Sammy Sofa
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How is Garza on of the "biggest reasons?" He's pitched in two games and was terrible in one of them.
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Cool. I've been meaning to watch it because of Michael Sheen.
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See, now Charlton I had actually heard of. Man, that's [expletive] up that a team gets cut down like that. Check out United on Netflix Instant. It's pretty good. Thanks for the heads up. I know it's Leeds, but is The Damned United any good?
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See, now Charlton I had actually heard of. Man, that's fucked up that a team gets cut down like that.
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I think it's hyperbole. He wasn't even one of the greatest players on that plane. Man, really? They were saying stuff along these lines: Calm down, guys. I'm not saying he was bad; I think it's more a case of the guy's legend growing after death, which there's nothing wrong with. Oh, I'm not throwing it in your face or anything; I didn't really know anything about this besides the Morrissey song. Was this a genuinely great team?
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I think it's hyperbole. He wasn't even one of the greatest players on that plane. Man, really? They were saying stuff along these lines: Like I said, I'm as far from soccer expert as you can be, but I used to follow it somewhat when I lived overseas and thought he was weird how much people were praising as being a global-level talent and I had never heard of him.
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Random question since I know so little of the sport: I'm watching a special on the Smithsonian Air Disaster that killed several members of Manchester United in 1958 and there are people talking about Duncan Edwards like he was one of the greatest players who ever lived. Is this at least sorta true or just "he died too soon"-type hyperbole?
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This seriously might be my favorite baseball thing ever:
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This one made me lose it...just the way the last guy smacks his helmet so hard: http://imgur.com/a/kwPzi#6
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I'll take a Renteria-like career for Castro in exchange for the front office's mojo with finding productive players up and down the roster. We've got: An .800 OPS 3b (with plus defense) who was a pre-arb waiver pickup An .800 OPS RF for $2.25m and another pre-FA arb year functioning as a friendly team option A couple of 3-win starting pitchers found for minimal investment (one year of Sean Marshall for one, a 1-year $6m deal for another). I'm loving the pitching, but little about how the offense is constructed tells me they've got a long term batting lineup anywhere near in place; at best you've MAYBE got a combo of three or four guys, and only a couple of which shoot to be anything (ideally) more than just acceptable. I'll enjoy a (relative) miracle year in the short term, but I'm waiting to see more before I get too excited. -
I don't mean a lot of [expletive] if Castro stays [expletive]. It's nice that 2 parts of the "holy [expletive], we need these three guys to be really, really good"-trifecta are doing good and awesome, respectively, but Castro's sloppy piss of a season so far is a huge, huge downer.
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I'm wary that a day as hot as this could see the return of the old Travis Wood.
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The [expletive]?
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Hawk Harrelson. Anti Sabermetrics
Sammy Sofa replied to cubbyvirus00's topic in General Baseball Talk
Don't forget the umpires, too. I listened to the start of the pregame yesterday and Hawk said "we" or "us" at least 10 times in about two minutes. It's bad enough when fans do that, but announcers doing it are even worse. I really appreciate how I can't even think of a time Len has done that. -
I had something work-related come up so I have two tickets available for tomorrow Sox/Cubs game. PM me if you're interested; if you set up a Tickets.com account I can transfer them over after a sale.
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http://deadspin.com/lets-listen-to-joey-votto-scream-[expletive]-over-and-over-510184364
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He got demoted for sucking. The quote that deadspin and some others are running with was a throwaway line at the end of a longer, more intelligent interview. Uh, yeah, we all read where it said exactly that in the Deadspin piece...except for the more intelligent part, as if that somehow explains away saying something dumb. He could have just be giving a dissertation on wormholes or some [expletive] and then the whole thing would collapse with that one stupid point.
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http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwv7erXF8w1qz82gvo1_500.jpg
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I'm assuming this is because of the "dangerous thunderstorm warning" that expires in about 40 minutes.
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I thought the Cubs wanted Brown but the Phillies said no. Do I have that backwards?
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No kidding; I disagree with the idea that the Cubs are automatically better off being rid of him either through trade or letting him walk if they can get him back on the (relative) cheap.
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Selling high on Garza and Feldman and getting some quality young guys is not a firesale. It's improving your farm even more than it already is (and it's tons better in just one years time). A firesale is telling teams Castro, Rizzo, Shark, Garza, Wood, Russel, etc. etc. etc. are all for sale. I think you're over reacting a bit to trading 2 or 3 short term guys for more long term assets. I was replying to someone who listed 9 players they want the Cubs to move, not 2 or 3. Then WSR did his thing where he quotes a post but really just wants to go off on a whole other point. And you wouldn't be selling high on Garza. I have no problem with them moving someone like Feldman or Gregg; my issue is with the assumption that they're better off divesting themselves of Garza or trading DeJesus or even guys like Barney or Russell.
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Yes, but if they don't intend on truly winning (I say winning rather than competing because at least on paper this team should be competing in the sense that they should be at least agressively flirting with .500) until 2015, may as well sell off anything they know won't be a part of that plan. And there's a lot of that. As far as the guys under control through 2014, their value's obviously a lot higher than it will be next year. And I do believe that when free agents that they feel strongly about become available, they'll open the checkbook, as they were willing to do for Anibal Sanchez, who by the way has been awesome this year. As for guys like Maholm, Feldman, and Schierholtz; they found them without a lot of trouble, and when ready to compete, they'll find more at the same price. Until then, may as well keep treating them like baseball cards. It's a shitty FA market and they have critical areas of the team that are obviously severely deficient. They can't just shove off anyone and everyone of value season after season. Russell's a key example. It's stupid baseball to want or expect a firesale every time they stink, otherwise you're just creating a self-perpetuating cycle of crap.
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They DO have to actually field a team next year. You can't do the "firesale" thing year after year.
