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  1. Sammy Sofa
    There's a ton of mediocre players drafted all the damn time because they're just whatever. You're still seemingly dancing around the idea that guys who are seven footers need to be approached with more caution or avoided more often instead of just recognizing that busts are going to happen a lot with players of all types and the original idea that avoiding seven footers as a "rule of thumb" is a bad idea.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Except Russell. NEVER SEND RUSSELL OUT AGAIN. Hell, he's lucky to even get to record three outs.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Well, now it's 3 runs with one inning to go. Perfect Rondon time. Dale Sveum: master of the self-fulfilling prophecy.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Rondon should be pure mop-up duty. No more. It feels like how awful he's been has gone somewhat unnoticed. It really is baffling how often guys like him and Camp were inserted into key spots over Russell, Fujikawa and now Villanueva.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    And why the [expletive] is Rondon still in there? Does he even have anyone else up?
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Why the hell can't they find a manager who can manage a bullpen? Everyone knows there's a bunch of garbage down there, but Dale seemingly goes out of his way to make it worse.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Sure, set it up so Russell can only face two batters but get Rondon into a second inning! Brilliant.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Sweet, Dale able to once again use Russell for less than an inning. And against their 7-8 hitters, too!
  9. Sammy Sofa
    To be fair, Arroyo wasn't going to dick around after walking two and facing Barney with two outs and the pitcher behind him. Unless he had just lost control he was going to be throwing strikes.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    TWO WALKS IN A ROW.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Holy [expletive], a walk.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    So what do the Cubs' numbers look like if you remove the pitchers' offensive production?
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Please show me where the variance discussions have been hinged on anything predictive outside of some people basically saying "I hope it means they go on a hot streak at some point." Until then I'm not sitting here dealing with your crazy made-up arguments that exist only in your head. I think this team stinks and will stink for the rest of the year (and only picked them to win 72-77 games this year, so quit with this voice of reason garbage you think you have), and quite frankly I don't give a damn what you think because it hurts my head to read it.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Really, really annoyed that catcher seemingly has become a hole that'll need attention. We kind of knew this was a possibility, but it would have been really nice (and still would be) if Castillo can hold it down. He's still technically showing a lot of value, but the indicators are all pretty negative. Yeah, nothing was a lock, but how hideous they've been back there defensively is laughable. I'd almost be willing to tolerate the offense if they could just catch the [expletive] ball. The only area of value seems to be Castillo's sexy ability to nail base stealers.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    You're kidding, right? I know I'm Mr. Pessimism right now, but you're giving up on the guy because of ONE inning?
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Oh, hey, 2 of the Cubs' 3 runs are because the [expletive] pitcher hit an XBH yet again. Variance can suck something really rude.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Really, really annoyed that catcher seemingly has become a hole that'll need attention.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Super classy.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    http://bustedcoverage.com/2013/05/22/dave-winfield-scouting-report-this-boy-is-colored/
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Please explain how you possibly think this is the case. If I ever said anything as laughably melodramatic as "someone on a Cubs message board has a VENDETTA against me" please link to it and then kill me.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Nobody has a vendetta against you, especially not over hilariously bad baseball posts. Way to dramatically inflate your own self-importance.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Why are all of your posts seemingly replies to posts that don't actually exist? Guys like Kyle and TT are actually talking about things like variance in a "reflective" sense. Who the hell are you talking about when you say people are using them as "predictive" tools? And then of course you turn around and turn it into a "numbers don't tell you everything/you need to open your eyes and watch more games" nonsense. You're like a davearm2 clone that crawled out of the vat too soon.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    Me too: <3 was in the bleachers for this. I was like right behind these guys shooting that clip. And I went bananas.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    No, but many use a similarly simplistic evaluation to draft busts of all shapes and sizes. The original point of disagreement is that if you create a blanket reason to dismiss certain players then you're potentially cutting yourself off from drafting some serious talent. That doesn't mean "OF COURSE YOU DRAFT ANY GIANT THAT COMES ALONG."
  25. Sammy Sofa
    But that's not the point people were arguing against the rule of thumb; you're seemingly assuming that because people don't agree with the idea of "steer clear of players if they're a certain height or above" it means "place added value on players of a certain height or above." That's incorrect and, as pointed out, a strawman.
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