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  1. abuck1220
    it's not official until jayson stark deems it so.
  2. abuck1220
    desipio...there's some good company for you.
  3. abuck1220
    watch it, guy. jaded, college sophomore CT will call you out on that SO FAST. this ain't your grand daddy's blue font, 400 post-a-day spaz version of CT, folks.
  4. abuck1220
    and i never said that. and it's not a meaningful analogy for the reasons i pointed out above. i've argued with lots of people about rich hill over the years, and, i have to say, you are one of the worst. and that's saying something.
  5. abuck1220
    How do you know this? Pitching coaches work with their pitchers on mechanics on a weekly basis. How do you know what Duncan was or wasn't telling Ankiel. because i've never heard of it being due to his mechanics. and like, banedon said, he fell apart during the bright lights of the playoffs which would lead most people to believe that it was a mental issue and not a "hey, it's game 2 of the playoffs, wanna try something different?" issue.
  6. abuck1220
    Your continued implication that none of this is Rich Hill's fault (and that big bad Lou Piniella and Larry Rothschild ruined poor Rich) is maddening. where did i say that none of this was hill's fault? clearly the problem snowballed and became mental when his mechanics got out of whack, and i'm sure a lot of that was hill's "fault." and i'm sorry i'm causing you so much mental distress. but if this whole ordeal doesn't make you question rothschild's competence, i don't know what to tell you. Was Rick Ankiel's meltdown Dave Duncan's fault? Is he incompetent too? no one was able to subsequently fix ankiel. Rich Hill is fixed? Wow. Talk about overreacting to a second-hand report from a rookie league game. he's certainly making vast improvments, which is more than he ever did under rothschild. Well, you've been hammering Larry Rothschild for screwing up Hill for months, long before Rich Hill had his single good performance against 18 year old rookie leaguers. Obviously your opinion doesn't depend on whether Hill *can* be fixed; you had blamed Rothschild before Hill made any progress at all. With that framework, is it Dave Duncan's fault that Rick Ankiel imploded? FOR THE 20TH TIME: NOT THE SAME FREAKING THING.
  7. abuck1220
    if ankiel's collapse would have come right after duncan was like "hey, you should change up your delivery a little bit," then, yes, i think duncan would share some of the blame. if ankiel got sent down to rookie ball and some other dude was like "hey, change this about your motion," and ankiel starting throwing strikes, then, yes, i'd say duncan screwed up.
  8. abuck1220
    ankiel has zero to do with hill. ankiel's collapse was apparently 99% mental, while hill's looks to be, i don't know, about 50% mental. ankiel was throwing the ball over the back stop. hill is not. hill's downfall came after his mechanics were changed. ankiel's was not.
  9. abuck1220
    why is that nice to see? That he's not buying into this deal making the Brewers the favorites. yeah, but who cares what he thinks? it's not like it helps the cubs or hurts the brewers. You're not wrong, but couldn't you have let this innocuous little comment go? no It must be very important to you. obviously. seriously though, a lot of posters' energy this summer seems to be focused on what jayson stark is saying, what brewers message boards are saying, what ozzie guillen is saying, etc. i just don't see the point.
  10. abuck1220
    why is that nice to see? That he's not buying into this deal making the Brewers the favorites. yeah, but who cares what he thinks? it's not like it helps the cubs or hurts the brewers. You're not wrong, but couldn't you have let this innocuous little comment go? no
  11. abuck1220
    why is that nice to see? That he's not buying into this deal making the Brewers the favorites. yeah, but who cares what he thinks? it's not like it helps the cubs or hurts the brewers.
  12. abuck1220
    If Rothschild gets the blame for Hill, does he get the credit for Dempster? how are those two even related? and anyway, dempster has had periods of success before. but i don't care if you want to give rothschild some credit for him. go nuts. doesn't change how he apparently whiffed on hill.
  13. abuck1220
    Your continued implication that none of this is Rich Hill's fault (and that big bad Lou Piniella and Larry Rothschild ruined poor Rich) is maddening. where did i say that none of this was hill's fault? clearly the problem snowballed and became mental when his mechanics got out of whack, and i'm sure a lot of that was hill's "fault." and i'm sorry i'm causing you so much mental distress. but if this whole ordeal doesn't make you question rothschild's competence, i don't know what to tell you. Was Rick Ankiel's meltdown Dave Duncan's fault? Is he incompetent too? no one was able to subsequently fix ankiel. Rich Hill is fixed? Wow. Talk about overreacting to a second-hand report from a rookie league game. he's certainly making vast improvments, which is more than he ever did under rothschild.
  14. abuck1220
    why is that nice to see?
  15. abuck1220
    it seems like hamels gets two starts every week... five in a row for the hand sanitizers!
  16. abuck1220
    i 100% believe that she worked for the cubs. any issues i have with her posts have nothing to do with me doubting her story.
  17. abuck1220
    Your continued implication that none of this is Rich Hill's fault (and that big bad Lou Piniella and Larry Rothschild ruined poor Rich) is maddening. where did i say that none of this was hill's fault? clearly the problem snowballed and became mental when his mechanics got out of whack, and i'm sure a lot of that was hill's "fault." and i'm sorry i'm causing you so much mental distress. but if this whole ordeal doesn't make you question rothschild's competence, i don't know what to tell you. Was Rick Ankiel's meltdown Dave Duncan's fault? Is he incompetent too? no one was able to subsequently fix ankiel.
  18. abuck1220
    and my critique of rothschild isn't so much for causing the problem, but more about his inability to fix it. i mean, i'm assuming he worked and worked and worked with hill from ST through may and couldn't figure out what was going on. he's been at mesa for two weeks and they apparently fixed some mechanical flaw that has immensely improved his control. you don't think that makes rothschild look a little bit like a fool? he's being paid millions to do stuff like fix broken pitchers. some guy probably making $30,000 did in two weeks what rothschild couldn't do in three months.
  19. abuck1220
    Your continued implication that none of this is Rich Hill's fault (and that big bad Lou Piniella and Larry Rothschild ruined poor Rich) is maddening. where did i say that none of this was hill's fault? clearly the problem snowballed and became mental when his mechanics got out of whack, and i'm sure a lot of that was hill's "fault." and i'm sorry i'm causing you so much mental distress. but if this whole ordeal doesn't make you question rothschild's competence, i don't know what to tell you.
  20. abuck1220
    Yes. She has explained as much in the past. people really don't know by now that she used to work for the cubs or something? it's at least hinted at in nearly all her posts.
  21. abuck1220
    whoa...can i ask you to get started then...because i would be quite curious to the reasoning behind this... Sorry don't care to share and there are things that I cannot share. If you don't want to or can't say anything about it, then why hint at it in the first place? attention. she doesn't watch the cubs, doesn't like most of the cubs personally, and won't tell anyone why. yet she has 300+ posts here. i don't get it.
  22. abuck1220
    yeah, it sucks about the new rule that says if the brewers make a trade, a win is subtracted from the cubs.
  23. abuck1220
    this trade provides us the perfect opportunity to stop whining about/cutting and pasting ridiculous things posted by cardinal/white sox fans and double up our effort in doing the same for brewer fans.
  24. abuck1220
    Wow. So the Cubs suck because they were actually relevant for 25 years while the Brewers stockpiled young talent? WHAT AN OUTRAGE I WILL BURN THAT BLOG TO THE GROUND.
  25. abuck1220
    I was expecting a bunt. Chance to put the tying run in scoring position, having your choice of who to hit next with the pitcher's spot due up, and most importantly, LaRussa being the one making the decision? I was surprised when he hit away. down by two i didn't think there was any way he would be bunting. you'd need a hit in that situation, and by bunting you're saying that one of your next two hitters HAVE to get a hit...against wood.
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