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I'm beside myself with pity.

That's what I do, when talking to people of the non-mother country. It's just easier that way. I really don't care one bit when people mispronounce my name. What's funny is that people always apologize for mispronouncing it. But if I got upset every time someone messed up my name I'd be one angry foreign-named dude. How hard is it to pronounce "ZZ Thorn"?

All in all, a pretty depressing post, Roast.

You have to wonder when you read that stuff...are Cinci fans so much more intelligent than the Reds' management? Apparently not. I could probably pick out a post here and there and show it to other team's fans, giving them a less-than-favorable outlook on the intelligence of Cubs fans. are you talking about me? I feel like you're talking about me.

OH DEAR. This is what I get for working all day.

:shock: :shock: Wow, lets hope he pitches against the Cubs at Wrigley then. A 1:20 start could be just what we need to rough him up. :lol: Assuming a normal rotation and no tweaks on off days, Mulder will miss the Cubs in the 1st 2 series (Jul/Aug), have a night start at home on Sep 6 and a 1:20 start at Wrigley on Sep 16. By my calculations,, that will be the day we pass STL for first in the Central.

I'll keep an eye out for you.

My take: Carpenter - meh Suppan - meh Mulder - meh Marquis - meh Taverez - bleh King - cool Izzy - meh Pujols - bleh, but he's good Grudz - meh Eckstein - bleh Rolen - cool Walker - meh Edmonds - BLEH Sanders - meh Molina - bleh

And seemingly out of nowhere, Neifi became a fan favorite at NSBB.

According to Skip Bayless. Part of his argument is based on number of All-Star appearances and MVP balloting, which strikes me as incredibly lame. He also says Sosa shouldn't be in because he wasn't clutch. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=bayless/050715

woo, the first snoty post directed toward me. I just got goosebumps :wink: :lol: Anyway, I just thought the part about DLee and AP's homerun production might be interesting in this debate. I think the whole park factor thing is overrated, for the most part. You looked at home runs, but a better overall indicator is that Lee has a 1.189 OPS at home and a 1.183 OPS on the road. Those are for all intents and purposes, identical. I also think the popular perception of Sammy Sosa was that he benefitted from Wrigley, though his overall and HR totals were just about dead even in his prime years. You already see that Aramis does not benefit much from Wrigley. And IIRC, several of the Marlins coaches said that Pro Player killed Derrek, and predicted 40+ HR from him outside of there. This makes sense since Lee's power is from alley to alley, and that is no man's land in Miami. In parks like that, only dead pull hitters will put up big numbers, and Derrek is not a dead pull hitter. The whole notion that Wrigley is a hitters paradise is really not accurate at all. It favors the hitters slightly, but not nearly as much as some think. The reason for this, IMO, is that it is a park of extremes. I say that because while eveyone knows about the days the wind is howling out and homers are easy to come by, more often the wind is blowing stright in, and in about a third of the games (rough estimation based on watching for 20 years), you may as well be trying to hit a ball out of the Grand Canyon. Some hitters have benefitted from the cozy alleys, but the 355 down the lines are no easy pokes. The bottom line is that while Wrigley will give you a lot of homers, it will take away a lot of them, also. Any players that do benefit are probably hitters with marginal power who plays there enough to mold his game to the field. Players who are great hitters with genuine power generally rise above the limitations or enhancements that a given field gives them Now there are players who benefit from their home parks greatly. Take Morgan Ensberg, for example. While Morgan oocasionally gets XBH to other fields, he is an extreme pull hitter. This is a huge advantage in MMP. Over the past three years, Ensberg's OPS has been nearly 300 points lower on the road. This year has been better, but there is still a 150+ point differential. His power numbers are also better than Pujols this year, but his you can attribute to park factors, unlike Lee. Here's another indicator. I looked at the number of parks played in this year, and how each player fared OPS-wise overall. Since a 1.000 OPS is the mark of excellence, so to speak, I wanted to see how many parks Lee, Pujols and Ensberg managed to reach that number in, and which ones. Pujols has played in 14 parks this year, and topped 1.000 in eight of them. He fared the best in Turner, Coors, Miller and Citizens Bank. Lee has played in 13 parks this year, and topped 1.000 in 10 of them. He has performed the best in Pro Player, Busch, Great American, Miller, BOB and Dodger Stadium. Ensberg has played in 13 parks this year, and topped 1.000 in 3 of them. He has fared well at MMP, Coors and Great American. Also, 17 of his 24 HR have been hit between those three hitters parks, and nowhere else has he hit more than 1. This is based on only this year, but the three year splits bear out around the same level of consistancy for Lee and Pujols. and inconsistancy for Ensberg. Statistically speaking Lee is actually the most consistant of the three, independent of park, though not the most productive. Ensberg I used to illustrate a player who has their stats inflated by ballpark. Lee does not fall into this category at all. In fact, if you rate his performance by park over the past three years, Wrigley sits right in the middle of the 23 parks he has played in over that time The same can be said of Pujols and Busch, right in the middle, 11th of 20. So from a relative performance standpoint, Pujols is no more consistant than Lee, and Lee is no more dependent on his home park than Albert. Awesome post, and I think the second half of it proves pretty well that DLee isn't park dependednt on power. I want to agree with the first half of your post (the one stating that Wrigley isn't a hitter's paradise), but I need to know why, despite your rational argument, Wrigley still gets a high HRPF?

I thought he was decent in 2003. Light years better than McCarver. I guess I shouldn't blame him for cheering openly for his former team. It wasn't as annoying until game 6. I blame Fox for putting him in that position in the first place. In fact, didn't Fox also have Bret Boone doing the Yankees series with his brother Aaron playing for the Yankees? Seems like they should have switched the two for the sake of objectivity. Meanwhile, Lieter will have to get in the forgiveness line behind Steve Garvey and Will Clark. Brett Boone was a terrible color announcer. He said about 9 words during that entire seven game series. There may have even been a few times when he didn't respond to a direct question.

If you've seen Jennings' butt, this should come as no surprise.

I just want to take a moment to savor one of the most absurd sentences in recent NSBB history. Solid work.

LOL. I too am concerned.

Haha... actually his prediction has been pretty good to this point; Carpenter has pitched very well for most of the year... 9-4 with a 3.17 ERA. Indifferent is a woman. So HER prediction has been pretty good so far. And I want to be on record as saying Carpenter is a pretty darn good pitcher. Not deserving of the constant derision he gets from a lot of cubs fans. Hopefully, though, he won't win another game.

I'm truly baffled by this statement.

I saw him in action, and I loved every second of it.

LOL Who's modzilla the troll slayer? Never seen him in action before. Good times. I've never seen Tim dole out a pimp slap either. Wild stuff. As far as the point of this thread, I'm as curious as JC about this: Is this true?

Perfect analogy.

I will take great joy in watching the panicked, confused Wizards jack up shots in the first 4 seconds of the shot clock after the Heat start abusing them. I also hope Shaq literally eats brendan Haywood. And I don't think it would be possible for me to dislike Eddie Jordan more than I already do. He's a punk, and so is his team.

My brother told me that with about 5 games left in the season, Skiles was on the radio talking about Hinrich. He said Hinrich's at the bottom of the league in Free throws attempted for guards. Clearly, it's not because he doesn't take it to the hole. He drives quite a bit. He just doesn't get calls. I didn't get to see tonight's game except for the very end. I hate to see them implode like that. What happened to Ben? One shot attempt? Five fouls?

In really do not like Washington. Cocky SOBs.

game coming up here. must-win.

It could be the "Will Major League Baseball Fold and end Today" poll, too.