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  1. Vinestal
    yah Pat and Ron are saying Strain, and he's day to day
  2. Vinestal
    great Soriano hurt now *sigh*
  3. Vinestal
    :shock: I just saw pigs soar by my window. For real isnt that a sign of the Apocolpse or something?
  4. Vinestal
    Well at least we got Izzy's crappy atbat out of the way in this inning so he's not leading off next inning
  5. Vinestal
    ... and this is why Murton should be in the lineup every day
  6. Vinestal
    This is the first place I have heard anything at all about this. Had to go look up CNN site once I read the first post to figure out what was being talked about. Its certainly a tradgedy, but why cancel baseball because something horrible happened? Like someone else said people are dying every day in Iraq and thats terribly sad as well. We cant stop doing the things we enjoy in life every time something tragic happens. Life goes on.
  7. Vinestal
    JJ looked aweful the first 2 or 3 months of last season as well but then turned things around with a great second half. I was really hoping they would trade him during the offseason, as I saw this kinda start coming. I wonder if Floyd could play right and Murton left? Not quite-JJ was awful in the first month of each half (April/July). He was very good in both May and June. As far as Floyd playing right and Murton left, I'm not sure. They were going to have Floyd play right in 1 ST game this season, but then they changed their minds 15-20 minutes before gametime. As far as I know, neither one of them has gotten any time in RF at all this season even in the spring (and IIRC, Murton has never played there in his career). Oh, it just seemed like 2 or 3 months lol
  8. Vinestal
    They are going to use Jason Frasor as thier closer now. He had a real solid line out of the bulpen last year after the break 2.65 ERA, .88 WHIP, 17 K in 17 IP and has done well so far this year. They could be looking for bulpen arms, though Im not sure what they'd be willing to give up to get them.
  9. Vinestal
    JJ looked aweful the first 2 or 3 months of last season as well but then turned things around with a great second half. I was really hoping they would trade him during the offseason, as I saw this kinda start coming. I wonder if Floyd could play right and Murton left?
  10. Vinestal
    Oh No! We suck again!
  11. Vinestal
    Well... another stellar starting pitching performance wasted. Bulpen was good today to =(
  12. Vinestal
    omg what a joke, he swung at a ball that was 3 feet outside and low to K
  13. Vinestal
    How about just playing Murton? game thread though That would be a good start followed by putting JJ way down in the order where he should be.
  14. Vinestal
    This offense sucks! *sigh*
  15. Vinestal
    Yeah thats pretty awesome that along with Colvin's performances recently have really given me something to be excited about. Nice avatar and sig. :) Yeah, thanks for the idea, maybe alot of people will follow. Seemed like a good idea as a way to show support. Im tired of trying to argue why he should be in the lineup, this way at least people will know my stance every time I post.
  16. Vinestal
    Yeah thats pretty awesome that along with Colvin's performances recently have really given me something to be excited about.
  17. Vinestal
    How many times is he going to do that this year? What a moron.
  18. Vinestal
    Well once again they dont fail to dissapoint. *sigh* Maybe I should be glad I can only watch them when they are on WGN, heck listening is painful enough.
  19. Vinestal
    Well it was better than Sean's line *sigh*
  20. Vinestal
    Who is Amador and where did he come from?
  21. Vinestal
    Exactly-high schoolers may fail at a higher rate, but the most talented players also typically come out of of high school. If you draft 10 players, a big market team would rather 2-3 become true impact players and the other 7 be awful then all 10 become mediocre (or 1 standout, 5 mediocre, and 4 failures would probably be a better comparison). I dont think the most talented players come out of high school. I dont really understand your argument. I really dont care if they draft highschool players further down in the draft, because those picks are more of a roll of the dice anyway. You want to draft a higher risk player with your highest pick? THere will be plenty of high ceiling guys availible with the 3rd pick I'd just rather see them use that pick on a guy thats more likely to succede in pro ball than one that more likely to bust. Id like to see the top 10 picks from the last 5 years and see how many of the position players that succeded at star level were highschool players and how many were college players.
  22. Vinestal
    lol ok, well you cant be a star if you never make a major leage roster now can you?
  23. Vinestal
    Yeah its hot down here. To bad the weather at Wrigley is not as good lol
  24. Vinestal
    high school players fail at a higher rate than college players. With the 3rd pick, you're drafting for a star not safety. While drafting 3rd will likely give a similar ceiling player from HS or college regardless given how high it is, the trends have shifted towards more teams drafting college players and allowing HS players to fall. Personally, I would be disappointed if my team went for a safe pick rather than the higher ceiling. Not me, I want the player with the higher probablity to succede. Luis Montez is no star, Ryan Harvey is probably never going to even be a mediocre major leaguer. Im a little tired of wasting high picks on guys who just plain suck in the minors. I think its very hard to gauge how a high school position player's talent will translate when put into profesional ball. Its seems to me to be much easier to judge how a college possition player's talent will translate as they are further along in thier developement. I think Truffle is correct when he says that High School players fail at a higher rate than college players. I think that applies across the board not just in our system.
  25. Vinestal
    Well what the heck has he been doing the last 2 weeks?
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