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DAGGER
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No kidding. The chicks all seem to look like beer wenches from some 17th century coastal pub.
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HOLY HOWRY!
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HOWRY!!!
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I don't know who pisses me off more consistently, Fuku or Cedeno.
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Also because he's significantly significantly better defensively True, I saw him make a barehanded catch once and I climaxed. It was the greatest play of the century, well scratch that, it's only second behind Jeter's dive into the stands. I suppose if you want to ignore every defensive metric in existence you could persuasively argue that Ramirez is better than Wright defensively. Is he "significantly significantly" better? I mean, I can see how he is "significantly" better....
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Also because he's significantly significantly better defensively True, I saw him make a barehanded catch once and I climaxed. It was the greatest play of the century, well scratch that, it's only second behind Jeter's dive into the stands.
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No Rick, Ramirez won't get the gold glove. The east coasters will once again dominate the vote and give it to David Wright to pad his future HOF candidacy.
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Z is such a headcase
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Who will be our October Superstar(offensive)?
OleMissCub replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Polls like this terrify me for some reason. I'm scared to death of October Cubs right now. Thinking positive about our future success in October is tantamount to a jinx. At least that is how I see it right now. -
Given my team's luck so far, I fully expect Patrick Willis to decapitate Reggie Bush. Reg will run a draw play and next thing you'll see is a helmet with a head still in it rolling down the field.
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Difference Between A Curveball And A Slider?
OleMissCub replied to Ski's topic in General Baseball Talk
screwball. Now that's a breaking pitch. It's a shame you don't see it thrown much anymore, but I guess there is the whole "deformed arm" thing to worry about from throwing it too much. -
Some cool cards of the 1908 Cubs from after the 1910 season: With these old cards, you can really see the emphasis that they placed on defense. Fielding percentages were considerably lower in the early part of the 20th century because of the poor design of ball gloves. You read numerous accounts from the old days of infielders sacrificing their bodies by throwing themselves in front of line drives because their gloves were insufficient to stop the ball. Furthermore, because of the deadball and appearances of "foreign" substances on pitched balls, infielders got a lot more work in those days. For example, in 1905, Joe Tinker had 56 errors, yet his FP was only .940. This is a pretty unique action shot from the late 1890's. From it you can get a pretty good idea of the difficulties that those men had to deal with when fielding thrown or ground balls:
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Walter Perry Johnson aka The Big Train: AL MVP 1913 & 1924 - 417 Wins - 110 Shutouts - 2.17 career ERA - Ten straight 20+ win seasons - hit .433/.455/.577, 163 OPS+ in 1925 I'll let the premier hitter of the era describe the premier pitcher of the era. This is from Ty Cobb's My Life In Baseball: This is funny: Walter Johnson first came to the attention of the baseball establishment when a scout for the Washington Senators sent a telegram to the Senators manager and said "This boy throws so hard you can't see it, and he knows where he is throwing because if he didn't, there would be dead bodies all over Idaho." photos inside spoiler: video footage I put together of Big Train: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnSasG3P5d4 Also check out this video of Babe Ruth facing Walter for a benefit during WWII...I like how Train grooves the Babe a meatball there at the end:
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That's absolutely correct. They were supposed to be installed in 1942, but were donated to the war effort. They didn't have poles put up or anything yet, so they donated the lights themselves.
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It's called "Say Hey" by the Treniers.
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Him and Derrek Lee are comparable in value Pujols is in a different stratosphere Exactly. Here's BP's VORP for this year in the NL: Pujols: 87.4 H. Ramirez: 78.1 Berkman: 72.4 C. Jones: 72.1 Reyes: 62.0 Wright: 60.2 Holliday: 58.7 Utley: 58.0 Beltran: 52.9 Howard is at 31.5. DLee is 29.6.
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Lawrence Peter Berra aka Yogi: American League MVP '51, '54, '55. 162 Game Avg over 19 seasons: .285/.348/.482, 125 OPS+, 27 HR, 25 Doubles, 4 Triples, 109 RBI, 90 Runs photos inside spoiler: Video footage of Berra I put together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQwYDHKsG28
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two missed field goals, come out of a first and goal with ZERO points, botch a 2 pt conversion, and can't convert a 3rd and 1 with game on the line. Saints BLEAUX
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Way to snatch defeat from victory, dumbass Saints. Grammatica misses 2 field goals. This is so sickening.
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It's a battle in Denver. Robert Meachem with a 74 yard TD reception and then a Reggie Bush TD reception. 26-31 now.
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Here's some completely random photos for you all: and finally....
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It's going to be a LOOOONG day for the 'Aints.
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I watched the whole game and thought they looked pretty solid. The Bengals really stepped up and played very well. The D-Line for the Giants looked fantastic and sacked Palmer five times. Eli looked terrific on the comeback drive in the 4th and in OT as well. He put some great passes right in the pickle barrel.
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My ex's BF in to pitch for the 'Cards.