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  1. Andy
    I think the Cubs decline the option unless he absolutely tears up the universe once he comes back. Whether he ends up actually coming back? Who knows. My gut feeling is that if he pitches well enough so that the Cubs will want to make him an offer, he'll have pitched well enough that some pitching-starved club will hideously overpay for him and we'll lose him.
  2. Andy
    Bulls playing very smart basketball to cut it to 2 in the closing minute of the 3rd quarter.
  3. Andy
    We don't have an injury thread, everyone is safe until then
  4. Andy
    To be fair about your sig, Aramis Fan, the Cubs had nothing to do with Florida's signing Borowski as an FA this offseason.
  5. Andy
    I don't buy that Baker ran our young arms into the ground. There are a fair few young pitchers in the game today that have been firing 200+ innings a year for a while now and suffer no ill effects (off the top of my head, Jon Garland, Mark Buehrle, Johan Santana and of course, Z himself come immediately to mind). Maybe throwing a lot of pitches had something to do with it, but Wood was having arm problems before Dusty arrived, and Prior has always been somewhat fragile so we can't put it all on "well, they threw a bunch of innings in 2003".
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    :lol:
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    Andy replied to DivineBovine's topic in Other Sports

    NBADraft.net says Morrison at No. 2 and Mardy Collins at No. 11. I think not. Good to see the Bulls steal one on a bad shooting night for Gordon. Now we need to beat the Celts and hope Philly loses their next one to the Knicks (they almost did last night).
  8. Andy
    I still think that even the Cardinals might not be able to squeeze good years out of ALL the average to bad players they picked up. Bigbie Miles Spivey Encarnacion Ponson The Cardinal magic is formidable, but not unstoppable. At least two of these guys are actually going to remain bad IMO.
  9. Andy
    AL East: Yankees AL Central: White Sox AL West: A's AL Wildcard: Angels NL East: Braves (picking them until they are no longer div. champions no matter what now) NL Central: Cardinals NL West: Dodgers NL Wildcard: Mets LCS's: A's over Angels Mets over Dodgers World Series: Mets over A's AL MVP: Guerrero NL MVP: Pujols AL Cy: Santana NL Cy: Zambrano AL ROY: D. Young NL ROY: Hermida AL MOY: Macha NL MOY: Little
  10. Andy
    Good work, you had me for a minute until I realized that only our best players get hurt
  11. Andy
    Brownell hired as coach by Wright State.Interesting, last I heard he was close to an extension with UNCW. He went from sure thing to BSU to sure thing to UNCW to done with Wright State in about four days. I'm leaning back in Tony Barbee's direction.
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    :D :D :D :D
  13. Andy
    In all seriousness, how would the Neifi signing have gone down if it was reported during the season? "Hey guys, Neifi just got signed to a two year extension worth 5 million." - Dusty "Hey, way to go, Neifi, awesome, dude, that's great" - General reaction in clubhouse "My BATTING AVERAGE is higher than his ON BASE PERCENTAGE and he's getting paid more than me" - Walker in his head If I was Walker I'd lose my mind.
  14. Andy
    I don't think I recall any player not getting at least some reduction on appeal...with the exception of a couple of Cubs of course. The only Cub (or player at all) I can remember not getting a reduction on appeal is Wood after he popped off at Eric Cooper. Which was total crap, because pitchers have done more and not been suspended 5 games (1 start). At some points in 2004 it sure seemed like the umps were gunning for the Cubs.
  15. Andy
    That's easy: Juan Cruz. He had good numbers as a starter, then Dusty put him in the bullpen where he sucked, and unfortunately the reliever label has stuck to him. Cruz' career could have taken a whole different trajectory if Dusty had displayed as much patience with him as a starter as was given to Shawn Estes. Ha! That's pretty funny. The two great organizations in ATL and OAK both gave up on Cruz because of the "reliever label Dusty stuck to him"? Maybe it is instead just because he was overated and not that good. Nah, blame it on Dusty. The whole question of damage done by a manager is really virtually impossible to prove. If a player is ruined by a manager and never recovers, people who defend the manager will say that "he just wasn't any good," when in fact it very well could have been that he was screwed up at a prime age and never recovered. Then again, he could have never been good in the first place. Either way, the actual damage done by a bad manager is impossible to really prove. Its possible that Cruz, Choi, Hill, etc. were just bad. Its also possible that Baker's bad managing ruined them forever. But simply because the players have not been good since leaving the Cubs does not absolve Baker from responsibility, nor does it prove that they weren't any good in the first place. Its solely an unprovable opinion...either way. The problem with Cruz and Choi is that is they played badly in their opportunities to earn jobs, and in 2003 we were in a playoff race, so we were in no position to let young guys take their lumps. Hill just plain bombed out.
  16. Andy
    JonMDavis has this in his sig. But I agree about the Z quotes thread. That's a great idea.
  17. Andy
    None. But it's about as realistic as Pujols EVER stepping foot in the outfield again. Funny, because zero is probably a BETTER chance than DLee has of ever playing a position outside of first base. At least Pujols has done it before.
  18. Andy
    If said manager had Derrek Lee on the team with him it's quite likely he would. The Cardinal organization would go ballistic if ANYBODY stuck Albert in the outfield. You guys can have your imaginary fun, but in reality, it would NEVER happen. Pujols would start at first base, and Derrek Lee would be a pinch-hitter extraordinaire. The Ranger organization would go ballistic if ANYBODY stuck Alex Rodriguez at third base. You can have your imaginary fun, but in reality it would NEVER happen. Jeter would start at SS, and Alex Rodriguez would be a pinch hitter extraordinaire. Moving an athletic shortstop to third base is alot different than moving a big strong body to the outfield, where there's a higher risk of injury. If you want Pujols and Derrek Lee both on the team, then take Aramis off, and put Pujols at third base. Aramis is leaving the all NL team either. I'd still put AP in LF and DLee at 1B. Because you're a Cub fan, and there's no accountability for you. Nobody else would even dream of it, at this point in Pujols' career. It's easy for you to call me a homer but I think it makes the most sense. I don't see anyone complaining about ManRam roaming around LF. Pujols would be fine out there; I consider him a better athlete than Manny. Derrek Lee helps the team more by anchoring the infield at 1B. That's clear thinking not biased. Cool. Then let's put Rolen at 2nd base. I'm sure he could handle it. How many major league innings has Rolen played at 2nd?
  19. Andy
    I'm sure this has been mentioned umpteen times on this board, but Bill James and his wild statistical formulas took all the factors into consideration and says that this was the single most dominating pitching performance in the history of baseball. Not that I doubt you but where did you read this? Also the Gaetti fan club loves NSBB! http://www.stathead.com/bbeng/woolner/statglossary.htm Bill James' Game Score formula measures pitcher dominance in a particular game: 1. Start with 50 points 2. Add 1 point for every out (3 points = 1 IP) 3. Add 2 points for each inning completed after the 4th 4. Add 1 point for every strikeout 5. Subtract 2 points for each hit allowed 6. Subtract 4 for each earned run allowed 7. Subtract 2 for each unearned run allowed 8. Subtract 1 for each walk The top game score in the history of baseball is Kerry's 20k game with a score of 105. Actually, it's Number 2 behind Harvey Haddix's 12-inning near-perfecto. Kerry's is Number 1 for nine-inning games.
  20. Andy
    I doubt it. Splendid work, Marco, I downloaded it and will use it religiously. :D
  21. Andy
    Reyes will get his shot. We might as well ride Ponson as far as we can. Let Reyes work on pitch selection and location in AAA. Maybe we trade Ponson before the deadline for another outfield bat and bring Reyes up for the stretch run. This really doesn't seem like a big deal to me. The Cardinals have gotten big dividends from reclamation projects before, maybe Duncan can work his magic on Ponson too. Turning mediocre vets' careers around is what he seems to do well. While I'm sure he's large enough to piggy back most of the team, I'm not sure he's got the endurance to go very far. The Verdict: Vaball left the door wide open for that one. :)
  22. Andy
    Well that moved quickly. WRTV channel 6 is reporting that Brad Brownell is expected to be introduced as the new coach at Ball State University later this week. Good hire - it's clear that AD Tom Collins wanted to go with someone who had had success as a head coach already. The bad news is that D'Andre Peyton, Chris Ames, Landon Adler and MAC Freshman of the Year Maurice Acker are all considering transferring. (Peyton and Acker were starters.) Having already lost the 2004 MAC Freshman of the Year in football when Adell Givens couldn't keep his grades up, I'm really sick of losing the few talented players that come through here.
  23. Andy
    I'm sure this has been mentioned umpteen times on this board, but Bill James and his wild statistical formulas took all the factors into consideration and says that this was the single most dominating pitching performance in the history of baseball. Not that I doubt you but where did you read this? Also the Gaetti fan club loves NSBB! I'd heard it before, here's a link to an explanation: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/stats2.shtml
  24. Andy
    I honestly don't know why so many (for the MAC) high-profile people are considering coming - we have the whole Indiana factor and such, and we went to the Sweet 16 sixteen years ago, but other than that not much success lately to speak of - used to be a MAC dynasty though and I suppose there's the "let's build it back up" mentality about it. I'd still like Tony Barbee, but since he's an assistant at Memphis, and BSU parades itself as an academic school now (top 5 in grad rates in the country in recent surveys) I don't think that will happen.
  25. Andy
    I'm sure this has been mentioned umpteen times on this board, but Bill James and his wild statistical formulas took all the factors into consideration and says that this was the single most dominating pitching performance in the history of baseball.
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