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Finding each NL team's arch-nemesis player: http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/4/26/4271184/national-league-team-killers-arch-nemeses The player who most terrorized another team in his career? Jim Thome vs. the Cardinals. In 131 PA, he put up a .430/.565/1.010 (for an OPS of 1.575) against them with 18 HRs and a 223 tOPS+. Oh, and the Cubs' nemesis? Mark McGwire.
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how about Olt playing first and Rizzo getting dealt That's probably a less likely scenario than Profar coming over in the deal and Castro getting dealt. -
That's who I'd want from Texas. he doesn't inspire me at all.his k/9 is terrible and why would Texas deplete their current rotation anyway? He's improved his walk rate more than his K rate has declined, and the point of adding Garza would be to replace Perez in the rotation anyway. Perez fits the desire for an MLB ready starter with plenty of years of team control remaining, as he wouldn't hit FA until 2019. what's their rotation right now? they must have someone they'd rather replace than Martin, plus I just don't see Martin panning out as anything very good. He' depth, no doubt, but I'd rather have Jackson and Buckel, they look like they have much higher ceilings. Darvish-Holland-Wolf-Grimm-Perez right now, though Darvish is currently on the DL.
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That's who I'd want from Texas. he doesn't inspire me at all.his k/9 is terrible and why would Texas deplete their current rotation anyway? He's improved his walk rate more than his K rate has declined, and the point of adding Garza would be to replace Perez in the rotation anyway. Perez fits the desire for an MLB ready starter with plenty of years of team control remaining, as he wouldn't hit FA until 2019.
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So...Martin Perez then?
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I'm a little bummed the Cubs lost last night, because there would have been a possibility that a 43-50 seller traded a pitcher to a 43-51 buyer in the same league.
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I will be. Your mileage may vary.
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After today's results, there's a very good chance that the USMNT will play Martinique in the Gold Cup quarters if they beat Costa Rica (only way they wouldn't is if Cuba/Belize wins by 4).
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7/13 Cards (Lynn) at Cubs (Garza) now, FOX
bukie replied to soccer10k's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
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7/12 Cards (Kelly) @ Cubs (Villanueva) 3 p.m. CT, WGN
bukie replied to soccer10k's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Also since Aramis Fan changed his name. Way to go Aramis Fan Fan. -
Usually we limit starters to 1 per day for that week. Since everyone's playing 3 games, that would mean 3 starts, no?
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The longer this game goes without a Mexico goal, the funnier it gets.
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I guess "3B BRYANT SIGNS FOR SLOT VALUE" doesn't provoke the same froth from the masses as "BRYANT SIGNS RECORD DEAL".
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A 27 year old reliever that had a good year in 2008 and hasn't thrown over 30 innings in 3 years? Can't imagine contenders are clamoring for that.
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Also... @MixDiskerud I take it I'm now officially cap-tied to @ussoccer Thanks for having me. 1:31 AM - 10 Jul 2013
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The game last night reminded me a lot of the Nigeria-Tahiti game three weeks ago in the Confed Cup. Tons of chances, a bit sloppy in execution, and a bad defensive sequence that lead to an embarrassing goal. I suppose that's a good thing, since Nigeria is a quality squad the the USMNT was fielding about 5 world class players last night.
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Goodson was easily the worst USMNT player on the pitch last night, and he was AWOL on the embarrassing Belize goal.
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You need one of the official Cubs' scorecards. In the scorecard, it lists the other teams' pitchers alphabetically and assigns them numbers (from 1 to, say, 14 max). Those numbers are the ones they put up.
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So you're saying it doesn't matter that the scoreboard is functional in that capacity. If you want to argue down that route, they may as well just have a giant blown up picture of the scoreboard up there that provides no function.
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I hate to say it, but the scoreboard is functionally pretty useless in its current state. It's incapable of showing three of the games, nobody has any idea of who is pitching, hitting, or what is currently going on in any games until a half inning is over, and even then you need a translation guide to understand what the scoreboard player numbers mean. 90% of the people in the park use their smartphones to acquire information hundreds of times more useful than the scoreboard provides. At this point, the only remotely useful portion of the scoreboard is the Cubs' score line and the divisional flags.
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USMNT up to #22 in the latest FIFA rankings, ahead of France, Ghana and Denmark, and just behind basically the entire CONMEBOL confederation. Mexico at 20.
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You are almost constantly wrong, and should generally feel bad.
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Perhaps this will make you feel better. It takes a while for power to develop. it would still be nice for him to do it now. Of all players 23 and under, he's second in HR and Iso behind only Trout (would be behind Harper, too, if he qualified). He's easily second in Iso because he also hits a lot of doubles (3rd behind Machado and Trout). As for overall, he is only 3 HR behind Fielder & Votto. Are you doubting their power, too? when Fielder was Rizzo's age he was hitting 50 home runs in a season, so yeah, i'd say he has power. Votto's an on-base machine, he does other things. Rizzo has to hit for power to benefit this team. Did you just selectively ignore all the power numbers for the league, and the drastic difference in the power landscape in the past three years?
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Other midseason publications and writers had Almora ahead of Baez, so I'm not surprised to see Almora where he is. I'm more surprised by where Baez is. Not really that surprised where BA has Baez. They looooooveeeee tools and Baez is already at AA. The old regime loved to draft toolsy players as well, they just thought the five tools were bunting for a hit, bunting to advance the runner, legging out a grounder to second, catching the ball, and being left handed.
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Man, have the White Sox been bad since the last time the Cubs played them. 24-24 going into the crosstown series, 10-27 since. They're nearing Houston/Miami bad.
