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  1. goonys evil twin
    I would not be the least bit disappointed if it was a 6 point win.
  2. goonys evil twin
    What's terrible about making Pie a leadoff hitter? I was just going to post that. What so bad about Pie hitting leadoff????? A leadoff hitter's most important skill is to get on base. Pie's worst attribute is his ability to get on base (as well as his tendency to get thrown out on basepaths). Pie is not a slappy leadoff hitter, which is what the Cubs want all smallish centerfielders to be. They will ruin him if they try, once again, to turn a player into something he is not and should not be.
  3. goonys evil twin
    Which is a low level and a perfectly legitimate reason to not like them. If you are going to be a low level performer, you better be a dirt cheap fill-in and/or 24 or younger.
  4. goonys evil twin
    I can't. I find it hard to respect an opinion that's blatantly wrong.
  5. goonys evil twin
    The low point of the season is up for debate in my opinion. The Cubs are the furthest away from .500 they have been all year, and the lowest in the standings. However, their winning percentage, at .399, is nowhere near the low point, which came toward the end of the first half, when it dipped to .361, on pace for a 58 win season. In order to beat that mark, the Cubs would have to lose all but 3 of their remaining games. Tough task.
  6. goonys evil twin
    if aardsma can get his breaking pitch over the plate he can be very effective imo. He's no better than Jon Leicester or Todd Wellemeyer or any of the other billion nice arm relievers who need a lot of ifs to come into play to be effective.
  7. goonys evil twin
    Of all the things you list, the one that doesn't really mean anything to me is "it's still Lambeau". I don't think the Bears are any less likely to win this game because it's there. But the Pack is getting just 3.5 points, with an o/u of 35. I would be pretty shocked if the Bears won by more than TD, and I'm guessing they end up winning it on an INT return that puts them up by 4.
  8. goonys evil twin
    It's not a robbery when you get nothing of value.
  9. goonys evil twin
    As far as I'm concerned, Aardsma and Williams did way more for this team than Hawkins ever could have done. We still robbed them. Yet you're very wrong. Aardsma and Williams have combined to do absolutely nothing. Hawkins was actually a very effective relief pitcher. The problem is relief pitchers are notoriously inconsistent and have a short-shelf life. The proven closer label is just an excuse to overpay for inconsistency.
  10. goonys evil twin
    Oh, wait, you said net. Nevermind.
  11. goonys evil twin
    This is the only important part of this thread, and its great news. I'll take Pierre for the next few years, given that he is Juan Pierre at the beginning of next year and not Glendon the CF. The problem is Juan Pierre isn't good. Don't be fooled into thinking hot streak Pierre is the real Pierre. The real Pierre is an unproductive defensive liability who runs into far too many outs. Also, Murton should have been getting more time a year ago. I don't give credit to a GM making the right decision a year late.
  12. goonys evil twin
    Think about it in terms of what they got out of the Hawkins signing. One good season that went down the drain when the manager decided to rush him into the middle of a disastrous 9th inning with 2 men already on base (if you were willing to use him at all, you should have just started the inning with him). A pretty bad relief pitcher and a disinterested starter who they cut. And they lost a draft pick for their troubles.
  13. goonys evil twin
    But that was a team that should have won 95 games. And in fairness to Jim, we didn't know Wood and Prior were walking disasters yet going into 2004. True, but maybe he should have done more than to count on them in 2005 and 2006 when a lot of people were saying it was too risky going forward with them without having a backup plan. Or maybe he should have directed the managers not to abuse the two young guys in 2002 and 2003 as much as they did.
  14. goonys evil twin
    Z's had forearm cramping before, right? And it didn't hurt him? Correct, but my point more had to do with tingling as a result of his back injury rather than anything cramp-related. If you're feeling tingling in your arm and there's nothing wrong with your arm, that could be a sign of something wrong with your spine itself. Are you saying he's a spineless wimp?
  15. goonys evil twin
    Novoa's ERA is worse than that of only 9 MLB team's bullpens, there are only 4 MLB bullpens with a worse WHIP. And only 2 bullpens have a worse k/9. There isn't a single team in the game whose bullpen has a worse OPS against than Novoa's 852. I find it very difficult to believe your claim that he's better than the average MLB relief pitcher. Seems to me, if he was, those stats were be more in-line with the middle of the pack team bullpens. His best relative stat is ERA, which is still well below average (in rank, above average in actual ERA), but ERA is a poor way to judge a reliever. Novoa is too hittable, too wild, not overpowering enough and gives up too many homers. He's got nothing servicable about him.
  16. goonys evil twin
    I find it odd that you disagree with something I never said. I said I wish he did better. I never said it was a bad thing that his numbers improved, I said it was nice that he came along as the season went along. He had a good April, a piss poor May and June, an okay July and a very good August. It's good that the piss poor May and June didn't carry over for the rest of the year. But he didn't do anything spectaculiar.
  17. goonys evil twin
    Letting a crappy player play every day is quite insulting to the fans. The Cubs and most baseball people do not look at Pierre that way, though. Their lack of knowledge about Pierre's crappiness is insulting to me. :D
  18. goonys evil twin
    Bringing up the more time with the family line indicates you have learned quite a bit about the business side of the game. Good luck with your future, don't sacrifice your dreams or give up too many outs on the basepaths of life. Living defensively won't win you anything....... I can't think of anything else.
  19. goonys evil twin
    The point is that Dempster has contributed very very little this year, despite having 24 saves. I'll also add that even successful closers are overvalued and overpaid, and when closers are less than totally successful they are absolutely hideous in terms of bang for the buck. There are only a handful of players on the team that have contributed more than very little.
  20. goonys evil twin
    Letting a crappy player play every day is quite insulting to the fans.
  21. goonys evil twin
    I'm not a big fan of disregarding prolonged periods of poor performance and selectively viewing a player's best numbers. We already knew his potential was huge. He showed us that last year, with a shortened season of success. But snapshots and splits are a dangerous way to rate a player. Sure, it's nice that he came on big late. But the fact is his 2006 rate stats weren't that impressive. I wish he did better. He is still an enormous question mark as a prospect, with a very wide range of possible career paths.
  22. goonys evil twin
    Z's had forearm cramping before, right? And it didn't hurt him? It's impossible to say it didn't hurt him. Maybe it didn't, or maybe it has. Maybe it's affecting him in a way that will have lasting effects as he reaches his later 20's, a time when some young phenoms start losing their old dominance.
  23. goonys evil twin
    What were you expecting? I don't recall exactly what I was expecting, but I know I was hoping for something more than what he did - .283/.341/.451, which was below his 2005 numbers (half season) and below his career average. Kind of makes the 2005 stick out like a sore thumb. The guy had a sub 800 OPS, I don't know what's wrong with me saying I wish he did better. I find it incredibly hypocritical for Dusty to be so accepting of the seasons Pierre, Perez, Jones, Pagan, Bynum, etc put up, while at the same time criticizing a 21 year old in AAA. But that's a seperate matter.
  24. goonys evil twin
    Done better? The kid is 21 playing in AAA which pretty darn good progression. Pie also hit well over .300 the past few moths, cutdown on his K's a bit and improved his baserunning. This organiztion is clueless when it comes to evaluating their own talent. I wish Pie did better.
  25. goonys evil twin
    He's got a knack for assembling teams that would look good if, and only if, everything went well and there were no setbacks. He builds teams that could win, instead of teams that should win. So you don't think the 2004 were built to win? Prior, Wood, Zambrano, Maddux, Clement was supposed to be the best rotation in baseball. It was not Hendry's fault that year for relying on Prior and Wood. It was his fault in 2005 and 2006 for relying on them but not 2004 when they had all been healthy in 2003. They did win, 89 games. 1 more than the season before. It was a nominal improvement. When I speak of building teams that should win, I'm talking about building teams that should win 95-100 games. Teams that should be near locks for the playoffs, or extremely close to a lock. Not a team that might skate by if things fall the right way (like the 2003 did).
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