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  1. TB_11
    The difference between Wood/Nomar and Neifi is that if the former played up to their potential they would justify those salaries. If Neifi played up to his potential, he should still get paid less than $1M per year. It's easy to say that Wood and Nomar's contracts didn't make sense after the fact.
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    Exactly how is "clubhouse" measured? Last year Neifi was 9th out of 11 qualified SS in OPS. He has a .681 OPS for his career. In short, his OPS sucks. He should not be an every day player and he should not be making 2.5 mill/year. And furthermore, when you do suck that badly, you should sign autographs, dammit. If Derrek Lee or Mark Prior don't want to sign...fine by me. They've earned that right. But scrub replacement level shortstops should sign the G**D*** autograph! Reading that post after several heated posts about why Neifi does or doesn't suck literally made me laugh out loud.
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    Good point. Assuming he was paid in-line with his production, he's a 25th man. But at $5M for two years, he should be on a different team.
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    Those stats show that the Cubs haven't gotten any significant production production out of their recent shortstops, and shouldn't be used to backup any point about why Neifi isn't that bad. Here are more relevant statistics: Out of all NL shortstops who had 500 PAs last year, Neifi ranked 10th out of 11 in OBP Out of all NL shortstops who had 500 PAs last year, Neifi ranked 7th out of 11 in SLG. He is a poor hitter and we all know that. What people here hate isn't Neifi, it's that even with his pathetic offensive production Dusty still batted him at the top of the order, preventing Derrek Lee from turning his doubles and HRs into more runs. That being said, I like him on my team as a 25th guy. I hate him being used as an everyday player batting in front of Derrek.
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    It's funny how the media associates the Cubs with a team that has had had wild succeess in the regular season but none in the playoffs, considering our regular season performance over the past few decades has been pathetic at best.
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    And good luck to you as well, Huber. Look forward to a nice back-and-forth conversation during the game on Sunday. None of these Bears fans will care about the game. :wink: Whichever one of us wins is probably going to end up clashing with Jazz a few weeks later :D With the way that Delhomme was running around whopping it up after the game, put me (a Bears fan) firmly on the Seahawks side next weekend.
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    These would be messageboards that you actively read and contribute to, not just read/troll/lurk.
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    Here's the winning percentage of those teams: Team Year OBPDiff Win % SEA 2001 0.06502 .716 NYA 1998 0.05754 .704 BAL 1971 0.05718 .639 LAN 1974 0.05490 .630 BAL 1970 0.04989 .667 NYA 2002 0.04953 .640 ATL 1997 0.04911 .623 BAL 1973 0.04841 .599 BOS 2004 0.04660 .605 NYA 2003 0.04659 .623 LAN 1975 0.04652 .543 ARI 2002 0.04636 .605 HOU 1998 0.04602 .630 CLE 1995 0.04593 .694 CIN 1976 0.04536 .630 PHI 1976 0.04393 .623 ATL 1998 0.04384 .654 CLE 1996 0.04327 .615 OAK 2001 0.04287 .630 NYN 1986 0.04237 .667 NYA 1999 0.04189 .605 BOS 2002 0.04160 .574 SEA 2002 0.04125 .574 BAL 1979 0.04098 .642 NYA 1997 0.04082 .593
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    Our season rests now on our starting pitching. Our offense isn't bad, but it's not good enough to support anything less than a fantastic starting pitching crew. If we can get 30+ starts out of Prior and Zambrano, have Maddux return to being a sub-4.00 pitcher, and Wililams and Rusch/Hill can pitch up to their potentials, we'll have a great shot at the playoffs. Don't know if it will happen, but in the spirit of this thread I'll predict that it does.
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    It will take significantly more to get Clement from Boston...... they know how awful Neifi is just like us. Don't expect Hendry to go after Clement or other starting pitching right now. It looks like he thinks he has a surplus with Williams, Rusch, Hill going for the 4-5 spots.
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    What really freaks me out--after making Sammy and (to a lesser degree) Corey untradeable via smear campaigns, I'm concerned that's the Cubs organization's best attempt at driving up Walker's trade value. Same fear here. It sounds like there's a big if - Walker will bat second IF he's on the team in April, IF they can't find a good trade offer for him.
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    But wait, it gets better. Regarding Cedeno and Murton in that same article: Sounds like a complete change for Dusty - let's hope he holds the same attitude in April.
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    She's a real beauty! http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060109/060109_geeley_hmed.hmedium.jpg That's gross. Someone mentioned that it carries the spirit of Yugo within its accursed frame - beach towel upholstery, keys that break off in the ignition, etc. That's not even close to being the ugliest car out there. It will most likely be close to being the lowest quality and most unreliable car in the American market.
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    If Walker is in the lineup, I bat him second as he has consistently shown that he can get on base, while Murton has less than a season under his belt. Without Walker in the lineup (which sounds like what 2006 will be like), I bat Murton 2nd always when Neifi plays. If Hairston is in the lineup and Murton struggles, I'd drop Murton down in the order and bat Hairston 2nd.
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    That is so like the Cubs under Andy MacPhail, lowered expectations. It's just a variation of the "We're trying to build a team that can compete within the division" line that is exactly why this team has never come close to greatness. Strive low, so it's easier to achieve your goals. Agreed. The ambition and direction that seemed to be in place in 2003 is now gone.
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    Thanks for the help to all.
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    I never thought I'd see better PR than BP Amoco convincing the everyday man it cares about the environment, but what Toyota has done with its hybrids is amazing. Aside from the Honda Insight, most of the benefits from hybrid engine technology are going to added power, not gas mileage. Yet the general public is convinced that hybrid engine cars are more environmentally conscious than anything.
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    The NUMMI plant was a fair deal. GM knew that to become competitive again in auto manufacturing they would have to become vastly more efficient in assembling cars, and they have. While they used to be the worst of the six major (GM, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Toyota, and Nissan) in assembly hours per vehicle, they are now the 4th, with the three Japanese companies ahead of them. Although this has created an increase in those in the jobs bank (remnants of the UAW contract), the practices they learned at NUMMI have increased GM's productivity immensely. For Toyota, it was a very forward looking move on their part. They knew that they had to drop the view of American's that they are a Japanese company that produces Japanese cars in Japan. Partnering with GM helped out, as does the fact that they are looking to build their new engine plant in Michigan of all places. GM and the rest would eventually catch up in productivity anyways, so Toyota realized they might as well get some good PR out of it.
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    Does anyone have a source that lists the profits earned for the MLB teams over the past few years? Or if not, the profits earned by the Cubs over the past few years? Over the holidays a friend and I had an argument about MLB team profits - he mentioned the numbers MLB released in 2001, I did the same for Forbes. Any updated information would be great. Thanks.
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    Moises's third year with us was pretty good.
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    Given that Hendry has done little to improve our offense, all of our success will rest with our pitching. If Wood, Prior, and Z can start 90-100 games for us, if Maddux can pitch like he does in the 2nd half of his past few seasons, if Williams/Rusch can be quality fifth starters, and if the investment in our bullpen pays off, than we'll have a chance at the playoffs. Problem is that's a lot of if's, and regardless of what the Sox showed last year, you can't rely on your pitching all of the time.
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    Bill Maas, NFL commentator for Fox.
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    How often do you think Dusty asks Hendry to find out if Trenidad Hubbard or Tony Womack is available?
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    Don't worry - we'll sign him back to the Cubs when he's 38, and past his prime, but we'll still overpay for him. :puker: Tejada for Prior :pukel:
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    Exactly. Beane knows the price of starting pitching is very high right now, and will demand more than what one season of Zito is worth. I'd love to have him in Wrigley, but not at the price Beane will demand.
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