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  1. abuck1220
    well, between that and the fact that he robs an average of two homers a year, i'd say he's well worth the $10 mil...i'm in!
  2. abuck1220
    Maybe the third time will be the charm. good point. for instance, rusch's fifth time was the charm. of course by the time rusch had gone 0-4, the cubs' playoff hopes were pretty much over. but, boy, has he turned it on since!
  3. abuck1220
    Maybe the third time will be the charm. ?
  4. abuck1220
    shocking that hill wasn't razor-sharp after two weeks plus of sitting on his can.
  5. abuck1220
    well, i feel much better now that colon and prior have had non-quality starts tonight...and my offense scored some points as well. big night for nsbb as he opens up a pretty substantial lead...
  6. abuck1220
    so what you've seen w/ your eyes over his 25 major league innings is more valuable than all the numbers he amassed in the minors? sorry, but i don't trust your eyes that much. i don't have his minor league splits, but i saw him make a handful of AAA starts, and i can tell you that righties didn't mash him in any of those games.
  7. abuck1220
    duh because Palmerio did the juice without being on the Yankees. Giambi came about as clean about being on the juice as his lawyer would allow. The guy didn't stand up in front of Congress and lie about it. He's been pretty forthcoming. But, I'd never give him a "come back player" award for putting up decent numbers without the juice. Raffy deserves harsher treatment because he lied big time and obtained hall of fame numbers on the juice. the only reason he came clean was because his testimony was leaked. and probably the only reason he didn't lie when he testified was because he knew he was busted.
  8. abuck1220
    i'm having a rich hill overdose.
  9. abuck1220
    overbay and lee have made up the points he got from floyd and castilla. i'm a little worried about prior and colon tonight, however.
  10. abuck1220

    Keeper rules

    abuck1220 replied to Tim's topic in Fantasy Sports

    You can take it down to 2200 and I'll be thrilled. :D why the change?
  11. abuck1220
    If I come back, it will be some sort of miracle.. :) i don't like using the term 'comeback' in fantasy sports...because it implies that the team 'blowing it' had some hand in choking the lead away...and that's not really the case. it's not like i could run out the clock to hold my lead. let's just say if you 'win', it will be some sort of miracle. tonight should be a good indication as to whether that's possible...you probably need two very good starts from prior and colon.
  12. abuck1220
    boston's done all right with some pretty shaky defense up the middle. And Atlanta has done well being solid there. they're also 3rd in the NL in runs and 6th in the NL in era. are you saying their defense at c, 2b, ss and cf is a bigger reason for their success than their hitting and pitching? seattle has the fewest errors in mlb...they must be winning their division by 25 games. Again with extremes. It's a balance that needs to be addressed and if you tell me that if you have two exact teams only one has worse defensive players up the middle that that team would be better? Also, errors are objective...score keepers are not reliable in what I would look at. Also, If you have pitchers giving up missles it doesn't matter who have out there. Balance is needed..good balance and solid up the middle Defense is always a good place to start. Look at the dominate 70 Red teams...yeah they could hit but they were also awesome up the middle. of course you'd rather have the team that's solid defensively up the middle. but no team is good-great at everything...and, for me, in a fantasy draft of team skills, good d up the middle would be pretty low on my draft board. if you can show me a replacement for barrett that is a perfect balance of offense and defense, maybe i'd want him. but i don't know who that is.
  13. abuck1220
    everybody needs to QUIT saying that my game is over...it's not over! tootie's offense is on fire, and he has three aces left to throw. grand slam for floyd... 8-[
  14. abuck1220
    boston's done all right with some pretty shaky defense up the middle. And Atlanta has done well being solid there. they're also 3rd in the NL in runs and 6th in the NL in era. are you saying their defense at c, 2b, ss and cf is a bigger reason for their success than their hitting and pitching? seattle has the fewest errors in mlb...they must be winning their division by 25 games.
  15. abuck1220
    boston's done all right with some pretty shaky defense up the middle. And Atlanta has done well being solid there. they're also 3rd in the NL in runs and 6th in the NL in era. are you saying their defense at c, 2b, ss and cf is a bigger reason for their success than their hitting and pitching? seattle has the fewest errors in mlb...they must be winning their division by 25 games.
  16. abuck1220
    boston's done all right with some pretty shaky defense up the middle.
  17. abuck1220
    What did Morgan Ensberg come back from? suckitis. i'd never give giambi anything, ever. why is his story so heart-warming when palmeiro is basically being run out of the game?
  18. abuck1220
    Why does everyone think we should have so-and-so as a LOOGY? Hasn't Ohman done a dang good job? I think Hill should be a LOOGY because he's shown absolutely no desire to throw either his changeup or cutter at the major league level. As a result, he's working with two pitches, a very average fastball and a superb curveball. Righties mash him and he can't go through a major league order three times. righties don't mash him...at least they didn't in the minors. i don't think it's fair to say that he can't get through a major league order three times, as he's had very few chances to do so. geez, hill has a rough start to his big league career and he's a loogy at best. murton has a good start to his career and he's tony gwynn.
  19. abuck1220
    len, there's no such thing as a golden opportunity when you're behind five teams in the standings with 17 games to go.
  20. abuck1220
    he's a kid, what do you expect? guys don't reach their prime until they're 36.
  21. abuck1220
    see ya in spring training, rich.
  22. abuck1220
    rich hill lives!
  23. abuck1220
    Not me. If Hill can't beat out Jerome or Guzman for the #5 starter spot in the spring, I'd prefer the Cubs include him in a trade elsewhere. Frankly, I'm not sold on Hill long-term anyways. He has one trick pitch, and it's good--but until this year, he's NEVER been able to throw strikes consistently. The evidence suggests he's more likely to revert to past control problems than he is to ever be a steady control pitcher. Which unfortunately for him, is exactly what's needed for a relief pitcher--especially a loogy. what evidence suggests that he'll go back to being wild? are there other pitchers you are thinking of that have had a one year wonder of control only to go back to not being able to throw strikes? i don't like hill that much as a loogy. personally, i feel like his curve is just as good, if not better against righties. but i do hope the cubs trade him if he's not in their future plans...he deserves a chance to start somewhere.
  24. abuck1220
    ...and announcers not giving the players nicknames. Nice addition, Cornstalk. just pulling my weight around here. also, anyone notice how farnsworth's poor attitude is just killing the braves right now? whew, am i glad the cubs ditched him. That's my point. Same player...why is he successful now? This isn't about chemistry but adjustments by the manager/coaches and catcher. he was successful when he was with the cubs...at times. he got abused by baker last season and wore down. the tools were always there, and the cubs were stupid to give up on him.
  25. abuck1220
    ...and announcers not giving the players nicknames. Nice addition, Cornstalk. just pulling my weight around here. also, anyone notice how farnsworth's poor attitude is just killing the braves right now? whew, am i glad the cubs ditched him.
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