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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah what bums those guys have been in their careers. I see your point. In his 9year career Sori DID bat .300 once, and drive in 100 runs twice. He hit a lot of HR's and only struck out 130 times a year. And he was not the worst outfielder in the league either. I hope he comes back next year. I miss his classy GW hit trots. Really batting average and rbis are what your gauging his career on? Awesome. I hope he comes back too because as hard as Sam Fuld plays, he still sucks big time and if we lose Sori and Bradley pencil us in for about 65 wins. I understand your feelings on this thing. I just don't think the team likes the idea that 2 guys that can't even spell clutch make 5 times the money they do. I grant that Milton has NOT been horrible. (between the lines) Are you for real? Soriano was terrible this season, and that was a huge part of why this team went nowhere. Do you honestly think he wasn't a critical part of the team mamking the playoffs in 2007 and 2008?
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Though it wouldn't necessarily be a good "judgement year" if he's on the Cubs and they try and run him out there basically every 5th start. It should be clear that extra rest usually leads to him pitching like we know he can; hell the Cubs seemed to realize this in their statements before the season before seemingly forgetting what they had planned as soon as Opening Day rolled around.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    That's not an upside at all.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    That's a lot of maybe's for a pitcher this good. Given the difference in value beween a quality starter pitcher and a bullpen pitcher they better be pretty damn sure of most, if not all, of those possibilities before moving him to the bullpen.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    That was a really fun game. It's nice when the late ones get done in 2 hours!
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Even better! If they win a game where they faced Lincecum AND the Unit with this lineup...yowza.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Outstanding night from Carlos.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    I think he'll end up there, eventually. I'd bet he gets one more season to show he can stay healthy in a rotation, though. What counts a healthy season? The past 2 have been fairly healthy. I'm trying to figure this out here. Check out his career numbers and tell me it doesn't have you re-thinking the situation? '08-09: Harden had 25 and 26 starts Why rethink? What you posted backs up what he said: he's been "fairly healthy" (at least) his two most recent seasons. Given what he's done the last 2 seasons and how he's shown that with some extra rest how effective he can be I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want around 20-25 starts from a pitcher with that much talent as opposed to banishing him to the bullpen.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Well, it's pretty obvious why Lee and Aramis aren't in there, what with the neck spasms and shoulder discomfort respectively. We know why Soriano and Bradley aren't there so really the only guys that should arguably be in there tonight instead of what's out there are Soto and Fox, though both of them aren't much more likely to have success giving their glaring weaknesses against certain pitches.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Split the difference tonight; Lincecum would have chewed Fox up and spit him out into the bay.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    If you had told me early in the season we'd face Lincecum at home without Lee, Aramis, Bradley, Soriano and Soto I would have set you on fire after punching you many, many times.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Why would anyone be congratulating Miles for anything?
  13. Sammy Sofa
    OK, NOW the horror begins.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    That really doesn't seem too good an idea if he can still give you around 25 starts a year. Those 25 starts would be much more valuable than time out of the pen.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    So if he can't start 30 or more games he should be relegated to the bullpen?
  16. Sammy Sofa
    There's little need to do this at this point. Moving a quality starter to the bullpen is either a move of necessity or desperation and Harden is not near either point. He shown repeatedly that with a little extra rest and some skipped starts he's often one of the best pitchers going. You'd think the Cubs would be able to follow something so obvious and yet here we are.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    They said they're not going to often him arbitration?
  18. Sammy Sofa
    It's more likely that his neck was already aggravated from the slide on the stolen base. His spasms have seemed to show up most consistently after a baseslide.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, by the Twins. A deal was not worked out.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    I'm not letting anything cloud my judgement of the cell. I'll happily go see a baseball game in person regardless of who is playing and compared to places like Camden or PNC the Cell is a dull as can be. And what about compared to Great American, Busch, or Miller? You compared it to what many consider to be two of the top recent stadiums. Let me guess, it isn't as nice as New Yankee Stadium either :) . The fact of the matter is the place is a fine place to enjoy a ballgame. I definitely have enjoyed games at Busch and Miller much more than the Cell. I thought Great American was OK but rather unremarkable, much like the Cell.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    I'm not letting anything cloud my judgement of the cell. I'll happily go see a baseball game in person regardless of who is playing and compared to places like Camden or PNC the Cell is as dull as can be.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Of course.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    There is nothing wrong with an anti-Santo sentiment, at least referring to him as an announcer. He's a joke of a broadcaster. Of course he is. That's why he's relegated to being the color guy on the radio broadcast. It would be one thing if the entire radio team was horrible, but given that he's paired with a pro like Hughes it's not like Santo is running the show. You still get the PBP from one of the best in the business and the added bonus of a lovable idiot spazzing out.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    I've never been there, though I live less than a mile from it, but I would say that one thing that keeps it from being a truly, beautiful park is the Sox fans themselves. That and it's the last of the wave of truly unremarkable and dull cookie cutter parks. Sox aside, it's simply a really dull ballpark.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    I've long longed for at least a renovation of Wrigley and would have no problem with a new stadium in Chicago.
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