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  1. goonys evil twin
    What a lie. Lee has outproduced ARod in the past. No Cubs pitcher has come close to matching Zambrano.
  2. goonys evil twin
    You are confusing what ARod was and what he is now. For one, he's damaged goods. Two, he's not near the player he was at his peak. And three, it's not even certain he could play SS after 3 years away from the position. ARod's OPS+ in NY was 133, 167 and 140. He is now past 30, past his prime, and in decline. He's still great, but he's no longer the greatest player in the game. And he never will be again, more likely than not. Pujols is far more productive. Miguel Cabrera is already more productive, and will continue to put some distance between himself and ARod. I'd trade Zambrano for Cabrera, because Miggy is a pre-prime stud. ARod is a post-prime stud. His best years are behind him, and you don't trade young aces for guys whose best years are behind them.
  3. goonys evil twin
    I know its fourth hand, and I know its ESPN. Large grain of salt. Not that this means anything, but at least its on topic which is progress for me. But the winter meetings are in December... Are there two "meetings" for baseball? Something like GM meetings and winter meetings?
  4. goonys evil twin
    I like this part... I hate that part. Fox games of the week just means I can only watch a Yankees or Mets game.
  5. goonys evil twin
    As long as he doesn't think another Jacque Jones is a stellar addition to the team, I'll be happy.
  6. goonys evil twin
    It's all about results. I can't break down what exactly he's teaching them. There are general concepts, like the notion that he's supposedly a pitch to avoid contact type of guy, which leads to walks, the team's biggest problem. But I can't speak to the specifics. I do know this is an immensely talented pitching staff, but it's a staff that has gotten worse and worse. He's had a couple guys blossom, or improve under him. But for every Zambrano, there are two Borowski and Clement, who got better, but then quickly faded. But just like with Hendry, and just like with Baker, the results speak to a failure. I never advocated Dusty being the fall guy for the whole system. Dusty was a big part, but Hendry, Larry and many others should have suffered the consequences of failure.
  7. goonys evil twin
    I don't know if he's done a good job or not, but I'm not interested in O'Neal's head on a platter, for the very reason that Bruce points out in the first sentence. This is the 3rd guy in 4 years. I don't think you solve health issues by constantly turning over the training staff. Besides, I blame Dusty's abuse for the health problems much more than a trainer that came on after these guys were hurt.
  8. goonys evil twin
    I really think Hendry feels guilty about bringing Rothschild back to a losing situation, and he wants to make good. I can only assume he gave Larry some sort of assurance that convinced him to stay in what was clearly not a perfect relationship with Baker, instead of leaving for Detroit. This is how Hendry deals with lots of personel issues. He's so afraid of doing right by the other person, possibly even at the risk of not doing right by the team. He insists on making "fair deals" with other teams, other than simply the best deal for the Cubs. He waited all season to fire Dusty, to give him the proper respect, instead of doing what was clearly best for the team and ending the relationship ASAP. Jim seems awfully concerned about his reputation within the game, which is normal I guess, and much less concerned with the production of his baseball players. It paid off, I guess, when his mentor gave him an unwarrented contract extension before walking out the door. Without that contract, Andy probably knew Jim would have been canned. Hendry is like the Pay It Forward of baseball management.
  9. goonys evil twin
    Why does every media outlet include that BS line in the AP report about Lyons "butchering the conjugation"? If a media member were to report that a hispanic player butchered the english language, they'd be chastised as cruel to the poor player who isn't a native speaker. One reporter was actually ripped for quoting Sosa word for word, instead of cleaning it up with a quickie translation. It doesn't matter that he "butchered the conjugation", it's just a loaed phrase to help justify an unjustifiable dismissal.
  10. goonys evil twin
    Yeah, it just says that he got a second opinion other than O'Neal. It's a good thing. Unless you know O'neal's medical abckground then you are pretty unqualified to make that statement. I know Mark, Mark did some work on me a while back. He is a ifne trainer. He's not qualified to comment on it, but you are because he worked on you? 2nd opinions in general are good, why can't he make that comment? Obviously you are swayed by personal bias, which negates your statement more than TT's assumed lack of medical backgroung.
  11. goonys evil twin
    Interesting, thanks for posting that goony. Eyre is a guy that needs to keep in shape better. I wonder who he is talking about that won't like this "in your face" tactic? He's basically talking about himself. I know that he hates exercise. Like someone posted on another thread, I remember when he said that he liked Baker because, "He doesn't make us run laps at all." He's a guy that won't fit under Piniella's personality, and personally, I think that's a good thing. I'd like to see if we can move Eyre in the next couple of months. My take is that he's very skeptical about Lou. He thinks some guys could benefit from some in your faceness, but certainly not him. He also doesn't believe he should be force to follow team rules if they require him to do more than he likes doing.
  12. goonys evil twin
    I want Eyre moved because I think his greatest value to the team is as trade bait.
  13. goonys evil twin
    Hopefully this negates some of the "they have no incentive to win" talk.
  14. goonys evil twin
    How do ratings work?
  15. goonys evil twin
    Because they keep making the same stupid moves and the masses applaud them for "making things happen". Now you're blaming priests? When will the far reaching blame game end? That's not the managers fault that people applaud or critisize what they do, they can't make up their (press/fans) minds. I'm not saying it's their fault that they are applauded. But the praise for "the little things" leads managers to continue doing the little things, because that is what they are "supposed to do".
  16. goonys evil twin
    again? I think it's the same thing as before.
  17. goonys evil twin
    I wonder what constitutes a Piniella guy. Lugo? Eduardo Perez? Geoff Blum? Cameron? Cirillo?
  18. goonys evil twin
    ?
  19. goonys evil twin
    kind of depends what they get for Ramirez doesn't it? If they get Cabrera for RF then I would probably do it. Of course, they have to sign Ramirez first. Are you suggesting they could sign, and then trade Ramirez for Cabrera?
  20. goonys evil twin
    Eyre was mediocre last year. Keeping him for insurance purposes when you can call up Novoa to strike out a bunch of guys and put up a 1.5 WHIP doesn't make sense. You writing that makes me wonder what Lou thinks about off/in season training and the injury bug that hit the Cubs. Maybe he won't let them have their little country club house. This guy doesn't sound very enthused:
  21. goonys evil twin
    Wright and Reyes are the core of those good players, who happen to be extremely good and come from within and currently underpaid for their production. Their value allows the Mets to pay FA prices for Beltran and surround him with very good players. Exactly. Spend more money on player development too! Whatever it takes to do it from within, do it. They won't win without improving from within 1st. Not necessarily true. It's better for longterm stability to build from within true, but not necessary to win in the first place.
  22. goonys evil twin
    Because they keep making the same stupid moves and the masses applaud them for "making things happen".
  23. goonys evil twin
    It means just because you were right about Baker doesn't show anything. It shows that it's possible to make a decision on somebody based on past performance. How about taking Piniella's World Series championship from 1990 and making a decision based on that? I said I didn't have the same feelings about Lou as I did Baker. I'm mildly optimistic, but it all depends on the talent they acquire.
  24. goonys evil twin
    It means just because you were right about Baker doesn't show anything. It shows that it's possible to make a decision on somebody based on past performance.
  25. goonys evil twin
    I think they convince themselves that their moves are so important to the team, so they have to make them, which to me, is akin to justifying your salary. They are paid like NFL coaches, whose strategies matter, but don't matter nearly as much. Why and how do you know this? Are these just your opinions or are they facts? Baseball is a game of one on one matchups. Football is a game of team strategy. Are you seriously going to try and contradict my claim that football coaches and their strategies are far more important than baseball managers and their strategies? Assuming players did as they were told. An average fan could come into a baseball game and win any individual game (not saying he would win, just that he could) with simple decisions that a manager needs to make. Fill out a lineup card, let them hit, go to the pen when you need it. An average fan would not stand a chance in a football game.
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