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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Peter Rose was too damn good to be gritty. There must be some kind of cutoff point.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    He was excessive, the score was still 7-3. I'd have beaned him if it was a regular season game. And it's ridiculous that a guy posing for a couple seconds after hitting a homer is so reprehensible, but a pitcher getting back at him by drilling in the ribs with a fastball is just fine.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Why is it ok for people to be condescending to Asmodai/Meph/LoK but not the other way around? If Meph had said this, people would up in arms. How do you know he wasn't being serious?
  4. Sammy Sofa
    He just hit a HR that happened to be the third HR in a row his team had hit that inning. That rarely happens, especially in the playoffs. I have zero problem with what he did.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    Manny, is that you? You say it like it's a bad thing. If a pitcher can leap around and cavort on the mound like a madman, I see nothing wrong with a hitter taking a moment to enjoy when they've just clobbered one out of the park. Players can show emotion or that they're pumped everywhere else...except when they do what is arguably the most awesome singular display of baseball's, well, awesomeness. Bosh, I say. Flimshaw.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    That Rhodes fella is going places, boy howdy!
  7. Sammy Sofa
    On the rare chance they do hit a home run, truly gritty players always only stare at the ground or straight ahead, jog politely around the bases and show no emotion whatsoever.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    In honor of the truly GRIT-ty (ie - cheap) players, it can't be much.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    http://robotporn.de/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/robot_porn.gif
  10. Sammy Sofa
    David Eckstein looks like he's 12, so that automatically disqualifies this. Do we need to calrify any kind of difference between "veteran GRIT" and "young GRIT?" If you've got Womack and Burnitz et al on one end of the spectrum, Theriot and Fontenot are going to be all the way at the other end. When does the power of youth end and the wisdom of age take over?
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Dear Lord. UNLESS HE IS TRADED, DEROSA IS THE SECOND BASEMAN FOR THE CUBS IN 2008. Sorry for the "shouting," but the running theme amongst Theriot supporters that he or even Fontenot or anyone else should sniff 2nd base over DeRosa is one of the more absurd things in these threads.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    At least 2? He only really had 2006. If that's your argument, why should Theriot get another shot? Because he helped the team to the playoffs and he didn't suck. The first part has no basis in anything concrete outside of your own opinion (nevermind that anyone on the team "helped" make the playoffs...even crappy Trachsel won a game) and the second part is blatantly wrong based on nearly everything used by professionals to evaluate a player's performance. Look, Cedeno could very easily never "get it." Nobody here is saying he's a sure thing. In theory, Therior could improve and again approach the brief period where we saw him really excell...but it's not very likely given his minor league career and his age. I don't think either should just be handed the job...I just find it ridiculous that people think the job should be Theriot's to lose when he was worse than Cesar Izturius. If the Cubs don't upgrade SS from the outside, Cedeno needs to be seriously considered. He's no sure thing and he should have to show that he's improved consistently like he showed at the end of 2007, but to think that Theriot is a significantly better option simply isn't realistic at all.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    At least 2? He only really had 2006. If that's your argument, why should Theriot get another shot?
  14. Sammy Sofa
    And that they add at least one serious offensive impact player. For better or for worse, one of them is going to have to sit in that regard, and I have a feeling it's going to be either Cedeno or Pie.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    This is the Cubs we're talking about. They dont believe in "selling high". They only move players too early or too late. Which has what to do with our theoretical proposals? Because the Cubs aren't likely to do it, we can't talk about it?
  16. Sammy Sofa
    The Pirates make 0 Sense to me. Every time they get a potential top player, they go and trade him at his peak. I understand a team wanting to replenish their farm system, but whats the point in doing o if you just get rid of these guys as soon as they get good? What good is he otherwise? They're not really close to competing at all...what's the point of having the one big name when he can help build your team with multiple players?
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Because now is likely the only time you could relatively "sell high" with him. Move him if a better SS is on the horizon and Cedeno is the backup. Done and done. Or vice-versa with Cedeno going if need be, but since Cedeno is younger and better defensively, might as well move Theriot.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    IBC
  19. Sammy Sofa
    You poor bastards. I'm so sorry.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Pshaw. Dude gets pumped. Good for him. I love how deliberate he is on the mound and how he gives everyone the crazy eyes. Pure entertainment.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    To hell with the haters...I love the insane passion of Valverde.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    see ya, Lou. my biggest HOPE is that Piniella is replaced by Girardi... Why?
  23. Sammy Sofa
    I'm not thinking the D-Backs will last much longer. If the Rockies win tonight, they're just one win shy of having won 20 in a row. The momentum they have now blows what the Cardinals had last year out of the water, and they're actually a good team. I'm going to be really surprised if they don't win it all and become the 3rd of the 4 most recent expansion teams to go to and win a WS series before the Cubs finally go again. The Rockies have won 7 in a row. They were beaten by Brandon Webb on the 28th to break up an 11-game win streak. A win tonight makes 19 of 20 heading back to Colorado, so your point stands that they can pretty much do no wrong right now. EDIt - I guess that's what you meant by a win shy. nm. Yeah, I could have worded that better, but I wasn't sure how.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    I don't think there's any truth to this rumor, but if there was, I'd hope the Cubs would see how good a deal they could get as opposed to just flat out saying "no."
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Good ol' NeedSabathia.
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