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And Macias is hitting .375... 3 for 8, huh? 11 pitches.
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how about 2 years $36? I think with a guy like Giles I would go more money and fewer years.
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but they're the world's greatest fans! :D
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disappointment. gotta love it to love the cubs.
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Yea, this a really fun time right now!
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L. Gonzalez to Mariners
stitchface replied to SCCubbieFAN's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I thought he was an infielder? -
No, but its getting close. I got upper deck infield tickets about two hours ago. I got four for each game so we may have some extras if you want to drive down.
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Cards Sign Looper to 3-year Deal
stitchface replied to E.J.'s topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
meh -
we'd score so much we wouldn't need a RF.
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awful, lets hope you're wrong USS
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aren't toyotas illegal in nascar?
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Thursday Bruce article.....
stitchface replied to Bgbird68's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
hmmmm, no. :shock: -
Ok, I will get a strip of four. My mom might kill me if I go to all three though. I don't think there is any connection with the Padres.
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You weren't invited. :D Do you have a preference on games BBB? I would probably only go to one on Saturday - I would like to see the final but it causes me to take a day and a half off work.
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Bruce, Is there a chance one of these is for Tejada?
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Thursday Bruce article.....
stitchface replied to Bgbird68's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
What crappy trades could these be? do we have hope that one is for tejada and the other for someone decent? -
No, pitchers are paid to get outs. they contribute to a win. GMs don't contribute to putting the team together, they do it. The only goal of putting the team together is to win as many games as possible. Thus, wins are the best measure of success. What factors are out of the GMs control? Certainly luck plays a role but each move carries risk that can be evaluated. Over a long period of time, the role of luck is reduced to appropriate evaluation of risk. Poor GMs will be hurt more by bad luck than good GMs because they take bad risks. As is well-documented on this site, wins are not a good measure of a pitchers performance. runs prevented is a much better measure because it is more within a pitchers control. Really, I find this is a very bad analogy. Being a GM is not comparable to being a pitcher.
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I'm not against not non-tendering him.
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heh, there are two games on Saturday and the final is monday night.
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A systematic quantitative way of judging and ranking GMs? Probably not. And I'm not really concerned about having one. As I said, I think if you can follow the moves, you can form a judgement for yourself and look at a GM independently of other GMs. But I also don't see how a win-loss record is any more accurate. And I never claimed they don't have influence. I said they don't control results. Big difference. I'm not going to say it's the same, but it's almost like judging a starting pitcher based on wins and losses. Sure they have a big influence in the game, but enough to use records to evaluate them? Why use records if you can evaluate each move? What? It is nothing like pitchers wins and losses which are based on team performance. Your argument is more akin to judging players on visual observation instead of on statistics. The big picture is not a weekend of games, its the overall record at the end of the year. GMs are paid to put a team together to win games - that's how they should be judged. Evaluating individual moves is short-sighted and not comprehensive. What looks like a bad move initially may turn out to be a good move in the long run.
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March 18 and 20 - tickets range from $15 to $300 per game. I would opt for cheaper tickets.
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don't forget the white sox.
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I would think as long as people can take the subway, you should be ok. I'm not sure of the yankee demographics, but the problem for the cubs is suburbanites with kids who need parking. Another great example is SD. They provide no parking at their new stadium in an area that is ridiculously car oriented. Their stadium is not in a residential area though.
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Just kidding - I think you guys add a lot to this forum. Thanks for hanging around!
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Hendry offered Furcal 5 years at 9M+/year. Furcal, the second tier SS. Hendry has tried to make bad moves. We're lucky others have prevented him by making worse (Colletti). but, to his credit, he didn't go crazy to outbid LA. Though a 3 year deal might have been a good option.