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  1. Tracer Bullet
    the vast majority of players who completely flop at the big league level (over the course of a full season) do so because they're just not good enough or can't make the necessary adjustments against big league pitching, not because they're too young or whatever. i don't care if ronny was 23 or 33, his performance in 2006 showed there was a strong chance that he could not become an adequate major league player. soto and hoffpauir weren't given the chance at age 23 because they had not seemingly mastered lower levels of play, as it seemed that cedeno had. but once you've done well against AAA pitching then you should be ready to face major league pitching. age really doesn't matter here. your "argument" is bad. you realize your quotation marks make absolutely no sense whatsoever there, right? why doesn't age matter here? b/c you said so? And anyone that has 1 good season at AAA is ready for ML (regardless of age), and if they don't succeed, they should be completely written off. Even if they go back to AAA and dominate again? yeah, ok.
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    But we did get 1 unproductive season out of Juan Pierre in the deal. I hope this doesnt go down in history as another Brock for Bolio type of deal. I'm guessing that Ricky isn't HOF-bound. To be fair, Brock shouldn't have been either. Speaking of HOF bound, to be fair, we did get young Ryne Samberg as a throw in for Ivan DeJesus. Dallas Green said years later that Sandberg really wasn't a throw-in, he was the player the Cubs were actually interested in. They just billed it as DeJesus for Bowa with Sandberg as a throw-in so Sandberg wouldn't feel pressure the same he might if he thought he was the main target. Regardless, it was one of the biggest steals of all-time. If I were Dallas Green, I'd say the same thing.
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    If Hoff was forced to play 150 games when he was 23, he would have been one of the worst hitters in MLB (at the time, he was destroying high A pitching to the tune of a .699 OPS). Soto put up a .470 OPS in a few MLB ABs at 23. He only had 25 ABs that year, I'm sure he would have been great over a full year. Oh, and Ronny's first 80 ML at-bats (roughly the number of good ABs Soto and Hoff initially had) were fine. Not great, but average for a SS. You "logic" makes no sense.
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    ok, let's move on. Hopefully to something related to Jake Peavy.
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    Are all languages as messed up as English? Everyone's basically said the same thing: the first one is correct, but no one uses it b/c it sounds so stupid. How can a usage be "correct" if no one uses it?
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    You'd only use the 2nd sentence if you were trying to stretch a 9-page paper into a 10-page paper for some HS or college course and it was so late the night before the paper was due that you didn't care anymore. Is there something wrong with: "he didn't need his umbrella."
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    makes a bit of a difference. I was going to say that you're light on sbs as well as saves, but looks like just saves now. In H2H, that's not a bad strategy.
  8. Tracer Bullet
    I've never played in an espn league. They don't use shortstops, eh?
  9. Tracer Bullet
    If you were the only one who knew that Wieters would be a top prospect before he was drafted, you'd toot your own horn a bit too.
  10. Tracer Bullet
    Here's mine: I win the lottery...without ever buying a ticket.
  11. Tracer Bullet
    Welcome to the forum. and good luck
  12. Tracer Bullet
    You better hope Fukudome figures it out in CF or we'll be back to take Nate right out of your avatar.
  13. Tracer Bullet
    First of all, after Soriano's and Bradley's contracts, they can't afford him. (Boston won't take Soriano) But, if that were to happen, I would then have to hunt him down and kill him. Too many reasons. Boston will take Soriano. Bleacher Report said so. Bay may very well be home shopping in Chicago as we speak. DEAL WITH IT JAKE.
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    When the Cubs trade for Bay, they'll sign him long term. She'll be a Cubs fan for life.
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    I assume this is a league where you can change starters daily, so it doesn't much matter where you have them now. But I imagine Burrell will end up in your lineup more often than not, either for one of your OF or at Util. Or you'll be able to swap him for something useful, like a 2B if both of yours end up sucking. Solid team.
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    any one of us would be happy to take her in. Going from a Pirate house to a Cubs house would feel like going from the minors to the majors for her, just like it does for all the good Pirate players.
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    The best part would be unloading the rest of Soriano's contract and getting Jason Bay in return.
  18. Tracer Bullet
    people still use phone books?
  19. Tracer Bullet
    that's a good point. Soto's not going to see much worth hitting with Captain Singles and the pitcher hitting behind him.
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    um...really? So the day he steals the base that puts him over the break even point, there's no longer any risk associated with future SB attempts and he should run at every opportunity? Is that really what you're saying or am I misunderstanding? Um... yes. really. If the runner has amassed a SB% that exceeds the breakeven point by running at every single opportunity, then you continue to run him at every single opportunity. Or, if you prefer real life situations instead of impossible hypotheticals.... then if the runner has amassed a SB% that exceeds the breakeven point by running only in certain situations, then you continue to run him in those same certain situations. This goes to the definition of what a "breakeven point" is. There will be times when the runner is thrown out, and runs are not scored that might have otherwise. They will be outweighed by the times that the runner is successful and runs will be scored that otherwise would not be realized. If the percentage exceeds the breakeven point, then there is no risk. Math isn't that hard. Don't try to make so. Yikes. ok. In order to determine whether a runner has hit the 75% point, do we use career stats? Just ML career? the last season?
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    Or wait a while. Last year, I had some tickets for a later season game and they didn't print right away in early March, but I had no problem printing them like a month or so before the game.
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    when the Belgian is calling you out on your English, it's time to retire so what conclusion do we draw when you and the Belgian are wrong when you mocked someone for English errors?
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    when the Belgian is calling you out on your English, it's time to retire Actually, the phrase in the poll is correct. However, the question leaves much to be desired. What if I think something could go wrong that has nothing to do with the WBC? Well that's another question then, no? No. Your answers don't allow for other factors, as Tim suggests. I might think Marmol won't be affected at all by the Netherlands game, but won't dominate for some other reason. Sorry, but it's a poorly worded poll.
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    no and his stolen base percentage in the bigs is 76.8%, there's nothing wrong with that. There's a lot wrong with that. Isn't 75% the break-even point? yeah that's why his comment makes no sense. Assuming 75% is break even, Theriot, overall, is basically not costing the Cubs any runs when he attempts a steal. But he's not gaining anything either. If the best you can hope for is to break even, maybe it's not a risk worth taking. If the percentage exceeds the breakeven point, then there is no risk. um...really? So the day he steals the base that puts him over the break even point, there's no longer any risk associated with future SB attempts and he should run at every opportunity? Is that really what you're saying or am I misunderstanding?
  25. Tracer Bullet
    no and his stolen base percentage in the bigs is 76.8%, there's nothing wrong with that. There's a lot wrong with that. Isn't 75% the break-even point? yeah that's why his comment makes no sense. Assuming 75% is break even, Theriot, overall, is basically not costing the Cubs any runs when he attempts a steal. But he's not gaining anything either. If the best you can hope for is to break even, maybe it's not a risk worth taking.
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