abuck1220
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let me get this straight, you hate andres blanco with all of your heart, but you want the cubs to sign shea hillenbrand? i'd like to say something clever along the lines of "who's next, [some washed up 3b that hasn't played professional baseball since 1999 or so]," but shea hillenbrand would be the name i would use for that joke.
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No team with Alfonso Soriano can win a World Series.
abuck1220 replied to badnews's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
there's no way that's true. sorry. you're essentially saying that pitchers KNOW they can get soriano out by throwing sliders in the dirt, but their cockiness (?) for some reason, leads them to throw him fastballs that he hits 400 feet. come on. You got it wrong. Pitchers believe in their fastballs. pitchers believe in paychecks and job security. if it was truly as easy as throwing soriano breaking stuff, they'd do it, even if it meant sacrificing their manhood in whatever way you've imagined. -
No team with Alfonso Soriano can win a World Series.
abuck1220 replied to badnews's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If Soriano goes on one of his hot streaks during October he could carry a team to a World Series title. I'm not convinced that Soriano has "hot streaks" so much as he has streaks where pitchers are giving him a lot of good pitches to hit. That won't happen very frequently in the playoffs, so the chances of him getting on a "hot streak" are very slim. so if all you have to do to get him out is not throw him "good pitches to hit," then why doesn't every pitcher do that to him all the time? Because pitchers are cocky bastards who believe their stuff can get anybody and they can't necessarily put it where they want it every time. there's no way that's true. sorry. you're essentially saying that pitchers KNOW they can get soriano out by throwing sliders in the dirt, but their cockiness (?) for some reason, leads them to throw him fastballs that he hits 400 feet. come on. -
No team with Alfonso Soriano can win a World Series.
abuck1220 replied to badnews's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If Soriano goes on one of his hot streaks during October he could carry a team to a World Series title. I'm not convinced that Soriano has "hot streaks" so much as he has streaks where pitchers are giving him a lot of good pitches to hit. That won't happen very frequently in the playoffs, so the chances of him getting on a "hot streak" are very slim. so if all you have to do to get him out is not throw him "good pitches to hit," then why doesn't every pitcher do that to him all the time? -
shane did that last week too. i say one more and he gets a beatdown.
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seems pretty clear to me. oh, so now you're a strict constructionist? how convenient. listen, the rule is about as clear as it can get. the ben sheets situation is completely different for reasons we've talked about a thousand times. if every time i bring something up, everybody's going to throw ben [expletive] sheets in my face, then i guess everyone is allowed to break the rules when they play me because i'm a cheater that has ben sheets on the DL so who am i to ask others to abide by the rules. i don't really care. i'm going to lose this week anyway. but if that's not the rule, then take down the freaking rule post because it apparently doesn't apply. tim agreed with me. there's no reason to have a monday roster deadline if it flat out doesn't apply to pitchers or position players. if that's not the rule, then change it.
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in the chat, juan said mid-week moves have always been allowed, but i really don't think that's the case. the rule says: seems pretty clear to me.
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marmol is actually considerably worse right now, so no.
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sac bunting to set things up for the booming bats of andres blanco and koyie hill.
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andruw jones was a [expletive] beast that year.
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throwing waist high fastballs to that hack is really not a good idea.
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he didn't get hurt until after the trade. though i believe he had some back issues while with the cubs in '08.
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he was in the minor league system because he was rehabbing an injury.
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oops.
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CURSE OF THE JOBA.
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well best of luck to all of you.
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who will have the high score this week? don or tim? i'm on the edge of my seat!
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lol WGN. i get it.* *looks like "wagon."
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well, they're both going to steal 2nd (and sometimes 3rd) each time.
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the dodgers are probably not the team you want to begin this experiment with. pierre and furcal will have three bunt hits each with fox at 3b.
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i like that metaphor.
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good thing the cubs have fontenot's terrible left-handed bat in there.
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that's just stupid. he's not even going to play. If hes our 1 backup middle infielder, he'll see some time. ok, we'll see if he's as hated as all those guys combined after one week. oh man, i'm already starting to hate him. i think you were right.
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is that what your research has shown?
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that's just stupid. he's not even going to play. If hes our 1 backup middle infielder, he'll see some time. ok, we'll see if he's as hated as all those guys combined after one week.