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  1. Rob
    I'm reading The Baseball Economist right now, and according to Bradbury's research, players are likely to perform worse when "protected" by better hitters behind them. Something like the pitcher putting in max effort to avoid having a better batter come up with a runner on. Something to chew on. If it's true, moving Pie into a "protected" spot is more likely to stunt his development.
  2. Rob
    um why? DFA Izturis and get someone useful on the bench. Fontenot can at least get on base. There is no reason for Izturis to be on this team when Ronny can be just as bad for so much less. Even if you sink the cost of Izturis, you are helping the team by removing him from the roster. You're probably right, I just don't have the energy to fight that battle. Getting a young kid with the potential to do better actually in the starting lineup has temporarily satisfied my appetite. Way to strive for mediocrity newbie. I'm just hoping they contend within the division. Back to back to back .500 seasons would be great. contending within the division is like cold emotionless sex. But it's still sex... A quote by Lewis Kiniski (Ryan Stiles) on the Drew Carey Show about sex... "One person's always disappointed. So far, I've been lucky; it's always been the woman."
  3. Rob
    I wont be sorry to see him go.
  4. Rob
    I wouldn't mind installing Bill Murray as the permanent singer, actually. Hell, I'd love to add him to the booth.
  5. Rob
    I have a team in each division I'll root for providing they aren't impacting the Cubs negatively. DBacks, Phillies, A's, Indians, and Blue Jays.
  6. Rob
    Only let former Cubs sing it. Ron doing it most of the time. Exceptions made for when a guest isn't available and Ron isn't at the game... then Len and Bob can lead it.
  7. Rob
    Give that camera man a raise!
  8. Rob
    He had some ridiculous range at short last year. I want to say a study showed he made more plays outside the normal zone than anyone else not named Everett last year... he just wasn't as effective inside it. Consistency is really his only problem... which is hardly surprising considering the way the Brewers have jerked him around all over the diamond.
  9. Rob
    Will Carroll has lent us his expertise on the subject over on BP's Unfiltered. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=341
  10. Rob
    How could something that severe have eluded all of the various non-surgical examinations and imaging he's already had? It's not like up until now he's only been seen by guys that stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Great point. If there was significant tissue damage, its highly unlikely it would have evaded all of the advanced diagnostic procedures that were completed. I am betting they discovered some typical irriatation, and they cleaned it up and that was it. There was some fraying of the labrum too. They're looking at him to begin throwing in January. So basically when I was ripped in a previous thread when I said that he had what Kerry Wood had in 2005, my critics were wrong. I'll repeat what I said then. Since he has better mechanics than Wood, he should be more than serviceable again. Matt Morris had the same thing. The question is whether the Cubs control him through 2008 or 2009. Heck, they might non-tender him this winter and his Cub career is over. Just curious...Why wasn't this done last year? Non-tendering him or the surgery?
  11. Rob
    Gotta figure out which bar the umpires retreated to.
  12. Rob
    *puts that on as well* So you wont be lonely. :lol: I miss my dog... Man, I miss my uncle charles.
  13. Rob
    *puts that on as well* So you wont be lonely. :lol:
  14. Rob
    Do you guys think Jimbo learns his lesson and stops overpaying for mediocrity, or just changes what kind of mediocrity he pays for?
  15. Rob
    Everybody look fast! Soriano is ahead in the count! Oh, there it went.
  16. Rob
    hahahaha with your track record on promises, you'll be back in 25 minutes. Very funny. Sorry if I forgot to laugh. i laughed. I didn't say I was leaving NSBB. I said I am done watching this team until we are back in it (if ever). Why do you all find it funny to keep joking about something like it's so god damn funny? I was sick, getting nautious every day, and I was irritated. Now in my worst day in recent memory, my aunt gets diagnosed with cancer, and you all laugh. SCREW YOU ALL you heartless bastards!! Are you serious? Nobody is laughing about your aunt's illness. The jab was in regards to how you very vocally decalred you were once leaving the board and then showed up again within, what, a week? Re-read the posts, and you'll see nobody was making their jokes about your aunt and couldn't have known since it wasn't mentioned then. I'm sorry for her illness, but please don't accuse us of something we clearly didn't do. Leave him alone. His aunt is sick.
  17. Rob
    It's hard to drive the ball very far when he just smacks it along the ground.
  18. Rob
    Numbers do not impress the almighty Bob Brenley. :lol:
  19. Rob
    Irony would dictate a home run now, and a 2-1 loss.
  20. Rob
    Boo this team.
  21. Rob
    I get it. It's ironic cause by no means would you seriously do that.
  22. Rob
    Have we won a single game where you typed that out mid-game?
  23. Rob
    You using Firefox? Yeah. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722 You wont be able to click on the smilies on the left when replying anymore, but you wont see those darn adds either.
  24. Rob
    You using Firefox?
  25. Rob
    88 over 600 AB's Not too shabby. I'm really starting to get behind the idea of Lee batting leadoff. That'll happen. I'm not saying it will. But he's making me seem awfully prescient.
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