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  1. nilodnayr
    Thompson was on WGN Radio this morning saying that the Sun-Times story was false. He said that Zell had send him a letter that he should receive today regarding the status of the sale. Because the story appears on Cubs.com after Thompsons radio interview and roughly the time when he would have received the letter, though, I'm leaning towards believing that the deal is just about off. I think if you read between the lines in the article, you can surmize that the deal is just about off as it stands, but the ISFA can amend the deal to come up with the money in a different (less creative) and Zell will take a look at it.
  2. nilodnayr
    That's not the point he's getting at at all, really. It's just the fact that Soriano has been terribly unlucky when it comes to balls in play actually dropping in for hits - thus causing the pathetic numbers early. Exactly. Put quite simply, Soriano has had about 7 or 8 hits get robbed from him. With less than 100 AB on the season, that's going to have a huge effect on his line... a line that doesn't accurately portray how well he' hit the ball. Yeah, sample size is actually the bigger issue than being unlucky. LD% regression to the mean will mitigate some of the adjustment Rob made, but whatever you want to do to a batting line, if 7 hits results in 170 points of OPS difference, your conclusion is that the sample size is way too small to judge anything and people should stop PMSing about Sori.
  3. nilodnayr
    Unfortunately our league leading Ks was usually accompanied by near league leading BBs. And actually our Pitches/PA is actually pretty high this year... higher than what we've averaged since 2001 (ESPNs stat limitations) and actually high enough to lead the league in the majority of those years.
  4. nilodnayr
    read the article
  5. nilodnayr
    And then keep him in the minors and never give him a chance and laugh maniacly.
  6. nilodnayr
    Anybody know anything about Chin-Lung Hu? I've read somewhere (can't remember where) that he's pretty much in line to replace Furcal so LA doesn't overpay him. I think that was the plan, but the last thing I read hints that the Dodgers will resign Furcal and use Hu as trade bait. Thats their plan. Hu's monster season came out of nowhere and hes stinkin up the joint right now. Ronny Cedeno is a better "prospect" than Hu. I don't think they really view him as anything more than a utility player.
  7. nilodnayr
    If you are even nerdier, then read the good comments back and forth between John Walsh (the author) and The Book's peanut gallery. http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/now_bthis_b_is_good_stuff/#comments
  8. nilodnayr
    http://itmightbedangerous.blogspot.com/ Just started, but should be pretty darn interesting.
  9. nilodnayr
    Bryan Corey
  10. nilodnayr
    Thi-.... Ah, I give up. Theriot is probably better than I thought, though still inferior. But I still give up. But when Soriano is sitting and we are facing a righty, Ronny should be in there. I guess the logic is that they don't want DeRo in the OF on a wet and windy day.
  11. nilodnayr
    Free Ronny
  12. nilodnayr
    Legal reasons, make sure he doesn't have any unknown illnesses, injuries, etc. Also, to get the contract insured. Maybe Hanley realizes how godawful his defense is?
  13. nilodnayr
    Felix hit two rangers earlier.
  14. nilodnayr
    You going to be at the saturday and sunday games, vance? I'll be at Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. I'll be in the bleachers Saturday and Tuesday. Ah, well i work bleachers every day, usually. But monday/tuesday i have class. Anywho, if I see you guys tomorrow I'll be sure to say hi. wear your gui (sp?) so we recognize you
  15. nilodnayr
    blanton is below avg away from oakland
  16. nilodnayr
    im calling taveras will soon be traded to the pads which sucks for him because playing against padres catchers and pitchers is like going to disneyland for him
  17. nilodnayr
    range factor? seriously?
  18. nilodnayr
    nilo (its odd talking in the third person with a messageboard handle) + buddy is in as well. Should we plant ourselves in far left field? Thats the easiest to save seats.
  19. nilodnayr
    Better than his defense at 3B though, probably by a couple wins.
  20. nilodnayr
    Certainly the MLB has a defensible position.
  21. nilodnayr
    Is it just me or does it seem like MLBPA would normally have pushed things a lot quicker? I can't imagine they want Barry in the game any more than the owners do.
  22. nilodnayr
    http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/bob-marlins-stadium-is-proceeding-barry-bonds-isnt/
  23. nilodnayr
    I think you'll find a lot more Bonds lovers than haters on here because theres a decent chunk of us that actually want the cubs to improve. Bonds is exactly what the Cubs are looking for, middle of the order lefty and hes freely available (ie dont have to give up anything for him). I hate collusion. I still think the risk is much higher than the reward but a 1.000 OPS is a really nice reward. i doubt that he would put that up this season with the case hanging over his head, age starting to catch up to him etc and if people are talking about how bad the defense would be with Dunn, I cannot imagine it with Bonds He put up 1045 last year and sorta had some troubles as well.
  24. nilodnayr
    unless you want to win the WS And then when MLB promptly suspends him or the federal case progresses...you just have a media circus, hurt the chances you did have of going to the WS, and made your newly signed free agent upset. Sure, if it goes right, your chances of winning the whole thing go up by quite a bit, but there's quite a few ways it can go wrong, and those ways could potentially set this team back by a year or two. It's an exceptionally big gamble to make. they cant suspend him, the trial is delayed and winning cures everything
  25. nilodnayr
    Griffey isn't really that good anymore. Hopefully his name (and Seattle) drive up the asking price. Griffey will command more than that, IMO. I agree with both of you
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