Andy
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Why? He's made comments intimating that he's a huge fan of (in so many words anyway) Ozzieball. Bunting, hit-and-running, other completely useless things that managers do to make themselves look smart. Ah. And what exactly is the superior method of managing? Not telling your players to give away outs or run into outs? So, no stolen bases, then? Just out of curiosity, what if a player hits a frozen rope into the outfield? Should he settle for standing on first, or "run into an out" by trying for second? Does the superior managerial strategy call for hitters to try for drawing walks, try to get hits, and nothing more? You exaggerate my opinion. Players should use their better judgment and follow the coaches' advice on where to run. As for the stolen base thing...all well and good, although a "permanent green light" for Juan Pierre may or may not have been a good plan.
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Why? He's made comments intimating that he's a huge fan of (in so many words anyway) Ozzieball. Bunting, hit-and-running, other completely useless things that managers do to make themselves look smart. Ah. And what exactly is the superior method of managing? Not telling your players to give away outs or run into outs?
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Whoa, the Bulls' website is redesigned. Looks sharp.
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Why? He's made comments intimating that he's a huge fan of (in so many words anyway) Ozzieball. Bunting, hit-and-running, other completely useless things that managers do to make themselves look smart.
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Pierre Gone?
Andy replied to b_wiggy_66's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
You are quite wrong on all of your assumptions. Only if you count Little League to be "baseball experience." :lol: Dusty Baker: Lots of baseball experience Tim McCarver: Lots of baseball experience John Kruk: Lots of baseball experience Tino Martinez: Lots of baseball experience Joe Morgan: Lots of baseball experience Steve Phillips: Lots of baseball experience Hawk Harrelson: Lots of baseball experience We're not talking about offensive strategy or offensive vs. defensive value. We're talking about how to play CF. I don't believe anyone said "I can play CF better than Juan Pierre." -
Pierre Gone?
Andy replied to b_wiggy_66's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
You are quite wrong on all of your assumptions. Only if you count Little League to be "baseball experience." :lol: Dusty Baker: Lots of baseball experience Tim McCarver: Lots of baseball experience John Kruk: Lots of baseball experience Tino Martinez: Lots of baseball experience Joe Morgan: Lots of baseball experience Steve Phillips: Lots of baseball experience Hawk Harrelson: Lots of baseball experience -
How can people keep pushing Borat when it doesn't even come out until November 2? I think he mentioned he had seen it in some sort of advance screening in some other post.
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Two Ball State freshmen players were arrested and are still in jail on charges of stealing laptops. One, Eulas Taylor, had played some DB for us this year, and the other, Brandon Houston, hasn't played any meaningful time. Both are suspended indefinitely but I suspect they will end up off the team.
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You're just afraid that a rag tag pitching staff will keep Hendry from signing Mussina.... :D Then again, a STL win will mean more guys like Weaver. yuk, but did you see the catch that edmonds made in game 4? Chix4Free. Fixed
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When he put on that Jersey. I swear Duncan is a Genius or they are the luckiest team alive pitching wise. they turn lemons into lemonade consistantly. Look at Weaver for god sakes! actually weaver sucked during the regular season for the cards too... he just all of a sudden learned how to pitch once the playoffs rolled around. Sometimes the pixie dust doesn't come alive until they need it to, as opposed to just letting them run away with everything a la 2004-05.
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Haven't seen the others you mentioned (except Brian, and I really didn't like it), but Airplane! and South Park were both tremendous movies.
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I think Bynum's first homer this year against Washington was into the wind, for whatever that's worth. I keed, I keed.
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Definitely SAVE US NEIFI. Adds the double benefit of being able to further explain Dusty Baker's idiocy when people ask you what it means.
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Cubs blamed for Buckner's '86 World Series miscue
Andy replied to fiver's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Around the same time Jeff Weaver did. Hell, around the same time every Cardinals pitcher did. -
:shock: Boy, do you have a lot of movies to watch. Agreed. Like Old School. Saw Old School. Really good movie.
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In case you guys forgot, Tyrus Thomas has tremendous leaping ability.
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Only the Cardinals.
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That was unreal. Un-freaking-real. That's a game-saver right there.
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Well, I do want singles to stay singles and doubles to stay doubles, but I'm a tad uneasy that he seemed to place so much emphasis on it.
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I would organize it, but I probably have not seen enough of the "classic" comedies to be qualified...and I'd probably name Anchorman the No. 1 overall seed strictly out of bias.
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I love that word but cannot spell it. What a great word. preposterous Indeed A spectacular word
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Actually, the pregnancy would do that. That's over, so she can get back to work becoming hot again just like Kerry's wife did. Side note: I'm one of 5 and none of us were lighter than 9 pounds
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The picks: San Diego (-5) over KANSAS CITY Green Bay (+5) over MIAMI NY JETS (-3.5) over Detroit ATLANTA (+2.5) over Pittsburgh Philadelphia (-5) over TAMPA BAY New England (-5.5) over BUFFALO Jacksonville (-9.5) over HOUSTON Carolina (+3) over CINCINNATI Denver (-4.5) over CLEVELAND OAKLAND (+3) over Arizona SEATTLE (-6.5) over Minnesota INDIANAPOLIS (-9) over Washington DALLAS (-3.5) over NY Giants
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You think this is a 2006 thing? This problem has been around for a long time. I spent several posts explaining that this is a long-term problem. Do you even read what I write, or just argue for arguements' sake? It's hard to read what you write because it makes so little sense. You think there's been high turnover by leaders, when Andy and Jim were around forever. You don't want to spend money on this team, but you think the talent is very close to contending. What exactly are you advocating? You are all over the place. You have no idea how a baseball organization runs. Hendry doesn't tell Wilken who to draft, for example. When Hendry's job title changes, his responsibilities change. So does what he can be held accountable for. When someone isn't left in a position long enough to evaluate the results, it's pretty hard to blame him for everything. So you think it is a complete conicidence that Hendry is a good friend of former ND baseball coach Paul Maineri, and the Cubs have just happened to pick ND players with high-round draft picks two out of the last three years? Of course Hendry has an impact on who we draft. How many have been drafted from Creighton by the Cubs? What do you mean?
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Um, no, sorry. The one with the theory is the one that needs to support the theory. Theories by definition are not proven, they are merely supported, and there is OVERWHELMING statistical and physical evidence that making young pitchers throw a lot of pitches will result in breaking down quickly. How the heck do you think Mark Fidrych's career was derailed so quickly? Or for that matter, the dozen or so other names that CubinNY among others has thrown at you to show you it probably isn't a good idea to abuse pitchers? They've given you plenty of evidence, and you haven't given us anything other than citing that Bartolo Colon happened to pitch a lot without injury for 8 years.
