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I haven't seen the actual twitter, but evidently his AAU coach tweeted that Oglesby is going to Iowa. The streaming video of the presser is also down, so I won't trust it until the shenanigans are over.
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He just guaranteed a Hawk win. He picked AZ.
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I'm not an ISU fan, but Iowa needs them to look good and make another bowl now. It's looking like they could actually end up beating conference some teams this year. The Big12 North is gonna suck something fierce again this year.
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Haven't you heard, it's hot in Arizona. Oh, and Iowa is slow. :roll:
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I'm not. I think it will be a good game, but I think Iowa wins by 7-10.
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I was, then I moved from Kansas to Seattle. :-( This confuses me... Seattle is gorgeous and Kansas is, well, Kansas. Except, the Royals play in Missouri and not Kansas. Trust me, there's a HUGE difference. Besides, KC is a great town.
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It was a joke. The times I've seen him interviewed, he seems to have a rather mondacious noggin.
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You are just upset because you didn't get a "Jim Hendry" bobble-head. A Hendry "bobble-head" would probably be the most realistic looking one ever.
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Isn't the goat the original scapegoat? Plus, where's Leon Durham's glove?
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Re: MLB considering radical floating realignment
MSG T replied to Sammys Boombox's topic in General Baseball Talk
Again, unbalanced scheduling makes rewarding division winners necessary. There is no way that teams from different divisions have the same schedule strength. So a 95-67 record in one division may not be the same as a 95-67 record in another division. That's the ultimate issue. What is fair, and what generates excitement and tickets sales are 2 different things. If we all wanted it to be "fair", it would be a round robin format for the regular season where everybody plays everybody else the exact same number of times, and then the top 8 or 10 teams would play a "seaded" tournament consisting of best-of-seven series with only 1 day off during each series. The only other method would be to have a formula that would be able to calculate and "account for" the strength of schedule based on the division and the un-balanced scheduling. Isn't a form of this what many, myself included, are wanting to get away from in college football? -
That Hill can. That's the only reason he's on the Cubs.
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Yeah. It had to be a game I was at, too. I'm happy with where Soto's at right now. Lol, you are ok with him being the best offensive catcher in baseball? That's good to know. I hear that that Joe Mauer guy still plays. I might be mistaken. Geo says hi. BA/OBP/SLG/OPS Geo - .284/.399/.521/.920 Mauer - .324/.402/.470/.872
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Soto's not a good fielder. Castro has the chance to be at least an average SS. Plus Soto is going to earn more money over the next 5+ years, so I would say Castro will be more valuable. But Castro will have to improve quite a bit at the plate to do that. Why is Soto not a good fielder? I'd say Castro has a chance to be better than average if he's around average at 20. I love how in '08 everyone raved about how great a fielder Geo was. Now that Lou needed a reason to play Hill for half of two years we get the myth of Geo can't field. Awesome work. Wasn't Soto originally, before he figured out he can hit, on the fast track to the majors based on his defense? I doubt his defense has taken a drastic turn for the worse in the last 2 seasons.
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Geovany
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Where do I sign? Right after the clause stating that "Player may reject a trade to any other organization in MLB" At 3/$36 I'd take him even with the NTC.
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FWIW, which is not much, Kaplan was on KXNO in Des Moines yesterday and said it was Girardi's job to say no to. He said everone else is lumped in together after him. He didn't even sound like anyone else will be a consideration until Girardi turns them down. As I mentioned, this is Kaplan we're talking about.
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Center Josh Koeppel of Iowa is out Saturday because of this He's only supposed to miss the first game. BTW, he'll the one on the bike.
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In 6 of his 10 seasons (including this year), he's had an OPS better than .900. That includes a .948, .956 and .940 OPS. Saying .900 at best is underestimating how good he's been in the past. In his last 7 seasons, he's gone: .855 .940 .898 .901 .889 .928 .913 Other than the .940 5 seasons ago, and the .928 last year, he's been a .900 guy. Given that his walks are down and his power should start to decline within a season or so, expecting him to routinely eclipse .900 seems strongly optimistic. In only 2 of the last 6, using the numbers you posted, has he failed to reach .900 OPS. Once by .002 and once by .011. However, he has eclipsed it by .040, .001, .028 and .013. Looks to me that he has been remarkably consistent and should be a good bet to exceed .900 OPS again in the future. It's not like we're talking about signing him through his age 39 season. If they signed him for 4 years he'd be 35 when the contract is over. Would he be performing as well at 35 as he is now? That's doubtful. Would he still be putting up number well above average for a 1B? I'd be willing to say yes. And considering how much less he would cost than Fielder and Gonzalez, what's the problem?
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I read that when I was looking at how to teach my son pitching mechanics. I know there's people that don't like his analysis, but he seems to be right an awful lot. I don't know if it's hindsight and coincidense or actual knowledge, but I'd think twice about it if he says something's bad.
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So they say he's the second worst .300 hitter this year, then admit that it's his fielding that's dragging his WAR down. So he's not really the 2nd worst hitting .300 hitter? Which, considering the mention his fielding too, means Young isn't the worst hitting .300 hitter? Did I read that right?
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I love how you say this like he got hot for the last month or so when in reality, his worst single month OPS after April was May with a .955. Last 5 months of 2009: .955 .973 1.027 1.014 1.295 Yeah, that's finishing on a hot streak. If by finishing on a hot streak you mean being an elite level hitter for the last 85% of the season. Even after an abysmal April, he finished 4th in the NL in OPS. yeah but he hit well when the cubs were out of it (september) which doesn't count. What about the four months before that? -or- Do I need to fix my sarcasm meter?
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Yes. You don't need freaking managers inserting pinch runners for Hall of Fame hitters to get an extra step. I saw that and immediately thought, "how does that make him sabermetrically inclined?". Wouldn't that be anti-sabermetric? That looks like going with a gut instinct to me. Just because Girardi keeps binders of stats doesn't mean he's using saber stats. They could be filled with useless crap that looks good when talking about scouting. Especially when he does things like pinch run for a great hitter to get an extra step.
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You don't think a 1/$38 for Konerko is a good deal?
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The biggest problem I have with that comparison, and I'm not saying it's necessarily wrong, is that Soriano is right at his career norms in OBP and SLG. That means he's doing exactly what he'd be expected to do, granted he's probably going to be going down the for the rest of his career. Who knows what Colvin's norms are. He could actually be what he's shown the last 2-3 months, what he showed the first couple of months or something else. Until he has a substantial number of PAs, we won't know. But, given his MiL numbers and what he's good and bad at, I'm not sure he'll be able to replicate what Soriano has done in his career.
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Sammy Sosa has some things to say about the Cubs
MSG T replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
BA OBP SLG .296 .371 .403 .314 .405 .457 . .309 .372 .413 .273 .346 .373 . .307 .380 .430 .325 .393 .475 .298 .370 .414 .326 .395 .516 .331 .396 .455 .319 .409 .465 .309 .401 .471 .309 .390 .481 .280 .394 .429 .298 .386 .466 .252 .351 .386 .200 .279 .304 Any of the above would suffice. Sandberg?? Just checked, isn't Sandberg. Who is it?