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  1. abuck1220
    yeah, sandberg's in the hall because of his bunting prowess.
  2. abuck1220
    it's may 7th, and wood hasn't pitched in a big league game b/c his rehab was delayed. i can't see how that makes the decision a wise one.
  3. abuck1220
    come on...you know i can't do that. :D
  4. abuck1220
    get over it, dude. in response to my post regarding the stupidity of wood's handling last year... so, naturally, i couldn't resist this in a different thread... in a way, i'd like to see him banned. but if you did that, it'd only complete his matyrdom, so i'd rather just keep him around so he can continue to make an ass of himself.
  5. abuck1220
    To those who gave up on the season in July, this move by the Cubs seems like a terrible one. I understand completely. It wasn't a high percentage play, but it also wasn't completely out of the realm of possibility that the Cubs could've gone a streak or the Astros lost 8 out of 10. Even though the chances weren't great, I appreciate that those in charge of actually winning baseball games didn't give up when you did. Baseball is a funny game. Strange things happen. Keeping yourself open to that possibility is a wise thing to do when you are in charge of winning games, don't you think? Or would you suggest a form of moderate pessimism is the better way to go? if the cubs were going to make up that kind of ground it wasn't going to be because they got a new set up man that could throw one scoreless inning three times a week. regardless of whether you thought the cubs were in the race or not, the risk (wood getting hurt again or being delayed in 2006) so far outweighed any potential benefit (a set up guy who could throw three good innings a week), that it was a stupid move.
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    no.
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    THANK GOODNESS he pitched in relief last year even though it meant he missed the first month plus of 2006. TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  9. abuck1220
    there's a consolation championship?
  10. abuck1220
    i don't know why anyone would ever pitch pierre away. he can't turn on anything inside with the slightest bit of authority, and the only hits he gets are bunts don't the 3rd base line or somewhat sharply hit ground balls past a drawn in 3b. i'd bust him in all day long, and, given the number of 4-3's he's racked up this season, that's what teams are doing.
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    week 5

    abuck1220 replied to abuck1220's topic in Fantasy Sports

    crap...sheets is missing a start b/c of shoulder stiffness. good thing NSBB's hitting like .150 this week b/c my nine starts turned into seven, and a few of those were negative. more importantly, my staff is falling apart. come back, roger!
  12. abuck1220
    that guy at the convention feels pretty smart right now.
  13. abuck1220
    Did that cause his atrocious 2005, too, Jim? the excuse factory has got to be in high gear w/ jones and pierre right now. but hey, let's attribute the struggles to internal blaming and cold weather instead of just looking at their 2005 numbers and admitting that these guys just aren't that good.
  14. abuck1220
    i just remembered the cubs stole, what, five bases last night too. wow, five stolen bases and four sac bunt attempts = one run (scored, of course, on a solo homer). not exactly a ringing endorsement for small ball, eh?
  15. abuck1220
    i don't know if that's the case. his 2006 numbers aren't that far off his 2005 numbers. factor in that he's coming to a new league and has the security of a three year deal, and his 2006 numbers really aren't that surprising.
  16. abuck1220
    unfortunately, many (including cubs management, i'm guessing) think that the entire offensive problem is because of lee's injury. therefore, they will fail to see the numerous other offensive shortcomings. the lee injury coincided with the end of the cubs' ridiculous good luck driving in RISP, which is more to blame for the dropoff in runs. the cubs would be struggling to score runs even w/ lee in the lineup right now.
  17. abuck1220
    As if the ball isn't bouncing 15 times with the guys we have now? seriously. jones has rolled four or five throws into the infield. must have caught something from pierre. nomar in rf (if he could handle it physically) would be better than jones, regardless of whether he's an injury risk. if he gets hurt, then you throw pie, mabry, hairston, or even patterson out there and you'll likely match jones' "production." even if you only get two months of nomar, two months of nomar + mabry/pie/whoever > an entire season of jones...especially when you consider the albatross of a contract they gave jacque.
  18. abuck1220
    corey: .277/.299/.446/.745 ouch.
  19. abuck1220
    That's Hendry and the Trib. They're willing to overpay for mid-level players, but they're unwilling to get in bidding wars for top-tier free agents. Hendry should GM a mid-market team, not this one. He just has no clue. that would be an even worse disaster than this. he would single handedly cripple a 40 mil payroll team with a signing like jones. you think it's bad that he takes up 1/20th of this payroll? imagine the damage he would do if he make up 1/8th or 1/6th of a team's payroll.
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    most specifically, the 3rd, 17th, 33rd, 34th, 38th-44th, 51st, 54th, and 64th-73rd. though the 21st one kinda made me mad. i have to admit, however, i rather liked the 49th.
  21. abuck1220
    LEGITIMATE! i should do a search and see how many times that word was used on this board to describe pierre's lead off skills in the last three months.
  22. abuck1220
    honestly, seeing that [expletive] try to sac bunt three innings in a row and have it produce exactly zero runs almost gives me as much joy as it does pain. if the bus back to the hotel ran into a billboard that said 'sac bunts are stupid,' the omen wouldn't be any clearer than it was tonight. high comedy.
  23. abuck1220
    11 more sac bunts and the cubs would have won.
  24. abuck1220
    ...before you decide it's a bad idea? i don't think i've ever, in my life, seen a team attempt to sac bunt a leadoff baserunner over THREE innings IN A ROW and have it fail EACH AND EVERY TIME. the evidence could not be made any plainer. it's as though the baseball gods were trying to make it as obvious as possible. THREE INNINGS IN A ROW!!!!
  25. abuck1220
    i've missed the last half of the game. do my eyes deceive me or have the cubs been 0-3 the last three innings w/ the 'get the leadoff guy on and then bunt him over strategy'? i mean, seriously, how many times does it have to NOT work before you quit trying it?????? unreal!!!!!!!
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