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Didn't DeRosa wear #7? He was on the team in 2007. That signature doesn't look like it has a Mark and/or DeRosa in it though.

A work in progress that is only signed for 4 years. Isn't he already 26-27 too?

Looks like the Cubs' losing streak, coupled with Hamilton's ridiculous hot streak, means the Cubs should overpay for Hamilton. The fact that we're starved for offense kind of enters into it. Just seems like too much of a desperation move. This is a guy who has a higher than normal likelihood of falling off a cliff at any point. Too risky an investment, especially since there are good options out there (Upton/Drew). Agreed, you could probably get one of Upton/Ethier (I really don't want Ethier, but he's one of the top 5 bats available) and Drew for about the same or even less money than Hamilton will get.

If it does they need to make a Hardknocks NBA edition following that team with him in charge. You know they essentially did that kind of show with the Nuggets on NBA tv, right? No, I don't get NBA tv ([expletive] you Charter :club: ). So if he gets the GM job put the Magic with Shaq on whatever their show is called on there for this upcoming season

Thanks for the video. His pitching mechanics, especially when they show him out of the stretch warming up before the game, remind me a little of Harden.

If it does they need to make a Hardknocks NBA edition following that team with him in charge.

If anyone's curious(and why would you be, why would anyone compare the 2??), here are the numbers on Trumbo and Stewart. Trumbo: BB% 9.3 K% 21.7 LD% 19.3 BABIP .402 Stewart: BB% 9.7 K% 18.8 LD% 17.9 BABIP .221 so you don't like his games stats at all? I know your point was that his goods stats were at PCL even you have to admit he has far outdistanced what you thought he would do. Yes, I know it's a small sample and could change a lot. The Angels are 2nd favorite team and I follow/watch them alot. When Mike Scioscia sings a hitters praises and says he has to have him in the line-up I tend to believe him. The kid is good, and should continue to improve on last year's rookie numbers. Just based on Marmol falling apart and his contract I take that trade in a heartbeat, of course hindsight is 20/20 http://gifsoup.com/imager.php?id=253080&t=o GIFSoup

The one where Granger kinda hit his headband off I think Lebron was clearly trying to hit him

I was hoping he'd be the guy to get called up over Campana when we traded Byrd to get the majority of starts in CF. If/when we trade Soriano/Dejesus or one gets hurt hopefully he's the next guy in line to get called up and see some starts in the OF.

5 pitches this time. Progress? This is getting ridiculous, I know he's always had decently high K rates in the minors but he's at an insane K rate right nwo. He almost has to be either hurt or working on changing/fixing something in his swing and/or approach.

Private Banks would likely require the Ricketts to personally guarantee any loans, put in/come up with a substantial amount of equity (talking $10's of millions in the form of cash/assets), and they likely would charge more fees/higher interest rates than the city.

Grit, hustle, white guys, and playing the game the right way. But mostly grit.

Motion that no poster is ever allowed to post anything Buster Olney writes again?

I'd say 2006 during my Freshmen year of college is when I started to realize that there was a whole group of baseball stats/community I didn't know existed. I really didn't start understanding it or learning it until my soph-senior year of college when I took more advanced econ/stats classes, however.

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Otis Smith and Stan Van both gone in Orlando Looks like Dwight got his way, at least on Van Gundy, idk what his feelings are on Smith. But I guess he's glad he's gone as he hasn't seemed to like the type of guys brought in to play around him the last few years.

You can't polish a turd, Dale

I think someone posted in one of the minor league threads recently a chart showing when guys need to be called up after to get super two/have FA be pushed back. I couldn't find it, but I think Rizzo has to be called up sometime in August to have FA pushed back a year.

NO, NO, NO, NO! I'd rather we play with just 8 and not have a catcher.

Well, it's been about a month so we were overdue for Ozzie opening his mouth again. On D. Wade: On taking players out of the game: http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/story/_/id/7948934/miami-marlins-ozzie-guillen-miami-heat-dwyane-wade-guarantee-fight

The was the best game ever pitched in the history of baseball. Never have seen anything like that movement in my life. Sad to see him go. Maybe CSN or MLBN will replay that game sometime soon with him retiring? He's All 20 on Youtube at least. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nDgnfm3NOVY That curveball to Dave Clark at the 1:25 mark is just unbelievable. Now that was a curveball of doom

I thought we had it won when he hit that

Joe's money is still the primary money behind the Cubs. He is not involved with the team, but the kids had to get his blessing to make this purchase for the family. It has been completely overblown by the media and the politicians are seizing the opportunity to scold a 1%er, but that's all to be expected. Joe Ricketts does not like the way the "wasteful way" in which the federal government spends it's money. Joe Ricketts thinks Mr. Obama is at the forefront of all this wasteful spending. Joe Ricketts thinks in order to get Mr. Obama out of the White House, he has to form a super-pac and start an ad campaign showing Mr. Obama to be someone who is not fit for the office of the President because of his ties to a black minister. Joe Ricketts children own and operate the Chicago Cubs. The Chicago Cubs are asking for government money (albeit local and not federal dollars) to renovate Wrigley Field. Therefore, it's hypocritical of the Cubs to be asking for government money that many would view (perhaps even Joe Ricketts) as a "wasteful way" for the government to spend it's money. Quite a jump at the end there, but bigger and way crazier leaps in logic are made in politics every minute of the day. Edited to correct typo. The thing with the Wrigley renovations though is that it's not the Government "spending" money, if it's structured right the direct money they issue will be an investment for the city/state and they should see returns. If they issue bonds and/or loaned money to the Cubs they will eventually receive their principal back + interest, the entertainment tax or whatever Tom wants to tap into is already in place so it's no more added taxes just shifting of who gets it (and let's no fool ourselves here if that tax is already in place it's going to continue to exist even if it is set to expire sometime soon they will find a way to extend it). Plus with Wrigley renovations you have all the indirect benefits of the direct investment, conceivably you add jobs, increase payroll/income tax collection, lower unemployment, people employed by the projects will have more money to spend elsewhere, taxes will be collected on goods/services bought for the projects, Wrigley/added buildings/surrounding buildings would likely see their value increase which would mean added property tax is collected, the first few years of a renovation would likely see more people visiting Wrigley/surrounding area which likely would mean more money being put into the local economy there through Wrigley/Bars/Restaurants/Shops (state/city would be able to collect the sales tax that comes out of that).

I don't see how you can say the Cubs as an organization have a political agenda here. If their owners want to support or run campaigns against candidates outside of their work for the Cubs that's their right. It's not like they are going to start running anti-Obama ads over the loudspeakers at Wrigley or posting Ricketts anti-Obama manifesto above the urinal troughs and throughout the stadium.

I really enjoyed watching Wade, one of the best players in the game, go 2-13 on FG, 0-2 on 3's, 1-2 on FT's, score 5 points and turn it over 5 times tonight.