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  1. Derwood
    So all i'm missing but not being Premium is some different Emoticons?
  2. Derwood
    Ron is the least of my concerns this year...
  3. Derwood
    3 game losing streak means only 5 to 7 more losses in a row before Dusty is toast.
  4. Derwood
    The way it used to be - just the guys living there, grilling up who knows what to go with their 1pm beers. That was the way it was in '92 when I moved to Chicago. The "for profit" full stadium seating thing didn't happen until around '98
  5. Derwood
    Well he supposedly wants something like that, but the conversation usually goes something like this: SELIG: I demand a stronger line of punishment for positive steroid testing! FEHR: Shut up maggot! SELIG: I'm sorry, sir. Please don't hit me again.
  6. Derwood
    They're here! What did they do for you last night? Wood and Williamson held down a game that was already lost, true, but Nomar picked right up swinging at the first pitch and grounding weakly to the middle infield.
  7. Derwood
    Bud Selig is a coward. He won't use any muscle against the union, who has yet to give any logical reason why they won't submit to a stricter testing/punishment policy. He never makes statements publicly, instead resorting to faxing his statements to new agencies. Selig is a used car salesman. It is beyond me how he has managed to retain his position as long as he has. What the league needs is a commissioner who is neither a former player nor a former owner. You need a truly impartial arbiter for this league.
  8. Derwood
    Hindsight is always 20/20, and it's easy to rail on trades many years later. Yes, the Cubs traded Jon Garland (a 1st round pick) for Matt Karchner. Garland was a .500 pitcher or worse for 6 years before his breakout season. Still a bad trade, though I think had Garland stayed, he would have been traded already because the club would have been impatient with him (like Cruz, etc.) Also traded that year, Todd Noel (a 1st round pick) for Felix Heredia. Noel disappeared after not panning out. How quickly we forget that one. I don't claim to follow the minor leagues too closely, but I have to say that I had no idea who Dontrelle Willis was until his rookie season. I thought getting Alf and Clement for some prospects was a steal at the time.
  9. Derwood
    Correct. They basically took the choice away from the players back when Boggs (I think?) wanted to go in as a D-Ray? They need to take the caps off the players and just list the teams they played for. Free Agency has made the whole "player represented one team" thing out of the picture (with the notable exceptions of guys like Ripken, Biggio, Jeter, Gwynn)
  10. Derwood
    Leave the deadline where it is. The NHL deadline, for example, is like a day before the playoffs (okay, a little earlier, but might as well be...) That's dumb. On the contrary, it feels like the NFL deadline is like Week 5 or 6? Early.
  11. Derwood
    Hey, hey! Leave it to the expert: http://www.simleaguebaseball.com/talltales/moran.jpg Redneck Cardinal Fan doesn't like his thunder to be stolen!
  12. Derwood
    I don't think WIlliams or Hill have done anything to remove them from the rotation. You'd like to see longer outings, but neither has gotten shelled yet. Rusch doesn't excite me.
  13. Derwood
    Macias could have totally caught it. It was all of a foot or two above the fence line. He didn't even jump.
  14. Derwood
    http://www.simleaguebaseball.com/talltales/moran.jpg
  15. Derwood
    You speak English very goodly. :wink: :lol: me fail english? that's unpossible!
  16. Derwood
    Did you not pay attention to Einstein?
  17. Derwood
    can Murton play 1B? If so, i really would wish Dusty would give DLee the day off because thats the only way IMO that were going to see Murton play unless hes a PH :x You'd be more likely to see Walker at 1B, Macias at 2B and Hollandsworthless in LF
  18. Derwood
    I thought the Phillies' new stadium was pitcher friendly. Am I wrong? You are. It's almost as homer-friendly as Great American or Coors
  19. Derwood
    http://www.simleaguebaseball.com/talltales/einstein.jpg
  20. Derwood
    The problem with Dusty being a "player's manager" is that he's buddies with everyone. It's like a parent wanting to be buddies with his kids. Once that relationship is established, you can't discipline them anymore. A manager like Lou Piniella, Jack McKeon, etc. would have a closed door meeting right after the game and rip everyone a new a**hole. We need a baseball manager in the mold of Bill Parcell or Bill Cowher of the NFL. EDIT: Sorry BacktoBanks. I didn't read your post. Well, we agree, even if I repeated your general sentiments.
  21. Derwood
    if he keeps getting walked 1 or 2 times per game, he's going to be limited to 2 or 3 at-bats. An 0-2 or a 1-3 will keep pulling his average down.
  22. Derwood
    First off, I hope he does win it, but... Assuming Lee can pass Carlos Lee for RBI's, I still don't think he'll lead the league in this category. Why? Because his teammate, Aramis Ramirez, will pass him. After Ramirez's 2 RBI single in the 8th inning of tonight's game, he now has 78 RBI to Lee's 83. Now, as teams are starting to intentionally walk Lee everytime first base is open, his RBI chances will go down, while Ramirez is more and more likely to bat with men on base. So unless Dusty stops sacrificing with his #2 hitter in front of Lee every time, I think A-Ram will end up leading the team in RBI.
  23. Derwood
    You assume Nomar is back next year? Or you are talking strictly about the remainder of this season?
  24. Derwood
    Hahahaha. The HAHA guy never gets old. But I must use him sparingly....he must always use the element of surprise for greatest affect...
  25. Derwood
    Really? I'd trade any Cub if it made the team better. I'm sure KC could put together a nice package for Pie. THE only player on the Royals, or in their system I would even considered for Felix Pie is Zack Greinke. And even then, I still wouldn't do it. Pie is going to be a "special" player, and you don't trade special players. You know this how? Special like Patterson? Or Hill? Choi? Harris? Not doubting Pie has the skill set to do well, but I'm not buying any prospect as being "the next big thing" until they actually prove it.
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