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  1. srbin84
    Leaving aside what I think about your list, we're not talking about who the best pitcher is right now. We're talking about who, if you're a major league ballclub, are the most valuable pitchers to own. That involves the short-term and the long-term and everything else in between. And all I've said is that, when healthy (long enough to get into a groove, I should have added), Mark Prior is one of the top three starting pitchers in the game period (yes, Rocket, my top three is Santana, Peavy and Prior), and that the health "risk" involved with him is nowhere near great enough to justify bumping him off a list of the game's 50 best assets. If you want to debate that you're going to either come up with an argument that there are many more pitchers better than him when he's at his best, or an argument that he's such an injury risk that that's irrelevant. A list of pitchers that had good years last year doesn't achieve either. More valuabe than Prior: Z Santana Buerhle Peavy Willis Oswalt
  2. srbin84
    Well, KC did want Jones. If that could be done, why not put Lee in RF for the rest of the year if Sweeney is having a good year or move Murton to RF and Sweeney to left.
  3. srbin84
    Can we use 2005's numbers? :P Seriously, though, I think the economic health of MLS is in much better shape than that of the NHL right now. MLS just got a sweet TV deal, attendance is up and nearly every team is getting or has their own stadium now. I think you are confusing the NHL with the Blackhawks. The NHL is doing great, with several very healthy franchises. The Hawks have been run into the ground by a bunch of traditionalist monkeys. The Fire might be bigger than the Hawks, but all it would take is one successful Blackhawks season to change all that. A Fire championship isn't going to grow them all that much. If both teams won their respective championship's next year, it wouldn't be close. The Hawks are a part of the fourth major pro sports league, they just aren't participating in an acceptable manner. I think that, despite success in a few markets the NHL has a real problem long term. It's been more than a few. http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/hockey/story.html?id=390e6eae-9c09-44f0-a064-00e7b1801ac2&k=44588
  4. srbin84
    If you are just talking about who is the best in baseball right now, the following are all better than Prior: Z Clemens Carpenter Santana Pedro Buerhle Halladay Peavy Pettitte Willis Oswalt
  5. srbin84
    Can we use 2005's numbers? :P Seriously, though, I think the economic health of MLS is in much better shape than that of the NHL right now. MLS just got a sweet TV deal, attendance is up and nearly every team is getting or has their own stadium now. The NHL shattered their attendance records this year.
  6. srbin84
    True but the Cubs always hold onto guys like that thinking they will do it again for a whole season. Didn't we sign Gaetti to a two year deal after 98?
  7. srbin84
    Definately change the All Star Game. I would also ban Barry Bonds from baseball forever. Pete Rose style I would do it when he is one away from Ruth.
  8. srbin84
    Not so sure about that. If I remember correctly, he always had it in for Z and never saw much potential in him as a starter. That alone makes me glad we changed pitching coaches. That aside, I did like him otherwise as a coach. He was a great interview too. Sad stuff. We had Alf to decide who was in the rotation and in the pen.
  9. srbin84
    His son is great. My story. A few years back I went to the Cubs/Rangers interleague game (ARod's last year in TX), and sat in the bleachers. The Rangers were taking batting practice and the bat boys were all shagging balls in the OF. Well, some people in the bleachers were already pretty drunk (at a 1:20 game, whoda thunk it?) and were begging for the ball boys to throw balls into the stands. The yells ranged from, "hey, Kid! Throw me a ball" to "I love you batboy! I came here to see you today, not the players. I would love a baseball that you've touched." to "Throw me a _____ ball you little ____." Well, one of the kids got really tired of being heckled and gunned a ball into the stands drilling a guy in the chest. The guy (who wasn't one of the hecklers by the way) threw the ball back and was kicked out of Wrigley. The kid is laughing the entire time at the guy. So, I check the program. I recognized 2 of the 3 batboys as Rafael Palmeiro's kids. But the 3rd I didn't know. Come to find out....his last name was Acosta. Oscar's son had the same take no crap attitude. So you're saying he was the one who hit the innocent man in the crowd and that's commendable?
  10. srbin84
    :-k You know he meant 2004. Or more likely, 2005. Well, 2004 was the year we just missed the playoffs and Neifi hit .371 with a near 1.000 OPS in place of Nomar.
  11. srbin84
    :-k You know he meant 2004.
  12. srbin84
    Well, Jeter is actually on fire so far. Beltran is worse for the money IMO.
  13. srbin84
    I don't know if that was a joke, but I'll take Durazo's bat and D over whatever Vaughn can provide at this point.
  14. srbin84
    I would have rather had him as pitching coach than Larry.
  15. srbin84
    Pena is my first choice ahead of Durazo because of his D, but I don't know if the Yankees want to give him up.
  16. srbin84
    Watching this team under Wirtz would we be like watching the 99 Cubs reincarnated every year.
  17. srbin84
    Wirtz would have Bob Pulford running the team though.
  18. srbin84
    Please no!!! Even though it would actually make the Hawks good, the Cubs would go 98 Marlins on the trade market and we would return to seeing teams like the 90's ones.
  19. srbin84
    please, he ain' hit a ball in own know how long MOMMA didn't raise no FOOOOOL SHELTON. Seriously though, he'd be a good pickup, and we might come cheap if we take on his contract. He's better at hitting LHP than RHP too, so he has a role when Lee returns. Durazo is at least as good of a player and wouldn't cost us players or most of an 8 million dollar salary. Can Durazo even play right now? And Durazo is an absolute mess in the field. As far as I know, he is healthy. He was in ST with Texas and got cut. I don't know what he is doing right now.
  20. srbin84
    please, he ain' hit a ball in own know how long MOMMA didn't raise no FOOOOOL SHELTON. Seriously though, he'd be a good pickup, and we might come cheap if we take on his contract. He's better at hitting LHP than RHP too, so he has a role when Lee returns. Durazo is at least as good of a player and wouldn't cost us players or most of an 8 million dollar salary.
  21. srbin84
    I could have sworn he was at least 38 years old. Turns out he's about 4 months older than me. Well, he plays like he is 38 years old, so I can understand the confusion.
  22. srbin84
    No, thanks.
  23. srbin84
    Wuertz is a solid pitcher who is great 5th or 6th man in the bullpen, which is/was his role on this team.
  24. srbin84
    Albert Pujols. It would probably cost no more than Wuertz and Novoa, maybe Hill or Guzman. I wonder if we could trade for Pujols, even though it would never happen. How about Pie, Pawalek, Prior and Jones with half of his contract paid?
  25. srbin84
    I think the Bulls will split 2 at home with them, so the key to them doing anything in this series is somehow taking one of the first 2 in Miami.
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