jjgman21

really? the only time I ever saw that treatment was after beating Michigan State in Japan to clinch the Rose Bowl. have a great time. do a second story beer bong for me.

first, don't bring up Mifflin Street Block Party when I've been in Illinois pining for a trip to Madison all spring second, I've had some good times at rainy Mifflin Street Block Parties. how are the cops these days? when I was in Madison, it went from great party all over the place to stay withing the sidewalks to don't come off the porches to a riot seen on CNN to don't even be on the porches.

with the strikezone the size of a pea (according to this thread and 1/2 inning of Pat's commentary. I'm not watching)

some of those Agone-Miller-pitcher's were right up there.

and people complain about the Cubs bunting and stealing...that's downright dumb throw away of an out.

no offense to you personally, but man am I sick of seeing similar statements almost everytime something bad happens to the Cubs.

don't count on it.

according to Pat and Ron, Maddux getting squeezed by Marsh. tomorrow Hernandez, Sunday Hunter Wendelstadt. Cubs will be fortunate to take one game this series.

everyone is ripping on the bottom and top of the lineup, with no rath for Aram. pretty tough game with three guys in the entire lineup hitting the ball.

the vast difference between the Cubs and Cards records the past two years is largely attributed to the Reds, Brewers, and Pirates tendency to roll over and die against the Cards and play their best ball against the Cubs.

Same reason why there's very little chance that any other player is older than they say. Because there's ZERO evidence that he's older. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch. So, because there is currently no evidence (actually none, nada, zip, zilch); that means there's very little chance? Numerous criminal cases throughout the country remain unsolved due to little or no evidence, yet the crimes were still commited. Crazy, huh? I think I'm getting this sarcastic condescending thing down too. Exactly what evidence could there be beyond the possibility of poorly forged documents? Are we going to do carbon dating? Pujols actually went to HS in the US. Most of the age-lying issues have come with players signed through Latin AMerican camps or the like. It's pretty unlikely Pujols was a 21-year-old sophomore in HS. when I was in 8th grade, there was a Mexican guy in our class that didn't speak a lick of English. of course he drove himself to school. turned out he was like 19. Pujols came to the US when he was allegedly 16 years old. do you know how much free education a person gets in this country if he is 19-20 years old? zero. it would not be unheard of for an immigrant to say he was younger than he really is to be able to attend public schools. in fact, it's quite common. edit - see also, that Dominican kid from NY who dominated the Little League World Series.

I knew coming into the season that Juan took walks only begrudgingly. what I did not know was his penchant for swinging at pitches 6-12 inches out of the strikezone. I am getting sick of Juan very quickly.

I know that is considered by the HOF voters, but it is so completely irrelevant. see Palmiero's GG when he was a DH, and Jeter's two GGs. and like I pointed out, Abreu every bit the defender, probably better, and racked up a bunch of stolen bases in his career. career OPS+ Abreu 138 Edmonds 138 so if you say yes to Edmonds, you have to say yes to Abreu, right? now is Bobby Abreu a sure fire HOFer? neither is Edmonds. Kirby Puckett got in with a career OPS+ of 124. Dave Winfield got in with a career OPS+ of 129. Carl Yastrzemski was 130. Reggie Jackson was 139, and never won a Gold Glove. Eddie Murray was 129. That doesn't mean that Edmonds is a lock, by any stretch. But you have to consider it. you also have to consider those were career numbers that do not include the inevitable decline years at the end. all of those players with the exception of Puckett (why does he get in on the sympathy vote, but Santo is excluded because the voters don't want to look like they are giving sympathy votes?) had a few clunker years at the end that dragged their numbers down. Murray had six or seven of those years. Fred Lynn. some of the greatest defensive centerfielder play for a good six or seven year stretch. career OPS+ of 130. HOF'er? neither is Edmonds.

I know that is considered by the HOF voters, but it is so completely irrelevant. see Palmiero's GG when he was a DH, and Jeter's two GGs. and like I pointed out, Abreu every bit the defender, probably better, and racked up a bunch of stolen bases in his career. career OPS+ Abreu 138 Edmonds 138 so if you say yes to Edmonds, you have to say yes to Abreu, right? now is Bobby Abreu a sure fire HOFer? neither is Edmonds.

a few retired players have been kicked around here, some in jest some not...what about Raffy?

I've been wondering the same thing about another frenchman, Adam LaRoche of the Braves. how does he get around on anything with that big forward bat waggle when the pitch is on it's way?

while were at it, let's elect Larry Walker and Brian Giles too. might as well add David Justice and Moises Alou too, because after Edmonds' decline years, his career OPS+ will be about the same as them too. Bobby Abreu...a shoe in. all the offense, all the defense, and speed too!

well first, I don't think Sammy's actions were in the same class as Pujols', and I've never been the biggest Sammy Sosa fan. and second, Sandberg would take a look at the ball, then flick his bat away in a very cocky manner when he knew he got one. I haven't seen the development of this thread, but these are things in the class of Pujol's walk 1/3 of the way down the first base line and pointing to the sky after crossing the plate, as opposed to showing up Perez. I agree. Sammy's over-the-top antics were much worse than anything Pujols has done. I don't recall Ryno ever flipping his bat, showing up another player, showing off, having any altercations with his teammates or having a reputation as anything other than the consumate team player. Can you supply a link to dispute this or back up the "cocky" claim? not sure how you agree with me. I never said that Sammy's antics were worse than Pujols. what I am saying is there is a class of activities that are considered outside the bounds of what alot of fans like to see, but in my opinion do not extend to showing up another player. they could still be considered cocky or showing off. such examples are Sosa's hop, Pujols walk 1/3 of the way down the first base line, and Sandberg's bat flip (he's my favorite player of all time, but this did in fact occur, like it or not). I do agree there are varying degrees of these activities. but there is another class of activities that can only be summed up as showing up other players. Pujols bat toss is one. Bonds doing a little spin down the first base line is another. Derrick Bell standing at home plate, watching his HR and sayin "oh, my god" is another. Jose Lima shooting batters down is another. I didnt' see Perez, but I imagine his antics were another. then again, there's a fine line, because celebrating one's own excellent performance can often be confused with showing up another player. ie I don't think Z ever showed up Bonds on that comebacker a couple of years ago, he was just stoked that he got the best hitter in baseball in a big situation, but it's easy to understand how Bonds would interpret Z's reaction as showing him up. Bonds spin is probably something that sits on this line as well, but it was so overtly outside of the bounds of sportsmanship, it can too easily be interpreted as showing someone up. these are all questions about what was going through the player's minds at the time. sometimes you can tell from the situation, other times you can't. what I do know is that true professionals generally don't retaliate to being shown up. they get their revenge with performance, and that is good enough.

we all have mental diseases don't you know. umpires are upstanding pillars of virtue without any bias or preconceived notions of players or teams. here's your proof thanks Wolf! do we all owe you a couple hundred bucks for your diagnosis? for what it's worth, as bad as Froemming is and always has been (and btw, thank god he didn't work behind the plate in this series, or else his bad calls would have helped determine the outcome of two games, not just the one)...Harry Wendelstatd is worse, and Eric Gregg was perhaps the biggest anti-Cub ump I ever saw. thank god they didn't allow his blob ass back on the field after the resignation/firing.

ummmm.... http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/lists/pos&3B.htm how many of those guys you heard of? probably 5. maybe 8 if you are a bit of a baseball historian, which I suspect you are not by the comment above. how many were great offensive players? I would think 4 of them, unless you include Homerun Baker, who was a dominant offensive player...during WWI. vs. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/lists/pos&CF.htm ever heard of many of these guys? only about 10 or so of the top 100 offensive players in the history of baseball. if by traditional you mean the 1980's, then you may have a bit of a valid argument. if you are talking the rest of the history of baseball, centerfield has always been a position of great offensive players, and you're pretty much dead wrong.

well first, I don't think Sammy's actions were in the same class as Pujols', and I've never been the biggest Sammy Sosa fan. and second, Sandberg would take a look at the ball, then flick his bat away in a very cocky manner when he knew he got one. I haven't seen the development of this thread, but these are things in the class of Pujol's walk 1/3 of the way down the first base line and pointing to the sky after crossing the plate, as opposed to showing up Perez.

I suppose if the pen is going to suck, they might as well all suck in one game and hopefully get it out of their system. nice job Roberto.

it is internet law that all game trackers must freak out after non-routine plays. still locked onto Hairston's 0-0 count on Yahoo.

Haha I called it. Everyone should give me money. I'm a pretty poor fellow, but I'd probably be willing to pay you a few bucks if you discontinue the Hawk-isms.

for those watching, I'm interested if Olsen was squeezed like Guz, or was it too hard to tell because the Cubs swung at everything?