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  1. goonys evil twin
    Maybe that's true, but I don't think the Bears will be losing 14-0 if Rex is playing mistake free.
  2. goonys evil twin
    I think that is true. A disastrous 1st half means Griese. And uneventful first half means more Rex.
  3. goonys evil twin
    I have a tough time believing that was the case Tim, 2005, sure, but going into 2006? I don't think so. The feeling I got from the general media was they had already written off the Cubs. A couple guys picked them, but by and large they were thought of as no better than 3rd.
  4. goonys evil twin
    There would be nothing fantastic about it. It might be enough to win the division (far from a lock), but that's not really much of an accomplishment. Yeah, the Cardinals won the NL Central in 2006 with 82 wins. Not much of an accomplishment. What did it allow them to do? Win the World Series. Now, is that not much of an accomplishment? The point is to get to the dance. Who cares how it happened? I agree. Who cares HOW you get there, JUST GET THERE! No matter how bad we think the competition is, .500 does not guarantee you a thing. STL won the WS in spite of the fact that they weren't a very good team. That does not mean it is wise for a big market team to try and emulate that not very good team. People are assuming .500, or a little better will get the Cubs in, but that isn't a very good bet. The goal should be to try and win at least 90, to give them a good shot at the postseason.
  5. goonys evil twin
    Signing him to be a full-time player would clearly be a bad idea. Signing him to be a part-time contributor and potential RHP killer could be a very smart gamble. All of this discussion about Floyd is great, but I'm wondering what kind of contract he would get. He's used to pretty big money and I'm hoping the Cubs don't have to break the bank since Ward serves close to the same purpose. It's not like he's used to $10+ million deals. He's been making about $6.5m a year for several years now. And that last deal was signed after back-to-back seasons of 145+ games, 600+ PA, and tremendous production. And even back then he was used to the idea of taking a slight paycut based on the threat of health problems. Now, coming off a disastrous season, with only one 145/600 season in the past four, I think he's going to be open to making less. Ideally he makes no more than $2m, but even $4-5m for one year is acceptable, because he at least gives you a chance for fantastic production. Unlike RF, with Soriano, where even if he produces at his best, he won't come close to justifying an $18m salary. LF, if Murton and Floyd combine to the top of their range, it would be a tremendous bargain at $5-6 million.
  6. goonys evil twin
    But isn't that what people would expect out of Griese? To not turn the ball over and simply "manage" the offense? To continue to rail against Rex if he simply goes out and manages the ball tonight would be hypocrisy of a high magnitude. I agree with you. However, it is possible to rationalize the criticism by saying that if Rex is going to be the game manager type when he's playing well, then that is not good enough since he so frequently craps the bed and can't be trusted. If your thought is that Griese is going to be a 12-20, 190 yards, 1 TD 0 INT guy and do that every game, then I can understand why you'd want that to replace the guy who might go 9/25 80 yards 0 TD 3 INT, or he might go 12/20, 190, 1/0, or he might go 26-33, 285, 3/1. It's not just game manager numbers that people want, it's consistent game manager numbers. If Rex has 4 more Jets games, then that's one thing. But simply putting up another Jets game tonight is not going to silence the critics who remember the Pats/Vikings games from the past 2 weeks. Game managing tonight will not shut people up. Repeating the Detroit/Seattle/Buffalo/SanFran games will shut some people up (but he's got no chance to silence all critics).
  7. goonys evil twin
    So if you don't believe this roster is capable of 85-95 wins, you are being pessimistic? First off, there is a big difference between 85 and 95 wins. I think the team might be capable of 85 wins, but 95 will take a lot of breaks going their way. I would say it's more like 81-86, the way it's currently constructed. I don't see how you can call such a prediction (a 15-20 game improvement over last year), pessimistic. I think you would have a really hard time finding people outside the Cubs community who thought they were better than that, and by and large, the general population does a better job than Cubs fans in predicting Cubs victory totals.
  8. goonys evil twin
    Considering how the media has lumped in the Jets game into the awful Rex category, I don't think game manager numbers will be enough to quiet the critics.
  9. goonys evil twin
    Why? Are you advocating regular usage of a late inning defensive replacement? Are there any rumors of the Cubs being interested in Steve Finley for a 1 year deal? You tell me. I haven't heard any, and I sure hope they don't.
  10. goonys evil twin
    trade excess bullpen arms to Boston for Hinske.
  11. goonys evil twin
    I guess that's a strange ancillary positive of the signing. Although it would have been much more affordable to just have the common sense not to try and turn him into a leadoff hitter. Then again, with GM's like Hendry and Colletti making up a market for so-called leadoff men, maybe it could still be useful to pretend he's a leadoff hitter, if it somehow increases his trade value later.
  12. goonys evil twin
    Signing him to be a full-time player would clearly be a bad idea. Signing him to be a part-time contributor and potential RHP killer could be a very smart gamble.
  13. goonys evil twin
    He was pretty well gimped out last year. Let's try his 3 year splits vs. RHP: .277 .369 .498 .867 Naturally, Floyd has been much better in the past against RHP. Thing is, Floyd's 34 this year so his injuries aren't something to be brushed aside as no longer an issue. More importantly, the whole idea of platooning Murton is to guarantee good/better than Murton production against RHP. If we're going to gamble on Floyd staying healthy and returning to form, then why not take a similar(better?) gamble on Murton, who hit .338/.398/.530 against RHP after the ASG this year? The gamble would be on Floyd being somewhat healthy enough for part-time work. If he's banged up enough to keep his production against RHP low, then I think the obvious solution would be to then stick with Murton full-time. I don't see a gimpy non-productive Floyd taking much time from Murton. So, you sign him (or maybe Trot Nixon), and then only play him if he's healthy and producing against RHP.
  14. goonys evil twin
    Why? Are you advocating regular usage of a late inning defensive replacement?
  15. goonys evil twin
    I don't want to say I'd kill for this to happen, but... I'd KILL for this to happen. I love Delhomme to pieces, but Brady Quinn is my all-time favorite college athlete and it'd be unreal to have him on the Panthers. They would most likely have to jump over 10 other teams to make that move. Do they have a surplus of picks to play with?
  16. goonys evil twin
    The thing is, they could easily account for 50 HR and still have terrible production lines. Harvey hit 24 in a season when his line was just .257/.302/.484 and he played just 117 games. That is similar to Dope's career averages. If they are putting up an OPS around 780, with extremely low OBP's, I would not be the least bit excited about their status as prospects, even if they each hit 25 HR. 22/23 year olds playing 1b/RF don't really threaten greatness with that kind of production. I have to assume that any chance of superstardom is long past for each of these guys. The true greats just don't start their pro careers like these two have. Even just being above average would be a stretch, when you compare their minor league production to some of the good, but not great young major leaguers. The question is whether or not they can still be even average major leaguers. And putting up .300-.320 OBPs in the minors, with SLG's in the .450 range, as 1b/RF types, would not seem to indicate they can.
  17. goonys evil twin
    Because my head is buried in the sand so I don't have to think about it. I think the answer to the question is, it's necessary to get more out of the offense. Just like last year, I'd be fine with Murton starting 162 games and getting 750 PA, but the lineup around him has to be good enough to absorb less than ideal production from him. I don't see him putting up a .300/.400/.550 line, so we aren't talking about taking away at bats from a star. If Murton puts up a respectable 800 OPS against RHP, I would not be the least bit upset. But if you can get a hitter capable of putting up a 900 OPS in 200-300 of those PA, then you are making your team better. That would artificially inflate Murton's total line (because it would be more "against LHP" heavy), while at the same time providing a great line by the replacement player. I'm not concerned with Murton suffering to a lack of playing time, he'd still get a lot of at bats, and he doesn't seem to me to be the type of player that would sulk, or get lost with less playing time. Ideally, they'd have better production elsewhere, so there would be no thought of sitting Murton from time-to-time. However, this team is still in need of more offense, and if they can't get it by acquiring ARod, Cabrera or Tejada, they have to get it somewhere.
  18. goonys evil twin
    Knowing the Cubs, they aren't going to get the OBP guys regardless, so maybe it'd be better just to load up on the fast power guys, like Soriano, and to a lesser extent, Baldelli. I mean, if the alternative is a Juan Pierre clone, I'd much rather see the guy with some sort of upside. Someday, an outfield of Baldelli, Pie and Soriano could be really interesting (assuming they end up dealing the OBP heavy/ SLG light Murton).
  19. goonys evil twin
    I think these guys do this sort of thing all the time. I do it my profession as well. Yeah, I think it's kind of common. Wasn't Prior or Wood working with a Rangers employee at one point? It's like a professional courtesy, which happens in all businesses. Yeah but the Rangers aren't likely to see Prior & Wood have much of an impact on their season, unless it's the WS (unlikely). We're talking within the division here. Well, to play devil's advocate then, wouldn't it be to our benefit if Rothchild got an in-depth look at Marquis' mechanics? Just because you pick up on a flaw doesn't mean there aren't others you could exploit as a pitching coach. This would have been a great way to learn how he tips his pitches. This is a good point. Plus, Marquis was a free agent, he wasn't within the division. I think it was clear STL was done with him, and while he theoretically could have signed with HOU, he did not. I doubt Larry gave the guy and intense lesson. It sounds like he worked out for him, and Larry just talked with him a little. It's still going to take a lot of actul work to fix whatever flaw Larry thinks he sees. I really don't see a story here, as far as helping the competition.
  20. goonys evil twin
    Mostly because he was injured and missed most of last year. I think it is way, way too early to write off Dopirak. Maybe it's too early, but it's definitely not way, way too early. He turns 23 in a week, and he's had an atrocious minor league career. It would be passable for a slick fielding middle infielder, but he's had only one good season, and that was in low A. He sucked in high A and sucked in AA. It's hard to defend the claim that it was mostly because he was injured last year. His completely healthy FSL numbers would not seem to indicate he was ready to do anything in AA, even if he was healthy.
  21. goonys evil twin
    I think these guys do this sort of thing all the time. I do it my profession as well. Yeah, I think it's kind of common. Wasn't Prior or Wood working with a Rangers employee at one point? It's like a professional courtesy, which happens in all businesses.
  22. goonys evil twin
    I'm really hoping Hendry has a significant trade in the works.
  23. goonys evil twin
    He got smacked with the ugly stick.
  24. goonys evil twin
    I grew up with a fake tree that looked pretty good. Occasionally we'd get a 2nd real tree. Ever since I've been living on my own I've gone with the real ones, which are really good for apartment dwellers with changing space options for the tree. I prefer the real.
  25. goonys evil twin
    Not only that, but don't we nearly always lose when Belushi is in the booth? Please cancel that appearance. Please. Seriously, how do they think they are benefitting the broadcast. They aren't attracting new pop culture worshipping viewers to MNF with these cameos. All they are doing is advertising his show to the viewers who are already watching. And I know that a significant number of people have to turn the game off when these guys come on. It's unbearable. They barely show the game action, they talk about nonsense and ignore the field. They should offer Sunday Ticket subscribers a station with no broadcasters.
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