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  1. BigbadB
    California Raisin>>>>Internet Fodder>>>>>BigbadB
  2. BigbadB
    Better yet, thank you Ned Yost for finding it important to pay back Albert Pujols for Prince getting hit earlier in the game. You were only down by a run at the time of the Pujols beaning, and Pujols was only the first of 5 runs that scored that inning. Clearly, payback was more important than a pennant chase. No matter what anyone says about you, we think you are doing an outstanding job managing the Brew Crew. I hope you get a lifetime extension.
  3. BigbadB
    If this is true, do you think Jacque Jones constitutes a veteran leader? B/c I'd love to have Matt Kemp, the 23-year-old with the .873 OPS. Ah yes, veteran-ny goodness. Wow! Did these guys not watch Russell Martin, James Loney, Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, etc...?
  4. BigbadB
    Ned did a fine job of getting himself tossed and getting McClung tossed as well in the heat of a pennant race. Of all of his bad decisions this year, tonight might be the worst one he's made yet. Throwing at guys when you are down by a run late in a game? Wow! But hey, revenging Prince's honor was of utmost importance.
  5. BigbadB
    I'm better than internet fodder. :wink:
  6. BigbadB
    He is out for 2008. I believe he's having TJS.
  7. BigbadB
    Yeah, that veteran leadership that Jason Kendall supplied tonight has me all giddy inside. :roll: Honestly, can we admit that Soto gives the Cubs a better chance behind the dish and at the plate than Kendall does, and quit handing out starting assignments based on games played? I like Kendall as the 4th or 5th PH off the bench and as the back up in the playoffs (assuming we make the playoffs). After that, he's outta here. Let Soto play and going into next year you have a young talented catcher with playoff experience, something even Jason Kendall knows nothing about. The Cardinals won a WS with Yadier Molina. It can be done with a young punk behind the dish.
  8. BigbadB
    Nope. I don't buy into it. If a team is playing better than they normally do, it is because of their abilities to perform at that higher level rather than fictitional description of the moment. I don't take issue with the use of the word momentum to describe these moments, but it isn't real. If a basketball team goes on a 12 point run after trading baskets for 5 minutes, it isn't a momentum shift. It's what you expect teams to do on occasion, because the game would be boring if both teams traded baskets an entire game. Skill, luck, focus, timing, exploiting the opposing teams weaknesses and toss in good coaching as the real reasons that teams can string together a mini-run or dominate the opposing team. Sports are a series of successes and failures. The team that succeeds more often will win more often. Momentum is just a feel good word to describe those successes.
  9. BigbadB
    Because momentum isn't real. It's just a word people use to define the moment.
  10. BigbadB

    Aramis

    BigbadB replied to ragirag's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Considering the Marlins only had 3 Marlin fans in the stands last night, you would think they would do anything possibly to please the visiting team fans. Seriously.
  11. BigbadB
    Momentum is just a word people like to throw out there to describe the changing of the guard. You really can't define it in baseball, because it really doesn't exist. If momentum was something that is truly real, please explain why the Mets scored 6 runs in the 9th inning, only to lose the game by 1 run. Did they somehow lose momentum? Wouldn't momentum highten as you get closer to your goal? If momentum was something that was truly real, why did Lee get stranded at 1b last night in the 9th inning? Wouldn't the Cubs currently have much more momentum pull right now than the Marlins? Why didn't someone follow up Monroe's HR with another one? Skill, luck, timing, focus and exploiting the weaknesses of the opponent are probably 5 of the biggest factors in success and failure in a baseball game or series of baseball games. Momentum is just a feel good word that play by play guys and journalists like to use for filler between pitches or games.
  12. BigbadB
    I'll bet Kendall gets the starts against RHP. And I'm fine with that.
  13. BigbadB
    Wow. End of discussion.
  14. BigbadB
    Miguel Montero had a year somewhat similar to Soto's 2007 back in 2005, unlike any other year previously in his minor league career. He's now in the bigs. I'm not going to assume every player who shows development in power is a juicer.
  15. BigbadB
    Wasn't Cabrera a young (for MiLB) teenager for most of those AB's, though? It's a little more understandable there. Not that I have any doubts about Soto, I'm just saying. Yes, Cabrera was a young teenager for most of those at bats. And going back to my original comment, players develop at different stages. Soto just got it going later.
  16. BigbadB
    Miguel Cabrera hit 28 HR's in 1428 at bats during his entire minor league career. Soto hit 25 HR's in 1574 at bats prior to his 2007 minor league season.
  17. BigbadB
    All players go through power development changes, some faster than others.
  18. BigbadB
    hehe. I came here to see the line up card, knowing it will be several more hours before they are posted.
  19. BigbadB
    I was watching the Padres game last night and he has his thumb in a splint. He had it looked at yesterday, but I don't remember what the actual diagnosis is. What I do know is Cameron will miss the remainder of the regular season and it is still up in the air, but likely during the playoffs, when he'll be back.
  20. BigbadB
    His little hop before catching a ball in the outfield is what drives me nuts.
  21. BigbadB
    Did Froeming's crew just work back to back series in Petco?
  22. BigbadB
    I hope you both lose. :D
  23. BigbadB
    Didn't Pena miss a significant portion of the first month or so of the season, also?
  24. BigbadB
    yes, he is so selfish. man, i can't believe he wants to achieve more milestones as a player. who on earth would want to play baseball at age 44 for 10 million a year? i know i wouldn't. Seems as though you read my post wrong. Teams weren't interested in paying that kind of money for him last year, so he stayed in San Fran. San Fran gave him the money because they had plenty to spend. Now that they are out of the picture, who's going to give him 15m to be a part time player?
  25. BigbadB
    Aren't they kind of high on Spilbourghs, also? Or has he cooled off?
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