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  1. sneakypower
    it was a triple steal. in the indians-white sox game with the bases loaded, the pitcher did the fake to 3rd throw to first pickoff move and caught the runner on first in a rundown. the runner on third went home and the catcher couldn't handle the throw. the runners on first and 2nd advanced.
  2. sneakypower
    when did i do that?
  3. sneakypower
    how much of a martyr would a guy have to be to purposefully bash his face on a chair?
  4. sneakypower
    i understand it's mostly Towers, but what has he done to help?
  5. sneakypower
    the Sox will be lucky to finish higher than 3rd it's still the Tigers division
  6. sneakypower
    he's a good fielder compared to the rest of the players in the league at his position. the last 2 years he was stellar and i'm confident he'll return to that level once he passes this mental phase he's going through.
  7. sneakypower
    Soriano's a good fielder. He's just in a weird mental slump, and I'm not really worried.
  8. sneakypower
    i'll never understand why everyone is terrified of the Cardinals and Astros
  9. sneakypower
    that brings us to a dismal 8 games over seasons over folks
  10. sneakypower
    shoulda hopped
  11. sneakypower
    uh oh, DP here or Marmol is going to have to face his nemesis.
  12. sneakypower
    life would be a lot easier if Joe Dillon were left-handed
  13. sneakypower
    I just think he feels that the whole world thinks they never paid attention to it in the past. I know, I know, the evidence suggests they didn't, and I've told him that. Things started to change, though in a serious way during the organization meetings in the fall of '06 (wow, after Dusty was gone!), when they really started to acknowledge the importance of OBP. What worries me is I've yet to hear a good thing about Wasserstrom. He has no background in stats, moving to his current job from the media relations department. Maybe he's grown into the job along with the organization, but I fear his work includes way too much small sample size/fluke splits rather than helpful stats. They should hire Mephistopheles. it is a shame that guy got banned. nearly every prediction i can remember him making looks pretty awful right now. i'd love to hear defense for some of them. -barry zito pitching like a #1 starter again -jr towles being the most valuable rookie -brian mccann settling in as .270, 18 hr guy -khalil greene repeating fluke season -brandon phillips regressing hard
  14. sneakypower
    i'd disagree about McLouth. he's very much for real.
  15. sneakypower
    I'm too lazy to put a bunch of research into it right now, but I feel relatively confident in saying that the Brandon Phillips' and Josh Hamiltons of the world are very much the exception, and not the rule. I think "crappy teams" make these kind of moves all the time - we just don't hear about them unless they blow up. i fully understand that there'll be players like Joel Guzman, Brazelton, Jerome Williams, Burroughs who don't benefit a whole lot from a change of scenery. but you don't really lose much in finding that out, and you have such a substantially higher potential payoff than you do when you sign John Mabry.
  16. sneakypower
    I don't see why crappy teams don't pick up the pieces of every prospect who's had a rough initial showing at the MLB level causing teams to sour on them. At least you have so much more potential upside for example, going after McPherson, Ensberg or Marte than proven lousiness like Jose Castillo. Brandon Phillips, Josh Hamilton have also shown how these moves can really pay off big time. And I'm guessing Felix will too down the road.
  17. sneakypower
    i think you're confusing dayn perry with mike celizic i dont really know what type of in-depth sports analysis you'd expect from MSNBC nobody in the country would even know who this guy was if he werent constantly ridiculed on a blog
  18. sneakypower
    thats a pretty asinine inference
  19. sneakypower
    i'm still going to reserve judgment on Felix until he gets any semblance of regular PT in the majors. it's not entirely his fault he's been railroaded by Piniella. he starts hitting well over a 3 week span and promptly gets demoted.
  20. sneakypower
    ah, another "who gives a [expletive] about defense" trade thought good thing too, our offense is in dire need of improvement
  21. sneakypower
    he'll probably say that Farns should be starting
  22. sneakypower
    quick lets call up ryan harvey
  23. sneakypower
    Chamberlain is better than Marmol. IF he is its' only by the smallest of margins. Its bigger than the smallest of margins. did i read this right? Marmol is the best reliever in baseball. Nate McLouth is the only player who has any clue how to hit him (4 RBI of his 5 ER).
  24. sneakypower
    the biggest problem i have is that seemingly every other 1st round pick has gotten off to a terrific start. knowing what we know now, would you rather have Vitters or Wieters? Porcello? Parker? Laporta? Heyward?
  25. sneakypower
    .312/.427/.526 career performance in the minors. you grow into a little power with those hitting skills and you've got an allstar.
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