Sammy Sofa
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Definitely. I just think the idea that this team is playing as everyone should have expected going into the year is funny as hell. It's only funny to you because you see the outlier 2008 season as the standard, which is a very warped perception of the baseball teams Jim Hendry builds. You're so goofy. I love your schtick. Never change, homeslice. -
Definitely. I just think the idea that this team is playing as everyone should have expected going into the year is funny as hell.
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Arnold is the best.
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BWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
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Absolutely astounding. Is it really? Take a look at the offensive stats since 2003 despite having a top MLB payroll. 2008 was a complete fluke. Accept that reality. I do have to say, I like your habit of only showing up when the Cubs are losing or have lost because you never fail to lighten the mood with this ridiculous gimmick that you're clinging to.
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Amazingly ridiculous.
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It really wouldn't, that's what I'm trying to say. Guys fall off the cliff all the time in baseball. We understand now that the most likely result is a guy staying about the same each year (plexiglass principle and all), but we seem to be underestimating the spread of possibilities. The bell curve is much wider than common expectations around here seem to think. Baseball players rarely follow a simple curve over their career. They break out big and they bust out big quite frequently. Like what we've seen this year? That just doesn't seem like something that occurs too commonly. Based on the first several weeks Soriano seemed primed for one of the better offensive seasons of his career (personally, I don't give a damn about stolen bases). Given the x-factor of the knee issues showing up and the relative timing to when he fell off, wouldn't it be far more likely that it's due to that particular injury issue as opposed to a sudden dropoff the equivalent of the floor just dropping out from under him?
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Not so much directed at you specifically, but this is just touching on a pet peeve of mine. The pendulum has swung way too far to the other end, and rather than overreact to small samples, we statheads refuse to accept that it's normal for players to have sudden changes in ability. We've got 250-350+ PAs of fresh data on these guys, and that means something. There was always a non-zero collapse rate on guys like Soriano, and now that we've seen him collapse for 356 PAs going into today, we should be upping that rate pretty substantially. I'm not saying that it's impossible for him to have dropped off for good...but it would be a pretty remarkable thing if he did that (relatively) suddenly and that dramatically, especially after the start he got off to.
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Fontenot is terrible.
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Expected levels at the beginning of the season? Yes. But with what we know now (Harden is probably completely and possibly permanently broken, Soriano may be aging faster than we hoped), I'd say it's close. Of course it's based on the expected levels going into the season.
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I know I am. At the very least the knee issues are not helping him get of the slump.
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A healthy Cub team playing to near their abilities blows this Cardinal team away. :lol: Wait, wait, wait...what's hilarious about what he said? You honestly think this team healthy and the players performing even just close to expected levels would not be a good team?
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Is swagger more important than chemistry?
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why is that so weird? Have a blessed day. meh, stay safe is completely different than have a blessed day Ba weep gawna weep mini-bong.
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why is that so weird? Usually it's more like... bye, take care, thanks for coming, go Cubs .... wasn't really concerned about my safety at that point, but I guess you can never be too careful Maybe he's a werewolf and he was giving you a heads up.
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why is that so weird? Have a blessed day.
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Grace and Farnsworth were prowling outside with their rape van.
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On the upisde, I thought it was only the 5th inning, so they're actually a whole inning closer to just getting this thing over.
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Really, no chemistry whatsoever. I blame the lack of astrophysics.
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Brilliant bullpen management here. This really is something special.
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Horrible play, but Pujols would have still scored if Ragdoll McNoRange made the catch instead.
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EXCELLENT.
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Sweet, a blowout inning.
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Go [expletive] yourself, ump.
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Since he broke out as a starter, I wouldn't be surprised if it was.
