Sammy Sofa
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Very nice bounce back inning for Wells. Hopefully he can stay settled down. -
It's really not that surprising. As good as he seemed last year he got noticeably worse in the 2nd half. Looking at his FIP Splits it paints the picture that he was awesome in May when he came up, and then pretty much average the remainder of the year. I think we're just seeing a bad stretch from a guy who's a decent starter, which is an unfortunate contrast to his overperformance prior to now. True. I don't think he's this bad, but he's definitely nowhere near as good as his inflated reputation from last year suggested.
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Was there really any "hope" over Wells in the first place? He kinda just came out of nowhere.
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It's really not that surprising. As good as he seemed last year he got noticeably worse in the 2nd half.
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He clearly has nothing. Do the Cubs even have anyone up in the bullpen?
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Wells is dog [expletive]. I'd much rather have seen him go to the bullpen instead of Gorzelanny. Christ, he's allowed 13 1st inning runs in the 12 1st innings he's pitched in. It's the Cardinals start all over again. Wanna get him out of there, Lou?
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Keppinger doing Wells a huge favor by trying to take 3rd on Fukudome.
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What would you take from us to get Miles?
Sammy Sofa replied to cardslesson101's topic in General Baseball Talk
But that doesn't make him important. Getting along with the other players is hardly exceptional, and is basically essential for a player as terrible as he is. -
What would you take from us to get Miles?
Sammy Sofa replied to cardslesson101's topic in General Baseball Talk
So? He was a big part of the team a couple of years ago. No, he wasn't. I didn't say he was a great player. In 2006 he was a fan favorite and an important part of the team. Fans appreciate that. He might have been a fan favorite, but he definitely was not an important part of the team, at least not in regards to his on-field performance. -
Now this is an alliance for the ages.
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I nominate that we never bring up the "he doesn't care" or "he's given up" stuff. He's just a bad manager. He's always been a bad manager. The only difference is now he's too old and feeble to throw a tantrum like a child. He hasn't "given up" something that made him a good or effective manager; he's just given up the window dressing that distracted the rubes from how bad a manager he is.
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What would you take from us to get Miles?
Sammy Sofa replied to cardslesson101's topic in General Baseball Talk
So? He was a big part of the team a couple of years ago. No, he wasn't. -
Umpire steals perfect game from Armando Galarraga
Sammy Sofa replied to 17 Seconds's topic in General Baseball Talk
I can't believe he ate the whole thing. -
I would love to see you expound on this.
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What? About being sent to the pen. Be glad you're not on a AAA bus somewhere.... What did he say besides that he doesn't think that the way he's pitched doesn't merit being sent to the bullpen?
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What?
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I disagree. I'm curious as to why given how drastically different the baseball draft is from football or basketball in terms of how "necessary" it is to have early picks to typically walk away with the best or most useful players. Baseball teams can easily end up with good or even great players very deep into the draft. Well it seems to me in the past 5 to 6 years with more extensive scouting, most of the top players are more likely to hit than they were in the past. I'm trying to think of the last huge name to flop. I would have to guess Alex Gordon, but even then, that's more because Dayton Moore refuses to give him 500 at bats. Well, I'm not talking about flops; my point is that the draft is typically relatively deep in terms of being able to get useful or better players. A good baseball organization can field both a good team and draft well. It's not as necessary as it is in some of the other sports to be a bad team to have good drafts.
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Maybe not if we get rid of Hendry and actually make a good hire. That's even less likely then the Cubs drafting well.
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I disagree. I'm curious as to why given how drastically different the baseball draft is from football or basketball in terms of how "necessary" it is to have early picks to typically walk away with the best or most useful players. Baseball teams can easily end up with good or even great players very deep into the draft.
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Pick, shmick; it's easy for a good baseball team to still have excellent draft picks. Unless there's another Strasburg or Bryce Harper out there, the draft offers little silver lining.
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Very.
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Umpire steals perfect game from Armando Galarraga
Sammy Sofa replied to 17 Seconds's topic in General Baseball Talk
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/tom_verducci/06/02/joyces.missed.call/index.html?hpt=T2 Sorry Mo, but in this case making arguably the worst call in the history of the sport automatically disqualifies you from being the best. Worst call in the history of the sport?? THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. -
Watch it.
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Oh, if only. I would love it if they fired Lou, let Trammel finish the year and then signed him up for at least one full year with Sandberg as the bench coach. I've resigned myself to the inevitability of Sandberg as manager at some point, so at least with that outcome he spends some time with the big league club under someone else as opposed to jumping right in. That's been my hope, and given Ryno's good soldier status maybe he'd go along with it. But then would Trammel? Would he take a gig where he's essentially a lame duck already just keeping the spot warm for the chosen one? Possibly, if it was done with some kind of understanding that Trammel wouldn't be fired since it was just a one year gig.
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Yeah, Dontrelle still looks likes he's about 16.
