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  1. mul21
    So, living in St. Louis and watching TLR up close for a few years now, I really think the thing he does better than anybody else is have his coaching staff and players ready for any situation. I don't have any idea of the details of what he does, but they always seem to have a plan for whatever comes up. While I think he's a gigantic ass in general, there's no question, all the strange I'm smarter than you moves aside, that he has done a fantastic job as a manager. I think, with Sandberg, you might be getting the same type of guy. If Theo can imprint upon him the type of baseball that they want to play and he can execute that along with getting everybody ready for whatever the situation might be, he could be successful. Is he the ideal candidate? Probably not, but other than getting a guy like Maddon who we've all seen be successful as a ML manager already, is he really worse than any of the alternatives? I'm really kind of neutral on whether or not I want him, but if Theo sits down with him and decides it's a good idea, I don't really have a huge problem with it.
  2. mul21
    After the fiasco that Daisuke became, I'll be a bit surprised if the posting fee for Darvish is even equal to what his was. If it gets into that range, not a chance I'm interested. Also, I think your estimation of what it will take to get Wilson is high. I don't think it's going to be any more than $100 million total and you're proposing $130-140 if I read that right.
  3. mul21
    It seems all Cardinal fans feel the need to try and slam cub fans more than just enjoy their world series runs. Sad group of people. This describes my entire office, and the STL area in general. It just doesnt make any sense. Are White Sox fans like this? Yep, everybody in my office was way more interested in trash talking to me than being celebratory about the win. The only thing I've said is how great the game was and how unfortunate it was the Rangers didn't win. If I was half the douche about it that most of these people tend to be, I'd get stoned in the streets for it. I didn't hate the Cardinals 10 years ago nearly as much as I do now after living down here amongst their fans and their idiocy.
  4. mul21
    Well not the best news after I looked it up. Since 1979, teams that go into game 6 up 3-2 and LOSE, are 1-8 in game 7's. Anyone triva buffs remember who got the only W? The good news is, in all World Series since the beginning, the game 6 loser is 17-18 in game 7. Here is a breakdown by year: 1979-2011: 1-8 1955-1978: 11-3 1901-1954: 5-7 If you include all MLB game 7's (including the LCS), the loser of game 6 is 22-27 in game 7's, and 6-17 since 1979. Breakdown of the LCS: Overall 5-9 ALCS 2-4 NLCS 3-5 Reds against the Red Sox in 1975 after the Fisk game.
  5. mul21
    I live here. I have to deal with these brainless pukes tomorrow. [expletive] me.
  6. mul21
    In this simplified example it does, but this is just an "average" dollar figure per WAR. Like Kyle said, it's certainly not linear in real life because the number of players who even get to 4, 5, or 6 WAR are so few and far between.
  7. mul21
    This would make me very happy. I wonder if they'd move the playoffs back, if there would be less off days or if they'd pretty much say f the preseason. I'd bet it's a combination of all three. A week or so of preseason/training camps, more back to backs and then knock the playoffs back a week or so. When was the regular season supposed to start?
  8. mul21
    I really don't think you can say that he wouldn't ascribe to small ball at this level. Why would he suddenly change his baseball philosophy upon getting a big league managing job? Not that I necessarily think he would, but a pretty simple thought on that would be that he was doing as he was told at the minor league level and trying to teach guys fundamentals when it doesn't necessarily matter if you win every game. All those things that everybody wants players to do when they get to the majors, they had to learn somewhere, and that may result in a little more small ball being played in the minors so they learn how to do that stuff.
  9. mul21
    what the hell does that mean? Probably that there's enough money to get big bats in the lineup that it's harder for a manager to screw it up too often by micromanaging because there's a bunch of runs being scored in spite of the meddling.
  10. mul21
    B&B are talking to somebody (Schuster?) and he asked Theo if he looked at FIP and xFIP to evaluate pitchers. Apparently Theo kind of gave him a dismissive "We have our own proprietary stuff for that", which I find both awesome and insane that he has his own method of evaluating pitchers. Our guy is smarter than everybody else and it's [expletive] awesome!
  11. mul21
    I know he's kind of an off the radar type of guy, but what kind of ceiling does he have? Just ran across his minor league stats, and while he's getting to be a bit old for a legit prospect, his numbers have been really good outside of 2010 in the FSL. He does strike out a decent amount, but the OBP is good and so is the power. Is he destined to be a 4A guy or can he be a decent contributor at a corner OF spot in the next few years?
  12. mul21
    Kemp and Fielder please! If they can do that over the next 2 years, keep Aram (for 2 years plus an option maybe) and get a couple of arms on board, this team will be plenty competitive, especially once guys like McNutt, B Jackson, Whitenack, Rhee, Szczur, and Struck start giving you ML production (hopefully).
  13. mul21
    Won't matter, the Rangers finish it in 6 so the announcement can be Friday!
  14. mul21
    You do realize that they'll be signing Fielder or Pujols to more than a 1 year contract right? And that there's not any other elite level 1st basemen on the market in the next few years or near ready guys in the system? What do you propose they do for first base production on 2013-2015 if they don't sign one of them? This isn't about 2012. It's about getting a core of very good players in place to be competitive as soon as possible, whether that ends up being 2012 or 2013 doesn't matter, but you need a big bat in the middle of the lineup to make that happen and those 2 guys fit the bill.
  15. mul21
    Apparently we have to be ready to win next year since Pujols either won't be a Cub after that or won't be any good after 2012. I don't understand that either. I want heavy blunt objects around next time someone [expletive] their pants over signing an over 30 player simply for being over 30. From what I understand the Cubs should only be signing/targeting young high end talent that they don't have to pay too much for. Go get em Theo! It's not signing players over 30 that's the problem. It's signing players over 30 to asininely long contracts that are sure to bite you in the ass before they're over. Signing Pujols to anything more than a 6 year contract is a bad idea and there's no way he get less than 8. My perfect deal is to give Fielder the deal that Ryan Howard just got (5/$125) or maybe 6/$150 if you have to go that far.
  16. mul21
    Oh, I agree. For as intelligent as he is, he certainly gets fixated on dumb things sometimes. Crane Kenney for instance.
  17. mul21
    Man, Bernstein used to be good....it's sad how dumb he's gotten. It's frustrating because he's the only person that knows about advanced stats and he'll actually cite BP and Fangraphs and he'll cite things like WAR, but then he just has completely idiotic takes on things/opinions. I think you guys are missing the point he was making. Simply that Castro is not strong in some of the areas that Theo seems to deem as pretty important, like defense and plate patience. He was just saying Castro may need a little extra help to become what he potentially can and be a Theo type of player.
  18. mul21
    He got asked something along the lines of what characteristic he had that made him successful was and he paused for a second and then said "Being inconspicuous in a Starbucks, but I guess I need some work on that".
  19. mul21
    Doesn't that have a lot to do with the new park though? I could be remembering that wrong, but I thought Citi Field was a major contributor to his drop off since they started playing there.
  20. mul21
    Wow. Can somebody please make that stop or go away or something. I think he and the Bum are on the same paid by the line break program.
  21. mul21
    Oh, I hate seeing his head snap on the ground like that.
  22. mul21
    He really is very good when he has a chance to set his feet.
  23. mul21
    Yeah, that was what I meant. Wasn't the prettiest ball, but right where it needed to be.
  24. mul21
    Perfect throw by Jay.
  25. mul21
    Man, they are just killing them with pulling guards.
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