TheGrinch

No I'm not, you are!!! I'm glad the Sammy bashing has finally come to an end. :clapping:

I don't buy it, but I sure hope so.

Pirates' McClendon Steals 1st Base That is maybe my favorite ejection tantrum of all time.

yeah good point, those guys definitely don't know what they're doing. it's not like FJM was just voted the best sports blog of 2007. i mean that would generally tend to indicate that people find the site funny and enjoy going back there frequently and reading it, so it's a good thing that people didn't choose it as the best sports blog, or your argument would look pretty silly. This is the first piece I have read from FJM.com and my comment still stands. Maybe they have funny posts, but out of the entries I have read (only this one), it was not good quality or even remotely funny. Ironically, the same guy who claims that the story is full of cliches' piggybacks on almost all of the comments on every Cubs board regarding Theriot. There is no originality saying "Theriot's numbers are terrible." We all know that. And the fact that they were voted best sports blog in '07 means what? Citizen Kane was voted the best movie of all time, and many people can't stand it. In the future it would be stronger if you could actually defend the site yourself, instead of relying on other people's opinions. He made the statement about it being voted best blog of the year not to say how great of a blog it was, but that it shouldn't be a surprise that the blog is run by professional writers (which it is). You said it wasn't after having read one article that was mostly an inside joke that went over your head. Congrats on missing the point and still being wrong.

i swear if you bash sammy one more time i am going to lose it.

Neither, Murton's fire crotch. Made me get coffee up my nose, you jerk.

you might want to take a peak at the OPS rankings, then. aslo, stop bashing on Smammy, plz.

i is sorry that i dont pay attention to all previous post to the nth degree, but i am not paid to comprehend posts and reply to therm in a coherent way. aslo, please stop bashing Smammy.

When does Tony's vehicular homicide trial start in the Hancock case?

why are you bashing on Smammy Sosa because he always gave it his all and never failed to give 100% in all of his playing time for the Chicago Cubs and for the rest of his career in major league baseball. (not a professional post)

yeah i know, they should stick to the articles they usually make fun of, the articles about scrappy white players who play the game the right way. Agreed. And if they could actually make it funny, that might even be better. Uhhh...I'm confused. I also have no idea what point either person was trying to make. I'm hoping its some strange sarcasm tornado that went right over my head.

Why? Was Lou joking? He's said equally dumb things in the past and never went through with them. He's attempting to play mind games, to get the opposing managers and pitchers to worry about whether or not whoever is on second is going to steal. ...Lou is a shoo in for "Best Actor in a Managing Roll" if that is true. And now that you mention it he has said things like that and didn't follow through...but 20 bucks says Theriot starts the season batting 2nd.

I wouldn't mind referring to Ascanio as McCanio or just the more obvious McLovin for his duration with the Cubs.

Not a chance I'll let 'em get to me. I simply went to Theriot and told him what the numbers said and asked for his response. People don't see the interview process, but I hit him with stuff he didn't like. And unlike some of those people who like to analyze other people's work, my name goes on what I do. And I show up to face the people I write about. To be fair to Ken Tremendous, he did come out and reveal who he and the rest of their writers are about two weeks ago, even if he doesn't put his real name on every article like he should. Ken's shtick can only work on the internets right now, and he knows it. "Ken Tremendous (Michael Schur), Junior (Alan Yang), and dak (Dave King) are all TV writers. We live in Los Angeles, in places other than our mothers' basements. Please do not send e-mails to us about anything other than sports journalism." I thought Ken Tremendous was Mose Schrute? I had to google that to see who the heck that was. I've only seen the first two seasons of The Office, so I didn't know. But yes, the internets say you are also correct.

How high do you think I think it is? :grin: Mostly agree with you though. It's just that when someone says that they want to focus on something like stealing 3rd...I worry they don't just mean "we will steal 3rd base in the rare instance that it is both easy and worth it".

Why stop at third? Let trying stealing home 20 or so times this year. Maybe we could also petition the league to add a new rule so we can steal first base somehow.

Not a chance I'll let 'em get to me. I simply went to Theriot and told him what the numbers said and asked for his response. People don't see the interview process, but I hit him with stuff he didn't like. And unlike some of those people who like to analyze other people's work, my name goes on what I do. And I show up to face the people I write about. To be fair to Ken Tremendous, he did come out and reveal who he and the rest of their writers are about two weeks ago, even if he doesn't put his real name on every article like he should. Ken's shtick can only work on the internets right now, and he knows it. "Ken Tremendous (Michael Schur), Junior (Alan Yang), and dak (Dave King) are all TV writers. We live in Los Angeles, in places other than our mothers' basements. Please do not send e-mails to us about anything other than sports journalism."

Well, when you have to write an article on Theriot...is there really any other direction you could possibly take with the article aside from "Theriot is extremely mediocre"? Doing that won't grant you many more player interviews. In fact, I think Bruce did write "Theriot is extremely mediocre" in the nicest possible way. FJM could have picked something a little better to nit-pick than this one. Don't let em get ya down Bruce!

SP- Maddox RP- Lee C- Rick Wilkins (joke write-in) 1B- Chance 2B- Ryno SS- Ernie 3B- Ronny OF- Sammy OF- Billy OF- Dawson This wouldn't be an All-star list unless I voted for my personal favorite over some players who were a little better objectively.

Dusty knows what he speaks. Because in that awesome 2006 season, the Cubs finished 6th in the league in total hits in the NL, and finished 15th in total runs scored because the bases were always clogged by walks. Let's ignore for a moment that Philadelphia (top run scoring team of 2007) had a lower batting average than the Cubs in 2007. The 149 run differential between Philly and the Cubs couldn't have ANYTHING to do with drawing walks, since Philly only drew 231 more walks than the Cubs did in 2007. And to further prove Dusty knows what he speaks, let's look at the 2006 Cubs pitching staff, which clogged bases better than anyone with walks. The Cubs pitching staff only walked 687 guys. Only the Padres allowed less hits per game than the Cubs staff. So, the Cubs gave up less hits than any other team in the NL except for the Padres, yet allowed more runs than any other team in the NL except Washington. Hmmmm. Are you sure you got all of this walk stuff figured out, Dusty? 2006 Cubs pitching staff issued 687 walks while giving up the second least amount of hits and finished 15th in runs given up. 2006 Cubs hitters walked 395 times while accumulating the 6th highest hit total, yet finished 15th in runs scored. Keep telling yourself that clogging bases is a bad thing, Dusty. Because I'm very glad you can apply your outrageously thought provoking theories to the enemy now! Those stats comparing the Phillies and the Cubs are completely and totally mind blowing. And as mind blowing as they are, you would have to assume that this has either never been presented to Dusty...or he is [expletive]/insane. It is one or the other. No other possible scenarios. None.

Do I know who you are?

What's a google?

Soriano in CF would be absolutely awesome. In my fantasy world, the Cubs move Alf to center, Murton goes to left, and trade Pie for Greene or any top 15 SS... if you can't do that, trade Pie for Roberts, move Dero to SS, and watch the Cubs score 5 runs a game. With a team like that, you could literally bat anyone anywhere and I really wouldn't care.

I award 50 points. Nice

usually cub-killers suck. trot doesn't suck. He's declined each of the last 3 years and was awful last year. He better not hurt us this year, although I'm not sure it can get any worse than Augie having a 1.101 OPS in the playoffs against us last year. I think the Aguie pwnage was easily the most frustrating thing that occurred in my life last year.