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I'm really surprised you aren't a fan of this one. With all the extra traffic coming in from the other sports, there's bound to be a few posters that try to branch out into baseball... and they're all likely to be pretty ignorant about it to start. Think of all the helpless little whelps flailing around spastically and spouting off nonsense phrases while you pound them into submission with a wall of numbers. It'd be six different kinds of fantastic, minimum.
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I dunno. But if you need a spot filled, I'm first on your list.
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Count me in as a reserve member.
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I'M NOT DRUNK, YOU'RE DRUNK! You're damn right I've got a drinking problem! We're outta scotch! -
I had that happen once.
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Over 121,000 views of this thread...
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One of our last five games is exclusive to WCIU... as is another one of our last 12. We wont get to watch two Cubs games coming down the stretch. That's freaking ridiculous.
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Dayn Perry: Jason Kendall is the worst catcher in baseball
Rob replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I can't believe I missed this... damnit. By the way, I would destroy Meph in a poker game. -
They prefer to be called vertically-challenged horticulturalists.
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Thank you. Now I don't have to worry about having second thoughts with my opinion.
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Although I take no stock in this, just for argument's sake, that is way too I Dropped The Soap! much to give up for a player we don't need. That'd be a horrific trade.
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I'm really not too concerned with the opinions of the people at MLB.com. Looking at that list, I can see why.
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To date, ARod has played 1271 games at SS and won two gold gloves there (I know, I know). He's played 621 games at third. Now, he might end up with more games played at third... but there's always the chance he gets moved to first before that happens. He still goes in as a SS until he plays more games somewhere else.
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Revisiting Joe Nathan
Rob replied to cbbryan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I don't have that handy. But why don't you check this stat out? Runs by inning: 1st inning - 114 runs 2nd inning - 69 runs 3rd inning - 93 runs 4th inning - 79 runs 5th inning - 80 runs 6th inning - 94 runs 7th inning - 93 runs 8th inning - 72 runs 9th inning - 55 runs Ext inning - 3 runs Now I don't personally believe much in the effect of lineup order... but if Soriano is such a terrible leadoff hitter, how do you explain the Cubs scoring so many more runs in the first (the one inning he's guaranteed to lead off) than in any other inning? -
That would certainly make Pie expendable in the eyes of the Cubs' brass. I don't care for Pie, but if the possible acquisition of Coco I Dropped The Soap! Cirsp making anybody "expendible" in the Cubs eyes, we're in big trouble. I'd rather have Pie starting than Crisp without question. We are talking about a fast guy who steals bases and plays awesome defense at an up-the-middle position. Of course Hendry and Lou are going to love him. And I'm sure the Cubs will try to teach him to switch hit. First of all, Crisp already is a switch hitter, and if he wasn't, you don't "teach" a guy to switch hit at 28 years old. Anyways his defense hasn't been all that great until this season, and his bat is non-existant. The dude is worthless. I'm not debating that he's craptastic. I'm just saying Hendry and Lou probably don't feel that way. Does he really seem like the kind of player either one of them wouldn't love?
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That would certainly make Pie expendable in the eyes of the Cubs' brass. I don't care for Pie, but if the possible acquisition of Coco I Dropped The Soap! Cirsp making anybody "expendible" in the Cubs eyes, we're in big trouble. I'd rather have Pie starting than Crisp without question. We are talking about a fast guy who steals bases and plays awesome defense at an up-the-middle position. Of course Hendry and Lou are going to love him. And I'm sure the Cubs will try to teach him to switch hit.
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That would certainly make Pie expendable in the eyes of the Cubs' brass.
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I'd be interested in grabbing Piazza as our backup catcher/bat off the bench, assuming he came cheaply enough. I just really hate the idea of going into the season counting on Henry Blanco.
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If Sean is traded, I hope you'll still stick around here.
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That's pretty much what I was trying to say. If I was to rank the power 1st basemen (regardless of the steroids stuff) from the 1990's-early 00's...I'd go: Jeff Bagwell Mark McGwire Raffy Palmeiro Jim Thome Todd Helton Fred McGriff Jason Giambi Andres Galaraga I probably missed a few. From what we've seen so far from the Voters if your a juicer you aren't getting in or your gonna have to wait to get in. The top three fit that bill. Helton's numbers where inflated from Coors . Thome could play another 3 seasons and surpass 600 homers and finsh with over 2000 hits. When has Bagwell ever been found to have abused steroids? And for that matter, when has he even been accused by a reputable member of the fourth estate? Unless I'm mistaken, he's never been connected at all. If that's the case, he's innocent until proven guilty. Same as Sosa.
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Over 200 wins, barely over 100 losses, and a postseason resume that's very flattering. I'm not saying he deserves to get in, but the New York media is gonna force the issue enough that we're gonna be listening to arguments in his favor for quite a while.
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Pedro has to be on that list. Whoops. I was just looking through the B-R team pages, and I guess I just stopped looking when Pelfrey and Brian freaking Lawrence were listed...
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Let's just list out the people that we're likely to at least see arguments about if these guys retired tomorrow. Positions will be defined by where they played most often. Catchers: Mike Piazza Ivan Rodriguez Jorge Posada First Basemen: Jim Thome Todd Helton Carlos Delgado Albert Pujols (assuming he gets three years of padding his stats, he'll get it based on his peak) Second Basemen: Jeff Kent Third Basemen: Chipper Jones Scott Rolen Shortstops: Alex Rodriguez Derek Jeter Nomar Garciaparra Miguel Tejada Omar Vizquel Left Fielders: Barry Bonds Manny Ramirez Center Fielders: Ken Griffey Jr. Jim Edmonds Right Fielders: Gary Sheffield Sammy Sosa Vladamir Guerrero Designated Hitters: Frank Thomas Starting Pitchers: Roger Clemens Greg Maddux Tom Glavine Randy Johnson Pedro Martinez Curt Schilling Mike Mussina John Smoltz Andy Pettitte David Wells Kenny Rogers Relief Pitchers: Trevor Hoffman Mariano Rivera Billy Wagner
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Khalil Greene
Rob replied to SABR Gamer's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Teams don't sign guys to new contracts and then trade them. It's over. Bronson Arroyo begs to differ. -
Not an insider, some guy who is making sure to preface everything by saying it's probably false. His post started out with this: That "some guy" is supposedly Roy Firestone... though considering how much trouble he has not sounding like a 13 year old, I sincerely doubt it is.
