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  1. Pushfrog98
    I'd be for it, but this should probably be in Transactions. Soriano is HORRIBLE in the outfield. I could probably leave "in the outfield" off and it would still be an accurate statement.
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    http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q210/Quisp69/DSC04347.jpg
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    Just wait till Derek Jeter makes a spectacular play on a routine grounder to short and manages to run to touch 2nd base AND THEN throws to First to get not One out, but TWO!!!!!!!! Seriously though... That was a tremendous play!
  4. Pushfrog98
    A middle infielder was just released by the Reds. We should pick him up because some schmuck of a team is already paying his salary! http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/04/reds-dfa-miles-balentien.html
  5. Pushfrog98
    I can't find anything I would call intriguing about the guys you mentioned. What do you like about them? The fact that they don't have a 2 year/$7.5mil contract is the thing that intrigues me the most.
  6. Pushfrog98
    Especially since the Cardinals get someone all year long to help them chemically improve.
  7. Pushfrog98
    http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morgami01.shtml Haha good call. How did I forget about Mike?
  8. Pushfrog98
    http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stairma01.shtml Almost makes me have to scroll horizontally.
  9. Pushfrog98
    I was looking at both of Clemens' 20k games and he was facing extremely weak lineups, for the most part, both times. Plus, against the Mariners, he gave up a HR and (i think) 4 hits and against the Tigers he gave up 5 hits. That Tigers lineup only had 2 batters OPS over 800 and the Mariners lineup had 3 and nobody batting over .250 at the time (thought it was early in the season.) Interesting note, Brad Ausmus was involved in 2 20k games.
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    Talking to my Cardinal fan co-workers (one of which is a HS baseball coach and both are fairly anti-Cubs) about this and they both agreed that Kerry Wood's performance was the best pitching performance. They said that Burly's perfect game was an impressive team feat, but to throw 20K's is total domination by a single pitcher. I brought up the argument about lineup differences and my boss (who is the HS coach) said it doesn't matter. They are Major League batters, they should be able to figure a new pitcher out and not strike out 20 times in a game. After the 2nd time facing Wood, they should have had an idea of what he was throwing. They DID have an idea and still couldn't make good contact. Burly had to rely on some spectacular defense to preserve his perfect game. Just thought I'd throw in what 2 cardinal fans had to say.
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    from cubs.com:
  12. Pushfrog98
    Or OBP because we're talking about someone getting on base. Hit or walk. Fair enough. The slugging numbers don't really matter in this case though.
  13. Pushfrog98
    Hmm... I doubt it. Houston went 102-60 that year and led the NL in runs scored by a decent margin. It's probably about even. Houston scored 5.4 runs per game with a line of .280/.356/.436/.792. Tampa Bay averaged 4.96 runs per game with a line of .263/.343/.439/.782. Houston scored almost half a run more per game but the batting lines were very similar. I was going to argue that Houston has the edge because they were an NL team with pitchers ABs brining down that line (and I believe Shane Reynolds was a notably bad hitter at that point in his career). But then I realized that the 98 Houston team was in the heart of the steroid era, making their statline slightly less impressive. Plus, this is the only time that Batting Average is actually THE important stat... You're talking about someone getting a hit. Any hit, not extra bases.
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    Yeah, I was just saying that before reading the article, i had thought it was against the Royals, then learned it was against the Rays, which makes it much more impressive.
  15. Pushfrog98
    Scratch MacDougal off the list. Signed with Nationals.
  16. Pushfrog98
    For some reason, I was thinking the perfect game was against the Royals, not the Rays.
  17. Pushfrog98
    Yeah, that's the philosphy to go through life with! And it's gotten you so far. If God hadn't given you moderate ability to be skilled at doing something that both pays a lot of money and is in an industry where you can sometimes be completely intolerable and still be a net benefit to your employers, you'd be a worthless bum. Well Milty, your talent will only get you a few more years in this game. You selfish and destructive behavior will have to carry you the rest of the way. Still feel the same way about never changing? Don't worry, he'll be on VH1 once his playing days are over.
  18. Pushfrog98
    Chad Gaudin and Mike MacDougal have just hit the market, according to mlbtr...
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    agreed Is there a difference between an electronic ad board and a jumbotron aside from a lack of gigantic face of Marlon Byrd? Huge difference. Especially if this rendering is any indication. http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/LF-Sign.jpg I thought you jokingly photoshopped that picture... I didn't realize it was the REAL "artist rendering." Looks like I need to get into a new line of work
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    I think spring training also opens eyes to minor leaguers that they may not have an accurate book on. If it wasn't for spring training, Pujols wouldn't have gotten such an early look at the majors.
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    The problem with this nonsense is there's no such thing as earning it in the spring. Spring training numbers are absolutely meaningless. How well you perform is absolutely meaningless. Hitting well in spring training should not "earn" anybody a job they've proven they don't deserve over the course of multiple regular seasons. I think spring training matters on fringe cases. It helps you weed out the hitters who look absolutely lost vs the players who are just running into bad luck. I don't think the entire roster should be built upon who performed well in spring training, but for those last few bench spots, it has a lot to do with ST performance.
  22. Pushfrog98
    Any camera trained on Castro were burnt out by his supernova-like glory. imagine if he and Soto had a baby together. My head just exploded.
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    Some things just can't be unseen.
  24. Pushfrog98
    hats for bats.
  25. Pushfrog98
    Saw on MLBTraderumors facebook post that the cubs may have signed Cuban pitching prospect Juan Yasser Serrano. I clicked on the link and the page never opened though, so I don't know what to make of it. *edit Just saw something about this posted in the Minor League section... lock if need be.
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