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Oakland Extends Nick Swisher
jersey cubs fan replied to Geech's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If he didn't suffer any major setbacks, and went to arbitration every year, he'd have made much more. -
Not sure why more low payroll AL teams wouldn't jump at a guy like him. Considering how expensive good DH's can be, you'd think they would jump at the chance.
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Why would you trade Alex Brown? I would trade either he or Ogunleye because both are overpaid and underwhelming.
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It appears to me that they intend on having Dusty playing a lot from the get go. Word was he could have played late last year, if not for the stupid IR rules.
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I don't think he'll ever lineup in the backfield and run the ball, but I think they can get a lot ouf of him if he has the threat of catching swing/screen passes, or running reverses.
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You seem pretty excited about fluids excreted from the human body.
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I was not impressed with Quade when he was being interviewed on the leadoff man a few weeks ago. He didn't exactly come across as a big thinker. He was like a giddy kid who just got called up to the bigs. And I'm pretty sure he said something about not being used to coaching 3rd, and having to learn as he goes. He's already gotten run over by Ramirez, nearly injuring him. He's gotten guys thrown out by several steps. And I don't buy the "only a perfect throw" nonsense. This is the majors, not little league. The perfect throw is not that far out of the ordinary. When Pat Burrell is gunning guys, you're not doing it right. It's one thing to challenge Jacque Jones or Juan Pierre, but when you are sending guys with hamstring issues against guys who have been gunning people of late, you are making mistakes. Quade seems over his head to me.
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In other words, people make this stupid disctinction all the time even though they are wrong, so the only right thing to do is keep doing it. Soriano and Sosa are both black. What they are not is african american.
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Actually, it does make them black. It just doesn't make them african-americans. This is one of the most nonsensical distinctions that I don't get. If a white guy from Germany was playing in the US, he's still a white guy, just like a white guy from Australia or one from England. White athletes from any country get lumped into the category or white athlete, but black athletes are categorized differently. It's stupid. if Soriano is black, so is Ozzie Guillen If John Howard is white, so is Tony Blair.
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So how good can Mike Fontenot be?
jersey cubs fan replied to RammyFanny's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
If Cedeno gets back on track and if Patterson continues to develop and if Theriot shows he can handle regular duty all year then I think you can discuss trading DeRosa. But that's not happening right now. -
barrett 2008+?
jersey cubs fan replied to mg420's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Surely you can't be serious. Barrett should not be resigned past this year. He plays the wrong position, and is the wrong age to mess around with that kind of risk. Okay, maybe if he wanted a 1 year deal I'd be fine with it. But I don't want to see the Cubs give him the Varitek treatment and give him a nice parting gift of a contract he couldn't possibly live up to. I was anti-Barrett when he arrived on the scene. But he completely outperformed my expectations, and I've been pretty happy with him. But as a catcher entering his 30's with a lot of wear and tear and time served, he's a risk for breaking down. He already has a relatively poor approach at the plate. If he's no longer in peak physical form I doubt he can make up for it. And if he's not an elite hitting catcher, than I'm afraid his defensive questions are no longer maskable. If he could convert to a corner OF position or something, then maybe we've got a different story. But I don't see it happening. -
Actually, it does make them black. It just doesn't make them african-americans. This is one of the most nonsensical distinctions that I don't get. If a white guy from Germany was playing in the US, he's still a white guy, just like a white guy from Australia or one from England. White athletes from any country get lumped into the category or white athlete, but black athletes are categorized differently. It's stupid.
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Bad neck. He's been pretty bad over the past 8 games. With his wrist issue, this neck thing, his lack of power all year and cold streak, it couldn't hurt to let him sit. Even if that means I have to see Floyd at 1st base tonight.
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Night putting. Putting at night with the 15-year old daughter of the dean.
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You embarrassed me in philly, don't repeat it in NY.
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Hey, let's just completely overreact to a small responsible gesture that doesn't affect your life whatsoever.
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I wish I had a Hundley jersey to wear out to bars.
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Is this any different than what happened with Clement and Lieber before they went down? Lieber was his best against RHP in the 2 years just prior to getting injured. Your theory doesn't come close to saying an injury is unlikely, let alone improbable. If anything he appears to be getting more gimmicky, which could explain the increase in k's as well as the increase in BB. And he's given up more and more HR to RH batters as well.
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Again! Sense! There's absolutely no sense in that statement. If we find out tomorrow he needs TJS, do you ignore that and say it doesn't erase the past 5 years? We aren't talking about a down year. He's been downright awful. That's not normal. Something isn't right. I'm assuming that he doesn't actually need TJS. Call me crazy. Even if it's an issue other than TJS related, there's no sense in saying you have to give a guy a huge contract based on the past 5 years when there is something clearly wrong right now. Mark Mulder put up a pretty good 5 year run before his career fell apart. The good thing is the Cubs don't need to make a decision today. But hopefully there are people in charge that are using more sense than the "well he's been great for 5 years and right now doesn't change that fact" method to determine player value. We're talking about a pitcher here, not a left fielder.
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Again! Sense! There's absolutely no sense in that statement. If we find out tomorrow he needs TJS, do you ignore that and say it doesn't erase the past 5 years? We aren't talking about a down year. He's been downright awful. That's not normal. Something isn't right.
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Did you mean to say: Why hasn't Chris Elliot established himself for the comedic genius that he is? or, Why has Chris Elliot established himself for the comedic genius that he isn't?
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While this upcoming stretch could greatly impact the season, they'll probably come out of it similar to how they went in, gaining or losing maybe a game or two in the standings.
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Cubs recall Angel Pagan
jersey cubs fan replied to WindyCity's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If anything, he's saying that with a lot of off days scheduled in April and May, there's really no reason to rest your starters until June, July and August. Regardless, there's no reason why veterans have to be starters because they are veterans. If anything, the track record of veterans often shows that they really shouldn't be everday guys (Jones, Floyd, DeRosa) in the first place. -
Not true. They've only banned it on inbound flights.
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The Cubs climbed the ladder every year in terms of payroll rankings. A few years ago, when lots of teams were pulling in the strings, the Cubs kept spending. They went from around 12th in the bigs to top 5 with Dusty. But all that spending brought them nowhere in the end.
