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  1. CubinNY
    In the off-season Sammy lives in Aventura FL. I lived about 5 blocks from him and saw him frequently. He trained with other S. Florida MLB residents at St. Thomas university in Miami. He has a house in the DR but visits infrequently. I'm not saying he did or didn't take steriods. Just trying to set the record straight.
  2. CubinNY
    Poetic justice 1-0 our neighbors from the South.
  3. CubinNY
    I don't quite understand that? Howe would that work? Would Japan then go?
  4. CubinNY
    Mexico hit a homerun that hit the right field foul/fair pole about 10 foot up and Bob Davidson was about 30 feet away and called it a double.
  5. CubinNY
    I hate to say this but I hope the USA gets beat and bad.
  6. CubinNY
    How much is USA baseball paying Bob Davidson? That call is inexcusable even for a little league umpire.
  7. CubinNY
    Please let's not have this discussion again. Wins are a team stat not an individual stat. Can we agree on that?
  8. CubinNY
    There is a thread in transactions that is discussing this.
  9. CubinNY
    Ahh, makes me think of Corey... Makes me think of Angle Pagen as the Cubs starting CFer.
  10. CubinNY
    That is just ridiculus beyond the point of obsurdity. BTW pes·si·mist n somebody who always expects the worst to happen in every situation Encarta® World English Dictionary © 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Reacting to the situation at hand (i.e., Prior and Wood injuries. The prospect of trading Walker for donuts, over paying for medicore bullpen pitchers and lead off men) is not pessimism. Get over yourself and soon.
  11. CubinNY
    I have no idea. Wouldn't they have done the MRI yeserday? ugh!
  12. CubinNY
    What are Pierre's numbers? I don't know about Pierre, but right about now I am wishing Mitre was still a Cub. I never thought he got a fair chance in Chicago. I don't think he is a world beater, but the Cubs could use another #3 or #4 with the health (or lack there of) the pitching staff.
  13. CubinNY
    The moderators here keep trolling to a minimum and most of the people adhear to the conventions of the forum (attack the post not the poster). There are many knowldeable people that post here. It is a great place. One thing, if you have a strong opinon be ready to back it up becuase someone wil probably disagree. I agree with you that they will probably say minor inflamation of... and they will put him on some sort of schedule with no time table. This whole saga just reeks.
  14. CubinNY
    Welcome to the forum! Bruce Miles posts here occasionally and thankfully. I am hoping once he gets word he will pass it along to us.
  15. CubinNY
    Hello Neifi. It is only a matter of time before Hairston is injured. Cuse's prediction of Neifi getting in 140 games is not that far off it Walker is gone. Damn Walker's overactive tounge.
  16. CubinNY
    True, but I think he deserves credit for giving the Dusty the benefit of the doubt, but not forever. His last sentence in this morning's column synthesized the issue very well - Guillen's SPs through more than 120 pitches 5 times all of last year. Guillen understands how to manage his assets; Dusty does not. Well said. Again I think it's because Ozzie had a bullpen Baker has never had that luxory since he's been here. That is BS. Furthermore, having a bad bullpen is no excuse for letting a pitcher go far past the point of effectiveness and to the point of injury. Having Z and Prior continue to pitch past a humdred or so when in a blow out is inexcusable. That happend more than a few times over the last couple of years. There were plenty of options in the bullpen. But when Dusty continues to put in Remlinger to face lefties you are demanding failure. When he trotts Farnsworth out for the 4 day out of the last six he is demanding failure. And on and on.
  17. CubinNY
    What in the world are they doing for him? I thought this "special" program was supposed to help him not get injured? Well so much for that.
  18. CubinNY
    This reminds me of Naked Gun Frank Drevin: Nothing to see here. Go home. Nothing to see here. in the background explosions, fire, death, and mayhem. Dusty: There is nothing wrong with Prior. Nothing. Nothing (quote from this morning's trib article on prior). in the background Prior grabs the back of his arm. EDIT: Actual Dusty quote http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-060312cubsbits,1,1922683.story?coll=cs-cubs-headlines
  19. CubinNY
    Have the Cubs won the simulated WS yet? Over the last two seasons with Wood and Prior going every game they've probably had a good chance to do so. The Cubs are 35-11 in simulated games over the last two years. JoBo and Rusch haven't held up their end of the rotation. Still 24 games over 500 is pretty nice.
  20. CubinNY
    I disagree. WHIP is just another metric. It is not a catch-all metric anymore than winshares, wins, ERA or any other tool used to evaluate a pitcher. I'd be interested to see if WHIP has any predictive validity from year to year. If it does it could be a useful metric, if not, well it as least as useful as anything else. All of these pitching metrics are just small pieces to the larger picture of whether a pitcher is "good". Good is a value judgment that some would use independent of any metric or analysis. But I think the value judgment is much better if it is backed up by some data. In the case of a pitcher I would hope the data used would be less dependent on the offense or the defense behind the pitcher. Regardless, I don't think anyone would use WHIP alone to make that judgment. But for some it is easier to set up a weak argument for the sole purpose of knocking it down. Which is the case with Cubbierich more often than not.
  21. CubinNY
    Man I am fired up about Pie. I hope he hits well and strikes out less in Iowa this year. If he comes along that will give the Cubs some flexibality with regard to Pierre and Jones. I am just as fired up about Guzman/Marshall though. If those two reach thier potential it opens up a lot of options and cash for the Cubs to pursue other avenues whether via trade or free agency.
  22. CubinNY
    10 bucks says Walker is gone after the WBC is over.
  23. CubinNY
    Where did you read/hear this? It is news to me. If the pitchers are whining about the defense at second base then maybe they should throw better pitches. IMO Walker's defense is not that bad. Certianly not bad enough to warrent a position battle with the likes of Neifi Perez and Jerry Hairston Jr.
  24. CubinNY
    If Neifi is the everyday 2nd baseman for an extended period of time this summer, the Cubs chances of winning the division are even smaller then before. I don't think Hairston is that great a shakes either. And we know he probably won't be healthy for an entire season. I like Walker. Just infering from his comments, I believe he thinks he is getting a raw deal. I don't know if that is what he thinks, but if he does I agree with him. All the same though, he should bring it up with management and not the media.
  25. CubinNY
    Bruce clears the air http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/cubs.asp Walker is backing off his statements on the SCORE.
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