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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Holy [expletive], a walk.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    So what do the Cubs' numbers look like if you remove the pitchers' offensive production?
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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?
  6. 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.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Really, really annoyed that catcher seemingly has become a hole that'll need attention.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Super classy.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    http://bustedcoverage.com/2013/05/22/dave-winfield-scouting-report-this-boy-is-colored/
  10. 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.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Nobody has a vendetta against you, especially not over hilariously bad baseball posts. Way to dramatically inflate your own self-importance.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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."
  15. 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.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    He's been really stressed about monekys with WMDs, apparently.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    that sounds lovely, but hasn't all the suburban sprawl paved over most of the groves in Orange County? Forget it, Jake; it's Los Angeles of Anaheim.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    The point is that Wolf's cute little Photoshop pointed to the exceptions, not the rule And? If you arbitrarily changed it to, say, "don't draft anyone over 6'8"" you'd get even more busts; the point is that it's foolish to seemingly automatically pass on someone because of how tall they are. Plus you realize superstars are inherently the exceptions regardless of their height, right?
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    Felton Spencer Duane Causwell Dwayne Schintznius Luc Longley Rich King Stanley Roberts Elmore Spencer Shawn Bradley Luther Wright Eric Montross Yinka Dare Bryant Reeves George Zidek Greg Ostertag Priest Lauderdale Travis Knight Chris Anstey Paul Grant Alek Radojevic Frederic Weis Chris Mihm Dalibor Bagaric Iakovos Tsakalidis Mamadou NDiaye Primoz Brezec Steven Hunter Nikoloz Tskitishvili Curtis Borchardt Darko Milicic Robert Smith Pavel Podkolzine David Harrison Johan Petro Patrick O'Bryant Mouhammed Saer Sene Oleksiy Pecherov Greg Oden Yi Jianlian Spencer Hawes That's just 1990-2006. "Just," what, 40 players in nearly two decades' worth of drafts? Plus I like how you're seemingly implying we're going to find a bevy of additional 7' flame-outs in 1949-1989.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    he would have been the best pf of all time instead of the best c? What if he'd been 5'11". Then you've got yourself a superstar. You remember Khalid El-Amin's career very differently than I do. I was thinking for a good comp for a 5'11" Shaq, but was drawing a blank. That's the one, right there. This discussion deserves a standing ovation.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Hmm. Of those guys, Olajuwon, Duncan, Dirk, and Gasol are under 7'1" at least. All of those guys are 7'0" except for Duncan, who is 6'11". Parish was also 7'0".
  23. Sammy Sofa
    /stiff and injured. My rule of thumb when it comes to NBA drafting is never take a guy 7'1 or taller. 7'0 debatable. Honestly, it would be a better rule of thumb if you meant that you wouldn't draft a player if you can't block them completely from your view with your thumb up.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Me too:
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Context? just wondering how you go 39 PA without a strikeout and then K 8 times out the next 13 I thought you were pissed that he shaved his beard. No...NO...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
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