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Um, no, sorry. Skin color has nothing to do with it. No, really, it doesn't. "Gritty" (usually white, fast, high-effort & smallish) players do tend to get a lot of fan-love. Like Augie Ojeda.
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AL East Boston 97-65 NY Yankees 94-68 Tampa Bay 77-85 Toronto 75-87 Baltimore 63-99 Central Detroit 98-64 Cleveland 95-67 Minnesota 79-83 Chi Sox 77-85 Kansas City 68-94 West LA Angels 91-71 Oakland 83-79 Seattle 81-81 Texas 74-88 NL East NY Mets 92-70 Philadelphia 87-75 Atlanta 87-75 Florida 72-90 Washington 67-95 Central Milwaukee 93-69 Chi Cubs 88-74 St. Louis 75-87 Cincinnati 74-88 Houston 70-92 Pittsburgh 67-95 West LA Dodgers 90-72 Arizona 89-73 San Diego 87-75 Colorado 83-79 San Francisco 57-105 Playoffs: Detroit over LA Angels, Cleveland over Boston, Arizona over Milwaukee, NY Mets over LA Dodgers Detroit over Cleveland, NY Mets over Arizona NY Mets over Detroit
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In other college basketball news... It'll be Bradley-Tulsa in a best-of-three series for the CBI championship. NIT Final Four is set with Ohio State, Florida, Ole Miss and UMass.
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Granted, nothing is impossible, but it's improbable. It's also improbable for Cedeno to be as bad as Cedeno was in 2006. If either is that bad, there's plenty of chance to switch to the other after a month or two, but in a year where a game or two can be the difference between winning the division and missing the playoffs, it's not an absurd position to go with the safer bet.
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Floor and ceiling talk is nonsensical. It's meaningless scoutspeak and has no place in a rational baseball discussion. If either one or both of those two are playing poorly they should be replaced. It doesn't matter if its .290 OBP vs. 270 OBP or whatever numbers one wants to use. Just because you say it doesn't, doesn't make it true. There is definite merit to compare a low-risk, low-reward player to a high-risk, high-reward player. If you know you are getting between a .320 OBP and a .340 OBP with one player, but the other player could give you between a .290 OBP and a .360 OBP, it's worth considering the safer player, especially if you can't afford the low-end production of the risky player.
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I would say UNC is as bad defensively as Wisconsin is offensively. As in, it's not nearly as bad as it looks due to the pace they play. Sure, they aren't in the top 10 overall, but probably top 30.
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Hey, there's a Cub.
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That's possible and it's also possible that Theriot will work on his weaknesses and limit the holes. I agree on both points being plausible. He's had just one full season right? I am REALLY glad someone started this thread. I am not solidly behind Theriot either, but I do think he could be quite adequate. I never have understood the vitriol directed at him. I get both sides of this arguement, but Theriot has to this point been a better hitter than Cedeno, who really hasn't shown me much with alot of opportunities. Tons of potential has gone unrealized in this league, and tons of players playing over there heads have had nice careers. I am willing to see if Theriot, who for his shortcomings is a smart player, can become more consistent over the long haul. All that said I am a big fan of EPatt! So, it's not fair to judge Theriot based on one full season, but Cedeno has proven he can't hit based on one full season? Those of us that think Cedeno is the better option are basing it on more than one full season, and the fact that Cedeno is much younger and has shown more development at a younger age.
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You bolded the wrong part. True. that is relevant. I just read somewhere that Ryan has never beaten a team higher than a six seed. Anyone know if that's true? They've had 5 games against teams higher than six seeds. Four 1 seeds and a 3 seed (Pitt). Really the only game they arguably should have won was the Pitt game, since it was in Wisconsin.
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So, after all that, the only game I lost today was Stanford/Marquette. Stupid Brock Lopez. EDIT: Wait, Duke too, but I consider Duke a moral victory.
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You know, if A&M wins, the West bracket comes down to A&M, WKU, San Diego, West Virginia and Xavier...
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Still only missing two sweet 16 teams. Was going to take Villanova, too, but I had already taken Siena and I thought two lower seeds winning at the same location was a real long shot.
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Bracket still in good shape, as the only sweet 16 team I lost so far lost on a buzzer beater in OT.
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Butler absolutely blasting South Alabama.
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Crap, 15 of 16. Stupid Arizona.
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Yep, Wisconsin is even frustrating to watch when you're rooting for them. They don't really blow teams out, they just methodically take control of the game, but very slowly. Even in the Big Ten championship game against Illinois, as an Illini fan you never felt out of it, but you never really felt like you had the game under control...ever.
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Yeah, I've been sticking up for Wisconsin, it'd be in poor form for them to let me down. However, I only have them in the Sweet 16. As much as I don't think K-State can beat them, I don't think Wisconsin can beat Georgetown. Now if Davidson/Gonzaga upsets Georgetown... UCLA/Wisconsin is my final game. It would just figure that the first game I get wrong is a team that gets to my championship game. And yes, I have G-town losing to Davidson.
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OK, now Wisconsin really needs to win to avoid blowing my bracket completely up. EDIT: And UCLA, but it doesn't look as if they'll have an issue with the worst tourney team in history.
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Neat, 12 of 12 so far. Need some help from Arizona to go 16-16.
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Man, why did I put Duke in the Elite Eight...Any other situation and I root for Belmont, but until I actually lose a matchup, gotta root for the bracket.
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Both USC and Kansas State are among the 20 most inconsistent teams in college basketball. Who knows what is going to happen in that game. I have K-State, but that's my least confident first round pick. And I have SIena beating Vandy.
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Cornell-Stanford...a matchup of two of the most academically qualified teams in the field, for sure. Cornell likely overrated even as a 14 seed, though.
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So, 9 of the 53 brackets in the pool went chalk for the first 7 games. Only one of the 53 brackets has lost an elite 8 team so far (Baylor).
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Kent State trying to make the final score respectable, down 13 with 40 seconds to play.
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Baylor's performance this afternoon has me concerned with my faith in the Big 12 for tonight's games.
