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  1. Rob
    Theriot is not impatient. He just isnt a good hitter yet. It is not impatient when you take the first pitch down the middle, take the 2nd pitch down the middle, then are forced to hit the 3rd pitch down the middle or you'd strike out. They know he is not a power threat so they give him lots of pitches to hit, but if you have 2 strikes you need to swing at the 3rd one. How many times are you going to have to change your argument before you realize that it's a flawed premise to begin with?
  2. Rob
    Maybe they'll finally vote for the Cubs. You underestimate the shady tactics of those who count the votes... [-X That's just a sign you aren't playing dirty enough to inspire their fear. You can't beat people who cheat by doing a shoddy job of it yourself. You have to stoop to the level that they'd have to question their humanity in order to continue on. Try abducting their pets. If they push the issue, send back the tail. They'll fold.
  3. Rob
    Striking out is guaranteed to take at least 3 pitches, which forces teams to go to their bullpens faster than if guys like Ryan Theriot run up there and ground out on the first pitch constantly. Couple that with the fact that Greene is likely to have a slightly higher OBP after getting out of PETCO, and a much higher slugging percentage, all while showing off some actual defensive prowess (while Theriot has none at all)... it's not even a question.
  4. Rob
    And how about that hitter? He's sitting there at the plate, watching the pitcher throw to first base over and over and over again. He gets impatient, and he flails away at junk. Or maybe he's preoccupied with making sure that runner gets a good jump, and so he takes a strike or two when it looks like the runner is going. At the end of the day, the distraction to the hitter is approximately equal to the distraction of the pitcher and the displacement of the defense. Nobody is arguing that it doesn't affect these players. The argument is that the outcome is not affected.
  5. Rob
    Yeah, really. Veal jokes are much funnier.
  6. Rob
    I pulled out MLB2k7 last night, and he's only ranked an 82. I really don't know why we're trying to trade for an 82.
  7. Rob
    Talking to the press about a player not on your team is tampering, as would be talking directly to that player (without his parent club's approval)
  8. Rob
    He could probably use another full year. But after that, Yadier should be a part-time player if TLR knew what he was doing. Lol, say what you want about Tony, but he is the 3rd winningest manager of all-time. Probably knows what he wants to do and why. Whether or not it is right is up for debate. Bryan Anderson needs two more years before he is ready to play everyday at the ML level. The inventor of the modern closer gets no credit for his ability to manage. Let's just say that he knows how to pick out talented teams. And Anderson does need two full years, but that's just to be ML ready, it could take significantly less than that to be better than Yadier.
  9. Rob
    Really interesting question... I'd have to get the opinion of a bunch of people smarter than me about when Lincecum's and Cain's arms might be subject to falling off. Some scouts think Lincecum is a walking time bomb. Some think he can throw like that forever. Cain worries me a bit more, simply because he looks like a workhorse, so he's been treated like one. Still, he's not in any imminent danger for this season. Either way, with a rotation that sick, we'd be in pretty good shape. I don't care if we have to sign Pedro Feliz to play third... Wouldn't be a bad idea, his defense is really really good. I'm really not too concerned with our defense right now... Theriot is the only below average defensive player starting for us, and DeRosa is probably the only one that comes in right at average. We probably have the best defensive outfield in the league, Soto has an excellent reputation, and DLee is about as good a first baseman as there is. And Aramis has come around on his defense by quite a bit. He was well above average last year. Still, replace Aramis with Feliz, and with our starting staff consisting of Cain, Lincecum, Z, Hill, and Lilly... We'd probably have the best run prevention in the league. We certainly wouldn't need to score many runs to win most days.
  10. Rob
    Really interesting question... I'd have to get the opinion of a bunch of people smarter than me about when Lincecum's and Cain's arms might be subject to falling off. Some scouts think Lincecum is a walking time bomb. Some think he can throw like that forever. Cain worries me a bit more, simply because he looks like a workhorse, so he's been treated like one. Still, he's not in any imminent danger for this season. Either way, with a rotation that sick, we'd be in pretty good shape. I don't care if we have to sign Pedro Feliz to play third...
  11. Rob
    Yes, its official, Sabean is the worst GM in the history of baseball. I haven't looked at any stats but wouldn't Cain pretty much be the number 2 if not 1 in Chicago (depending on which Buerhle shows up)? I don't see back of the rotation with the pitchers they have. I could be wrong though.. At this rate, we could get Cain and Lincecum for Aramis. Would anyone do that if Aramis waived his no trade clause? In a heartbeat. It doesn't even really matter who we get to replace Aramis, either.
  12. Rob
    He could probably use another full year. But after that, Yadier should be a part-time player if TLR knew what he was doing.
  13. Rob
    And in today's "small sample size spectacular!"... Since last Wednesday, Ronny is batting .384/.467/.692 with 4 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, and 3 K
  14. Rob
    Probably because there's nothing else to discuss in here.
  15. Rob
    A better question is, how many members don't remember if they have or have not have posted in this thread. Or how many new members have been added SINCE this thread was started..haha. I'm pretty sure I have.
  16. Rob
    I'm sure pitchers are hurt by it. Hitters are hurt by it just as much. (The bad hitters get impatient and flail away at anything near the zone when the pitcher finally throws one across in between pickoff attempts. The good hitters take strikes.) In the end, it breaks even.
  17. Rob
    I laughed aloud when I saw this. If we're unlucky, they get a .260 EqA hitter who convinces teams not to run (where they would usually hurt themselves anyways), and is horrible on the rest of defense. It's actually fairly similar to the thought of us extending Theriot for that contract. The service time is a bit off, but still... it's not exactly a move that's likely to make other teams afraid.
  18. Rob
    The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball "The disruptive runner has an enormously negative influence on the batter, enough to almost completely offset the disruption caused to the defense." They estimate the total gain is .002 points of wOBA. Meanwhile, I seem to recall other studies that point towards it actually hurting the batter significantly. Interestingly enough, The Book seems to indicate that on the whole, a baserunner at first with less than two outs helps the batter... but the faster the runner on first, the worse the batter does.
  19. Rob
    Because of the rising sun flag? I always associated that version of the flag with war/nationalism so that's the first thing I noticed when I saw the ad. I'm just kidding, I'm not Japanse American...but the "I don't need an interpreter" phrase? What is that supposed to mean? Japanese people are not capable of learning English? Racists. Well, at least none of them will ever find out we're being so racist.
  20. Rob
    Who was ever suggesting just Cedeno as the main piece of the trade? I should rephrase my position. The Padres are a contending team with a weak offense. Their starting shortstop would likely be Cedeno if Greene gets traded to the Cubs. I don't think they want to open the season with him any more than we do. I would love to start the season with Cedeno as our starting SS. He'd be a huge upgrade over what we've got.
  21. Rob
    sure +1 please Chisel mine onto a big clay tablet, will ya?
  22. Rob
    He's not Ryan Theriot.
  23. Rob
    That would imply the Padres were actually wanted to trade Greene. True, it's a jump, but given hi refusal to extend his contract and their desire for Murton, it does beg the question. Obviously, Murton wouldn't get the deal done alone. Maybe throw in Patterson and Cedeno as well? I'd let em have Theriot if they wanted him instead of Cedeno. And I would probably give up Gallagher too.
  24. Rob
    Murton + Theriot or Cedeno + any other spare part = Greene?
  25. Rob
    I would be upset if we gave up anything likely to even play in the majors for Byrd. Let alone good players like Murton or Gallagher...
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