Sammy Sofa

Sit down and shut the [expletive] up, Colvin.

Cutting Grabow wouldn't be the best of ideas. With more than a year left on his contract, he could very well pitch like he has the past couple of years and have some trade value. Indeed. He's been frustrating as hell this year, but right now I'm just hoping he's able to bounce back and pitch more along the lines of what he's shown consistently before this season.

Someone find a bigger version of that shot from Wrigley the other day.

Yeah, I wouldn't say Lincecum has "bad" mechanics, but I've definitely never heard anyone besides sulley describe them as "perfect." That's weird. I just hope Strasburg becomes sulley's new nemesis a la LeBron.

True enough, but the Angels have expressed interest in Nady and if you can land anything in excess of what you'd have to pay for Spilborghs then why not? I've always liked Spilborghs and so far this year he's been pretty good even against righties. Though Colvin desperately needs a platoon partner.

Since they won Sunday, this would be game 2 of the streak. Well played, sir.

This lineup is all kinds of stupid.

Bold prediction: the Cubs start a 9-game winning streak tonight. LET IT BE SO.

Didn't Pujols make the final out that game by smashing a line drive right at Neifi?

I give you 200 hours before your sports fan misery returns and crushes you.

Mainly because his name is "Chipper." If the numbers when examined closely have him on the bubble, stupid [expletive] like having the name "Chipper" that the HoF loves seals the deal.

Need largest image of this possible. Yeah, definitely.

Yeah, it's going to look pretty different attendance-wise once the new park opens up. They've been a very popular team down there for a while; just not popular enough to draw to one of the most wretched ballparks baseball has ever seen.

Plus Neifi will always have that "you see this glove? It's made of gold" line.

Yup, if someone doesn't think it's likely that Colvin would pan out as a starting OF then it must mean they're comparing him to Neifi.

wait, wait, wait...what? methinks you're confusing Neyer with someone or you didn't read him much before he went "insider." I'm guessing he was the primary source for most stat-friendly people on this site (and almost everywhere). I don't understand where people seem to think that I'm slamming Neyer's opinions on stats. I might not think he's the "Einstein" of them, but I just said I'm indifferent towards him as a writer. saying someone that spearheaded the popularity of a movement such as stats in baseball has a "decent attitude" towards that movement sounds a little...I don't know what the word is, but it's not good. The 50/50 line didn't really seem to be the focus of the article. Just that the Soriano contract was and is a pretty bad one, primarily due to the $18m he's going to get each of the next 5 years. I'm not sure who Neyer's brethren are, but you certainly seem to be slamming him. Hey, I can't stop you from taking it that way. I'm just not that impressed with him as a writer (example: "Soriano has a bad contract!" Everyone else: "And...?"). It's cool that he's smart enough to be able to point people towards better statistical analysis in baseball and that he recognizes its importance, but I've never read anything by him that has made me go, "wow, this guy has some serious insight into sabermetrics and something new to offer along those lines!" He just recognizes how useful they are, and that's grand.

wait, wait, wait...what? methinks you're confusing Neyer with someone or you didn't read him much before he went "insider." I'm guessing he was the primary source for most stat-friendly people on this site (and almost everywhere). I don't understand where people seem to think that I'm slamming Neyer's opinions on stats. I might not think he's the "Einstein" of them, but I just said I'm indifferent towards him as a writer.

What putrid defense? And congratulations on realizing Soriano is a streaky player.

Oh, OK, guy who told someone a message board to stop watching a TV show because they "clearly don't get it." That was sure taking the mature high road. And Neyer is the Einstein of baseball statistics? Interesting analogy.

I don't get what you are talking about. Neyer is the preeminent "good stats" guy in the media. And that article was about a grossly overpaid player who is going to be old and bad. That's not what have you done for me lately. That's just thinking realistically. Sure, but the timing and tone of it was clearly influenced by how Soriano looked at the time it was written with the implication that nobody should be surprised if he was released sooner rather than later.

He seems to be doing great.

Why do you insist on being a dick? I was just providing evidence that I was not the only one who thought this way. Neyer is pretty respected baseball writer not some smuck on a message board who insists on acting 12 whenever he can. You mean "schmuck." And why do you insist on trumping up such an inane, ridiculous argument with outdated editorials from the likes of Neyer? These are mysteries the world will never solve. What's wrong with Neyer? Personally? Nothing, as far as I know. I'm pretty indifferent towards him as writer. He seems to have a decent attitude towards stats, but like most of his brethren he has a very "of the moment, what have you done for me lately?" approach with articles like the one that was linked.

Why do you insist on being a dick? I was just providing evidence that I was not the only one who thought this way. Neyer is pretty respected baseball writer not some smuck on a message board who insists on acting 12 whenever he can. You mean "schmuck." And why do you insist on trumping up such an inane, ridiculous argument with outdated editorials from the likes of Neyer? These are mysteries the world will never solve.

Oh, God, no. I didn't think you did. But I thought you suggested a team wouldn't have to get much cash if they only had to give up a crappy player. Was just trying to get a sense for how much cash. My sense is, you'd have to give a team a crapload of cash to take Soriano, even if all you got was a warm body, b/c his contract is going to be brutal here pretty quickly. I suppose if he puts up the 4.4 WAR season that he's on pace to, and maybe another one, you have to put up less. But then again, even after 2 years, he's still due $18m per for 3 years. I figure the Cubs would have to cover at least $8 million-$10 million each of those last 3 years.

Well, that stupid editorial has settled everything.