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Sammy Sofa

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  1. Oh my God. I really hope Wieters is run over by many vehicles.
  2. I guess. Is it a huge deal if he misses the first go-around of the rotation?
  3. I'd guess you'd be more likely to see Bradley, Aramis, Hoffpauir at 3, 4, 5 in the order. I wasn't sure whether Lou would want lefty-lefty at 2-3 or 4-5. Either way, ideally Soto would then be batting 6 instead of 7.
  4. I would not be opposed to sitting Lee as much as possible when the season starts with the idea of him being stronger later on, especially since it would ideally means Aramis is batting in the #3 spot.
  5. Exactly. Let's hope Lou really grasps the idea of resting Lee as much as possible this year.
  6. Really nice 2 inning outing by Guzman today. Hopefully we'll see more like it over the next two weeks.
  7. On what planet and for what reason? Planet Earth and because Hoffpauir might be just as good as him. Actually, it would make a lot more sense to stick Hoff at 1B and dump Lee on a team dumb enough to take his contract, because you'd save $10M and not be saddled with a league-average first baseman, but unfortunately since Bill Bavasi and Jim Bowden are now unemployed, there may not be a MLB GM dumb enough to take on Lee's contract without demanding a bunch of money at the same time. So, in short, we're nowhere near to Lee not being a starter for the Cubs. Like people have been saying.
  8. I assume Heilman is smart enough to realize that between Zambrano and Harden (and maybe Dempster) and the usual pitching health brouhaha he'll get plenty of opportunities to show he can start.
  9. He's nowhere near that point.
  10. SALMONS! What a beast tonight.
  11. Man, makes me wish I was going to be near PNC. Great place to take in a game, and who is going to turn down food and sodas for a buck each?
  12. NASTY dunk by Salmons. Picking up him and Miller is looking very good tonight.
  13. Rose is just owning the paint since he came back in in the 4th.
  14. This game is pretty awesome. Epic game by Salmons, and Rose with a couple fantastic drives in the last minute.
  15. We're trying to, but Master Billy Quiz-Boy over there shut it down.
  16. Meph is like the Riddler, but that really crappy Ridler when Gomez Adams played him instead of Frank Gorshin. Here's a lovely olive shirt for him: http://www.wearyourbeer.com/images/Humor_Good_With_Numbers_Olive_Shirt.jpg
  17. Guess so. You should work on that.
  18. In 2007? He most certainly did offer power. http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wardda01.shtml If you're talking specifically about home runs, that's different. not as a pinch hitter he didn't. unless you consider a .341 SLG to be good power. That's not his only role as a bench player. What, are you going to evaluate Hoff's numbers last year and then this year based only his PH appearances? what are you talking about? i merely stated that it will be nice, hopefully, to have a LH power threat that can come off the bench late in the game in pinch hit situations. do you disagree with that statement? No. What I'm saying is that Hoff's value won't hinge on PH performance as you're seemingly trying to do with Ward in 2007.
  19. In 2007? He most certainly did offer power. http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wardda01.shtml If you're talking specifically about home runs, that's different. not as a pinch hitter he didn't. unless you consider a .341 SLG to be good power. That's not his only role as a bench player. What, are you going to evaluate Hoff's numbers last year and then this year based only his PH appearances?
  20. In 2007? He most certainly did offer power. http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wardda01.shtml If you're talking specifically about home runs, that's different.
  21. Well, if you actually look actually look at his numbers, he was pretty consistent throughout his career. which is the problem, as most power hitters don't stay "consistent" into their late 30's. He didn't really drop off power-wise until his 40's His numbers didn't significantly increase late in his career like Sammy, McGwire, Bonds, etc. I think hitting 40 homers late in your career when you have done it previously is a little different than hitting 60+ homers late in your career when you pretty much averaged 40 home runs most of your career. Having your career year power-wise at 37 is a little odd. Having another season at 39 that potentially could have been just as "career-y" if it wasn't shorter by 19 games is also odd. Hank has some weird fluctuations in the final decade of his career. Could just be one of those things.
  22. Remarkable power surge for Mr. Aaron in his twilight years. Guess since the rock solid evidence of "his head looks bigger" and "man, he got huge" aren't present, that's not questionable at all.
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