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  1. Sammy Sofa
    nah, lahair I still maintain he looks like a waterlogged corpse.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Sorry, wasn't trying to insult you. It's still a cool ball. I'm just really anal about my autographs lol. I agree. My parents have a ball that has autographs on it from Ryne Sandebrg (!), Bill Murray(!!!), and... Turk Wendell :( I think Wendell might be my favorite of the three. Because you're the worrrrrrrrssssssst.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    No. With the knee issue there's basically no chance (not that there was much of one before) the Cubs could move him to a team looking for OF help.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Remember all the [expletive] they gave you back when you dared suggest that this could be a 100 loss team? Remember the actual reasons why?
  5. Sammy Sofa
    "The bulb being on," for me, doesn't mean completely dismissing intangibles; then you're just Meph, and we all know what that leads to. I think it means minimizing them and not letting them dictate one's opinion or analysis of a player. My non-primary opinion about Castro hitting third, that could easily just be completely wrong, is that whether we like it or not players are going to look at certain spots in the lineup as having more importance than others. Hitters look at them differently, pitchers look at them differently, and maybe, just MAYBE, being put in a role that doesn't really suit him is playing to the more flawed aspects of his approach at the plate. It's not completely detrimental to him, it's not causing him to regress or stagnate, but MAYBE you're not maximizing his ability and playing to his strengths by trying to hit him in a spot that, quite frankly, he doesn't profile now or really ever. But ultimately you can subtract any intangible-based theory and still have sound reasoning for not keeping him at #3.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    What if one is saying both? I've tried to make it abundantly clear that I don't think Castro hitting third is somehow critically damaging his approach or setting him up for failure in the long run; my reasons for not wanting him hitting third rest primarily in that I don't think he profiles ideally as a #3 hitter and the Cubs are, despite how good he is, selling themselves short if they want to try and shoehorn him in to that role. My concerns about how the traditional expectations of a #3 hitter might be playing to the more detrimental aspects of his approach at the plate are effectively just window dressing; they're not the main reasons I don't want him hitting there, but they are a reason down the spectrum. Now, I'm not saying this is a sure thing; I could easily be completely wrong and hitting #3 has absolutely nothing with some of the things we're seeing so far this year. Ultimately it's just another reason for me to toss on the heap of reasons why I'd rather see him hitting #2 or even leading off.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    If it was an either/or situation only then you'd have a point. Plus the appeal is that he wouldn't have to be "overhauled."
  8. Sammy Sofa
    A work in progress that is only signed for 4 years. Is that a bad thing? I think people went a little overboard with the whole "years of team contract" obsession this offseason. If he's a work in progress, how is it not? A "work in progress" in a sense of it'd probably take him a season or bit more to figure things out.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    A work in progress that is only signed for 4 years. Is that a bad thing? I think people went a little overboard with the whole "years of team contract" obsession this offseason. Yeah, no kidding; and yes, he's older, but I'm still surprised you've got people talking like it's a surprise that he's struggling two months into his MLB career. The main selling point around him seemed to have been his raw talent and ability and how it would have be molded to succeed here. Call it backlash to the spazballs who wouldn't shut up a week into the season about how we passed on a star. I believe most of that was with tongues firmly planted in cheeks.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    A work in progress that is only signed for 4 years. Is that a bad thing? I think people went a little overboard with the whole "years of team contract" obsession this offseason. Yeah, no kidding; and yes, he's older, but I'm still surprised you've got people talking like it's a surprise that he's struggling two months into his MLB career. The main selling point around him seemed to have been his raw talent and ability and how it would have be molded to succeed here.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    But wouldn't you have been signing him with the understanding that even if he's not great his first season he'd still very much be a work in progress?
  12. Sammy Sofa
    It appears that either CC or PriortoTheo hacked Nuts&Gum's account. Blech, he's hideous, just like the rest of his cursed kind.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    http://samzell.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/murton.jpg?w=460
  14. Sammy Sofa
    I DON'T TELL FART JOKES AND I WILL NOT STAND FOR SUCH ACCUSATIONS.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    I think that's pretty dubious. If I had to identify one trait that number three hitters are expected to show, it isn't less patience but more power. He's hardly been swinging for the fences every time up there. It's not just a matter of him trying to hit a home run every time he's up there; I think it's just the expectation of generally getting things done or making something happen from that slot in the lineup. Again, I'm not stating this as some kind of fact; I'd just feel more comfortable with such a young and aggressive (and probably still impressionable) not hitting in a spot that carries so much weight, and it's not even one he's likely to hold down.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, this I can agree with you on. Much of anything else, not so much. Damn even my baseball stuff? Things I choose to edit out for no reason? You have a way of writing that makes my head hurt. The minor league stuff is okay when it's not completely out of left field. N&G tormenting you doesn't help either, but you have to learn to not poke a bear with a stick at some point. What the [expletive]?
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Don't resist jumping in front of a bus.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    My mind is blown. He's just so...Muppet-y looking.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Holy God, please make that happen.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    As one of the few people on the board who's actually attracted to men I'll weigh in: Darwin Barney. GET OUTTA HERE WITH THAT.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Time IS telling, and we can see reality. As pointed out, these are his numbers in May: .246 .338 .456 .795 Surely this will make you reconsider and... .......ohhhhhh. You're one of those. For the record this is your first response. Missing the "engaging" part. Hopefully you teach PE or maybe credit recovery. Funny, you teach in the Chicago area but don't know what ELL is? the last 7 games .167 .375 .167 .542 Surely this will make you reconsider and... I think it would be smart to let a little more time tell us which way this is going, it could go your way but it may not. Throwing a stat line for 20 games as proof doesn't do much. Nobody "threw it as proof," you dolt. The whole point from the beginning is that we're HOPING that Stewart is showing sings of improving, not "oh man, he's a lock to be good because of this limited sample size." People insult you because you're awful and they can't stand you. And yes, I know what ELL/ESL is. I was mocking the irony of you using it to mock someone else considering your posts often read like the semi-literate ramblings of a sentient water buffalo.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Too ethnic.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    Christ, let Castro sit.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Carlos Boozer.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    WHY DID I CLICK ON THAT AND READ THAT ARTICLE?!?! I HATE YOU, FINGERS AND EYEBALLS.
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