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  1. mul21
    Anybody have a live stream?
  2. mul21
    Winning Maui looks a lot better after this game. Definitely a helluva game though.
  3. mul21
    Perfect! It even hung on the rim for an extra tick to get the clock down even more.
  4. mul21
    The Astros are still out there leading to caravan to prospectville They don't count because they don't have a "plan". I think they have a pretty good plan in hiring the guy who built the Cardinals minor league system that's been producing solid ML talent for the last several years.
  5. mul21

    NFL Week 14

    mul21 replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports

    That was my first thought. I heard he's already been suspended by ESPN for his comments.
  6. mul21
    Liriano. Bourn too if you weren't just wondering about SP. There's a few relievers of interest too but no one that makes you take notice. I, for one, would like to see a bat or three. The focus on the pitching is great and all but I'd like to see this team get back out of the gutter when it comes to run production. This is what concerns me the most. If they do trade Soriano, there's huge hole in an already not that good offense.
  7. mul21
    I don't normally wish injury on players, but I kind of hope his arm falls off now just to screw the Tigers for signing him. Why? His agent did his job and his first choice was to stay in Detroit. It's our front office's job to not get off the phone without a deal and make sure they don't get used for leverage Right, which is why I hope the Tigers get screwed.
  8. mul21
    I don't normally wish injury on players, but I kind of hope his arm falls off now just to screw the Tigers for signing him.
  9. mul21
    Do you not pay attention to anything? It's not the AAV, teams don't really want to go 5 years on a pitcher who's admitted to having shoulder soreness every time he pitches.
  10. mul21
    I assume you'll be providing me with the funds for EI once that happens then? :twisted:
  11. mul21
    The big white kid (Maverick Morgan) they're bringing in next year looks slow footed. I wasn't too impressed with his footwork or agility in the video I saw. Anybody seen him on a more extended basis have a different take?
  12. mul21
    4 out of 11 is a miserable failure for this front office. Well, that's a pretty terrible way of looking at it but ok. That is just division titles, not playoff appearances though. I'd be disappointed if it was 4/11 in playoff appearances but if you're looking at getting into the playoffs in 7 of 8 years after the rebuild, I'm fine with that. I'm giving them 2 years of crap and then I expect to have a legitimate shot at post season in 2014. So if from 2014 until 2021 they make the playoffs 7 times, is it still a miserable failure?
  13. mul21
    I'm on the fence. They screwed the pooch hard in 2012. They're halfway to something not-awful in 2013, but we'll see if they have the will and skill to finish that job. If they don't make some very savvy moves in the remaining half-offseason, they are putting themselves in an awfully bad spot for 2014 as well. But they make enough good moves that I get the impression that when they decide they want to turn it on, it might be impressive. For 2015 and beyond, I'm sure we'll get to the point where the team is pretty good for an extended stretch. But I don't think the other teams in the division are going to just roll over and let us win six straight or anything, so I'm not sure we're actually going to get good bang for our buck ultimately. If you have something like 3 tanked seasons, then 4 division titles in 8 years, have you really come out ahead? Definitely, because you're giving yourself a legitimate chance every year instead of just hoping things work out. If they're in the hunt, they can add pieces each year and the 2 wild cards always gives you another chance even if you don't win the division every year.
  14. mul21
    Well, considering how few fans are there at the beginning of games, he probably feels like it's not a big market team.
  15. mul21
    Why is the Illinois game not on tv again tonight? So stupid. I'd be really pissed if I didn't have my dad's Comcast log in because my cable provider doesn't have access to ESPN3.
  16. mul21
    Yeah, but Rizzo had a pretty terrible contact rate in his debut and adjustments were made to fix it. Nobody's expecting Jackson to hit like Rizzo, but if he can even get the K% down to 25%, he's much better off than he was before.
  17. mul21
    The situations are not really comparable. How are they not? How are you even asking this question? I was hoping for a reasonable explanation not laced with Kyle-isms. I realize the contact rates aren't all that similar, but there's a whole lot of other things that are.
  18. mul21
    Your passion is comforting, Jo. It's also useless. As is your painting of my statement that a guy with an .800+ career MiL OPS is the same as any schmuck off the street trying to hit ML pitching.
  19. mul21
    Yeah, because when we had this *exact* argument last year, Ian Stewart went on to a 20 HR, 2.5 WAR season at 3b with a perfectly healthy wrist. I'm so wrong all the time. I'm sure they did find something different this time. So where does that leave us? With a guy who hasn't hit in years rehabbing a wrist with recent nerve damage and surgery. That's a *great* bet. And Wittenmeyer says the Cubs confirm he will be the starter going into the year. No competition. :banghead: No, it leaves us with a guy who was roping line drives with a ridiculously low BABIP the first 2 months of the year before he re-aggravated the wrist. I'm not saying he's going to hit 25 HRs with an .850 OPS. I'm saying he's the best option out there with the potential for success. I sure as hell don't want to see Valbuena get run out there 150 times next year.
  20. mul21
    Because hitting a professionally pitched baseball is just that easy. Anyone can do it once they make an adjustment. Yep, exactly what I said. :roll:
  21. mul21
    Well of course that's what they say now. When an oft-injured athlete finds some foolish team to give him yet another chance, they always find some reason to believe "This time, it will be different!" Considering he was under contract with the Cubs at the time of the surgery, I'm betting they have pretty good info on whether or not something different than had been repaired before was found. Man, you seriously have the biggest doom boner in the history of ever. And you're usually wrong too.
  22. mul21
    The situations are not really comparable. How are they not? When Rizzo was in AAA, he was mashing the living hell out of everything. When Jackson was in AAA, he had a flashing red light warning indication that he was having trouble with advanced pitching. So did Jackson when he made contact. You don't think an adjustment that improves his contact rate will make a difference?
  23. mul21
    The situations are not really comparable. How are they not?
  24. mul21
    Again:
  25. mul21
    I'm happy. He plays above average D and if he finally healthy, he can hit. Good patience too. The wrist that has been derailing his career since 2005 is *definitely* healed this time, unlike all the other times he thought it was healed. At least the surgery offers some hope. Had he gone that route before? I think he might have had surgery on the original injury in 2005, but that's it iirc. Of course, the fact that it's a rehabbing from surgery wrist doesn't really make me feel any better about it. Well, based on this: I think that there might be something to the actually being healed this time theory.
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