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It should be stated that my opinion of my staff may be inflenced by the fact that the other staffs that I have had over the years have been so lousy. Hmm...Both Glavine and Maddux are both pitching like they did in the past. I wonder if they have contacts with the same trainer. A little joke(I am not seriously implying something), but isn't it sad that we live in a day and age where when someone does something extraordinary drugs have to be considered. This whole situation must make for some interesting father and son conversations. :x
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Now this is more like it, an opening day of 80 points :D I really think my pitching staff has the potential to be excellent. The last half of last year was not a fluke for Conteras. Johnson and Glavine have been great. Duke and Millwood are back on track. Marquis was great last night. Chacin won't put up all-star numbers, but he has been solid. On the other hand, I seem to have been bitten by the hamstring bug. Beltran has missed the last two days and KRod has said he felt some pain too. Hermida is now on the DL due to his hip problem. :x
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From what I saw of him at Boise a couple of years ago, I doubt it.
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Its tough when your fantasy starter goes up against the Cubs. I was getting worried that Raw might have given me a lemon, but if Duke keeps pitching that way I will be happy. Doesn't look like Duke's performance is going to help me win though. The Danger Bees have a 30ish point lead and I do not have any starters left. My only hope is that a couple of my hitters have two homerun type games. Sigh....I guess the rest of you do have a chance of winning a pennant this year. :wink:
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My best late round pick was Glavine in round 7.
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Arg....I would be in the lead, but I benched the wrong players. Millwood finally gets a quality start, benched, Rios has been tearing things up, benched, McCarthy has been lights out from the pen, benched. I activate Duke, he gets creamed by LA, Cordero blows a save, Hermida doesn't play because of a hip injury. My team is good, but I may need to fire my manager. I did adjust my line-up today. Hermida has not been playing due to an injury, so Rios has been inserted. Now watch, Hermida will be back on the field today and hit a grand slam or something.
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SSShh! Maybe no one will notice. :oops:
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So much for Zach Duke being my savior.
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Unless a clear change in a player's position is made during the offseason, a player's "primary" position is determined by the previous year. If a player is clearly set at a new position coming into the year, Juan will typically update his position availability for you. So Juan could change McCarthy to a reliever?
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Week 1 was a great start to the season, but the action will be more intense in week 2. This weeks slate includes; Northside Baseball (1-0) vs. Fuzzy Logistics (0-1) Lynx (1-0) vs. DB Coopers Flyers (0-1) Alamo Stealth (0-1) vs. Passion of the Matt (0-1) Quakers (1-0) vs. Danger Bees (1-0) The Leon Trotskys (0-1) vs. Harrys Budcrew (0-1) Galesburg Hand Sanitizers (1-0) vs. Raw Dawgs (0-1) Buddiga (1-0) vs. NC Cubbies (1-0) Burning Bulbs (1-0) vs. Skeletons of Society (0-1) Of course I still don't know why the rest of you are even trying, its obvious that the Mighty Fight'n Quakers are going to win it all :bum:
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121 points for my staff this week. :D Of course 8 starts help, but 2 of those resulted in a total of 1.5 points. Hopefully Duke will come through next week with his two starts. I have to feel sorry for Matt, scores over 300 points and still loses.
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Sometimes it works, sometimes..... For years I was forced to use that strategy. But hopefully not this year Meanwhile the Quakers had a nice week this week, challenging Tim for the weeks points leader. The only real downsides to this week were two anemic preformances by Millwood and the fact that Hoffman never had a save opportunity.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-9-2006
Quakers replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
That is one thing I noticed about Reed last year for Boise. As a catcher, he has good speed. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-8-2006
Quakers replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I've only caught a few moments of Daytona's broadcasts, but they were speaking highly of Fuld's defensive play the other night. He's off to a good start offensively, too. Wow....A comment about baseball :w00t: -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-7-2006
Quakers replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
After you see him play a few times, I would like to get your opinion on Muyco. BA has mentioned that defensively he is already capable of being in the majors and from what I saw of him in Boise last year I would believe it. It will be nice to see if he can hit Midwest League pitching. -
Jeesss...I score 54 points on the first day and I find myself in second place in my division, but 48 points behind the frontrunner :x
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Tim has a point here. But Tim, trusting CBS's projections....I thought you knew better.
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I think GHS's assessment is fair for the most part. I should have one of the better relief corps. I, like Raw, really like my chances this year. I think my team should make it to the play-offs this year for the first time. I think I am a real sleeper candidate for the title too. If my youngsters can come through as I hope, I could surprise people. Granderson has been lights out this spring. So has Zimmerman. Hermida's started out slow, but his last couple of games were good. I am more worried about the fact that Florida had a firesale and nobody will be around to drive in. Mauer, Rios, and Tracy are just entering the prime years of their careers. Beltran should return to his studly ways now that he is over his groin pull. While my starting staff is not the best, it is good. Having Randy Johnson never hurts. Contreras was probably the best pitcher in baseball the seond half of last year, I think he is for real. If Duke/McCarthy/Guzman can catch on fire or if Wood/Kendrick burst on the season at midseason allowing me to trade established veterans for help elsewhere.... ....oh my God, I am starting to sound like a Cubs fan :)
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I feel sorry for those fans who have lived and died and who have never seen the Cubs in a series. It has been 61 years now, I believe. The cynical side of me says that this is all a marketing ploy, that the Cubs have found a gold mine in being the lovable losers. The rational side of me says that the Cubs management has been just a tad incompetent over the years.
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You guys are all too young. I have been following Cubs baseball for over 40 years now. This is nothing, relax, learn to smile, and look on the bright side of life....
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What caliber of player plays short-season A-Ball?
Quakers replied to Derwood's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I have followed the Cub's SS team's for years. First at Eugene and later Boise. I have seen, Angel Guzman, Sergio Mitre, Ricky Nolasco, Andy Sisco, Dontrelle Willis, Juan Cruz, Todd Wellemeyer, Rich Hill, Sean Marshall, JK Ryu, and others. Most of the best have been pitching prospects, but that reflects the Cubs drafts over the past few seasons. Cedeno was with Boise briefly, Brandon Sing at Eugene. So there is plenty of talent, but... Some of the best players who have gone through a solid university program will skip SS. The best HS prospects tend to play a season at Mesa and then skip to Lansing/Peoria. Some of the statistical leaders in SS ball will be players who are playing at a level below their ability. Enjoy the season. Most of the SS parks I have been to are small and friendly. You can get unbelievably close to the action for very little money. I really enjoy scouting the players and trying to predict who will make it and why. As the years progress I seem to get better at it. It is the primary reason I have become a fan site junkie. I can get the scoop on the players before I go to a game and follow up on my favorites by talking to other posters who see them play for Peoria, Daytona, etc... -
I would like to see an article that follows up on last years draft, pointing out who was sucessful, who wasn't, and why and why not. T2E, Craig, raw??
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WGN will braodcast its first ST game on March 5th at 2pm. The Cubs will be playing the Giants. http://wgntv.trb.com/wgntv0sports-preseason2006,0,6785813.story?coll=wgntv-home-1 On a side note, does anyone know when MLB will start selling season access to their internet package?
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Juan Gonzalez a potential Cub?
Quakers replied to ittoxx's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Here is the link. http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-060221cubsbrite,1,1588039.story?coll=cs-cubs-headlines -
From BA http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/news/060214winterpoy.html I have three comments on the list. 1) DeCaster had a better winter than Wood! Wow! 2) Should the Cub's sign Luis Garcia? 3) It is depressing, but not surprising, not to see any of the Cub's prospects on the list.