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  1. Electron Blue
    Lee to the 60 day DL would solve that problem. I've seen 6-8 weeks. With a rehab assignment that comes to 60 days. I'd be suprised if the 60 day DL'd him. Fractures can heal faster than projections. I broke my wrist once and instead of the 6-8 weeks, it took about 4 to heal. But how quickly could you get your bat around on those inside fastballs? :wink:
  2. Electron Blue
    that's terrible. what a sad day :cry:
  3. Electron Blue
    . . . and rings a mean boeh
  4. Electron Blue
    Our offer should start with Clement and Alfonseca.
  5. Electron Blue
    Well Done =D>
  6. Electron Blue
    I'm confused, you say it's written in first person, but that's because it's actually written by Matt Murton, right? Your wording just threw me off . . .
  7. Electron Blue
    Maddux redux? (we know how that's turned out) Do we? I assume you mean that it hasn't turned out well, right? Because I wouldn't really agree with that. He's done as well as we could have realistically expected and additionally hasn't missed a game, won his 300th with the Cubs, and has been arguably our most consistent pitcher (behind Zambrano). Clemens, IMO, is an even safer bet to go out on a high note, though it sounds like he wants more money, so he may end up being the bigger risk anyway. By the way, great new avatar, Derwood. You got that up there pretty quick. I was just hearinh from someone watching the game about that coincidental match-up. LOL :) .
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    Best first post ever. He joined over three months ago, waited in the weeds. Then the perfect opportunity to crush Vance came along, so he pounced. In his defense, who among us can say that our eyes didn't drft to the bulge in those jean shorts? Yeah guys, don't judge. It's Kevin-Freaking-Orie, for heaven's sake. Who among us wouldn't have been in a similar moment of weakness in Orie's presence.
  9. Electron Blue
    I've never really understood why players are sent to the minors during Spring Training. Is it just so the players who have a shot at the majors get more playing time?
  10. Electron Blue
    It's not like it's Oswalt . . . :D
  11. Electron Blue
    As I didn't want to, I LOL'ed at that as much. Well Played :wink:
  12. Electron Blue
    [sarcastic] so what is this guy, like the first ever pitcher to be a Dusty-guy? dude looks like a gamer with some experience, man [/sarcastic]
  13. Electron Blue
    arbitration always seems to confuse me: How did Dontrelle "easily break the record" when this two each earned more than him. I'm not faulting the article - rather my own understanding of what's being talked about. So what are they talking about?
  14. Electron Blue
    You seem to have anger issues. Threats aren't appropriate here. I don't have anger issues, and I'd be right behind him the whole way. I have extreme anger issues, and I'm in. I don't even understand how Hendry could turn this into Maddux II? Maddux was a free agent that Himes played hard ball with and lost to another team. What similarity does that have with Prior voiding his contract and filing for arbitration? It's related to the Maddux situation only in the broadest of senses: the GM let a budding ace go to another team. Maybe Himes tried harder than we know, maybe not, but people were dissapointed with the result either way. Same thing here. Purely and simply, no one here seems to want Hendry to trade Prior and worried that Prior (if traded) will truly bloom and succeed somewhere else.
  15. Electron Blue
    I'm glad he didn't. Nothing like shutting the door when other options (ones that don't include Mark Prior, mind you) may be available. But if Hendry's determined not to trade Prior (and I've gradually come to this conclusion), it is important to "hang up laughing." If you don't, you may show hesitation or weakness, letting the O's dictate what's fair what's not fair in each proposal. There are better ways of doing that than humiliating another GM. Business relations and ethics are just as important in baseball as they are in any business. Not only do you close a door with the team you insult, but the word will get around the league and give you a reputation as being a jerk. Other GMs won't give you a sniff at a decent offer if you build that kind of a rep. (See Lamar, Chuck) My intention of putting "hang up laughing" in quotation marks was to indicate that, of course, it's not meant literally. That phrase comes up a lot in this forum, and I've assumed that it simply meant: sternly deny without discussion or interest. I don't think doing this to the O's suggestion of Mark Prior would have any ill effects - chances are, Baltimore was just testing the waters and half-expected to get shot down.
  16. Electron Blue
    I'm glad he didn't. Nothing like shutting the door when other options (ones that don't include Mark Prior, mind you) may be available. But if Hendry's determined not to trade Prior (and I've gradually come to this conclusion), it is important to "hang up laughing." If you don't, you may show hesitation or weakness, letting the O's dictate what's fair what's not fair in each proposal.
  17. Electron Blue
    Yeah, if for no other reason, than to spare us the suspense
  18. Electron Blue
    I don't think people are down on him. The trade idea I've seen him involved in include someone like Adam Dunn, which would make Murton seem pretty useless to use. And the platoon idea, personally I wouldn't go for it, but the stats don't lie -- he has had had trouble against righties. Nevertheless, I want him in LF every day in '06
  19. Electron Blue
    I think-and this isn't just exahustion talking-i really think the Yankees would entertain sending us ARod for Prior. I agree completely. You at least have to ask them if you're Hendry.
  20. Electron Blue
    I don't have a perfect understanding of the case - the article wasn't specific - but it sounds like the law suit won't even hurt the players, much less their trade values. Sounds like these guys just got used in a scam; they didn't actually break the law.
  21. Electron Blue
    While I would like the Cubs to get Tejada, this isn't the way I want it to be done. I hate it when players sign these lucrative deals and then change the rules as soon as they see something else that they want. I'm fine with requesting a trade, but threatening to sit out a season is just wrong in my book.
  22. Electron Blue
    hehe, get ready to be torn apart :wink:
  23. Electron Blue
    *In before Michael Jackson* >_> Why does his hat always look too big on him? I believe the answer is "because he has a small head". I believe he literally has the smallest head in the majors. I forget where I heard this, but going by hat sizes, they also named the biggest head: Kevin Mench.
  24. Electron Blue
    You realize you can't win at blackjack, right? The odds are always against you. I think that's a poor example. True or not (I'm no gambler), doesn't matter. The example stands. You have 19 - a good score that any novice knows to stand on. But you hit anyway and get absolutely lucky. Ignoring logic but winning anway is still illogical. If you want a baseball example: A GM has a five-time allstar center fielder who is in his early thirties, in good health, and showing no signs of decline. He also has a below average CF prospect who's done fairly well in AAA, but most scouts say he'll never be better than a fill-in for injuries. The GM cuts his allstar and puts his prospect in the starting lineup. The allstar goes on to spend most of the year around the mendoza line and the DL; the prospect wins the ROY and gets MVP votes. Was it smart? No. Did it pay off? Well, sure. Should the GM cut all his good players and replace them with mid-level prospects? No. Of course maybe the GM was a genius and knew what he was doing. But if there's no reason to assume he did (given his own past and the pasts of the players he dealt with), how much credit for a job well done does he deserve compared to a job luckily done?
  25. Electron Blue
    At what point do these events become more than just coincidence? Where do we start giving credit where credit is due? When is it more than just a little luck? I listened to an interview with KW the other day that actually made me take notice of him for the first time. He mentioned most of the moves you did as part of his high risk, high reward category. He went balls-out trying to put together a winning team because he didn't care how the team finished if they didn't win it all (2nd or last is the same). What happened? He was right, and the WS champs are the South Siders. I call that a good job, not good fortune. Good questions. Seriously? I say give it a couple years. I think everyone would agree that a GM's job is to find the "diamonds in the rouch" and take risks on them. I think most would also agree that in the past, Kenny Williams has made some questionable (if not bad) moves. Give him a few years to see if maybe he truly does have an eye for the right risky move to make. But right now, I think a lot of Cub fans are justifiably doubtful of KW's ability.
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