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  1. Derwood
    the guy running the gamecast had a few too many oldstyles pre-game
  2. Derwood
    sweet, espn.com's gamecast is already farked and we;re not out of the first inning yet
  3. Derwood
    please never utter a carchprhase of hawk harrelson here again [-X
  4. Derwood
    Beltre is on the board! I no longer have anyone with 0 homers (though I do have 3 with 2 or less)
  5. Derwood
    perhaps they should make a baby together. his name could be Mike Tyson
  6. Derwood
    Well, everyone who wanted to see the kids pitch, here you go! 60% of the rotation is now Hill, Marshall and Guzman. Heck, lets' trade Zambrano and move Maddux to short relief so we can get Ryu and Brownlie up here too!
  7. Derwood
    the key to the Cardinals success (and the last season+ of the White Sox' success) is health. All thing being equal, one might suggest that Prior/Zambrano/Wood/Maddux/Marshall + Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez is better than Mulder/Carpenter/Marquis/Suppan/Ponson + Pujols and Edmonds or Buehrle/Garland/Vasquez/Contreras/Garcia + Konerko and Thome The truth is, however, that the Cubs can't keep that combo on the field EVER while the other two teams seem to limit the injuries on their key players. The White Sox starting 5 started 152 games last year (with McCarthy getting the other 10 starts). When was the last time that Pujols was on the DL? Dave Duncan is head, shoulders, hips and knees above Rothschild and it shows in many aspects of the game. His pitchers don't get injured, he makes bad/mediocre pitchers better (Carpenter, Marquis, Ponson) while Rothschild takes all-star quality pitchers and can't keep them healthy or consistent (Wood, Prior, Zambrano).
  8. Derwood
    04/05 - 6 runs (L) Rusch gives up 4 earned runs, 2 HR, pitchers hits HR off him 04/11 - 2 runs (L) Rusch Gives up 4 earned, all home runs, Pitcher repeats performance. 04/16 - 7 runs (W) Gives up 3 earned to one of the worst teams in baseball on yet another HR 04/22 - 1 run (L) Totally lost strike Zone and while not giving up and HRs for 1st time all season, he walked the bases loaded just ahead of some guy named Puljous. 04/29 - 2 runs (L) 7 earned on 4 home Runs and 3 walks He might be the nicest guy in the world but there is a reason the yankees have 27 rings and we have 2 and its not because they keep nice guys around who cant perform we dont want him in the bullpen, he gives up WAY WAY WAY to many home runs and would destroy us. the only thing he should be used for is getting innings in blowouts like this weekends games. Save the good arms and do away with his Unfortunately, GM's aren't known for paying guys $2.5 million to mop up in blow out games.
  9. Derwood
    How does the east coast bias apply to the constant coverage of Barry Bonds and his race to not break a record that Ruth doesn't hold?
  10. Derwood
    seems ironic if the coaches are "overly cautious" with the guy when he has already been put into some tight situations with little to no room for error. I won't argue that Rothschild is a worthless pitching coach, however.
  11. Derwood
    Hester is now listed as a WR on nfl.com FYI
  12. Derwood
    Not only do I think the Stone are far worse than the Beatles, I would rank them below Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, CSNY, and The Who as far as classic rock bands go.
  13. Derwood
    Pargo better not be on the team next year. He's becoming the equivalent of Neifi Perez for the Bulls
  14. Derwood
    Amazing that this Bulls team was only .500. They play like crazy out there. If they draft Thomas and can sign a FA center, look out next year
  15. Derwood
    i don't feel too bad about yesterday since I had no illusions the Cubs would win that game to start with. Today, however....
  16. Derwood
    he's all things to all people
  17. Derwood
    Regardless of run support, Rusch just isn't getting it done. You can't have a starter with an ERA above 8. That's just not good. of course, of course. I was just pointing out that he hasn't really cost ys many games so far
  18. Derwood
    Okay, while there is no way to defend the total suckitude of Rusch this year, there is one thing to keep in mind: It is unlikely that the Cubs would have won most of Rusch's starts anyways. Here was the Cubs' fabulous run support for Rusch in his first 5 starts: 04/05 - 6 runs (L) 04/11 - 2 runs (L) 04/16 - 7 runs (W) 04/22 - 1 run (L) 04/29 - 2 runs (L) You could argue that an average major league pitcher should have won the April 5th game, but few pitchers on our staff (or any other) are going to win games when their team scores 2 or fewer runs. I think we are blinded to this fact by the enormous amount of runs Rusch gives up, and certainly the early blowout nature of his starts could have a psychological affect on his offense (thus scoring few runs) but there is no way to prove that. Anyways, my point is that I believe Rusch has really only cost the Cubs one more loss than they should have had considering the scores of his 5 starts.
  19. Derwood
    Here I was thinking "oh, look, Leonard Pope actually fell to 57....that first pick wasn't a waste." then this. ](*,)
  20. Derwood
    Giants take Baby Moss
  21. Derwood
    Wow, Manning, definitely worth passing up a WR or TE for :roll:
  22. Derwood
    are you actually Jim Thome?
  23. Derwood
    nice little power play by Pittsburgh there. You snooze you lose Bears
  24. Derwood
    fixed
  25. Derwood
    Who wants another RB? Everyone calling for Deangelo Williams to be picked. That was ndistops, hes a Panthers fan. i see. Notre Dame fan, not a Bears fan. That's two strikes against him
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