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  1. jersey cubs fan
    +1 I hate the fact that I have to worry about Cubs' players getting injured before the season even starts. In soccer, international competition is more prestigious than club competition. Why is baseball so different? Every other sport is different. There was no international competition worth having, since the US dominate the sport for the first 3/4 of its existance. Futbol has had that internation level of competition long before guys made millions of pounds/francs/pesos/euros/etc. I guarantee if they didn't already have the world cup in place, it would be hard as heck to get players interested, let alone fans. They make their living playing professionally. Back when guys didn't get paid much, the international games were a way for them to get more recognition. But now, there is no financial gain to play in the WBC or not play in the WBC.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    whatwhatwhat?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    I've said it 100 times and I'll quote you for the 101st. I cannot see the Cubs going into the season with only one guy capable of backing up 3rd, SS and 2B. I see no way Hoff makes this team, unless Gathwright is traded or they grow the balls to go with a 6 man bullpen. We have a lot of choices for the seventh reliever spot who have options remaining. Hoffpauir also has options remaining. It would be nice if they switched back and forth between seventh reliever and sixth bench guy depending upon need (workload on the remainder of the bullpen, etc.). It would be nice, but with the required 10-day (or is it 14?) after the demotion, it's hard to do that with a reliever and a position player. It's easier with 3 relievers.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    He's gonna get a lucky shallow OF blooper to win a game at some point, and you're gonna hear about his guts, and grit, and how he plays the game the right way. Wrong. Black guys can't be gritty. Don't you know the rules? I dunno. How else has Juan Pierre built a career if not for his grit? I think this rule needs to be challenged. Surely Neifi was gritty. Tony Womack. I never thought they were characterized as gritty. Juan was given the "speed doesn't slump" monikor, Neifi was a versatile sure-handed professional hitter (yes, I read that he was a professional hitter). And Womack was just Tony Womack.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I've said it 100 times and I'll quote you for the 101st. I cannot see the Cubs going into the season with only one guy capable of backing up 3rd, SS and 2B. I see no way Hoff makes this team, unless Gathwright is traded or they grow the balls to go with a 6 man bullpen.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    I'll never complain about a rival with a limited budget spending valuable resources on a 41 year old reliever with the "closer" tag.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Probably not.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Reed is worthwhile. The other two leave enough to be desired that they shouldn't be considered viable options for a supposed championship contender to fill in 40 games missed by one of its 3-4-5 hitters. Miles can play some OF too, right? We better hope he never does.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    you can still get directv, beer, steak and sex (I assume) in ND, right?
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Very similar thing, minus the gunshot, happened in my driveway. Stupid cops.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    it's really not a big deal. average temps in early april are around 50 for a high and 30 for a low, and by the end of the month the average high is up to 65. by that point of the year there's not much difference between the climate there and the climate in chicago, detroit or cleveland. they'll probably get a couple of "cold outs" or "snow outs" in a year, but i would guess that from beginning to end of the season, you'll get more rain outs in an open air stadium in, say, miami, boston or new york than you will in minneapolis. How's their late October?
  12. jersey cubs fan
    That article annoyed me. He took a long time to say nothing except "A Peavy deal would be complicated"....No kidding??? That's the Fred Mitchell way.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    errors aren't going to tell us anything.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    not even close. lowe is much better than garland. Yes Lowe is a much better pitcher than Garland.....did you mean no even close Lowe is much more expensive than Garland? I said I could be wrong on Garland asking for not so much money....I've been a huge supporter of Lowe there's not question he's much much better than Garland What they are asking for isn't really the issue. Like the housing market, there's still far more supply than demand. That tends to drive down prices. He might get what he wants, but there is no guarantee. He could refuse to pitch for $5m, but unlike with a house, where deciding not to sell is a realistic choice, deciding not to pitch for a year until prices rise is pretty stupid. I don't know what he'll get. I do believe some guys are going to get a lot less than they expected. And those guys aren't going to want to sign longterm at the lower prices, so 1 year $5m is probably out there for some mediocre arms, like Garland.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    not even close. lowe is much better than garland. Garland's success always seemed like a mirage to me. He didn't strike guys out and was susceptible to the long ball. I don't think he had a fantastic ground ball rate either. He just pitcher 210 innings a year and relied on his defense to make plays. His career ERA+ is just over 100, and he's had one truly good season (only WHIP under 1.3 and only ERA+ over 112). Every other seasons was more or less just below or above average. He's basically Marquis with fewer walks.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Garland was the name that popped into my head earlier when I was wondering about the 5th starter spot after Marquis deal became official.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I've never really enjoyed them. The only thing I liked as a kid was watching when a Cub got an at bat, but I rarely watched even those. The whole heaping of praise on guys who already get praised and worshipped daily thing just doesn't do it for me (ASG, Halls of Fame, Awards, etc).
  18. jersey cubs fan
    It'd be great if you tried to prove your theory by comparing Pods to actual good players. Buckner was not one of them. Plus, Buckner had an OPS+ well over 100 on plenty of occasions, and his career numbers were weighed down by his long career. Pods had one good year and then stunk since 2003.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    NFL is so much worse.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    I don't know how anyone could still argue that trading Lee for Pods was a good move. Homeruns kill rallies.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    He sees NY paying big for all these other pitchers, and he wants in. Playing hard to get has worked before.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Well the fact that they said it was only a 'contaminant' level of the andro that they found in his blood stream sure helps his believability. At least to me. In Romero's case, he brought the bottle he used to his arbitration hearing. I guess you can also look at credit card records in both cases, if that is indeed how they paid for the supplement. How does bringing the bottle he used prove that's all he used?
  23. jersey cubs fan
    If rodent hair could cause you to lose your job, you should eat something besides popcorn. That's not really an analogous situation with Romero though. What if you were had no idea popcorn could contain rodent hairs, nothing on the popcorn label says anything about rodent hairs, and even when you asked a professional, that professional tells you it doesn't contain rodent hairs? Would you be confident eating popcorn? If you are a pro athlete and have no idea that GNC products can contain stuff that is not on the label, you are an idiot. Everybody with a pulse knows that. It's been reported for several years. This same story is written every month with a new player involved. Olympians, bike racers, football players, futbol players, baseball players.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.post-trib.com/sports/1365563,bears.article Guys have gotten as close as they can get to asking for Babich's head, constantly questioning tactics, etc. Personally, I'd like to see them consider the 3-4 going forward. They're two best defensive players are linebackers Urlacher and Briggs, and Urlacher just isn't ideal for what they are doing.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Haugh is a hack. I cant think of another sports journalist who tries to use so many psuedo-witty analogies. His articles are hard to read, and his logic even harder to understand He demanded an extension for Orton around week 5 or 6.
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