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    Here here (everyone knock on wood please).
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    If pitchers get distracted, then why did the person following Pierre perform worse when Pierre was on base more? Apparently, Castillo's not good @ hitting w/ a guy on first. Small sample size considering the many, many speedy leadoff men who have played baseball... And yet a very sizable sample for the exact individual we're talking about. Can we see the effects from some of these other speedy leadoff men? There was an article on Hardballtimes.com on Feb 6 that talks of this. There is also a link looking at basestealers and effect on the #2 batter at the bottom of the article. It is interesting to think about. The link showed with no outs the batter is helped quite a bit for 40+ basestealer and as the outs go up the effect is smaller. Anyway enjoy http://www.retrosheet.org/Research/PankinM/sabr32.pdf That makes a lot of sense, actually. You'd figure with two out and a man on first (be he Marke Grace or Rickey Henderson) that the picther would be more likely to concentrate on the batter. By contrast, with no one out and Rickey on first, the picther is more apt to be distracted. That's reasonable.
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    I think what he means is that, as a rule, he gives the benefit of the doubt to guys who have shown they can hit ML pitching. This, of course, is problematic b/c if one is never given the chance to hit ML pitching, how can one prove he can do so?
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    The D-Backs traded for a sexton? No wonder they stink. "GIS" for sexton: http://www.freehomepages.com/bdk/Sexton.jpg That thing can't play 1B or hit cleanup!
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    Closest neifi will get to second base all season?
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    Nice job by Juan, but my general feeling is: "ABBN"
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    GIS for "Aramis Salsa Music": http://www.terra-melodica.de/html/fotos/mari_trans.jpg
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    Edmonds is drooling over that pic right now, thinking "easy pickins." The timeless art of seduction http://images.art.com/images/-/George---The-Timeless-Art-of-Seduction--C10005308.jpeg
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    All we are saying (clap clap clap) is give Murt a chance. :protest:
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    Agreed. Take it with a grain of salt, but I heard Levine on ESPN Radio earlier, and he opined that it would take something like Konerko's deal to ink him during ST.
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    Fair points all, Don. I guess if Prior were Wood's age then I might agree. But as of now, I think Mark hasn't hit his peak, and thus his value remains very high. BTW, Rogers is reporting that the Sox would have swooped in and made an offer for Prior had the Cubs dealt him to the O's.
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    If possible, try and read this morning's Trib. They have polled their own writers plus several out of towners re Sammy's candidacy for the HOF. Some of them say they would vote yes with their noses held, which, to me anyway, is fine. Others wrote that they won't vote for him b/c he was an "offensive freak show" who was a "terrible teammate". Good for them - just so long as those same people did not vote for Reggie Jackson, Ty Cobb, etc.
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    Wait... are you saying it's not his fault that he gets injured all the time? how would it be his fault? if his mechanics are causing the injuries, it is the job of the coaching and training staff to fix it. that's not the responsibility of a 25 year old who has never coached nor gone to college. if rothschild came out and said 'we've been telling him to change his motion for three years, and he refuses to make adjustments' then that would be wood's fault. but that apparently isn't the case. why would kerry be asked to do the job of the pitching coach and the trainer? Perhaps Kerry is uncoachable. Its conceivable that he refuses to do things differently. Stone intimated as much last season with his infamous "used car salesman" comment.
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    One does not mistake Sean Bean for Viggio. There is an evil in Wrigley Field that does not sleep, and Mr. Simantochi is now part of it.
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    Adios, Sammy. The truth is that I may never forgive what you did in "Game 162", but I'll also never forget the magical 98' (I saw HR no. 60) and how many times you ran towards me full speed, blowing kisses, as I sat in the RF bleachers and cheered you on. Its really too bad, Sammy. You should have been the baseball Jordan in this town. :( :cry:
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    Stone's comment on this story was dripping with not-so-veiled sarcasm: (paraphrase) "They both got what they wanted. Harry is beloved in Chicago and the world over. Milo is beloved in Houston."
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    Who cares if his stats project well enough that he'd be an HOFer. I just want to see him in Cubbie pinstripes hitting 4th and playing RF.
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    Not true, He is did he not leave the Jews out in the desert for 40 years or Noah out in that boat for 40 days or Rachel and having the son. It will happen I see this as a test of faith. I figure it will happen soon I have been a Cubs fan for 40 years now. I just hope that those of you who aren't circumcised don't have to do so in order to straighten this whole thing out. :shock: :wink:
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    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2329109 I did not realize that Eddie has a history of alcohol abuse. He looks like he has lived pretty hard for a while; reminds me of a nightmarish cross between Keith Richards and the Professor Kingsfield from "The Paper Chase".
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    He "showed", but at that point in the season he was pretty much playing on one leg since the cartilege in his knee was almost non-existent. I recall that as well, and certainly did not mean to insult the Hawk, whom I still cite as a fave Cub and would gladly encourage my son to emulate (especially how he came out swinging at Eric Show in 87' :eye: )
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    You answered your own question, plus Carlos has to pay his attny to represent him in the arb. proceedings, which would likely cost somewhere between $75,000-$100,000 any way.
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    Agree that 3 and 27 is a bit light, but also think JH is correct in not signing SPs to more than 3 yr deals. How does 3 and 32 sound?
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    Agree with above. I have said several times Pie and a package that includes Williams or Hill should in exchange for Dunn (and a prospect?) is a no-brainer, IMO. He's exactly what this team needs.
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    I'd love to see Restovich get a good look in ST. You never know what could happen there; may be a late bloomer?
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    I think Berryhill hurt his shoulder that year. He was the starter to begin the season (with rookie Girardi as backup). He missed the entire postseason, then played in only 17 games in 1990 (probably still recovering from the injury most of the year), hitting .189. He played in 62 games for the Cubs in 1991 (showing consistency by hitting .189 again) before being traded to Atlanta along with Mike Bielicki for Turk Wendell and Yorkis Perez. That is my memory of the above as well. I remember being excited about that trade, thinking that Damon was not much more than a good back up and Mike was, well, just Mike. Wendell and Perez had done well in the minors up to that point and the future seemed bright. But we never figured out to use Wendell and I believe Perez was released and bounced around MLB for a while after.
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