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that's a really idiotic thing to say.
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At the risk of over stepping my bounds here, I'd guess a real big difference might be in their paychecks as well. Because unfortunately, the most financially successful sports writers are the ones making the most asinine statements in an effort to garner the most attention, and thus, income. I'd imagine it's really tempting to go down the Marriotti route whenever possible. agreed. mariotti is an attention whore, and he wants to be known nationally (which is why he appears on "who can yell the loudest" every day on espn), and no one outside of nsbb cares about who bats second. plus, mariotti's so busy trying to get famous, it's not like he's in the trenches in mesa trying to get interesting stuff...he just writes about what he thinks someone in LA or NY would care about with regard to the cubs.
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mariotti's writing headline-grabbing trade prior articles and dropping bartman references while bruce is writing articles that are actually about interesting, important stuff. big difference between those two.
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his value is at an all-time high...
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you're right...complete silence until opening day. shut the boards down.
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Of course it doesn't. But that's not the point at all. ok, so what is the point? The doomsday predictors don't know as much as they think they know. well, i was right about neifi, dempster, pierre and the team as a whole sucking last year, so maybe i'm pretty smart after all. and we all know i was right about hill being good.
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Of course it doesn't. But that's not the point at all. ok, so what is the point?
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He was barely above average offensively. Even if the doomsday predictors said he would be below average, they had more evidence to say that than people had evidence to say he would be good. The point is that both of these bad ballplayers didn't deserve their contracts and Marquis more specifically doesn't deserve his rotation spot over someone like Guzman or Marshall, especially at 7 mil a season. You're making my point. The guy who many thought was absolute garbage actually turns out to be above average. Even despite the reams of statistical evidence (allegedly) suggesting otherwise. Could Marquis follow the same path? Sure seems plausible to me. Yet the doomsday predictors aren't really allowing for this possibility. For them, the jury's already in -- Marquis is trash, Hendry's an idiot, the contract's insane, blah blah blah. These folks really ought to learn from recent history not to jump to conclusions so quickly. So after 1 slightly above average seasons by Jacque Jones you feel comfortable coming to the conclusion that he's good? I'm comfortable coming to the conclusion that the doomsday predictors that all but guaranteed that Jones would be absolutely terrible (and Marquis will be absolutely terrible) don't know as much as they think they know. sorry, but i don't think jones exceeding expectations last season has any effect on marquis doing the same this season.
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i don't think there's any way pie matches jones' production in '07. and i can't see how a trade of jones fills any of the cubs' holes. i'm underwhelmed by the rotation of z, lilly, marquis, and hill, so i think the cubs could use a #2-3 type starter, but jones isn't going to get you that, and i think hendry's happy w/ the starting pitching. they could use an upgrade at ss, but hendry doesn't see it that way. i wouldn't trade jones, though i could see the cubs being so concerned with soriano's defense in cf that they want to get pie in there.
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and brag.
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Not necessarily true. See: Perez, Neifi. Even Neifi isn't all bad. It's how he's used. agreed. he's used as a baseball player, which is clearly not what he was made for.
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who the hell cares if he makes a serviceable #5 starter? he's got a 3/$21 contract...those aren't the types of contracts you give to #5 starters. if he pitches like a #5 starter, he's a terrible waste of money. i also love that people seem to think rothschild is going to magically turn him around. i mean, rothchild's certainly had the golden touch over the past few seasons. and we all know marquis was previously working under two pretty hapless pitching coaches...
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ps - you suck at taking pictures.
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just because the people you're disagreeing with have presented adequate support for their position and you haven't doesn't mean that you should just resort to acting like a baby.
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as i've said before, i have to wonder if you guys would be so optimistic about marquis if he had signed with the cardinals. i kinda doubt you would be.
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3/12ST Cubs (Z!) @ Giants (Morris) 3:05CT CSN Chicago
abuck1220 replied to otis89's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
plesac: not to harp on it...(followed by 30 seconds of harping). -
3/12ST Cubs (Z!) @ Giants (Morris) 3:05CT CSN Chicago
abuck1220 replied to otis89's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
plesac takes 30 seconds to say what should take 5 seconds to say. -
3/12ST Cubs (Z!) @ Giants (Morris) 3:05CT CSN Chicago
abuck1220 replied to otis89's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
i'd take about 75 when i'm there next week. samardzija's got moxie! -
because in 2005 and 2004 the metaphorical Juan Pierre hit 25-30 HRs per year. Marquis G/F was 16 in the NL of all pitchers with 140+ IP in 2005. Marquis G/F was 2 in the NL of all pitchers with 140+ IP in 2004. look, I don't like his signing, but some of you are just taking the hatred of the guy too damn far. yeah, there was a lot of hate in my post. so he was very good (w/ regard to his g/f ratio) in '04, average in '05 and terrible in '06. i guess i see the trend as getting progressively worse...but that may just be me hating marquis.
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*with the exception of championships. Yeah, but I'm the best in the regular season, when it really matters. :lol: i thought i had the most regular season points last year... I'm talking over the past three years. Consistency is key! sorry...i can't remember back that long. my memory only goes back as far as my two titles...
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*with the exception of championships. Yeah, but I'm the best in the regular season, when it really matters. :lol: i thought i had the most regular season points last year...
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:evil: at least it's in the dictionary: http://www.bartleby.com/61/84/I0238400.html Irregardless, it's still improper usage. :D It's called the modern English language. Get on board or get left behind. so you're saying the proper usage is irregardless?
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*with the exception of championships.
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whatever the category is, tim and raw are the best. that's all there is to it.
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i haven't read through this whole thread, but does someone want to tell me why marquis is talked about as a groundball pitcher? he was at the bottom of the NL in g/f ratio last year and he led the NL in homers allowed. yeah, when he's throwing groundballs he's good, but that seems to be like saying when juan pierre hits homeruns he's good.