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As a Hamilton owner myself, I whole-heartedly endorse doing that deal.

Yeah, drop CPatt for him right now.

are you punting saves?

No offense to Jake, but if you are going to blow him for a series, it might as well be this one. Wow, that sounds gay.

So whats the over/under for when Marmol's arm falls off? ASB?

They probably wouldn't give you the rights to those playoff tickets though.

I pity all those that can't grow a beard. I've had mine for a year and a half and its the best thing ever.

This is the most inconsistent strike zone ever.

I don't think they ever phased out bleacher season tickets. They can be renewed, but they don't offer any new season tickets. I'm pretty sure that we were told there are no season tickets in the bleachers whatsoever. Though maybe somebody did get grandfathered in - but it didn't sound that way when we had things like this explained to us. There are definitely several grandfathered-in bleacher season ticketholders. Yup, my boss has season tickets for the bleachers.

I don't think they ever phased out bleacher season tickets. They can be renewed, but they don't offer any new season tickets. I'm pretty sure that we were told there are no season tickets in the bleachers whatsoever. Though maybe somebody did get grandfathered in - but it didn't sound that way when we had things like this explained to us. There are definitely several grandfathered-in bleacher season ticketholders. Yup, my boss has season tickets for the bleachers.

Who would you chose... Ian Kennedy, Jake Westbrook, Carlos Villanueva, Tim Wakefield, or Randy Wolf?

Yeah, that doesnt seem like a very fun league to be a part of. I'd say since you don't really have any holes go with who you think has the biggest upside. Also, with that amount of quality on the waiver wire (and since the rest of your league might be dumb), try to trade quantity for quality.

Somewhere (ie extended ST) Mark Pawelek is crying.

Call me crazy but Pie might not make the catch Fukudome dropped and Fukudome might not catch the Burrell double. Ward had a horrible jump (um hello, your first step is supposed to be back, not in), but still it was a very hard hit ball.

Well, let's see. The National League average starter put up a 4.65 ERA last year. The average National League reliever put up a 4.06 ERA. So 200 innings of 3.75 and 80 innings of 4.06 gets you a 3.84 ERA out of both players combined. 80 innings of 2.00 and 200 innings of 4.65 gets you a 3.89 ERA overall. Of course, having those good innings all come in close games does give an extra benefit to the setup guy. At the same time, you have to add in that an average reliever costs you probably 1 million dollars and can easily be replaced if something goes wrong, while an average starter is going to cost you 3-6 million dollars at least and if they bust, they're much harder to find a replacement for. If I could lock in either of those two choices, I'd go for the starter. There is so much more flexibility in a bullpen to find a few good players and use them in all the important situations. In the Cubs case for example, Marmol going into the rotation moves Howry into Marmol's sport, Wuertz's into Howry's, and Eyre into Wuertz's. The guy who would replace Marmol wouldn't even have to be that good, because he'd be getting most of the mop up innings anyway. Of course, I have my doubts that Marmol could produce that much as either a starter or do it again as a reliever, but that's another discussion entirely. I'd take him as a reliever, simply because he's comfortable as a reliever. And if I am mistaken, he was developed a s a reliever in the minors. Which means, even if the Cubs wanted to move Marmol into the rotation, they'd prolly have to send him down to AAA for about a month or so, to stretch out his arm, and fine tune his mechanics. So nothing only would the Cubs be down an outstanding bullpen arm, but an outstanding arm all together for atleast a month. At this point, I much rather have Marshall/Gallagher/Veal/Smardz have the shot at starter in front of Marmol. Middle of the season is not a good idea to experiment. If the Cubs believe Marmol can be an outstanding starter, then let him make the transistion to starter in the OFFSEASON, not the middle of the season. Nonetheless, Piniella absolutely trusts Marmol in his current role, and thus is NOT about to move Marmol out of that spot. He was a starter in the minors. You're not going to make him a starter right now, but it's something I wish they would have done in the offseason. I would have loved for him to be traded in the offseason when his value was really high to address a real issue on the team. Hes great as a reliever and all and I like that hes not the closer and Lou will use him in higher leverage situations, but Wood, Howry, and Wuertz are all competent right handed relievers.

i bet baseball-reference doesnt have that split

I'd like to introduce to you a good friend of ours here at NSBB, Sarcasm wow clever. Now what is sarcasm again? This thread. IBL in before lameness? You're too late. in before lock. look it up on urban dictionary what does urban dictionary say about "b&"?

He's one of the top 2nd baseman in the league besides Utley and Phillips but totally agree with what you are saying. Good maybe even underrated, but definitely nowhere near Utley. hudson is average, not great. check out those road splits there's no way he's average. he's an above average hitter for a second baseman, regardless of his splits, and he's one of the better defensive 2B in the game. I know I know about adjusting home stats for the ballpark rather than just throwing them out, but... 2007 on the road he hit 286/370/369/767, league average for ALL 2b (everyone, including backups) was 277/339/417/756 2006 on the road he hit 254/313/421/734, league average for ALL 2b was 275/333/409/742 According to UZR, O-dawg is a 12 run/150 game 2b (about 1 win a season). Hes pretty good defensively, but nothing really special.

So, hes not good hitting with RISP, so you think its best to hit him behind the hitters in the lineup that will be in scoring situation (ie the middle of the order) and move him out of the leadoff spot which bats behind the least amount of guys who get in scoring situations? Thats some faulty ass logic.

I'd like to introduce to you a good friend of ours here at NSBB, Sarcasm wow clever. Now what is sarcasm again? This thread. IBL in before lameness? You're too late.

I'm still amused that that skateboarder from clueless is a part of those commercials. First acting job in 10 years, apparently the skateboarder from clueless was breckin meyer...was there another skateboarder? is it really just a guy who looks like him? I could be completely wrong on this, we're talkinga bout a movie I haven't seen in the past decade The actors name is Eric Violette. He hasn't been in anything. Breckin Meyer is the skater (travis) in Clueless

I'm still amused that that skateboarder from clueless is a part of those commercials. First acting job in 10 years, apparently the skateboarder from clueless was breckin meyer...was there another skateboarder?

ha, that sentence reminds me of the family guy where peter accidentally gave away all the christmas gifts and he and brian have a conversation about the meanings of "for" and "from" "its my sex box, and her name is sony!"

no

my friends call me donkey punch, DP for short