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  1. MeatampPotatoesMan
    No offense, but "i see something you don't" isn't a very valid argument. I've seen walker butcher a couple plays at 2B, but the problem with that is your (and my) POV is subjective, and is subject to a person's interpretation of the situation. Two different people can watch the same thing and have completely different opinions.
  2. MeatampPotatoesMan
    Baker is rewarding the dudes who have gotten us here. :roll:
  3. MeatampPotatoesMan
    Tom House is an admitted steroid user, so I don't think he'll be welcome in the Cubs org. I'm not knocking House, just saying that the people in charge are image conscious.
  4. MeatampPotatoesMan
    Yup. Hendry just has to be willing to put up with a whiny unhappy camper if he picks up the option and dishes Walker to a team he might not prefer. But hey, this is business and I want to make the playoffs next year. Sorry, Walker.
  5. MeatampPotatoesMan
    Once again... there is no need to "re-sign" Walker. The Cubs hold an option on him that merely needs to be exercised. He's with the team if the team wants him. yes, i realize this. sorry, what i should have said was "pick up his option for next year." :wink:
  6. MeatampPotatoesMan
    I'll take "Soft .300" for $2.5M, Alex.
  7. MeatampPotatoesMan
    Cedeno is open to the position change...i read a quote a few weeks ago about him moving to 2B. He was into it as long as he got to play. That's all that matters to him...playing in the bigs. Walker was also quoted recently as saying that he thought the Cubs org was leaning towards getting Furcal and moving Cedeno to 2B. I realize this thread isn't about what Hendry & Co. want to do...just pointing out that Cedeno to 2B is a viable option. I wouldn't complain at either Walker or Cedeno at 2B. Personally, I'd resign Walker, even if he complains about not starting over Cedeno at 2B. At least we'll have some depth in case Cedeno tanks. Depth is important and we can get some cheaply, with walker at 2.5M.
  8. MeatampPotatoesMan
    I like Howry and Monroe. If that chatter is true, we can expect to be waiting yet another year for a playoff run. Too little focus on OBP. Barrett may have defensive troubles, but he has plate discipline, something that is not stressed at all on this team. He'd be a beast if he had a manager who forced his players to take walks instead of being over aggressive. Burnett wouldn't be a bad addition, if he could stay healthy. Why do we stock this team with injury prone players? Is it any surprise when the season crumbles b/c we lack depth? ...play the odds Hendry, not dreams and prayers for a healthy season.
  9. MeatampPotatoesMan
    i still believe. :lol:
  10. MeatampPotatoesMan
    good job Corey! :D
  11. MeatampPotatoesMan
    i love you murton. plate discipline is a lovely thing.
  12. MeatampPotatoesMan
    hahaha, thanks for giving Barrett second base. :D
  13. MeatampPotatoesMan
    That's a pretty good point. Well said and thought out. It makes perfect sense. All that has to be assumed is that Dusty is completely devoid of any morality, honesty or sense of self-worth. If those assumptions are accurate, I think you are dead on. I wouldn't say he's devoid of morality. He's not very bright, is subject to self-serving delusions, and is incapable of admitting to a mistake. He has a fundamental lack of humility and I suspect he actually believes most of his BS. His primary personality trait is that he views everything through the lens of his own gigantic ego. No. Dusty is an intelligent human being. He just values his own personal experience over statistics/sabermetrics. He's old school. there's nothing worse than a fool who thinks he knows more than he does (dusty). he isn't willing to open himself up to "new" ideas. you don't go up to the plate to walk...please. :roll:
  14. MeatampPotatoesMan
    How is Willis closing? He has a 2.44 ERA. That's better than Carpenter's, no? I realize some fools factor in W/L record into the voting, but Willis deserves it. MVP is an individual award.
  15. MeatampPotatoesMan
    Gap wasn't closed. Everyone won. :( well, technically the white sox won earlier tonight...so the gap was 2.0 GB until the Indians won. don't worry, the sox will choke. it's in the water or something. :wink:
  16. MeatampPotatoesMan
    well...JP uses stats/probability to pick a player. it isn't a full proof method, but the likelihood of him picking a solid player over the traditional scout method is appreciably greater. it may take time before we see it, but it will happen given enough time. I hear ya...and I agree, it is a better method of trying to build a team. It's just that Shea Hillenbrand has walked 25 times this year in 550+ ABs: sounds like a Hendry player to me. I think the stats stuff is great, it is foolish to think that GMs still ignore stuff that could give them an advantage. But just because GMs acknowledge these "newer" statistics, or try to use them to their advantage, does not gurantee success. The Rockies are a pretty good example, course the thin air makes that necessary I guess :? hahaha, true. it's just ridiculous that we keep spending so much money to field a poor performing team. it almost makes me wish the Trib. Co. would slash our budget by 50-60% and make us develop a cheap source of talent year after year, rather than overpaying for almost every veteran on our team. JH isn't horrible, I just can't stand his choice for our manager. If someone isn't getting it done and is part of the problem rather than the solution, give 'em the axe. :twisted:
  17. MeatampPotatoesMan
    nice. indians win. close that gap, baby! :)
  18. MeatampPotatoesMan
    solid play for the second out.
  19. MeatampPotatoesMan
    I'm almost hoping the White Sox win it all so Ozzie does retire. i'd rather see him run out of town as an overrated, foul mouthed bush league bum.
  20. MeatampPotatoesMan
    well...JP uses stats/probability to pick a player. it isn't a full proof method, but the likelihood of him picking a solid player over the traditional scout method is appreciably greater. it may take time before we see it, but it will happen given enough time.
  21. MeatampPotatoesMan
    I'll take JP any day over Hendry. Any GM that allows a manager like Dusty to use experience over common sense to dictate strategy needs to be shipped out. Dusty's problem isn't that he's stupid...it's that he values his own big league experience over statistically proven techniques. his unwillingness to adapt is our downfall. look at our problems with OBP in the 1-2 hole for 1/2 of this year. look at the ridiculously low chances DLee had to drive in runs compared to Pujols and Jones. it's all b/c of some gut feeling dusty had about cpat or neifi. look at dusty's attitude toward walks. would someone please explain elementary probability theory to this clown making millions of dollars to base his decisions looking at a magic 8 ball.
  22. MeatampPotatoesMan
    What makes you think Corey isn't going to be awful again next season? Nothing but the knowledge that he's a much better player than he's shown this season. And I firmly believe that Lofton could really fall off a cliff at any time, too. In general, I'd rather be hoping that a young player will recapture his form from the past couple of years than hope an old player doesn't experience the decline his peripheral numbers point to. you're falling into the talent-wins-out trap. talent doesn't determine performance. baseball history is littered with guys who had all the athletic ability/talent in the world who didn't put up the numbers. billy beane anyone? :wink:
  23. MeatampPotatoesMan
    Teahen...one of Billy Beane's 2002 draft picks strikes again. 8) sorry it had to hurt the indians though. :(
  24. MeatampPotatoesMan
    regression to the mean. :D
  25. MeatampPotatoesMan
    I watched Farns pick up the save for Atlanta tonight (9/23)...he looked like the Farns we all wanted while he was in Chicago. He threw his slider on a 3-2 count to get the K...wicked stuff. He was simply overpowering. He didn't get rattled when a call didn't go his way with the game on the line...and delivered in the clutch. why can't these players deliver in Chicago?
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