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  1. That was like Chaminade beating Duke. In Cameron.
  2. DeJesus with his first career HR at Wrigley.
  3. Mexico fielding a World Cup winning caliber roster can only mean good things for the US program.
  4. You do know that basketball is on its own separate channel, right?
  5. So as long as he can be a franchise player with plus defense at shortstop every year, you'll accept him, but he's not a franchise player?
  6. Counter examples don't make it right. Should I list all the players who started off looking promising, had a hiccup and never recovered? There are more of those, btw, they're just less memorable. how many had great seasons every year, with no hiccups? Barry Bonds? Although his age 24 season was .248/.351/.426. Albert Pujols.
  7. Counter examples don't make it right. Should I list all the players who started off looking promising, had a hiccup and never recovered? There are more of those, btw, they're just less memorable. Started out as a top 5 player at their position for two years, had a hiccup where they were only slightly above average at their position, and the never recovered? At a position like SS? Garry Templeton is the closest example I can think of, and even he was productive for 5-7 years before dropping off. Edgar Renteria had a fairly short period of being near the best at his position as well, but it was never so early on in his career.
  8. Right, I'm not saying either will work out at the big league level, but either way they'll need a good amount of time at the major league level to figure out one way or the other, and a week of struggles is hardly conclusive. People booing either at this point either have some serious entitlement issues or need an expectations reality check.
  9. The most disappointing part of the Jackson/Vitters era is how many people are surprised/disappointed that Jackson strikes out and Vitters struggles at a new level. Both will take time to sort out issues. Fortunately, the Cubs have plenty of it over the next 60 games.
  10. Those ABs needed to be in the opposite order.
  11. I'm just happy that GvilleCub found a new comfort zone after the Dempster trauma.
  12. Due to eligibility issues, one of these four teams will play for the Big Ten title: Indiana, Illinois, Purdue or Wisconsin. So...does Wisconsin even get any sort of odds here?
  13. bukie

    week 18

    Drew Hutchison becomes my fourth Tommy John victim of the year this week. Not even mad at this point, just funny really.
  14. They're going to be exhausted for the gold medal game.
  15. USA went to a 3-4-3, and the goals start flying.
  16. And US quickly ties it again. Crazy.
  17. Olimpico! And Canada goes ahead again.
  18. If it's early to say he's pressing for his first game back near his HS, it's way too early to say he has a reputation at the plate.
  19. Not a single Euro team in the semis.
  20. Favorite Soto moment: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=3503832
  21. Spain is eliminated from olympic play after a 1-0 loss to Honduras.
  22. Also, going by this standard, Fred Lynn doesn't belong on the list, because he played 15 games in '74 Lynn I had the numbers in the thread before I ran the BR report. The others came from the BR report, where there's no way to single out "rookie" years.
  23. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'd love not to read them. The primary issue is how many people quote them in other posts, so that every discussion gets bogged down with the crap.
  24. Yes, the only real annoyances are: 1) SCS posts in almost every thread, and 2) SCS offers zero insight in his posts. I'm trying to nip this trend in the bud, because this was a nice forum to read before SCS found it.
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