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  1. sneakypower

    NFL Week 6

    sneakypower replied to ctcf's topic in Other Sports

    i thought Vick played really well...his OL certainly didn't do him any favors it'd be nice to see us use our 4th quarter offense all game sometime
  2. sneakypower

    NFL Week 6

    sneakypower replied to ctcf's topic in Other Sports

    due to penalties, we were kicking off from the Philly 45, and we just opted to drill it through the end zone and take the touchback that kind of unimaginative, conservative playcalling is really souring me on Schwartz
  3. sneakypower

    NFL Week 6

    sneakypower replied to ctcf's topic in Other Sports

    and penalties Vick is getting hit on every single play
  4. sneakypower
    Leyland really needs to be exposed as one of the worst managers in the game he'll doubtless repeat the phrase "he's our closer" throughout the post-game
  5. sneakypower
    they should just let Texas forfeit the rest of this one
  6. sneakypower
    look at gr, after all those years of losing to UM, his team finally ekes one out and now he's donald duckin' it everywhere
  7. sneakypower
    i like these rankings best http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa
  8. sneakypower

    2013

    sneakypower replied to tspain's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    fwiw, Tommy Hanson is basically Matt Garza's identical twin, complete with an awe-inspiring ineptitude as a hitter
  9. sneakypower
    With some guys yes. But a lot of the guys that come up and produce have very average minor league numbers/careers. Kozma has a career .652 minor league OPS and has just slightly gotten over .700 a few times. It's not like he was a guy they drafted and then he did well in the minors and then produced in the majors. He's been an absolutely [expletive] minor league player and now he's OPSing .900+ in the majors since his call up. relax, it's been 72 AB and change; didn't Ryan Sweeney have a 1000 OPS April?
  10. sneakypower
    i'd love to acquire Chris Young if AZ thought of it mostly as a salary dump
  11. sneakypower
    ...or maybe they're really good at player development?
  12. sneakypower

    NFL Week 6

    sneakypower replied to ctcf's topic in Other Sports

    i read that the other day, it made me really jealous
  13. sneakypower

    2013

    sneakypower replied to tspain's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Atlanta's OF had 3 of the 4 highest UZRs in baseball, and all three were 6+ WAR players that's got to be uncharted territory
  14. sneakypower

    NFL Week 6

    sneakypower replied to ctcf's topic in Other Sports

    i'm surprised nobody's posted this yet- a NFC rival GM tore apart the Lions http://www.profootballweekly.com/2012/10/08/lions-problems-much-deeper-than-awful-special-team i agree with much of what he says, but not the Mayhew part; going from a 0-16 talent-barren roster to playoffs in 3 years was a minor miracle- but it's fair to question a BPA philosophy in the draft when you're a legitimate contender with obvious holes
  15. sneakypower

    2013

    sneakypower replied to tspain's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    yes, let's do this please http://www.bleachernation.com/2012/10/09/lukewarm-stove-braves-pitchers-free-agent-pitchers-soriano/
  16. sneakypower
    not all (obviously), but we'd be without arguably 3 of our current top-10 prospects, and our former #1 prospect who just graduated prospect status and other current contributors of course
  17. sneakypower
    Okay, is 14 wins for a team with that much money to spend somehow unthinkable? Would there be anything wrong with getting halfway there and putting yourself within variance range? and how do you get halfway there? well for starters, by not trading two of your best relievers, by not toying with the idea of putting another in the rotation, and signing...um, Prince Fielder, for $200 million or whatever (and of course also keeping Maholm and Dempster through the deadline) congratulations, your approach has us winning a more respectable 78 games this year, and facing a future with a very good 1B, but very little else in the way of young, valuable contributors, and significantly reduced financial flexibility
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    we would have had to add something like 14 wins via free agency to project as a contender http://claydavenport.com/PROJHOME.shtml on a semi-related note, did you know: the 2007 (WS winning) Red Sox had only one player on the roster acquired via FA post a 2+ WAR season (Matsuzaka)
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    then we have completely different priorities i just want a clear vision for long-term, sustained success, and i can tolerate a 61-win season, rather than a season clawing at a 70- or 75-wins that runs in direct conflict with that long-term success
  20. sneakypower
    you'd be completely void of any intellectual honesty to say that teams that are making a real concerted effort to contend, don't install a 22-year-old, fresh off a 51 OPS+ season, as their every-day 1B (and weaken their worst position to do so); it's such a patently absurd assertion, and that's just one example
  21. sneakypower
    http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9m8eojDnA1qfn8tp.gif
  22. sneakypower
    "putting together a winning team" basically means no: Anthony Rizzo Arodys Vizcaino Travis Wood Christian Villanueva Ronald Torreyes Dave Sappelt Jaye Chapman Michael Bowden? Shark as SP edit: don't really want to make this point the focus (and still probably means like, a 75-win season at best) now, debate the merits of those names as you please, but at the very least, if say, Grant Desme were to come around and convince all those guys to pursue a new calling in life, i have to imagine we'd consider that a debilitating blow to our prospects for the future
  23. sneakypower
    i was surprised you guys kept up with OU as long as you did on Saturday
  24. sneakypower
    i'd like to hear more about that Jim Johnson for AL CY argument
  25. sneakypower
    an emphatic yes
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