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top 5 at a position is a loose definition of superstar, IMO Really? What do you guys use? Just curious. I just don't think it is at all realistic to lump all hitters together and choose your superstars.
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Are you guys saying that Castro isn't a superstar right now? I'm struggling to think of five shortstops I'd rather have than him. Can't do it. That's a superstar to me.
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What is your blinding hate of the Big Ten about? Butthurt you couldn't get into any of them? Just trolling? I don't know what his B1G hate is about either but considering he is a USC grad IIRC, I'd say not getting into a school there is not the reason. Fair enough, but good lord the big ten hate he has is insane.
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Oh good, Olt will have company on the bench. AAA season is almost over. What does it hurt at this point?
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UNC got off without any penalties. Here's what some talking heads think about it. Dan Wolken þ@DanWolken So UNC has years of documented, institutionalized academic fraud and no NCAA rules were broken? Got it. Jay Bilas þ@JayBilas And NCAA wonders why it’s a laughingstock?: http://******/O1bzUF Cue NCAA Prez to lecture on integrity, and who’s “in charge.” Gregg Doyel þ@GreggDoyelCBS I went to McDonald’s this morning, then read the paper. Am now nine credit hours closer to a UNC degree CBSSports.com þ@CBSSports RT @GoodmanCBS: Still trying to grasp the fact that NCAA announced no violations broken in UNC’s academic scandal. Stewart Mandel þ@slmandel Long story short on NCAA’s “conclusion.” UNC, unlike Penn St, didn’t make the evening news. KilroyFSU þ@KilroyFSU A Boise State recruit sleeps on a couch, Boise is nailed. UNC uses fake classes to keep players eligible? Nothing to see here! Devon Edwards þ@Devon2012 What happened at UNC is infinitely more detrimental to everything the NCAA holds dear than criminal actions at Penn State. Not even close.
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What is your blinding hate of the Big Ten about? Butthurt you couldn't get into any of them? Just trolling?
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Meanwhile Wil Myers and his 36 homers are not. You know because Jeff Francouer is the Royals right fielder. :banghead: Our time indeed.
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Not sure where you get that impression... I'm liking Jackson and Castillo plus obviously Castro and Rizzo, but the rest of the lineup is meh and the rotation is far away from making the team competitive. I still think Vitters will be a decent player and soon. Plus I'm not convinced that Theo and co. won't improve the big league team as well. Improvement on this team could still leave it in very horrible territory. I'm not expecting us to compete for the playoffs, but I do think we are gonna be better and give us hope to compete in '14. -
Not sure where you get that impression... I'm liking Jackson and Castillo plus obviously Castro and Rizzo, but the rest of the lineup is meh and the rotation is far away from making the team competitive. I still think Vitters will be a decent player and soon. Plus I'm not convinced that Theo and co. won't improve the big league team as well.
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Dammit these guys are gonna be good enough next year to make me get EI again, aren't they? Maybe not good enough, but interesting enough.
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I can't believe he is still messing around with tennis. Sad to see him go. Can't blame him Brooklyn Decker > Tennis. He never recovered from that finals loss at Wimbledon what 3 years ago to Federer. Probably the cruelest loss I have ever seen in a major final. I feel bad for him that his peak coincided with the greatest player ever. That's a bad break. In another era I imagine he wins multiple majors.
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I can't believe he is still messing around with tennis.
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I was only able to watch the live look in on MLB tonight, but they were praising us for signing Castro. They also were praising his patience and how it is developing.
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I'm sure I'll get accused of name-dropping here -- though this isn't exactly a big name to drop, ha -- but yuuuup, that happened. I was friends with her before and after the car crash (though I haven't seen her for years and years now). Her attitude and demeanor after the wreck were/have been admirable and impressive. Also, on more Luke-Recker-is-a-dbag stories: at a party in college, a friend of mine was dancing with his girlfriend. Recker interrupted, stepped between the two, and said "I'm Luke Recker" (and not as an introduction, as the height of arrogance that she should ditch the other guy for him because, well, he was Luke Recker). Also, his game winning shot in the Big Ten Tournament against IU only counted because the game clock amazingly froze for a bit on the final play. Yup, I'm bitter. She banged Recker, didn't she? Ha ha. Not that night, at least. They don't call him the home Recker for nothing.
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I'm sure I'll get accused of name-dropping here -- though this isn't exactly a big name to drop, ha -- but yuuuup, that happened. I was friends with her before and after the car crash (though I haven't seen her for years and years now). Her attitude and demeanor after the wreck were/have been admirable and impressive. Also, on more Luke-Recker-is-a-dbag stories: at a party in college, a friend of mine was dancing with his girlfriend. Recker interrupted, stepped between the two, and said "I'm Luke Recker" (and not as an introduction, as the height of arrogance that she should ditch the other guy for him because, well, he was Luke Recker). Also, his game winning shot in the Big Ten Tournament against IU only counted because the game clock amazingly froze for a bit on the final play. Yup, I'm bitter. She banged Recker, didn't she?
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-29-12
illiniguy replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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I'm sure just enough that the cardinals will run them down on the last game of the year.
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So Crean didn't even have a man to man sit down with Roth. What a weirdo. I'm not really sure what Matt expected to happen given there was no available scholarship for him. He got both his Bachelor's and Masters degrees in 4 years and was part of the Senior Day ceremonies this past spring. For Crean to sit down and tell him what was happening?
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There's some stuff about badman/batman that's amazing.
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Can we talk about a B prospect being called a TOR arm? Sorry man, you should read a bit or watch the guy. You're just really wrong here. 100 MPH, damn good changeup. If he commands his slider even somewhat, he's got ace potential. And it's not even disputable honestly. He has one of the absolute best arms in baseball. The potential is definitely there to be TOR. He's been busy making the best twitter account ever, cut him some slack man. Isn't that imb! Or are you referring to another twitter account? My fault, thought it was SSR.
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Oh, my apologies imb.
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Can we talk about a B prospect being called a TOR arm? Sorry man, you should read a bit or watch the guy. You're just really wrong here. 100 MPH, damn good changeup. If he commands his slider even somewhat, he's got ace potential. And it's not even disputable honestly. He has one of the absolute best arms in baseball. The potential is definitely there to be TOR. He's been busy making the best twitter account ever, cut him some slack man.
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He hit a ton of homers in San Diego. I think he'll be ok, but it is a slight gamble. Granted when money isn't an issue and you've been using James Loney, you take that gamble every single time.
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Hanley (28) has looked like his old self since coming to the Dodgers, Crawford (31) was as well when healthy this year. A Gon's (30) has been pretty huge as well, and a change from the AL East to the NL West could be huge, assuming that he can stay healthy. With the possible exception of Beckett, and he's only 31-32, it's not like these are a bunch of over the hill, declining players heading off to die. These guys should dominate the NL for the next 3-5 years. Of course the same was said about the Phillies not too long ago. Why would moving to the NL West help AGone? Isn't the AL East the best league to be in as a hitter? What with all of those parks being hitter's parks?
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Evan Longoria says you can put "almost" in. Evan Longoria's "star player" contract doesn't exist yet. When it does he almost certainly will not be worth all of it. He's been a star since he signed that contract. He just has a stupid agent. But yes his second contract he won't be worth.
