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  1. USSoccer
    I think that the beat reporters that don't do their research and call him out on these idiotic statements are just as imbecilic.
  2. USSoccer
    speaking of team speed, our much needed leadoff hitter just got thrown out trying to steal 2nd base, down 2, in the 8th inning, with Theriot up 2-1 in the count, and Ramirez on deck. Brilliant. Let's extend this man.
  3. USSoccer
    HR's in the first 3 innings matter just as much as HR's in the last 3. What matters more is the situation they were hit in. Is a solo shot in the 1st to give a 1-0 lead worth relatively less than a Grand Slam in the 9th when you're losing 15-2?
  4. USSoccer
    Seems like a lot of those HR's gave us a lead...
  5. USSoccer
    Hey Fred, your mission if you decide to accept: For each of Aram's home runs this year, is there any way to find out what the game score and inning was and also the Cub's record entering that game? I'm curious as to how many of his HRs came during meaningful times of a game and during a time the Cubs weren't tanking (realizing they were in the race only a few weeks). The point behind that being what? Is he going to become our version of ARod, where people rip him for not having enough "clutchiness"?
  6. USSoccer
    I just decided to look at Gameday...do they make salad forks big enough to stick in Prior's back? Honestly, he's done. I can't even believe it's the same pitcher.
  7. USSoccer
    scha·den·freu·de ( P ) Pronunciation Key (shädn-froid) n. Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.
  8. USSoccer
    You really should qualify that better - he's 10th in the NL in OBP among qualified CF's. If he were 10th in the NL, we'd be very happy with his .398 OBP. Unfortunatley for us, ol 43 is 74th in the NL in OBP. That's simply horrific for a lead-off hitter. No he's 10th in the NL in OBP among qualified Leadoff hitters... That still sucks, you know. That puts him in the bottom half of leadoff hitters at 10th out of 16. And 74th overall is terrible. His original post said that for the contract Pierre wants to get rid of him because he is 10th in the NL in OBP-he didn't mean it as a positive stat for him. Yeah, you're right. That's what I get for skimming a thread.
  9. USSoccer
    You really should qualify that better - he's 10th in the NL in OBP among qualified CF's. If he were 10th in the NL, we'd be very happy with his .398 OBP. Unfortunatley for us, ol 43 is 74th in the NL in OBP. That's simply horrific for a lead-off hitter. No he's 10th in the NL in OBP among qualified Leadoff hitters... That still sucks, you know. That puts him in the bottom half of leadoff hitters at 10th out of 16. And 74th overall is terrible.
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    USSoccer replied to Chocolate Milk's topic in Other Sports

    This is just flat out not true. He was on the anti-Orton bandwagon FAR before it was popular last season. They had caller after caller arguing against him, and he was asking them legitimate questions, to which many of them had no answers to. And if you don't listen to Chicago sports radio on a frequent basis, I'm not sure how you're able to make this statement. To go into this further, he's generally less on the side of conventional wisdom than any other Score host, and is a terrific interviewer. He almost never shies away from asking pointed questions, which is one reason they have trouble getting certain people to appear on their show now.
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    USSoccer replied to Chocolate Milk's topic in Other Sports

    I don't agree, but I can certainly understand the point of view. He's certainly not for everyone. That said, Lawrence Holmes is very good. And Zach is just kinda ok. For me anyway. Zaidman is terrible. He uses the most specious reasoning and makes a terrible habit of repeating his main point over and over. He relies on sports cliche and the way he talks-putting the wrong emphasis on words in sentences and asking questions like he's about to drop some sort of profound, dramatic point-are annoying. Holmes and Bernstein are very good. Boers is getting worse by the minute. Abbatacola and Goff are decent, too.
  12. USSoccer
    FWIW: NL Central W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs Cardinals 61 50 .475 86.9 75.1 73.03671 8.68237 81.71908 Reds 57 55 .481 82.3 79.7 20.19954 16.14856 36.34810 Astros 53 58 .462 78.2 83.8 4.55633 4.18596 8.74229 Brewers 52 59 .452 76.7 85.3 2.13132 2.08386 4.21517 Cubs 47 64 .443 70.9 91.1 .07583 .06619 .14202 The Cubs elimination number for the division is 38, it's 42 for the wild card. .14202%. Those are betting odds. :P
  13. USSoccer
    If Chelsea really cared about winning, they would've destroyed them. I'm sure indifference plays a part, but considering that it was like an MLS All-Star "B" team it was still impressive. And FWIW, I think that if we had an MLS select team out there vs an interested Chelsea, the MLS'rs might lose, but I don't think they'd be destroyed. MLS can field a pretty good 1st team.
  14. USSoccer
    Boras and the Cubs seem to work well together.
  15. USSoccer
    FWIW, I was delighted at the fact that an MLS all-star team without Donovan, Dempsey, Mastroeni, Ruiz, Twellman, Ralston or Eddie Johnson completely outplayed Chelsea. Exhibition or not, that speaks to how far the league has come.
  16. USSoccer
    I don't like the idea of USMNT games going into what's basically a premium cable/satellite channel. You're shutting out a part of your fanbase. It doesn't sound like it's all of them though. If it's some of the ones that don't normally get televised by ESPN, then it's okay. If they take games away from ESPN, it's a stupid, arrogant move. You shouldn't strip a "free" cable TV network of games to put the on a "pay" cable site. Your end result is that fewer fans would be able to have access to the games. Given that the USMNT is still the most important method of growing the sport in the US, they should do anything and everything they can to make sure they have as much exposure as possible.
  17. USSoccer
    Well played.
  18. USSoccer
    Let's also not pretend Mauer hasn't had his share of injuries.
  19. USSoccer
    I don't like the idea of USMNT games going into what's basically a premium cable/satellite channel. You're shutting out a part of your fanbase.
  20. USSoccer
    I call shenanigans.
  21. USSoccer
    I would do flips if we aquired Jones.
  22. USSoccer
    There were many instances where Baker left them in games when the Cubs had a comfortable lead, to throw well in excess of 100+ pitches. I agree there are times when you ride your aces, especially in tight games and coming down the stretch in a pennant race. But when you are up by more than 3 runs heading into the 7th inning, you don't leave your ace in there and wear them out for their next starts. Don't forget our pen gave up a ton of leads in 2003 also. Look guys we could go round and round with this but to fully blame Baker of all of Wood's problems I just don't agree on. No need to argue futher... Oh, don't worry. I could argue that too. Baker managed a 90 win team to 88 wins. He consistently used his bullpen improperly. Have you forgotten all the time Remlinger would be used improperly in regards to his splits? Dave Veres had reverse splits, too. Alfonseca would be used in the wrong spots. He would use Farnsworth over and over early, and by August he was burnt out.
  23. USSoccer
    No. You are sure of that? See my point is all of this is arbitrary! You can't assume for a fact that Baker was the reason for these guys breaking down? Sure I agree 140 pitches in a inning is just way too much, but Wood mechanics being flawed from that start can't be ignored. I don't think it is arbitrary at all. I think it shows a direct correlation between how they were overused in 2003 and the problems suffered since. In 2003 Prior and Wood combined for 32 wins, since then they have 30. What other LOGICAL explanation is there? Haven't most of Prior injuries been fluke injuries or non arm related? I agree that Baker rode Prior and Wood, but any manager would do the exact same thing. You have a chance to get to the WS, you do whatever it takes. I'm not defending Baker as a great manager. In fact I can't stand the guy! But I don't fault him for 2003. We had a chance to get to the WS and for me there was no next year at the time... That explains overuse on September and October. It doesn't explain it in April and May.
  24. USSoccer
    No. You are sure of that? See my point is all of this is arbitrary! You can't assume for a fact that Baker was the reason for these guys breaking down? Sure I agree 140 pitches in a inning is just way too much, but Wood mechanics being flawed from that start can't be ignored. Which is why you take steps to prevent his mechanics from causing an injury. Like, say making sure he doesn't through nearly 3600 pitches! Or throw 141 in May and 121 in April. You keep ignoring mountains of evidence that contradict everything you're saying. Blaming everything on Wood's mechanics is the easy way out. You have to look at the root cause, which is his negligent overuse.
  25. USSoccer
    Also don't forget that Prior stayed in Game 2 long after we were winning by a large, large margin and threw abuot 35 unneccesary pitches at least.
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