Sammy Sofa
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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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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.
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Son of a biscuit.
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Kevin Gregg will not tolerate incompetence.
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Castillo, you annoy me.
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In 35 games so far this year he has struck out 14 times. In his first 47 games last year he struck out 20 times. He also walked 12 times in those 47 games in 2012 while he has already walked 13 times this season in 35 games.
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My God, they just might pull this off.
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Do you actually try to think up things to say like this? Nothing wrong with platoons in theory but Hairston/Ransom are not cutting it. Also, DeJesus should probably be playing at least some guys for his plate approach alone. So your theory is that some guys will defy their career-long splits for the rest of the season while others have no chance that they'll sniff their career-long splits...juuuuuusssssssst because, I guess. Seems like a sound conclusion. Plus Ransom isn't "cutting it" against lefties with his .263 .300 .605 .905 line? Man, you have got some tough standards.
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Do you actually try to think up things to say like this?
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So? Have you seen the rosters he's worked with? His management of the bullpen is as bad as Dusty's management of the starting rotation. Sveum is a moron when it comes to that. Even being generous with assuming the bullpen "should" have won a bunch of the games they've blown that makes the record, what, soemthing like 90-117?
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Hawk Harrelson. Anti Sabermetrics
Sammy Sofa replied to cubbyvirus00's topic in General Baseball Talk
I wonder if knowing that the exact phrase "the will to win" is in Moneyball would cause Hawk to have a stroke or something. -
Yeah, those stupid girls, man. Bitches always be shopping, amirite?
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What does PF have to do with height? It has more to do with weight than anything, or the shape of the arch of your foot. You're right in that some of these guys come with injury issues, but you weigh that risk against getting a dominant big man. They can still be insanely valuable even if they miss more time than most smaller players. I guess in the future it would be better to clarify your own point instead of seemingly piggybacking onto something as definitive as basically saying "don't draft guys who are seven footers in the first round."
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No, I said it seems like you're dancing around the idea that you need to be more wary about or even actively avoid seven footers. Then I made the point that you're going to have a ton of busts across the board in the first round regardless of player height. Look, why don't you just explain why you felt the need to post the list in the first place; it sure seems like you were supporting the original idea that seven footers should be avoided in the first round.
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Where di I say that draft busts are exclusive to big men? I don't know. I also don't know where I said that in the post you just quoted.
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5/24 cubs (feldman) @ reds (arroyo) 6:10pm -- wgn
Sammy Sofa replied to treebird's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Nah, they just plain suck. -
5/24 cubs (feldman) @ reds (arroyo) 6:10pm -- wgn
Sammy Sofa replied to treebird's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Castro walked? This is a victory.
