jersey cubs fan
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Wow, what a great answer to a stupid question. He probably didn't have to go as in depth into the A/AAA differences in pitchers and could have said something about Vitters and Baez. Maybe bring up what Vitters was like at the same age/level, etc. Although yes, dumb question.
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brett jackson k rate this year- 31% adan dunn career- 29% soriano has been under 23% his entire career Not those numbers... the other ones...its our choice...we're weaker than a wounded woman ... doesn't have to be like that
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What do you mean by ridiculous?
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I'm not really interested in guys who can be worked on at the major league level. That's what Volstad was. The readiness to pitch today at the major league level (not to mention to do so with disastrous results) isn't really a big motivator for me. I'd much rather look into getting something without so much stink on it. And I'd much much rather ignore anything Jim Bowden suggests, just as a sort of rule in life.
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there's a hell of a lot more than just 75 PA to judge. then why did you use those 75 as your argument? The most easily accessible example of what is so glaringly obviously not a stupid decision.
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there's a hell of a lot more than just 75 PA to judge.
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I can imagine there is a case to be made in support of such a move, I think it's ridiculous to suggest that not wanting to make that move is dumb.
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There is literally nothing remotely stupid about it. It is a completely justifiable decision to make.
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2012 - .115/.258/.231 career - .133/.278/.217 So? So there is nothing stupid about benching him when a lefty is pitching.
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2012 - .115/.258/.231 career - .133/.278/.217
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It's not mine.
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the ellipsis sure are familiar
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Because a triple crown candidate just pulled out of the running you dolt. There are three times a year when people pay any attention at all, and that's right now. In a month nobody will remember who won any of these races. This is a Mike Francesa sport, revered by 65 year old Mickey Mantle fanatics who lament its decline, much like boxing.
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Yeah but he usually plays 1B so it's not an issue.
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6/7 Cubs (Garza) @ Brewers (Wolf) 1:10 CSN TV
jersey cubs fan replied to Brian's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I think Cardenas has looked completely overmatched in his limited duty. Not much interest in seeing more of it -
Seriously, you guys are insane. People talk about it for 15 minutes 2 or 3 times a year. It's not popular, and it's shrinking.
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A niche group of rich people betting on something doesn't make it popular. If you think it's mainly rich people betting on horse races you REALLY aren't in tune with the "sport". If you think it's popular you aren't in tune with the English language.
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A niche group of rich people betting on something doesn't make it popular. Horse racing attendance and ratings have been going down for decades, tracks are closing and the one thing they hung their hat on, dollars bet, hit a plateau ten years ago and has been going down.
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Okay. That's nice. It's on NBC though so it's still not really on the public consciousness.
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Right now, people only ever watch if there's the possibility of a Triple Crown. So, they'll watch the Belmont if one horse already won the other two big races. So, horse racing is so popular that people watch one race every five years. Reaching even that level of popularity still baffles me. Of course I have similar feelings about NASCAR, but at least the humans get named as the winners in that event. But it's not popular. It's very unpopular. It's a completely niche sport. Why are people baffled that an unpopular sport is unpopular?
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The better guys are still generally picked higher and everybody has a different interpretation of the best. NFL teams also have drastic differences in ratings with some teams taking QBs, for example, much sooner than anybody else would because they are desperate for a QB. And again, this system is brand new. They had plenty of years with no hard slotting at all.
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You mean, the fact that it is terribly unpopular?
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I'll have another pulled out of the Belmont.
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There are parameters within the contract that are negotiated, including total guarantees. If it was just so easily cut and dried you wouldn't still have half the guys drafted in the first round still unsigned.
