Mephistopheles
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One bad game and he's in "time to suck" mode? He was 7 for his last 19 with 2 HRs and 5 BBs only 3 Ks before today. -
I don't think I can hate anyone more than I hate Ryan Ludwick.
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This. He wears #42, people. Ever heard of Jackie Robinson? Do you really think he doesn't know this? On second thought....the poster is.... ;)
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It's not Carl Pavano's fault you dumb ass New Yorkers.
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except trammell loves the hr
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David Patton, Angel Guzman, Kevin Gregg, and Neal Cotts are making me miss 2008 Bob Howry.
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We'll we've gone from a three-headed monster of Samardzija, Marmol, Wood to Marmol and crap.
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I already miss not only Kerry Wood, but Bob Howry. and Scott Eyre. and Michael Wuertz. and Jeff Samardzija.
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Kauffman has always been one of the best kept secrets in baseball.
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Really, the parallels are going to be apparent by seasons end. The 2009 Mets aren't the 2008 Mets.
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to be fair, howry was a closer for a year or so...
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Another minor uniform change - back to old-school helmets
Mephistopheles replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
How are baggy pants modern? http://www.myclassiclyrics.com/artist_biographies/Ty_Cobb_Biography_4.jpg http://www.workers.org/2007/us/Jackie_Robinson.jpg http://www.nndb.com/people/861/000085606/cy-young-1-sized.jpg i meant this type of baggy pants. i guess low baggy pants. http://images.quickblogcast.com/0/4/5/6/2/135438-126540/340px_Manny_Ramirez.JPG -
Another minor uniform change - back to old-school helmets
Mephistopheles replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
baseball has done enough modernizing with steroids, baggy pants, low socks and vests the last twenty years. -
Wait, because Mike Scoscia is an aggressive dumbass we'd be go further in the playoffs? I'm pretty sure the last two years we couldn't pitch nor hit, so that's not happening. The previous two years before that we had a club that had a guy he'd run a lot with (Pierre) and we sucked. Hard. And I'm pretty sure that in 2003 we five outs away before our PITCHING blew the lead. Really, this is stupid.
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didnt see this posted. it's hard to imagine worse systems, but they exist 1. Texas Rangers 2. Florida Marlins 3. Oakland Athletics 4. Tampa Bay Rays 5. San Francisco Giants 6. Atlanta Braves 7. Cleveland Indians 8. St. Louis Cardinals 9. Baltimore Orioles 10. Milwaukee Brewers 11. Kansas City Royals 12. Philadelphia Phillies 13. Boston Red Sox 14. Cincinnati Reds 15. New York Yankees 16. Chicago White Sox 17. New York Mets 18. Pittsburgh Pirates 19. Toronto Blue Jays 20. Colorado Rockies 21. Washington Nationals 22. Minnesota Twins 23. Los Angeles Dodgers 24. Seattle Mariners 25. Los Angeles Angels 26. Arizona Diamonbacks 27. Chicago Cubs 28. Detroit Tigers 29. San Diego Padres 30. Houston Astros http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-talent-rankings/2009/267865.html
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He got monumentally screwed.
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Is this not the best name for a hitting prospect with plus power ever: Seth Schwindenhammer. He's a HS OF in Illinois, perhaps UK can shed some light on him.
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He slugged .310 last year.
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Another minor uniform change - back to old-school helmets
Mephistopheles replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
werent the helmets designed to break easier to absorb some of the force from a thrown ball? -
read the second sentence.
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Can you hook me up with some links? I'd love to read this. Not really saying a SB is high in value, rather speed has value on the basepaths. There is a lot of stuff on it if you use google. BP has done the most work on it. heres more or less an all encompassing offensive baserunning stat (the units are runs) http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/sortable/index.php?cid=421535
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Personally, I don't think it really has a distracting effect on the hitter. The differences in the numbers are probably largely a combination of two things (though there's no way to test either of them with any accuracy). 1.) Managers tell their hitters in the two hole, or their crappy hitters to be more patient when a stolen base threat is on. 2.) Pure hit and runs and safe hit and runs put hitters at a disadvantage. Obviously there probably is an effect subconsciously to hitter, but there are things working consistently against his favor that he has no control over. Then again we'd expect him to more fastballs, have more opposite field holes to hit in and that in general more ABs come against crappy pitchers with stolen base threats on (because crappy pitchers let batters on first more frequently!) So things are pulling both ways. I think its a washfor all practical purposes myself.
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but baltimore does.
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Who would YOU delete off of the Cubs?
Mephistopheles replied to anabiono's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
okay. is $100 worth as little to you as it is bill gates -
Who would YOU delete off of the Cubs?
Mephistopheles replied to anabiono's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Nope. He would tell you that you don't get it. The point isn't that Derrek Lee is or isn't worth X million by his system. The point is that to the Cubs he was worth 13 mil. The monetary value to a team of a player is far more than just production in runs or wins. There's a lot more at work. If the Cubs were an average team with an average financial situation then fine, he's not worth the 13m according to MORP or w/e you are looking at. They're not.
