculous. there are people who choke and people who don't choke, but the existence of chokers doesn't mean there are people who perform better under pressure. I think the entire exercise is silly. There is no objective way to define "pressure situations" that includes all instances and excludes all non-instances. The debate is mental masturbation. I'll take both Jeter and A-Rod on my team any day, who wouldn't?
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    I'm all for patience, but how long has Pie been in the organization? It's like the Don Baylor Corey Patterson dance all over again. Other than the bunt thing, I don't see anything wrong with Lou stressing OBP to Pie. Who wouldn't want that? The problem is that it's a little late now. This could also be the reason why Pie is performing dismally in the DR league. I don't know, I think we've seen this show before.
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    Link. That's our very own Jim Hendry there folk....looking for someone left-handed who can run. Oh Jesus! This is a good one from Lou too I'm all for patience, but how long has Pie been in the organization? It's like the Don Baylor Corey Patterson dance all over again.
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    Isn't he already 27? That someday better be soon.
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    Strong armed? Seriously? It's like Abu Grabe, "hey man, we didn't know what was going on in the locker room/hey man, we didn't know what was going on during the night shift". They are complicit from the Commissioner's office on down. They are accomplices in this mess and bear as much responsibility as the players. That's why no names should be released and they should bring the standards up to Olympic (if they are not there already) and have harsh penalties, like a one year ban for the first offense, and move on.
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    I don't see the point of "naming names". These people aren't communists out to do the country ill. At the same time, it is important to clean up the sport. As usual, baseball is handling this terribly. IMO, they should give every player still playing today immunity and carry on with a more rigorous testing standard. Start from ground zero. Finally, I'm not convinced that steroids/HGH HAS NOT had an appreciable impact on the game of baseball. Frankly, I don't know why anyone would think otherwise. It is a simple matter of physics. I do think it will be almost impossible to quantify though.
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    Prior does not owe the Cubs anything. Baseball is a business. If the Cubs don't want to pay him what he thinks he's worth he shouldn't sign. It really isn't up to him though, it is entirely up to the Cubs.
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    I just finished reading Bruce's article. This is real depressing. ](*,) Hendry seems like a nice guy. He seems like a hard workers. But he is not very good at what he does.
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    Army Navy will be played in Baltimore this year. Every once in awhile they move it from Philly.
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    I'm not much of college football fan, but this weekend's games have been nothing short of exhilarating
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    I really need someone to explain to me why he could possible interested in Kaz if it is not for a buddy for Fukudome. It makes absolutely no sense to me, especially after trading for Infante. Cedeno Theriot Infante DeRosa Fontenot If they sign Kaz that will be six semi-interchangeable parts and almost half a roster of position players. Obviously, Fontenot probably gets shipped to AAA or traded. Cedeno doesn't have much trade value and they probably won't deal Infante for much the same reason.
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    Then maybe he should spend his time convincing Fukudome to not stay in Japan with the Giants That's an idea worth exploring.
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    I think the reckless pursuit of Kaz has everything to do with Fukudome and little to do with finding a competent player.
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