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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Wood getting a huge standing ovation.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    OH GOD, THEY LOVE COLVIN SO.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Heck yes.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
  5. Sammy Sofa
    There's at least one on here. Right here. Cubs, Pistons, Vikings. WHAT ARE YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUU.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah and most of these fans seem to like every other Chicago team too, just not the Bears. What, Ditka sh@t on someone's meatloaf? I don't get it. I have a unique set of teams myself (Cubs, Bears, Magic, Lightning), but it's not as if I have an aberration for one sport where I choose to root for the #1 rival to the city of teams I root for otherwise. I don't have a genuine problem with it, it's just odd. Damn right. I have a friend who is somehow a Red Sox fan and a Knicks fan. I want him to be studied by science.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    He's not a sorcerer. Barney can get regular starts and coaching in the minors if anyone thinks he has a real chance of not being horrible with the bat (SPOILER ALERT: he doesn't). Look, I'm no big fan of the DeWitt/Baker option, but it's not the end of the world since we're talking about the 8th hitter and it'll likely be the area the Cubs address come the deadline if they're in it. I'm all for making room for young players who have a good chance of being a big part of this team's future...but Barney isn't one of those guys.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    The only positive I see to starting Barney is that he's a plus defender (from everything I've heard). At the same time, there is no plus part of DeWitt's game. He's better offensively overall than Barney, but isn't particularly good either. Thus, since you're going with a young guy anyway, the reasoning would be to go with the guy that already features a plus skill and hope the other side comes around enough. Barney, it sounds like, is Theriot with much better defense and a slightly worse bat. That said, I'd prefer to go with DeWitt. Both are young but DeWitt has shown more offensive potential. With Aramis, Starlin and Pena around the infield, we have good to very good defense at 3 of 4 positions and can afford to put up with poor 2B defense with the hopes that DeWitt's bat comes around. Exactly.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Not sure why you'd want to give Barney a shot if you're such a non-fan of DeWitt and Hill considering that both are/were better than him.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Now when I meet a Cubs/Pistons fan I won't even be surprised.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Hey, 50 more PA is 50 more PA.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, no. no there are a ton that think he's going to win the mvp (and he will) but these are not the same things There's a ton who think it is. I don't know why we're going to pretend like the average fan isn't going to be That Guy. It's the same whether it's baseball or basketball.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Shoulda brought up VCU.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Packers infecting the Bulls thread; now the game threads. THERE NEEDS TO BE A LAW.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, no.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Did I say all-time? NEVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    No, it's the opposite of that.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    I refuse to ever look at the Brewers as one of the Cubs' "greatest rivals." They're the [expletive] Brewers.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    I had the reverse; the game started but my ESPN just kept showing Sports Center until like the 4th inning and then it randomly went to the game.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    How the [expletive] did Holliday hit the home run.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    I'm sure that you would concede that if we knew our projections about everybody were spot on 100% accurate and that somehow, in some freak coincidence, we needed to squeeze an extra two runs out of lineup to be guaranteed a playoff spot, it'd probably make sense to move Castro down. And since I'm only arguing the technical point of it (even going so far as to say I'm glad Castro is batting 2nd in my initial post), I really don't see the need to argue exactly at what point the picture becomes blurry enough that player development concerns (if they exist) override it. Fair enough. I get what you're proposing and normally would lean towards preferring that, but with someone like Castro I'd rather see what he can do sooner rather than later. Just put him where you want him to be down the line and leave him there.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    I say again, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Basically you'd "have" to relegate him to 7th by that thinking. Like I said before, I'd rather Castro sees the type of pitches that a #2 hitter is going to see as opposed to a #7 hitter hitting in front of the monstrosity at 2B and then the pitcher. The Cubs are a team in transition (though yes, it's a shitty division, but let's think big picture) and I'd rather that someone ideally as important to the Cubs' future as Castro go through his growing pains in the hitting spot that ideally he will be in for a long, long time (and where he'll get more PA) than facing the garbage that can be thrown at the #7 hitter in this lineup. Hell, I think he'd actually see better pitches as the #8 hitter in front of the pitcher than #7. And I'm assuming you'd want Soto at #2 instead of Castro, right? Who else on the team (discounting Fukudome assuming he's going to be leading off consistently) is going to so significantly outperform Castro in regards to OBP? There's Aramis, but I'm guessing you want him sticking at #4.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    STEALING OUR JOBS, STEALING OUR FOOD.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Castro should be hitting lower in the order NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Prepare to be one-upped. This name popped up in my brother's game of Baseball Mogul. No kidding, no editing at all. Spoilered for language (seriously) Yessssssss.
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