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I predict he's back in Iowa within a month. If the Cubs let Vitters stay on the roster all second half last year, they'll probably do the same with Lake. It's not as if he's blocking someone else's opportunity at this point.

Trading for guys like Olt, Grimm, Arrieta and Strop emphasizes a more near-term approach than trading for higher ceiling, lower-level types. You can disagree but you know you are wrong.

Perhaps you might read the points being made and respond to any of them instead of just starting over with a broad and accusatory statement. There's a first time for everything, I suppose.

Now that the Dodgers woke up, it looks like the NL playoffs are basically set, with only Arizona within 5 games of a playoff spot. Hell, the Cubs would be arguably the next most dangerous team in the NL after Arizona.

I wonder what the odds were of the Cardinals making the playoffs on that date. Probably not all that terrible since the division was so awful. So depressing. They won the wild card, and the Brewers won 96 games.

Finally Peter King can think he thinks more than 10 things.

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2013 Hall of Fame class: ...only in baseball.

Three weeks ago, they finished a road sweep of the White Sox.

trying not to get too hyped here, but he got a post-trade promotion, too, right? It is the FSL, though, his being promoted just means he's played more recently than anyone else in the league.

Cubs are 41-42 since April 23 (they started 5-13).

Good read on the USMNT midfield depth: http://www.americansoccernow.com/articles/midfield-logjam-sorting-out-the-u-s-depth-chart Mentions using Donovan as a forward and Fab as LB to bring as many as possible since there's a dearth of depth elsewhere.

You're right, it completely slipped my mind that the 2013 Yankees are the ultimate SCS team. Chock full of fliers and players who used to be good but are now simply old.

Drop Cespedes, add CarGo.

FYI, we have two AA's. That is not a good abbreviation for either of them. It's been established AA is Alcantara. AAl is obviously Almora then.

Odd timing after Castro reached base.

The numbers I posted show how different they are and how wildly ridiculous your comparison is. Schierholtz put up a 123 OPS+ at the age of 24 in San Fran as a real honest to goodness prospect that is a serviceable MLB hitter that is well above average in a platoon, which the Cubs are utilizing. LaHair and Hoffpauir were unable to put up even a single season of MLB quality hitting when they finally made the majors at 28, which is why they are now playing overseas. If you fail to see the difference there, there's not point in even discussing it further.

I'll always feel Soriano got a raw deal with the fans during his tenure with the Cubs. Too many fans expected him to be something he wasn't by the time he came over, and as a result thought he was the symbol of everything wrong with the Cubs since the bottom fell out after 2008. Yet he was always working as hard as he could at the park, and in the field to get better, made every effort to connect with teammates, and never said one disparaging word about anyone else.

For now, I will ignore the multiple negation preceeding the dichotomy reference. Which begs the question, were you referring to a jointly exhaustive dichotomy or a mutually exclusive dichotomy? Take some time, which you didn't when responding to my post, to actually look at the numbers and draw some conclusions. If you need me to do that for you then I can proceed with the Player A , Player B, and Player C format comparison. I'm thinking though, my time is better spent having meaningful discourse with fellow Cub fans rather than responding to: "Schierholtz is nothing like LaHair/Hoffpauir. Terrible false dichotomy" There was a reason Shierholtz was non-tendered by the Phillies in the offseason. As for the unnecessary grammar "lesson", the false dichotomy you presented is either you get value for Schierholtz now by trading him, or you get nothing by keeping him as he fades into obscurity like LaHair/Hoffpauir. There was no multiple negation, you just presented a logical fallacy as basis for a bogus either/or scenario, or in seemingly simple, easy to understand terms, a false dichotomy.

For now, I will ignore the multiple negation preceeding the dichotomy reference. Which begs the question, were you referring to a jointly exhaustive dichotomy or a mutually exclusive dichotomy? Take some time, which you didn't when responding to my post, to actually look at the numbers and draw some conclusions. If you need me to do that for you then I can proceed with the Player A , Player B, and Player C format comparison. I'm thinking though, my time is better spent having meaningful discourse with fellow Cub fans rather than responding to: "Schierholtz is nothing like LaHair/Hoffpauir. Terrible false dichotomy" There was a reason Shierholtz was non-tendered by the Phillies in the offseason. There was a reason I responded with a one line response. Because it should be obvious. However, if you need it spelled out... Micah Hoffpauir entered the majors at age 28 after several years in AAA. He had under 400 PA in the majors, during which he compiled a total of -0.2 WAR with an 88 OPS+ as a poor defensive 1B. Bryan LaHair entered the majors for good at age 28 after several years in AAA. He had under 600 PA in the majors, during which he compiled a total of 0.0 WAR with a 106 OPS+ as a poor defensive 1B. Hist best stretch was a good two months of offensive production, which earned him an all-star nod because of it. Nate Schierholtz entered the majors for good at age 25 after 1+ year in AAA. He has over 1600 PA over 6 years in the majors, during which he compiled a total of 5.3 WAR with a 103 OPS+ as a serviceable defensive OF. He was released by the Phillies after posting a .251/.321/.407 line last year, good for a .739 OPS and a 103 OPS+. He's being used strictly in a platoon this year to accentuate his positives and avoid his negatives. Which one of these is not like the others?

he's not wrong There are days, days of data that prove you wrong.

Sure, Law answers my sarcasm question but none of the actual ones.

Schierholtz is nothing like LaHair/Hoffpauir. Terrible false dichotomy.

Enjoyable ASN article on yesterday's tactics: http://www.americansoccernow.com/articles/high-pressure-proper-shape-lead-u-s-to-victory AKA Why in the world was Honduras's strategy to funnel everything to Donovan in the middle?

I think I like the idea of a diamond formation with Altidore-Donovan-Dempsey-Bradley with Altidore up top and Bradley in the back with Dempsey and Donovan on either side between them, but I'm not sure the best way to fill out the roster behind them. Christmas tree formation seems a little defense-heavy, extra forwards seems too attack-heavy. And I'm still not sure who the best four defenders are. Maybe Cameron-Gonzalez-Besler-Cherundolo with Fab at mid? Goodson has probably had a good enough Gold Cup to enter the convo as well, at least in JK's mind, since he's playing him over Gonzalez.

Olt and Edwards are easily on the list. Pierce Johnson...maybe.