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  1. Sammy Sofa
    An advocate of him as a fulltime starter or just that he get some starts while he's up with the team?
  2. Sammy Sofa
    But it's very true.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    I think it was the Sun-Times writer who was framing everything in the batting average context. He referred to him as a disappointing 258 hitter who can only be acceptable if he hits 285 or better. But of course.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Today is a good day.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    It's especially frustrating because you know a ton of Cubs fans will glom onto Sullivan's comments and now act like Colvin needs to be starting. I wouldn't be surprised if Fukudome ends up becoming the next victim of the boo-birds.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Pass. How hard is it for someone to just click a link to go to the YouTube page?
  7. Sammy Sofa
    He's been a "whipping boy" because he came here as a terrible pitcher, and stringing together some passable spring sessions doesn't do anything to disprove that. Again, nobody is going to be mad if he pitches well in the regular season, but there's little reason to get excited over him right now. He still has a ton of prove. People aren't being pissy so much as being realistic mixed with some harmless hyperbole as he earns a spot over someone who has had more recent success as a starter than him Well, you've got the Hart and Murton stuff right here, plus the ridiculous assertion that people will be unhappy if Silva does well during the regular season. There's 3 repeatedly in this thread alone. Because he's a bad pitcher and still has a TON to prove. Spring means squat.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Because you consistently make up these ridiculous scenarios that paint you as the lone voice of reason (blargh) in a sea of people going nuts over mediocre or worse players. Please link us to posts where people said they're unhappy over Silva's spring or they would be unhappy if he pitches well in the regular season. The closest you'll find are people worried that a decent spring from him means he'll get more pitching appearances than he should during the regular season even if he ends up tanking, which is unfortunately not an unrealistic scenario.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    God bless us everyone.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Don't forget they'd be dumping the defensive wizard in RF for the guy who's a true LF. In short, NSBB's best and brightest are all over this.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    You never let us down. Nobody is unhappy if he's actually pitching well.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    I hope he can carry it over to the regular season, though I doubt he'll be able to. He's simply too hittable. And I'm rooting for Gorzelanny to show what it takes to stay a starter after Lilly comes back.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    I don't believe that he wrote this.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    ... What?
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Little this team does makes any sense.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Deciding Lou's future doesn't necessarily mean Hendry is here long term since any decision regarding Lou will come up this year.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    I don't think Maddux's 300th win "doesn't matter." I'm not saying it should be on this type of top 10 list (I don't think it should be), but he got just shy of half of those 300 wins with the Cubs. Actually, strike that. I completely forgot that he hit 300 in 2004. For some reason I thought it wasn't until 2006. He ended up having 133 total wins for the Cubs, but obviously a number of those came after 300.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, it's really two different things. The Bears and Packers will always play each other tough, but the Vikings supplanted the Bears as the Packers' "real" rival a long time ago.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    It's not that it wasn't believable so much as it was aiming so low. If you really want to pull off a prank of this kind, even just briefly, try something like saying the Cubs traded Soto to the Red Sox or something along those lines that'll really get people worked up instead of centering around a player that Cubdom would collectively shrug their shoulders over.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Well, that's incredibly lame, even by BCB standards.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Depends on the context, as I've explained a couple times now.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    I'm saying it's crazy if people are picking them because they actually got better as opposed to just picking up some wins due to improving young players or bounce-backs or the like. They need things to break their way just like the Cubs do (though, yes, many of the specific circumstances are different). I just don't think picking them is legit unless it's also banking on some key slumps/injuries/etc. hitting the Cardinals.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    But aren't their best players still in the prime or just entering, justifying hope in improvement? It's a better situation than hoping Soriano and Fontenot bounce back (Soto being the difference of course). It seems like it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine them a few games better this year, and everybody else mediocre enough to finish behind them. It seems a few teams have a chance of winning it with 86 wins. Look, they've got Prince and Braun and Gallardo and nobody is going to discount that that core is going to produce or be surprised if they just get better due to their ages, but it seemed like their biggest problem last year was their pitching, and what has been significantly improved in regards to that? Randy Wolf? And I don't understand even bringing up Fontenot. Who is acting like him bouncing back is some critical aspect of the Cubs' success in 2010? There's a laundry list of things that need to go right before you get to him. I'm not saying the Brewers can't win the division, but I don't really place any stock in a pick that has them winning it because their team was improved as opposed to them winning because the Cards and Cubs stumble.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    I don't understand any picks that have the Brewers winning the division like they've somehow improved their team in any kind of meaningful way. Yes, the NL Central sucks, and just a key injury or regression/slump on any of the contending teams can sink them, but come on. The Brewers fell last year because their team simply wasn't very good outside of a very small group of players, and it's not like they really did anything to significantly change that.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Angling for Lou's job? That would be so awesome.
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