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Aramis had longest HR of 2007 (neat HR chart)
CubColtPacer replied to OleMissCub's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
There weren't many home runs onto Sheffield last year, but I know for a fact that Bonds hit the first one of the year onto Sheffield when the Giants came in July. I'm pretty sure it was the same game that Ward got a hurt, a Thursday afternoon game. -
The only thing I got that was useful whatsoever is that Lou is not set with his lineup, which we pretty much already knew. That Opening Day lineup will change one way or another 2 days after the season starts.
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Theriot coming up with Lawrence Holmes on WSCR
CubColtPacer replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I get such terrible radio service in my dorm. DId he say anything of interest? Not really. Says he loves playing with DeRo but it's win/win whether he's paired with Roberts or DeRosa. Obviously it takes time for middle infielders to develop a rapport, blah blah. Said he took a ton of swings this off-season in order to be a more consistent hitter next year. Nothing earth shattering or new, really. I can swing the bat a million times and still not be any better at baseball, too. That said, I really hope he does come around and start...you know...being good. Because it would make life so much easier. I can't see him being good, but I think he has the potential with more consistency to be up to Eckstein level production, which is basically bouncing between seasons like the one he had last year and seasons in the 740-750 OPS range. If he puts up a 700 OPS next year, he'll still be one of the worst SS's in the game, but it won't be a huge difference between him and the average SS. Disclaimer: If we can find any upgrade anywhere at SS, I'm all for it. I am by no means advocating breaking camp with Theriot. I just think he can possibly be a little better than guaranteed to be terrible. -
I have no idea when this team learned to play defense, but that has been the big key in their transformation. The last 4 games have been a lot better than they have played the rest of the season. Purdue's aggressive defense had its benefits and faults tonight. They caused a lot of turnovers, but they also gambled and lost quite a bit which led to easy buckets and foul trips for IU.
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I'm pretty sure he's a switch hitter. He'd be a good guy have as a 4th OF assuming Murton isn't around and he can be had for very little in trade. Outside of that, meh. And to the post above the one I quoted, isn't Stewart LH also? Stewart is a right handed hitter, but he has had reverse splits the last few years. Plus he hasn't played much CF. He would be a terrible option.
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Harrison's cap hit would actually probably be a little higher if he was cut then if he wasn't with his guaranteed money left. It's not happening. And I haven't heard a word about timetables for him. He'll restructure his contract, but he's not getting cut.
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I don't think anyone believes he is an upgrade over Pie. He could be a pretty good addition along with Pie or allow Pie to be traded, but if they both ended up on the team this year Pie should get most of the playing time. That's why most people aren't willing to give up much for him.
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Nash has been a free agent since he went to Phoenix? He left Dallas 4 years ago now. I would have resigned him then as well, but I don't think Nash would have been a 2 time MVP in Dallas either.
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you'd trade graduating kids every year for a run of Final Four's. A lot of Indiana fans wouldn't. If I had a choice of a program who had 2 national championships, 2 other final 4 appearances, and in the tournament every time in a 10 year period but was run like Cincinnati was run in the 90's, or if I could have a program with 0 titles, 1 Final 4, and 8 tournament appearances in 10 years with a clean program, I'd very gladly take the latter. I think like Raw does that you can win with a clean program. The clean program is something you can control and should be the priority, and hopefully success in the tournament will follow.
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Yes, it is.
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Yup, in 2001, he was the Diamondbacks top prospect according to BA That must have been a pathetic farm system at the time when you look at what Cintron put up in 2000 in the minors... 2000 numbers: .301/.338/.404/.742 That is your #1 prospect in 01? Yeesh. I recall Meph saying something in a previous thread where Cintron was brought up about Cintron being considered the next Derek Jeter at one point. Ha! .317/.359/.489 over 487 PA in 2003. Cintron at least has the tools to put up a decent line... which is something. We could catch lightning in a bottle. Yeah but the last time he really played it was .273 .298 .415 Very icky. And very......Hendry-ish, if I may say so. How many guys come through here who have basically the same OBP as their AVG? FTH with that crap? It's a backup SS. There aren't very many good ones out there, and many of them are backups because they can't get on base. It's not just a Hendry thing, it's probably 2/3's of the league when it comes to their backups there.
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I'm not sure the upgrade from Theriot to Paterson offensively would be worth the downgrades defensively at both short and second. It would be close, but at best it would be a minor upgrade. I would definitely support DeRosa at SS if a better 2nd baseman was acquired, but I don't think it would be much help to put him there right now. As for Theriot, whenever the Cubs go into their first slump offensively Lou will likely replace whoever is doing worse out of Theriot or Pie. Hopefully that is Theriot, and Cedeno or DeRosa can nail down the job.
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its only one year, but willits is much better left handed. Really? 2007 vs left: .333/.406/.381 vs right: .276/.385/.329 As you said, it's only one year, but that one year doesn't indicate he's better from the left side.
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If Willits is the guy they are looking to trade for using Marquis+prospect deal (Cedeno as the Brewers fan mentioned) I'd take that. He's a decent platoon partner for Pie, and he's a good bench player especially if the Roberts deal is done as well.
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Baltimore was the other team who was on the verge of signing Cintron. I have no idea why he would take a minor league deal with the Cubs over a major league deal with the Orioles, so I presume this must mean Cedeno is leaving in some fashion.
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I would rather have the point guard who wins at a higher clip. You can have your stats. Then why do you have Deron second behind Nash? There have been several other point guards who have higher winning percentages than he does in the NBA right now.
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Honestly, he's been hammering IU for 7 years on every telecast. It got a little worse when Sampson became the coach, but it wasn't pretty with Davis either. Tonight has been just more of the same rhetoric with him.
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From the replay, I'm kind of shocked it was called. He was driving down the lane with his arm out and the defender backpedeling. He withdrew his arm, spun, and the defender fell down from the slight bit of contact and the backpedeling. The official blew the whistle, and he made the shot. It wasn't an absolutely awful blocking call, but it was definitely questionable IMO, and definitely something that you never see at that point in the game.
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Of all the people to go down with an injury, it had to be DJ. I'm not even thinking of what happens to the team without him. I feel sick if it's serious. He's worked so hard and gotten so much better in his senior year and had an NBA career lined up, and now possibly this. He's played his heart out all year, and has been one of the only things Hoosier fans can be proud of this year. Hopefully he won't be gone long. IU has had a different energy level to them tonight than they have most of the season. They are finally starting to look like a pretty good defensive team, although they still have some serious lapses. This has easily been their best half of the season so far.
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BP's Early '08 Season Records Projections
CubColtPacer replied to JGalt73's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Up and down. On one hand, they got the Cubs record exactly right last year, and Milwaukee was only off by 1 game. At the same time, they predicted the Cubs would have a great offense but bad pitching last year, and they predicted Milwaukee would have very good pitching but a bad offense. So their records were right, but the way they got to them was completely wrong. Edit: I just found the numbers. They projected the Cubs offense to have 76 more runs than they actually had. Milwaukee was projected to have 20 less runs than they ended up with. As for pitching, the Cubs allowed 99 less runs then they were projected to, and Milwaukee gave up 28 more runs than they were projected to. So their Milwaukee projection wasn't too bad, but their Cubs projection last year was way off. -
Yes, I agree with this as well. Several reasons: 1) It'd create a natural interdivision rivalry between the Rangers and Astros. 2) It'd cut down on travel, which is something that the Rangers always gripe about. 3) The Astros are not a "historic" NL franchise, and have only existed for 45 years or so. (I understand this argument easily applies to the Brewers, since they were an AL team for most of their existence.) The Rangers and the Astros currently play each other 6 times a year. If they moved to the AL, they'd still play each other 6 times a year. It's 240 miles between Houston and Arlington and around 560 from Arlington to Kansas City. They are all in the same time zone. Considering Texas usually only goes to KC once per year, the difference in travel is so minimal to not even be worth much. In fact, Texas probably would travel just as much if Houston was in the AL because Houston is out of the way to most cities, and KC isn't that far out of the way if you're then hopping to another city on a road trip. Excluding the Astros as a historic NL franchise takes out half the other franchises in the NL as well. The Mets, Padres, Expos/Nationals, Rockies, Marlins, Diamondbacks, and Brewers were all added at the same time or after the Astros.
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Another untouchable prospect/Ceda to big leagues?
CubColtPacer replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
He definitely has the stuff and the strikeout numbers to be a dominant relief pitcher. His problem is that he walks way, way too many people. Harness that even a little bit, and he'll be a great closer/setup man. -
Another point I'm not sure anybody's brought up here. I'm not sure the NCAA has ever had a postseason ban in which the school in question has not had 1 single ineligible player ever step foot on the court. One article mentioned that the NCAA might be very hesitant to change that policy in Indiana's case, so that at least suggests with the current evidence that a postseason ban is unlikely. As for the Wisconsin game, from all reports it was Indiana's best played game of the season. Wisconsin is also a really good team, and they hit plenty of shots tonight (especially from long range) and found a way to win.
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They aren't making all the face masks 15 yards. What they are doing is making the incidental face mask not a penalty whatsoever. If a player just grabs and releases the face mask immediately, he will not be penalized next year if the rule change goes into effect.
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I'm sure the Orioles fans appreciated it when he majorly scooped the Tejada trade! Since then, it's been a whole bunch of nothing though. I think it is real, real, hard to say he scooped the Tejada trade when everyone whose been paying attention knew that the O's were trading Tejada and almost every major sports media outlet posted Tejada to Houston rummers for 48 hours before the trade was consummated. You can believe what you want. Yes, Tejada going to Houston in general wasn't a huge surprise. However, there was no other news source besides him that had even 2 of the players correct, let alone all 5. Most of the Houston rumors that had come out before had involved Everett and a couple other players. Peace's contribution to the trade wasn't that it went down, but the exact specifics of it.