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  1. cubbinalltheway
    well, bradley is actually good. so no.
  2. cubbinalltheway
    what does it matter?
  3. cubbinalltheway
    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3912702
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    Depending on your reckoning of prime years, Sosa's came either after them or maybe a one-year overlap. Not remotely the same as Bagwell. Although there will never likely be any hard evidence against him, Sosa remains in limbo as the prototype of what a steroid-aided career looks like. He hit 66 @ age 29. 29 isn't a prime year? It's pre-30. Also, he hit 36 in just 144 games in '95, and then 40 in just 124 games in '96. Ages 26 and 27 are definitely prime years. He would have had over 50 HRs in '97 without the injury that ended his season early, at age 27, a prime year. I'd generally call 25-28 prime years for a hitter, but even if we stretch that to 29, waiting until the last year and then exploding to previously unthought of levels of production is not normal. OPS+ 25-33: 127, 121, 126, 99, 160, 151, 161, 203, 160. You can fiddle with counting numbers and might-have-beens all you want, but there is a clear line to be drawn there, it isn't at 26 or 27. what you generally call prime years doesn't really mean anything. not everyone's body make is the same. as a result, not everyone is going to peak at the same time.
  5. cubbinalltheway
    http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9229144/Report:-Ventura-calls-for-Selig%27s-indictment i'm glad to see someone publicly speak out on this. selig trashed arod last week, yet all of this mess happened under his eye.
  6. cubbinalltheway
    couldn't agree more. for some reason, those glasses just piss me off and make me dislike him.
  7. cubbinalltheway
    I'm hoping Gathright somehow doesn't make it, as he and Johnson are completely redundant defensively. It's not worth carrying a guy just as a pinch runner when you have a 12 man pitching staff. Also, there is no one to back up Aramis on that bench. I wonder if that's why they have Jake Fox working out at 3b. I'm guessing Gathright doesn't make the team either. He brings nothing to the table that Johnson doesn't bring. Also, I'm really hoping Hill beats out Bako for the backup catcher position. gathright brings speed. he's a lefty too, isn't he? edit: also, car jumping abilities. Are we working on a track team? Who cares if he has speed. that's a pretty silly thing to say. speed has value. how much value is certainly debatable. but to dismiss it entirely is dumb. Gathright has to get on base for his speed to have value. His career average OBP is .327. Not good at all. So I'm hardly dismissing speed. I'm just saying he has no right on the team. not good enough to be an everyday player, no. his obp is a reason he doesn't play everyday. but for a bench player, is a .327 obp really that bad? i'm not trying to argue one way or the other, but it doesn't seem too bad. again, for a bench player. i don't know what league average is for players coming off the bench, or if that's even available for that matter.
  8. cubbinalltheway
    I'm hoping Gathright somehow doesn't make it, as he and Johnson are completely redundant defensively. It's not worth carrying a guy just as a pinch runner when you have a 12 man pitching staff. Also, there is no one to back up Aramis on that bench. I wonder if that's why they have Jake Fox working out at 3b. I'm guessing Gathright doesn't make the team either. He brings nothing to the table that Johnson doesn't bring. Also, I'm really hoping Hill beats out Bako for the backup catcher position. gathright brings speed. he's a lefty too, isn't he? edit: also, car jumping abilities. Are we working on a track team? Who cares if he has speed. that's a pretty silly thing to say. speed has value. how much value is certainly debatable. but to dismiss it entirely is dumb.
  9. cubbinalltheway
    I'm hoping Gathright somehow doesn't make it, as he and Johnson are completely redundant defensively. It's not worth carrying a guy just as a pinch runner when you have a 12 man pitching staff. Also, there is no one to back up Aramis on that bench. I wonder if that's why they have Jake Fox working out at 3b. I'm guessing Gathright doesn't make the team either. He brings nothing to the table that Johnson doesn't bring. Also, I'm really hoping Hill beats out Bako for the backup catcher position. gathright brings speed. he's a lefty too, isn't he? edit: also, car jumping abilities.
  10. cubbinalltheway
    i get the feeling that lee is going to stay third just because he's been third the last two years lou has been here.
  11. cubbinalltheway
    so... hoffpauir miles johnson gathright bako right?
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    http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/2/16/760772/cubs-2009-tv-broadcast-sch#comments
  13. cubbinalltheway
    i love how he calls him little fontenot.
  14. cubbinalltheway
    grady sizemore? i can hope.
  15. cubbinalltheway
    eh, what is it? a day early? better than a day late though, i suppose.
  16. cubbinalltheway
    i highly doubt it. 18 years of catcher's knees out in wrigley RF? seems like a disaster waiting to happen.
  17. cubbinalltheway
    why hopefully? i'm not seeing how hill is a better option than bako.
  18. cubbinalltheway
    fan voting? i didnt realize fans voted for the reserves?
  19. cubbinalltheway
    admittedly i dont watch as much basketball as i would like to, but how is shaq an all star? his numbers arent anything special.
  20. cubbinalltheway
    duke is about to lose to boston college. loving this!
  21. cubbinalltheway
    one of my earliest baseball memories is watching baseball tonight and seeing highlights of some game that he pitched. no clue why. this is hilarious.
  22. cubbinalltheway
    now there's a quality post. i agree with those who say it's marshall's job to lose. he's done everything asked of him the last couple years, and deserves a legitimate shot at the rotation. i think shark needs more seasoning prior to being an mlb starter.
  23. cubbinalltheway
    i thought it was pudge too. was he ever implicated? i don't remember it if so. it's absurd that sosa is in there amongst the other "known" users.
  24. cubbinalltheway
    who's the catcher?
  25. cubbinalltheway
    this piece of ____ tickets.com isn't working right now. once i get past the dreaded virtual waiting room, i cant buy tickets. either high transaction volume message, or it simply knocks me back into the waiting room. with technology where it is today, how the hell is this possible???
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