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  1. Clem Fandango
    0:42 in is beautiful
  2. Clem Fandango
    We can argue semantics on beauty all day you guys. Let's just all agree: our team is the sexiest team.
  3. Clem Fandango
    Did Schwarber drop some weight? I know most do, but he looks a lot more svelte than what I remember last season. He actually looks like he belongs behind the plate.
  4. Clem Fandango
    With Andrus on the team he already wasn't one
  5. Clem Fandango
    To be fair I had to do some digging to find it. But in the process I rediscovered Windy City Football and Second City Hoops!
  6. Clem Fandango
    Jawdle, and it's totally coming back soon, it's just under construction.
  7. Clem Fandango
    No Cubs on the "Just Missed" list, but there were a handful on the list of those considered: Albert Almora Pierce Johnson Jake Stinnett Gleybar Torres Jen-Ho Tseng Duane Underwood
  8. Clem Fandango
    Here's the fun list: http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/top-100-prospects-tools-2/
  9. Clem Fandango
    If there's one thing I did notice it's that it's been a good while since the Cubs had a Top 10 LHP prospect in the system. Had at least two each year between 2003-2007, one in 2008, and none since.
  10. Clem Fandango
    I made the damn quiz and did all the research and even a couple hours later I could only get 97/130.
  11. Clem Fandango
    Not only did the Blue Jays not have a single 40 HR guy in 2001, but Jose Bautista certainly was nowhere near the team, and maybe the majors? http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2001.shtml :-s He meant 2000 Blue Jays. Delgado and Tony Batista each had 41. Brad Fullmer and Jose Cruz each had 30+ on that team too. Delgado's OPS+ that year was 181
  12. Clem Fandango
    I could only go back to 2003. For whatever reason BA's 2001 and 2002 lists are completely missing form the interwebz. They had 1983-2000 archived, but their Top 10 individual page results ended in 2003. Plus it took a long time to get there and like David said, I decided to say "[expletive] this" and just end it. Enjoy: http://www.sporcle.com/games/gallow737/top-10-cubs-prospects EDIT: Messed up our 2011 #1 prospects position, fixed it.
  13. Clem Fandango
    On it. How far back should I go? I can go as far back as 1983.
  14. Clem Fandango
    From opening day to the end of June he had a 1.09 ERA in 33 innings. From July 1st to the end of the season he had a 5.59 ERA in 29 innings. He collapsed.
  15. Clem Fandango
    I know ESPN sucks and all that but something that frustrates me beyond belief is something they do all the time and they're doing it right now on their MLB page. There's a headline that says "Lester Ready to Shine?" and the thumbnail is Lester high fiving people at what looks like the convention. And then it plays a video of Jesse Rogers talking about who is gonna play 2nd base. Why even attach that video to that headline?
  16. Clem Fandango
    That's a handsome ass man
  17. Clem Fandango
    Yup, sounds like the McKechnie I grew up with. My parents owned a fitness club in Bradenton and the majority of the Pirates would work out there. I got to meet guys like Bobby Bonilla, Andy Van Slyke, Jay Bell, and others. I played little league with Andy Van Slyke's kid (A.J. I think). I have an autographed Neal Heaton bat and a game worn Neal Heaton jersey. His bat was black... he autographed it with black sharpie. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Fun story I've probably told before: My father was on the board for the local community center and he was attempting to get some autographs for a charity auction and he would go around to the players and they'd be happy to oblige. At the time Barry Bonds was in town and he asked the other guys if Barry would sign any and they all unanimously pretty much told him "No way, he's an [expletive] he'll never do it". Well my Dad approached him anyways while he was sitting in the lounge area relaxing and according to my Dad he couldn't have been more affable and signed an entire box of baseball for the auction.
  18. Clem Fandango
    I grew up there. Did they renovate it or something because that place has been there for like 25 years and there wasn't a whole lot that was very special about it when I was a kid.
  19. Clem Fandango
    FWIW Huntington Park, home of the Columbus Clippers (Cleveland AAA team), is supposedly one of the best ballparks period. If/when I do my ballpark tour I'm going to be adding it to the list.
  20. Clem Fandango
    I'm not a doom and gloom kind of guy either as I'm still keeping the faith, but if he can get better than what he is now without reaching his beast mode peak, I can see Dan Uggla circa 2011 numbers with fewer walks, more K's, but with much better defense. .233/.311/.453/.764 36 HR 82 RBI 62 BB 156 K That was Uggla's 2011. Uggla was worth 1.8 rWAR and 2.2 fWAR that season with below average defense (-9.8 on FG and a -1.0 dWAR). Baez would likely be putting up positive defensive numbers (albeit not insane GG style numbers) so I imagine he'd probably be a 3 win player on average in that particular situation, IMO. It's a far cry from what he'd be capable of doing if he ever figures out how to be more selective and hit for more contact, but I don't think it's unrealistic to hover around numbers similar to that. Uggla was very much a three truths type of hitter, which Baez certainly could be, but to what extent remains to be seen.
  21. Clem Fandango
    And the 1980 Cy Young Award winner Steve Stone will be out of a job. Double whammy
  22. Clem Fandango
    And now I'm imagining Eric Hinske ordering a loaded baked potato at a restaurant but saying "Hold the potato" while breathing heavily and it's making me laugh pretty damn hard.
  23. Clem Fandango
    http://www.theheckler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-06-hinske.jpg That looks like a guy who can mash taters You may be right, but you're definitely not wrong.
  24. Clem Fandango
    When it comes to hating Baez you're like an atheist Crossfitter. That's an oxymoron. I never met a crossfitter that didn't believe in the one true lord, themselves. You can't WOD if you believe in an invisible deity instead of yourself, bruh.
  25. Clem Fandango
    When it comes to hating Baez you're like an atheist Crossfitter.
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