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  1. goonys evil twin
    He's an overly sensitive ninny who cannot accept responsibility and does not have the ability or willingness to holds others up to any sort of standard (except for most young players, who are to blame for all the problems). He's a front-runner, perfectly acceptable for a team of very good veteran players who were probably going to win with him or without him. But a terrible option for any team that needs real leadership.
  2. goonys evil twin
    I didn't see him a lot in '04, but I can tell you he drops balls too often. He has a tendency to make the really difficult plays, and muff the easy ones....imo. And he's old. 2004 was his peak year, and could arguably be described as a fluke year, given he was nowhere near that level of production before or since. The fact of the matter is he was never a legit 1. He's been a nice complimentary receiver his whole career and cashed in on a well timed highly productive season. The Bears would be lucky to get an "average" year out of MM, which is just about 75 catches, 1000 yards and 5/6 touchdowns. Older receivers who don't have a track record of consistent greatness can't really be expected to be the star receiver on their team.
  3. goonys evil twin
    He'd need to play in 35 of the last 37 games in order to make this amount of games. Try again. try again? you should try again in proving that he's somehow an injury waiting to happen, i don't see a pattern. Edmonds gets hurts once a week.
  4. goonys evil twin
    Hideki and Murton are an interesting comparison. In his rookie year, playing a full season with nearly 700 plate appearances, Matsui hit 16 homeruns, 38.9 ab/hr. He was 29. And his line was .287/.353/.435. At 30 he hit .298/.390/.522, and last year he was .305/.367/.496. He's had an OPS+ of 111, 139 and 125. At 24 Murton is hitting .291/.352/.424 (.300/.362/.452 for his career). So he's basically already what Matsui was in his rookie year, at 29, but the difference is Murton costs next to nothing and has 2 more pre-prime seasons to develop. He also doesn't have a broken wrist.
  5. goonys evil twin
    And let that be a lesson to all you kids out there. If you have a chance to be a 1st round QB, don't pass it up for some MLB dream that might never come true. Take the sport that will let you get paid, and get paid now. I hope Drew has had a chance to plan his life after sports. Coming out of college, I'll bet there wasn't a soul on the planet who would have said he would be out of professional sports in his 20's. He still made lots of money overall, no?
  6. goonys evil twin
    I disagree. Age plays a part in my thinking. I look at it like voting for the guy who has had the most impressive season, as in, best stats at the highest level at the best age (with an emphasis on the stats). If you ranked straight stats from 0-100, and a 27 year old had a 99 at AAA, while a 21 year old had a 95 at high A, I'm probably going with the younger guy.
  7. goonys evil twin
    I think you're way off. The WR and TE positions have received an incredible amount of scrutiny. People realize Rex isn't working with the 99 Rams offense here. Grossman will be blamed if he fails, as he should. But he won't get all the blame.
  8. goonys evil twin
    I don't think the focus on Baker is missing the point on Hendry. The problem is Hendry is already signed through 2008. People just don't want to compound the problem by bringing Baker back as well. Sure there's the poetic justice thing of having the guys go down together. But I'm just holding out some hope that Hendry will do something right since he's already going to return. Baker is not. And don't think for a second that Baker was a wallflower when it came to deciding what strategies to go after with this team.
  9. goonys evil twin
    Yeah, I know that's "not his department". But my point is he should be able to go to the higher ups and demand the space. I feel like if this was an issue in NY, Joe would have no problem demanding the space. Same with Ozzie on the southside. Dusty's department is the field, and if another department is interfering, he's got to press the issue. Same goes with Hendry, and you would think, MacPhail.
  10. goonys evil twin
    I've read so much about how teams don't do infield practice before games anymore, and how "extra hitting" usually takes place in the cages anyway, that I really don't know how much more the extra time would help the Cubs, let alone how many would take advantage. I just hope this isn't the new focus of the offseason: "We're going with the same guys, gonna be a little more aggressive, stretch a little more in the spring, and make sure the field is available 24/7 for practice."
  11. goonys evil twin
    Alright, well maybe I'm wrong. But why hasn't Andy, Jim or Dusty done anything about it? It's not like they couldn't do a clinic some other time.
  12. goonys evil twin
    :?: The guy just doesn't know baseball. He knows the Red Sox and Yankees, and that's about it.
  13. goonys evil twin
    I thought somebody quoted a coach about the issue. $4 million Dusty Baker doesn't have enough pull to change the times of these things if he wants?
  14. goonys evil twin
    Okay, so they have time to do something now, and only Pierre is doing work. We already know he works hard though. The opportunity doesn't seem to have inspired the rest of the team to do anything.
  15. goonys evil twin
    It did not. However, Dusty is on record talking about the need to play veterans even when the team is out of it for the sake of the playoff races. Such a ridiculous stance.
  16. goonys evil twin
    I guarantee if these guys weren't out there, nobody would be. Again, just an excuse, not a reason. If they want to get in the work, they can.
  17. goonys evil twin
    Proven himself longterm in a crucial position? Wasn't that the big on Dusty when he was hired? How did that work out. "Proven managers" might be one of the few things more overrated than proven veterans. Joe Torre sure as hell wasn't proven, neither was Terry Francona or Ozzie Guillen, how about Scioscia or Brenly? Jack McKeon was the closest thing to a proven manager among the recent winners, yet he didn't win much of anything prior to the Marlins gig.
  18. goonys evil twin
    Is this not for games that start at 7:10? Players start showing up at 1:00? How many teams in the league are practicing on their fields 4+ hours before gametime? I think this is a non-story. I think the Cubs could find the type to practice is they wanted to, but like everything else, they look to excuses to explain failure instead of solutions.
  19. goonys evil twin
    And on the other hand: "Jae Kuk Ryu had been under consideration for Sunday but might be out because he pitched two innings of relief Thursday. And the Cubs are reluctant to use him in a series of playoff importance." The Cubs might not use a rookie due to the games impact on the playoffs, not an impact on their run to the playoffs mind you, just somebody else's. They are putting the needs of another team ahead of their own good.
  20. goonys evil twin
    strikeout totals are also a category voters look at.
  21. goonys evil twin
    I hated that article. DVD should be ashamed of that garbage. Judge the players by their overall stats, not by how they did in certain months. Ramirez's and Zambrano's overall numbers are not as good as their post April numbers. They are already being "punished" for a poor start. And he doesn't even talk about Pierre. He chooses to pick on guys with a history of success in a Cubs uniform but ignores the guy who has never done anything for the team. Z and Ramirez have turned poor starts into great seasons. Pierre went from a poor start to another bad season.
  22. goonys evil twin
    Our offense is pretty bad either way, but the lack of big hits has caused a little bit of a drop from what would be expected. Look at 3 teams here that are very similar offensively this year Seattle-OBP-.319, SLG-.414 Tampa Bay-OBP-.314, SLG-.419 Cubs-OBP-.319, SLG-.421 From our OBP and SLG numbers, we should be 3rd to last in the league in runs..but we're not. Seattle has 576 runs scored, TB has 555, and the Cubs have 540. So that sort of thing has played a little bit of a part-and we just have to hope it swings our way next year. The return of Lee will increase both of those numbers somewhat-get a big bat at 2nd and a platoon partner for Jacque and both those numbers should go way up. You can't compare NL and AL offenses.
  23. goonys evil twin
    That's the worst way to come to a decision.
  24. goonys evil twin
    You only put power into the corner OF because usually power hitters cannot field a position like CF effectively. If Pie can do it, than it is a big bonus to get a power hitter at one of the tougher defensive positions. Exactly. You don't move a power hitter CF to corner OF because he hits for power. That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. If a guy can handle CF, you put him in CF. That's hard to find. It's easier to fill left and right.
  25. goonys evil twin
    How bout show SOMETHING...I like Rex, but I'm leaning towards Grieseball at this point. I can't figure out why I like Rex either, he hasn't done anything....ever. I was completely opposed to the Grossman pick. But for some reason, I kind of like him now, even though he hasn't done much of anything.
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