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  1. goonys evil twin
    4 straight losses, then 3 straight wins, and we're almost right back where we started. Do the Cubs have it in them to create a new high water mark on Friday?
  2. goonys evil twin
    This isn't just an OBP thing. The article is about walk differential. Walks taken minus walks given up. Combine that with HR hit minus HR allowed and you have a pretty good indication of the better vs the worse teams.
  3. goonys evil twin
    Aw man, I wish I could see this postgame stuff.
  4. goonys evil twin
    Being better than Roger is an accomplishment, Andy? Not so much. I haven't been watching, but it doesn't look like Andy pitched a bad game. I wasn't really trying to make much of a commentary on the game, just pointing out that Andy isn't all that special, whether or not he shut down the Cubs lineup. Actually a pet peeve of mine is when people talk about one pitcher outpitching the other when they face each other head to head. It's impossible to judge such a thing. They are facing two different lineups, and luck can play such a big role. Weak ground balls can lead to double plays or 2-run singles, line drives can be caught with bloopers dropping in. You can talk about guys outpitching other guys over time, but in one game, it's a meaningless phrase. What a great story for O'Malley, only way it could have been better was if this game meant anything for the Cubs postsseason chances.
  5. goonys evil twin
    Being better than Roger is an accomplishment, Andy? Not so much.
  6. goonys evil twin
    That really doesn't look much more promising than 2006's team. other than a new manager & another year of experience, what changed from 2005 to 2006 for the tigers? a guy like schmidt along with having lee back in the lineup would make a huge difference imo. Using the "well, it worked out of them" philosophy is not a good way to build a team. This was the same thought process that people used to justify fielding a lineup that was a lock to have a poor OBP. There is no excuse to improve the team as little as that roster would improve this team.
  7. goonys evil twin
    approaching, but not yet exceeding the 100 pitch mark. Could he come out of the 8th?
  8. goonys evil twin
    Wonder if he's earned himself another start? 6 BB's and only 2 K's, the guy is playing with fire out there. It's partly making pitches when you need them, partly an exhausted opposing lineup, and partly luck. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets another start out of this, but it would not be at all out-of-line to have this be a one time shot.
  9. goonys evil twin
    Yes, as unrealistic as that is, that was my original statement. The only so-called risk would be that you'd be "stuck" with him and his contract, which, at $2.5m and falling, is not really that much. If teams were going to trade for him at the deadline, they were going to be taking on more money than that. Boston is hardly the only team that would risk making the claim.
  10. goonys evil twin
    What exactly would be the gamble? The worst thing that happens is you get Soriano for nothing but what is left on his contract the rest of the season. Giving up talent for a month rental. You don't have to give up talent to make the claim. The claim costs a nominal amount of money. It's no risk. As soon as someone claims him, the Nationals will withdraw him and try to arrange a trade (which is where you would have to give up something.). Again, you don't have to trade for him if you claim him. There is no risk to putting in the claim.
  11. goonys evil twin
    Joe Morgan won't even read it.
  12. goonys evil twin
    What exactly would be the gamble? The worst thing that happens is you get Soriano for nothing but what is left on his contract the rest of the season. Giving up talent for a month rental. You don't have to give up talent to make the claim. The claim costs a nominal amount of money. It's no risk.
  13. goonys evil twin
    With a rookie pitching for the Cubs, I don't get it. You have to assume the 1-0 game in this ballpark with these two well rested pitching staffs.
  14. goonys evil twin
    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/dr_z/08/15/team.observations/index.html Like clockwork. Dr. Z lists his thoughts on most NFL teams, about 21, but not the Bears. Last year he predicted the Bears to be the worst team in the league, which was one of the most absurd claims ever. He also went about half the season before he included a Bears game in his weekly picks. And I believe it was the 2004 season when he failed to include them ever. It's long been acknowledged that he had some beef with Bears people back in the day, and he's as east coast biased as they come (notice he highlighted all 4 NFC East teams and 3 of 4 AFC East teams). His writing screams "angry old man". Shouldn't a professional football expert try to keep his bias against a team at least partially obscured?
  15. goonys evil twin
    What exactly would be the gamble? The worst thing that happens is you get Soriano for nothing but what is left on his contract the rest of the season.
  16. goonys evil twin
    Mateo last started Aug 3, he was shifted to the BP and had a short outing Aug 10. Pulling him was the responsible thing to do, given his usage pattern leading up to this start. You can't have guys throwing 90-100 pitches on inconsistent basis. Good point. However, not sure if you subscribe to the stress pitch philosophy, but I don't recall a lot of Mateo's 78 pitches being with a lot of stress. What did he have like 4 baserunners in 5 innings? He looked like he was cruising. If he was missing pitches all over the place and living on the edge, thats one thing. Other then the hit batter, I'm pretty sure his last 2 innings were 1-2-3 innings. I think Dusty went to the bullpen to protect his pitcher, and I don't agree with that. If in fact he pulled him for other reasons, likely because of PC and the fact that his bullpen was rested, I still don't necessarily agree with that. Don't use the bullpen unless you need to. Dusty didn't need to last night, and now he has pretty much no pen for today with a rookie making his debut on the hill. That is exactly why you pull a starting pitcher, especially a very young starting pitcher with very limited experience. Let him leave with a lead, don't wait for him to get into trouble. Besides, I wouldn't exactly call it cruising, I saw some pretty hard hit balls last night (although I didn't watch all of it). I was getting the sense that Houston was about to unload on Mateo the third time through the lineup. I like to pay attention to the stress pitch philosophy, but just because a guy wasn't throwing with the bases loaded and the game on the line all game long doesn't mean that nearly 80 pitches didn't have an effect on a guy who hadn't gone that long in 2 weeks. When you have a 8-man bullpen (the Cubs had gone to a 4/8 before the game), with 7 of them coming back from a day off, several with more than 1 day rest, there was absolutely no reason to be shy about going to the bullpen.
  17. goonys evil twin
    Good to see, hopefully he can get the job done early in the season and Benson can earn his playing time with his own production.
  18. goonys evil twin
    Maybe not, but it sounds more clever.
  19. goonys evil twin
    His contract expires at the end of this year, but he doesn't have the proper service time to reach free agency. The only way he will be a free agent is if the Cubs fail to offer arbitration. The Cubs can offer arbitration and/or a longterm deal. He will be a free agent following next season.
  20. goonys evil twin
    Mateo last started Aug 3, he was shifted to the BP and had a short outing Aug 10. Pulling him was the responsible thing to do, given his usage pattern leading up to this start. You can't have guys throwing 90-100 pitches on inconsistent basis.
  21. goonys evil twin
    Ohman was the one who replaced Mateo, and allowed the two runners that scored on that crap pop fly that Minute Maid and Pagan played into a triple. I liked reading that quote from Dusty this morning. So much better than the typical "tip your cap" stuff.
  22. goonys evil twin
    They have talent. Ok then, MORE talent. They need baseball talent. They have athletic talent, which hides their weaknesses from the eyes of Hendry, Baker and Co., but they don't have nearly enough baseball talent. I'd much rather see a bunch of sad and angry winners than happy losers.
  23. goonys evil twin
    Batting third: Dusty Baker Batting cleanup: Hank Aaron Dusty is always on deck when Hank is up.
  24. goonys evil twin
    You can't call out one player because his name isn't on the back? Do you think the announcers will be confused when the SS makes an error but can't tell if it's Zambrano, Izturis or Lee?
  25. goonys evil twin
    Greenway tore his ACL and is out for the year. At first I thought you were kidding. Whoa, that's a pretty big blow.
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