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  1. goonys evil twin
    They have a room dedicated to announcing managerial changes?
  2. goonys evil twin
    when i was at the cubs-rockies series at coors in 04, the guy behind me kept trying to get me to do the wave as it came by. i kept saying that i'm a baseball fan and what's going on on the field is far more interesting than a bunch of casual fans trying to create a carnival atmosphere. why do you come to a basbeall game if you'd have a much better time at elitch gardens? there is a myth that cub fans populate wrigley for the atmosphere. My only experiences with the wave at baseball games were at the Vet, Shea and Petco, with the one at Petco being the most enthusiastic and consistent. they do it at miller. i'd imagine that you won't find it at fenway or yankee stadium. I've seen it attempted at Yankee Stadium, but the layout makes it very difficult. For most games, there is nobody from right center to extreme left field. There's a block of bleachers that is usually empty, or close to it. Plus, the lower deck is sort of blocked off in boxes, as opposed to the typical stadium setup of lots of rows. While the upper deck is the last to fill up, extremely steep and practically cutoff from the lower deck (you can barely see the people below you). It just doesn't flow. They have their own silly traditions, like chanting out players names until they are acknowledged over most of the first inning, non-stop fights in the bleachers, the YMCA, Cotton-eyed Joe and really bad hot dogs.
  3. goonys evil twin
    That's the type of thing I'm hoping for. They have money and arms. Even though they don't have a ton of arms, they have a solid number of them, which is very helpful in making deals.
  4. goonys evil twin
    true
  5. goonys evil twin
    12 of those seasons under the watch of Andy MacPhail, whose goal for the team has been to "contend within the division", a pathetically sad goal that they haven't been able to accomplish.
  6. goonys evil twin
    when i was at the cubs-rockies series at coors in 04, the guy behind me kept trying to get me to do the wave as it came by. i kept saying that i'm a baseball fan and what's going on on the field is far more interesting than a bunch of casual fans trying to create a carnival atmosphere. why do you come to a basbeall game if you'd have a much better time at elitch gardens? there is a myth that cub fans populate wrigley for the atmosphere. My only experiences with the wave at baseball games were at the Vet, Shea and Petco, with the one at Petco being the most enthusiastic and consistent.
  7. goonys evil twin
    Dopirak is 22 and sucking it up in AA, following a terrible year in high A, when he clearly did not earn a promotion. I don't know how to define an average pace, but I guess the best we could reasonably hope for would be he repeats AA at 23 in 2007, and does well. Then starts 2008 in AAA and earns a September callup that year. Harvey is 21 and sucking it up in high A, following a mediocre year in low A. He'll turn 22 in a couple weeks. He hasn't earned a promotion, but the way the Cubs work he might be in AA in 2007, which means he'll probably have to repeat AA in 2008, with an outside shot at reaching AAA by 2008. I guess a Sep callup is possible for him in 2008, but 2009 is a little more reasonable without a spectaculiar turnaround. Patterson is 23, having a reasonably successful season in AA. There might be an outside shot for a Sep callup this year. But I'm guessing he's more likely to see a spring training invitation in 2007, and a Sep callup that season as well. This is probably dependent on what Hendry decides to do with the LF/2B conundrum.
  8. goonys evil twin
    FWIW: NL Central W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs Cardinals 61 50 .475 86.9 75.1 73.03671 8.68237 81.71908 Reds 57 55 .481 82.3 79.7 20.19954 16.14856 36.34810 Astros 53 58 .462 78.2 83.8 4.55633 4.18596 8.74229 Brewers 52 59 .452 76.7 85.3 2.13132 2.08386 4.21517 Cubs 47 64 .443 70.9 91.1 .07583 .06619 .14202 The Cubs elimination number for the division is 38, it's 42 for the wild card.
  9. goonys evil twin
    That really says something as to how pathetic the NL is. Agreed. I find myself taking cursory glances at how Cincy is doing to see if the Cubs can draw closer. And that's just ridiculous considering how laughably bad the Cubs have been. I do the same thing. As bad as we played the first half at least the 2nd half is enjoyable. It's nice having a half of season not worrying about Prior and Wood. The status of the rest of the NL just pisses me off even more that Hendry and Baker did such a bad job. The division was there for the taking, and so was the entire league. MacPhail's absurd "contend within the division" mantra, and the quest for mediocrity that this entails could have actually done some good this season if they managed to do anything good in the offseason. As much work as the 2005 team needed to get better, it wouldn't have taken much to make this 2006 team at least .500 capable and possibly contending.
  10. goonys evil twin
    That works too. I guess it all depends on your taste. Guzman = Pedro Marshall = Zito Veal = Dontrelle Gallagher = Carpenter/ Lackey Petrick= Webb Don't really know who to compare Marmol and Hill too. I think Hill is more comparable to Zito, as opposed to Marshall. Maybe Marshall is more like Mulder.
  11. goonys evil twin
    The problem is there is a chance he'll get Guzman'd, or Cruz'd, assuming you mean, sit in the bullpen doing nothing for two weeks because the manager is more concerned with getting to 17 games under .500 instead of developing players for next year. That is what I mean. I want Mateo to pitch. If he isn't going to pitch at the ML level, send him down. Yeah, I know that's what you meant, I just didn't state clearly what I was meaning. The problem is that there is a chance this could happen. There should be no chance of this happening if this management group had any brains. We should be confident that they could find him regular work on a double digit below .500 team that already has plenty of overworked bullpen arms. Even still, it's absurd to skip the 5th turn in the rotation, given their situation.
  12. goonys evil twin
    I wasn't quick to jump on Hill for struggling and I won't be quick to go giddy over success. I like what he's doing and think he can keep it up, but he'll hit more big valleys along the way.
  13. goonys evil twin
    The problem is there is a chance he'll get Guzman'd, or Cruz'd, assuming you mean, sit in the bullpen doing nothing for two weeks because the manager is more concerned with getting to 17 games under .500 instead of developing players for next year.
  14. goonys evil twin
    I think he may be recognized as the first really great one, but that's not quite the same thing. There were popular latinos before him, especially lots of Cubans, like Minnie Minoso. There were even Puerto Ricans that came a full decade before Roberto, like Hiram Bithorn.
  15. goonys evil twin
    I really don't get what they are doing with him. I have no problem introducing a young pitcher to the majors via the bullpen, with regular usage. But you don't callup such a young inexperienced guy like this and yoyo him back and forth between jobs. And you don't skip the 5th man just because you can. It's freaking August and they are out of the race. You have to give these starts to guys who need work, not take every opportunity to push Zambrano to the limit.
  16. goonys evil twin
    Agreed. Breaking records isn't enough to have your number retired. You need to be more than just a player...and yeah, it's tough to clarify, but like the saying goes, "I know it when I see it." Right. Robinson arguably is not a hall of famer if he is not the first black player, but his actions clearly did a lot for the game. I would like to see Clemente and Ruth also retired. For all of MLB? Why? Both were great players, but what did they do equivalent to what Robinson did? Clemente did the equivalent of what Robinson did, except for latin players, imo. I feel like Ruth revolutionized the game in the way that he played it. He had a great personality, changed the way we think about power, and was the only player to be an absolutely sick pitcher and hitter. He also broke a lot of records, unlike Clemente and Robinson. What? Clemente did not introduce latin players to MLB. He wasn't even the first "black" latino in the majors.
  17. goonys evil twin
    I'm not so certain about that. First off, you can't judge whether it was the right choice simply becuase you think it then allowed them to make a trade 2 years later. Furthermore, it's not like the Twins were a lock to hold onto AJ and turn down that trade even without Mauer on board. They kept AJ through his pre-arby years. The first year after he was traded he made almost 4.5 times what he made in his time with the Twins, combined. The Twins have a habit of letting more expensive guys go. So, while maybe they don't make that deal, there's no guarantee they don't. And it's not like they had that trade lined up the day they drafted Mauer, so you can't judge the pick based on the trade.
  18. goonys evil twin
    I find that last comment rather unlikely. You're telling me it's not harder to pitch to the modern lineup, where anybody can take you deep at any moment, compared to some of those lineups filled with scrawny and/or paunchy smokers and drinkers who lived off the slap single?
  19. goonys evil twin
    That comment may cause me to revoke my backing of Brenly as a possible managerial candidate. Where have you been all year and during Brenly's managerial career? Those 5 original roast beef sandwiches for only $5.99 have gone to your head! Yeah, this is the first sign for you that he might not be the guy?
  20. goonys evil twin
    That's exactly the opposite of me. Good way of thinking about it. Yeah, I'm opposite Tim and in agreement with CR.
  21. goonys evil twin
    Well, this is really just the first thing that I've worried about with the Bears. I didn't mind the draft. I liked the Griese signing. I'm pretty confident they'll be a good team this year and can make some noice. But both RBs going down is not something to laugh off.
  22. goonys evil twin
    I think he's probably above average for a starting shortstop, better than most other major league shortstops, but hardly anything special.
  23. goonys evil twin
    .238/.273/.286 Are those really his numbers or Ohio States top football players SAT scores? It's what espn.com lists his numbers as a Cub, but sometimes they are late to include the previous days' stats into the current total. In fact, now it says .250/.298/.343 when you dig a little deeper.
  24. goonys evil twin
    I dunno about that. I think it would be MUCH scarier if both guys were out with ACL tears or something. Both guys seem to be out for more precautionary reasons. I think both of them would be playing if it was the middle of the season. I'm honestly not that worried that we'll be seeing Adrian with the bulk of the carries or anything. I think Jones is out for precaution and for contract reasons. I believe that if he was the #1 RB without question, he'd be healthy enough to practice. Yes, it could be scarier, but it's plenty bad right now. It would be bad enough if this team was just trying to maintain the offensive status quo, but they need to make huge strides and they can't accomplish that if the running backs can't practice, no matter the reason.
  25. goonys evil twin
    Our LF OPS is 18th in MLB. Our CF OPS is 22nd in MLB. Our RF OPS is 14th in MLB. Our middle infield next year will likely be the worst offensive double play combo in baseball. Aramis might opt out of his contract and leave the team. Barrett is unlikely to put up the numbers he's put up this year. Since our OF has not been very good this year, and the infield won't make up for deficiencies next year, I wouldn't say our OF is set. Was he saying set, as in, (a) already occupied by perfectly acceptable producers, or was it set, as in, (b) the GM is going to just go with the same crap that's already there? It's clearly not set (a), but most likely set (b).
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