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Indeed. He'd be a terrible pick up at this point in his career. I hope this is more speculation than sourced material. Where's Bruce Miles? I fear it's much more likely that Edmonds will be our Jason Kendall v2.0 as opposed to mere speculation. Hopefully there are similar results in a prospect pushing him out of the picture later in the year. Bruce's article and blog posting on the subject suggest they are very serious about Edmonds and there's a really good chance he'll at least be given a shot. Knowing the Cubs people, Edmonds won't have to show much to prove worthy (to them) of a callup to the majors, and he won't have to do much in the majors to keep his job. They are more than willing to accept mediocrity or worse from horrible veterans with nothing in the thank than they are willing to accept struggles from kids with significant upside just learning the game. -
it's his numbers last year that concern me, not so much his numbers this year. Edmonds used to be good. But his body is beat to hell and the concusion apparantly finished him off. His numbers were in a steady decline long before this year and as rocket pointed out, he was awful in 2007. He's almost certainly done.
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He was only among the most accurate in 2006, and the only reason his percentage is high is because he never even attempts long ones. He's a high percentage kicker on chip shots and extra points. That's dime a dozen stuff right there.
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That's the point though, when you never attempt field goals past 48 yards, it's kind of easy to keep your % up. That being said, he's been in the league 3 years and has only had a good % in one of those 3. In 2005 and 2007 he was completely unimpressive. I don't have a problem with the strategy of not attempting really long field goals. I do have a problem paying a guy who can't kick them the most money of any kicker in the league.
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Where are these posts at? Seriously, what happened? Was it at all related to Ryno getting suspended? oh she just posted a couple of anti-ryno rants, similar to the "IT'S NICE TO BE IMPORTANT BUT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO BE NICE!!!" rant from last year. i guess the mods deemed these posts pointless and threw them in the atomic dust bin of cyberspace. She needs new material.
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jody davis's wife pam is pretty hot. looks a little like the girl from hunter. also, the fans in SD are waving at the camera like maniacal douches every chance they get. And then there's Goose Gossage's wife.
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Now that I actually read the story I see "highest paid kicker". That's ridiculous. Robbie is not the best kicker in the league.
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Agreed. Sign him to a minor league contract, and give him 2 weeks to show he still has game left in that body. If he doesn't, simply released him. His poor start with San Diego, maybe coincides with him declining, or the fact that San Diego sucks. Give me a 1-2 weeks minor league assignment, and see if he has anything left. If he doesn't, no harm, no foul. So he might be sucking because the Padres aren't good or the City of San Diego blows? Edmonds' decline began long before going to San Diego. His 05 was a notch below his best years, 2006 was unimpressive and 2007 was horrible.
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Game 4 1984 NLCS on ESPN Classic right now. 3-3 bottom 6. Carmelon Martinez is up.
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I wouldn't have minded seeing him walk. Robbie doesn't kick off worth a crap, and while he's got a nice FG%, he either can't kick long ones or the coaching staff doesn't let him kick long ones. They never seem to take a chance on 48+ yard kicks. He wasn't any good in 2005, he had a very nice percentage in 2006 and was just above average in 2007. Nothing special. Hopefully it's extremely team friendly.
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Where are these posts at? Seriously, what happened? Was it at all related to Ryno getting suspended?
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Z to wear pink shoes and batting gloves
jersey cubs fan replied to Jehrico's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Awareness for organizations that raise funds for breast cancer treatments and research? And which one was mentioned in the article? You're looking it at too simplistically. Awareness isn't just about knowing something exists. It's also about having it top of mind. When these guys use the pink bats, etc., it generates discussion by the announcers, the folks doing the highlights, etc. That discussion makes the issue top of mind for the viewer. That, in turn, can lead to the viewer donating money/time (finding a BC charity isn't hard). It can also remind the viewer to get a mammogram and take other preventative measures. Or, if it is a male watching, it can prompt him to discuss that stuff with his wife/gf/daughter/sister/whoever. In relation to all the other diseases, doesn't breast cancern research receive the most awareness and fund raising in relation to how widespread the disease? While it's certainly a noble cause, it's kind of the easy way out - just wearing pink clothes. -
It's unfair to blame Dusty on this. The players are the ones who grab the bat and walk up to the plate, Dusty can't do that for them.
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Kind of reinforces the notion that it was fairly ridiculous to ever think Samardzija could have been fast tracked to the majors. If he ever amounts to anything, it's going to be a long time from now. But some were talking about a potential call-up in 2007, and many were talking about him pitching in the majors in 2008. He shouldn't even be on the radar for 2009. The guy has about 210 pro innings, and I think he's going to need at least 400-500 innings before you can think about bringing him up.
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Could you hit a major league pitcher?
jersey cubs fan replied to rawaction's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I haven't swung at a fastpitch baseball in years. If I had some practice I might be able to foul one off before striking out miserably. But even that's in doubt. -
Why would it matter? A blown lead is a blown lead. But Tomy, aren't we trying to avoid from a blown save occurring? ...oh, and a yeah ---Go Hawks! You can blow a save before the 9th inning.
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I don't understand why everyone is so down on Benson. Its not like he was put into a very good situation to succeed last year. What good is cutting him when he is at worst going to be your second best RB. The good is salary savings. He's getting paid an awful lot to be a backup, and if Forte is better, that's where you're going to end up. If salary is not an issue, then yeah...there's no problem hanging on to him. I don't think the salary savings are significant. The team isn't in cap trouble. But they'd still take somewhat of a cap hit by cutting Benson. I don't get how anybody could question why people are down on Benson. He was a 4th overall pick who hasn't come close to living up to the selection or the salary. He's been a tremendous disappointment. That being said, I'm all for keeping him around at least through training camp, unless he shows the team nothing before then.
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I've thought that since the season started. Hoping the Jays and A's really start to suck but Harden and Burnett show themselves to be healthy till the trade deadline so that we can pick one of them up. Harden is due to come off the DL this weekend. I know it's rolling the dice in terms of health, and Cubs fans are tired of that to be sure, but a Z, Harden 1,2 punch in the playoffs would be a thing of beauty. Especially with a good, patient offense. I think Zambrano, Hill and Lilly can be a very solid 1-3, and that Dempster may just be a very solid 4/5. Marshall or Gallagher may be able to eventually fill the other spot, with Lieber getting the occasional start against non LH heavy lineups. I'm in no hurry to see him go after pitching. It's too darn expensive.
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It's terrible, but hearing it makes me happy Same Exactly. To me it epitomizes the eternally optimistic "lovable losers" tag. It's cute and cuddly and disgustingly bad. I'm gonna have to disagree with you. Eternally optomistic and lovable losers have nothing to do with each other.
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Except for the insane uproar that would cause with the media and fans, perhaps.
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He's his own slump buster? Or maybe he's like a female celebrity's slump buster. If they haven't had a Jeter in a while go for Grace.
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If they get to his spot I'm sure they will pinch hit, but I could see him coming out if it's 1-2-3.
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That sounds dirty. :scratch: Ron Santo Seattle Sutton diet commercial. First pitch out there was big with Lilly approaching 100. They should probably pull him as soon as somebody reaches.
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acapulco taco pie anyone?
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Really Pat? 100 out of 100 times they'd walk a batter with a .290 OPB to get to the pitcher? How about the "make the pitcher leadoff the next inning strategy?" Come on, don't be so afraid to question a manager, they aren't all infallible.
