Sammy Sofa
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It's funny how much Kyle is overcompensating. He made up his ridiculous support for Wood and Sappelt and now he's acting like someone else did the same for Stewart. -
Outstanding.
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I know; I remember that one promising kid, Mickey Jordan or something, fell in front of a bus just after getting drafted. WHEN?!?!?
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I knew that; I just was amused how a couple of those posts made it sound like Miami has some kind of amazing, storied tradition of winning that puts Chicago to shame.
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http://nikkigsblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/punch-wall.jpg Motherfather.
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Seconded I'm sick of this f**king sh*t, cruel or not, I'd like to see Miami get f**ked over a barrel in a similar manner. Yes, to contrast with the city of Miami's long and illustrious history of sports triumphs. Between The U, the Dolphins, Marlins, and Heat they've done just fine. So like Chicago.
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Oh, I didn't know it was official. Good to know.
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Seconded I'm sick of this f**king sh*t, cruel or not, I'd like to see Miami get f**ked over a barrel in a similar manner. Yes, to contrast with the city of Miami's long and illustrious history of sports triumphs.
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So who catches if Castillo gets a hammy? Probably Soto.
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Hooray, a sane person in this thread. But nobody can deny that Castillo should be getting substantial playing time if he's going to be here. Yes, everyone can and should "deny" it if he's only up here to cover a DL stint. Soto's likely not long for this team (in the big picture sense) and Castillo will get plenty of starts once he's gone. He's not "wasting away" playing as a backup while Clevenger is injured.
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There's no reason Castillo should be getting more starts than Soto right now.
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emery likes his feet Rex Ryan-style?
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Really wish Dugout 1.0 was still around for this idea.
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Why the sarcasm? I'm not Peter Gamons. Just yakkin' on a forum. I get that you NSBB old timers don't like rookies, or speculating on the possibility that something GOOD could happen. I'll try to be more negative in the future. He's saying there's a designated forum to discuss Cubs games and series so that people don't clutter up the rest of the message board with discussion about those games or series. You know, since there's an entire board dedicated to it and all. Is that what he's saying? You could have fooled me. And sorry, I see none of this "clutter" you speak of. Just tell me where to post speculation on an upcoming series and I will be happy to go there. viewtopic.php?f=26&t=60830
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Does he have to fall of a cliff for this to be a terrible contract? He doesn't have to pull a soriano. If he's merely above average for his position for 6-8 years of the contract, was it a bad deal? For it to be terrible? Yes. I mean, you can declare this to be a "bad deal" pretty much regardless of what he actually puts up because it was essentially impossible for him to be worth all of the money/years regardless of this slow start. The Angels obviously would have been aware of that. Singing him goes beyond just stacking his performance vs. his contract. Right. But the expectation is he's at least very good from the start. I don't think the angels are banking on him being worth $25m in 10 years. Well, yeah, but we're still way too early to do anything like writing this off as a bust. As last year showed, a "different" Pujols can still be a very, very productive Pujols.
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Jesus, Tom; I'm just speculatin' on a hypothesis.
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Does he have to fall of a cliff for this to be a terrible contract? He doesn't have to pull a soriano. If he's merely above average for his position for 6-8 years of the contract, was it a bad deal? For it to be terrible? Yes. I mean, you can declare this to be a "bad deal" pretty much regardless of what he actually puts up because it was essentially impossible for him to be worth all of the money/years regardless of this slow start. The Angels obviously would have been aware of that. Singing him goes beyond just stacking his performance vs. his contract.
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The dazzling insights of Crack Wilson are too important to be banished to the game threads about the games he's talking about.
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There's reasons for concern, but as the article points out if anyone can adjust changes like this it's arguably the best hitter of all time. It's not like the guy wasn't able to effectively compensate last year; why would he just suddenly fall off of a cliff after succeeding despite these changes last season?
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Yeah, his approach at the plate has gone in the crapper. You used to never see Albert expand his zone, now he does it with regularity. There is the possibility that he is pressing so far this season because of the contract, but that still doesn't explain last season. His approach is a huge part of what has made Pujols great and if what we have seen from him since the beginning of last year is indicative of what he has become, the Angels are going to wear that contract. This isn't bad luck, he's simply not the same player at the plate right now. You guys are reading that entire article, right? It's point IS that he's likely a different player, but not that that definitely means he's a bad one. I mean, the author even goes out of his way to end it like this:
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Never.
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He probably found them in the toilet.
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Eat balls, Pacers; eat ALL of the balls.
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Holy [expletive], I love this.
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Re: Games in which the Cubs are not playing
Sammy Sofa replied to El Duderino's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Why? You keep saying "look for a big year from so-and-so" and "expect big things from this guy," and not really providing any reasons why besides they look to be in good shape and they're the Yankees.
