Sammy Sofa
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Please tell me you have more to back this up than "I saw a few 'bad' swings." -
So what? There's this underlying tone of "playoffs or bust" when talking about 2012. The key is showing significant improvement from this year. If they end up only being .500, great. They'll have money to build with for 2013, too. It's not like the 2012 team will be some kind of explicit barometer as to how the team will play for the next few years.
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No, not if they also want to sign an impact bat.
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Pujols career OPS: 1.040. Pujols bouncing back in June from his bad start: .317 .419 .778 1.197 Again, July: .295 .330 .625 .955 The nice thing about a player like Pujols is that even when he does start to decline he's still going to be better than everyone else or among the very best.
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Pujols over the last week: .385 .407 .808 1.215 Last two weeks: .309 .333 .655 .988 Last month: .295 .330 .625 .955
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General 2011 Other Games Thread
Sammy Sofa replied to soccer10k's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
He proved his point..then he opened his mouth. THAT'S WEAK. When you start an argument with the man who throws the ball..you lose. This won't be the end of it because teams remember. Guillen better have his head on a swivel, because somewhere down the line it's coming. It's juvenile more than it's weak. What's weak is being such a hothead that someone acting like an arrogant punk can provoke such a reaction. I'm not saying Guillen doesn't deserve to get it sometime down the road, but I'm not sure how you're measuring win and lose in this argument. Guillen hit the HR, didn't break any rules, and provoked Weaver to get himself tossed one pitch later. Yup. Doing what Guillen did when he can count on paying for it down the line isn't "weak" at all. It's pitchers like Weaver that come across bad because they get all pissy and throw tantrums when anyone dares show them up, nevermind if he was doing something like pumping his fist and yelling "[expletive] yeah!" after getting a big strikeout nobody would do anything. -
General 2011 Other Games Thread
Sammy Sofa replied to soccer10k's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
The hell he was "weak." Guy talks [expletive] to you and then you crush a ball off of him (nevermind that hitting a home run off of a MLB pitcher is one of the hardest things you can do in professional sports) you SHOULD stare him down. Hop out of the box, strut down the line, moonwalk to 1B, whatever. I've never been shy about how much I can't stand the subjective "you can't show emotion HERE, but you can show emotion HERE"-fake rules in baseball. If you give someone the ultimate "[expletive] you" like Guillen did after Weaver got in his face, well, I can't help but be impressed. I love [expletive] like that. -
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General 2011 Other Games Thread
Sammy Sofa replied to soccer10k's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I don't see why what Guillen did was "weak." Weaver was talking [expletive] to him earlier in the game and he made him pay. If anyone was "weak" is was Weaver, for giving up the HR and then throwing at the next guy's head. -
Adams' numbers are still phenomenal away from Petco, and he's been doing it for four years now. Don't get me wrong, I love what Marshall has become, but man, I hope he has a run like Adams'. You keep saying soft tossing LH as if that's a huge strike against him. I thought LH pitchers were at least if not more valuable than their RH counterparts. Am I reading something into your posts that isn't intended? It is a strike against him in terms of the idea that the Cubs missed out on an opportunity to trade him for a big return, so yes, you're reading into it incorrectly. I think Marshall is very, very valuable to the Cubs and very, very good...but he's not going to bring enough back to justify trading him. I wholly agree with your last sentence. I just don't see why the soft tossing lefty thing is relevant go that. He's a strikeout machine that doesn't give up walks or HRs. The fact that he's also LH makes him a god (not the God, I don't think). You generally don't see teams going hard after soft-tossing LH relievers at the trade deadline. It seems most of the relievers that net good returns are closers or are RH guys that throw harder.
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Yeah, I'm still trying to wrap my head around that.
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Well, it's not like Adams suffers from drastic home/away splits.
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Adams' numbers are still phenomenal away from Petco, and he's been doing it for four years now. Don't get me wrong, I love what Marshall has become, but man, I hope he has a run like Adams'. Yeah I would say Marshall is better as well. At least two out of the last three years. Plus younger and cheaper. Marmol as expected is up and down but that 2010 season looks ridiculous. WAR/Relieving (Runs above replacement as a reliever based on FIP) _____ Adams ___ Marshall ___ Marmol 2009_ 1.3/12.1 ___ 1/4.4 ___ .6/6 2010_ 1.6/16.5 ___ 2.2/21.1 ___ 3.1/28.9 2011_ 1.4/12.3 ___ 1.8/15.9 ___ .7/6.4 This is where I have to plead ignorance in certain stat areas, because glancing at their numbers on BR I have no [expletive] clue how that works out. How is Marshall rated higher than Adams this year when they've pitched the same number of innings and Adams is better in practically every major category?
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Adams' numbers are still phenomenal away from Petco, and he's been doing it for four years now. Don't get me wrong, I love what Marshall has become, but man, I hope he has a run like Adams'. You keep saying soft tossing LH as if that's a huge strike against him. I thought LH pitchers were at least if not more valuable than their RH counterparts. Am I reading something into your posts that isn't intended? It is a strike against him in terms of the idea that the Cubs missed out on an opportunity to trade him for a big return, so yes, you're reading into it incorrectly. I think Marshall is very, very valuable to the Cubs and very, very good...but he's not going to bring enough back to justify trading him.
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I don't get it.
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Every game matters, dammit. I don't care how bad a season is; I like watching them win.
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I couldn't help but smile watching the reactions in the Cubs' dugout after Wood's DP.
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Hurrah!
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More like that Berkman AB, Marmol.
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Adams' numbers are still phenomenal away from Petco, and he's been doing it for four years now. Don't get me wrong, I love what Marshall has become, but man, I hope he has a run like Adams'.
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Even though he reportedly wavered on that at the end, he's not having the year that Beltran was having with the Mets nor does he have the reputation that Beltran has. Beltran gets knocked for his injuries, but beyond that is perceived as a good defender. Aramis is not.
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The Cubs need Byrd next year and can trade him then if they have another bad season. The Cubs have no relievers as lights out as Adams has been this year (and his entire career in SD). Seriously, look him up. His numbers are obscene. Implying or suggesting that the Cubs had someone comparable to trade is as ridiculous as the guy who was griping about how the Cubs should have taken a cue from the Uehara trade; Uehara and Adams are much, much, much better than Marshall and much better than Marmol this year (and before, too). Marshall is a soft-tossing LH and Marmol is having a crappy year and has an awful contract. Your expectations are unrealistic and your comparisons are inaccurate.
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Hendry's terrible at being diplomatic. Basically he's saying is that the Cubs were offered [expletive].
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Because the Cubs are in a crappy situation where they don't really have anyone young, affordable AND good enough to net them the kind of return you want (and you want to give up in the first place).
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I get that, but last year we didn't get a Lars Andersen back for Ted Lilly. Lilly is a lot better than what's left of Rich Harden. There's less distance between Lars Andersen and Blake DeWitt than you realize.
