cubbinalltheway

he's not that productive. but at the same time, not many backup middle infielders are. that's, essentially, why they're backups. i don't have a problem with miles on the roster. if not miles, we'd have another light hitting middle infielder. he's overpaid though, that's my problem.

their payroll is around 138 million. and when you have 7 guys on your roster making 10 million and above, 3 million dollars is very significant when it comes to composing your 25 man roster. dude. Which is why it's a damn shame they are wasting nearly $3m on Aaron Miles this year. agreed.

their payroll is around 138 million. and when you have 7 guys on your roster making 10 million and above, 3 million dollars is very significant when it comes to composing your 25 man roster. dude.

were they ever? i don't think that story was ever confirmed to be more than scouting someone, right?

what are you talking about? derosa makes more than two times what miles makes. if you're gonna bitch about trading derosa and signing miles (which is perfectly valid) in the offseason, at least have the facts straight. Jesus, dude - who peed in your cornflakes? Miles is making 2+million and DeRosa is making 5+ million this year. All he said is that the prices were comparable. Yes it's double his salary but in the grand scheme of things when you have players making 15-20 mil, the ~3M difference between the two players is certainly comparable. disagree. i don't see 2 and 5 million being comparable at all. when fielding a roster of 25 guys, 3 million is certainly significant. what are you talking about? derosa makes more than two times what miles makes. if you're gonna bitch about trading derosa and signing miles (which is perfectly valid) in the offseason, at least have the facts straight. wait, you're the guy who was arguing about how successful high school dropouts are, right? all the sudden you're a stickler for pin point accuracy when it comes to numbers? are you capable of staying on point? and no, i wasn't arguing how successful dropouts are. i was arguing that it's incredibly stupid of our president to call people who do so "dropouts". but of course you know this, you're just trying to defer the topic from your ridiculous claim about miels/derosa's salaries that you've been called out on.

i know the term is relative, but are there any "good" free agent backup middle infielders still out there?

what are you talking about? derosa makes more than two times what miles makes. if you're gonna bitch about trading derosa and signing miles (which is perfectly valid) in the offseason, at least have the facts straight.

no surprise here. i didn't expect the demand for $250 seats to be all that high considering the economy.

sounds like the simple solution would be to change it back, and then leave the "site index" link right below it where it is now. i mean, is it really necessary to have both right there?

i would say it depends on the player.

ah, nuts. I always clicked that logo to get back to the message board index. me too

has the zambrano fukudome matchup taken place yet?

you might wanna consider putting a link to the front page on the message board. nothing too big or obscene, but something people can click.

mine work just fine. thanks for the reminder, as an aside. is it possible to change print-at-home to will call and simply drive down there today and pick the tickets up? anyone know? Yes, just call in and have your tickets changed to will call or ticket window pickup or whatever. I did that for some tickets last year. great, thanks.

mine work just fine. thanks for the reminder, as an aside. is it possible to change print-at-home to will call and simply drive down there today and pick the tickets up? anyone know?

they're slaughtering them. up 17 in the first half. and ku cuts the lead to four at the half. wow.

they're slaughtering them. up 17 in the first half.

yeahbut patience isn't just seeing a lot of pitches. patience is waiting for the right pitch.

wait, the just enough home run... does that mean 10 feet as in ten feet above the ground or 10 feet above the top of the wall? and the "lucky" home run... that refers to wind aided hr's, i assume? interesting stats.

way to completely miss the point perhaps the point wouldn't have been missed had he used a relevant example. no, you missed it. the point was to compare to players with nearly identical OBP's (but vastly different other stats), not to compare to players who are candidates to bat 2nd on the Cubs. umm, but the discussion is who should bat 2nd for the cubs. :banghead: if that's too hard for you to understand, maybe you should just stop trying.

way to completely miss the point perhaps the point wouldn't have been missed had he used a relevant example. no, you missed it. the point was to compare to players with nearly identical OBP's (but vastly different other stats), not to compare to players who are candidates to bat 2nd on the Cubs. umm, but the discussion is who should bat 2nd for the cubs.

way to completely miss the point perhaps the point wouldn't have been missed had he used a relevant example.

I don't want my #2 hitter to move runners over. I want him to get on base and drive runs in. If your offensive philosophy is to waste outs having your #2 guy just get your leadoff man into scoring position, you're doing yourself a disservice. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but the odds of scoring a run with a man on 1st and 0 outs is a lot higher than a man on 2nd with 1 out. well, your odds of scoring runs also greatly increase when you have your highest OBP guy hitting 2nd rather than 8th. Your odds of scoring runs greatly decrease when you have your lowest SLG guy hitting 2nd rather than 8th. See what I did there?? chimed into the middle of a perfectly good discusssion with a smart assed reply that didn't really add anything of value, per usual?

yes, it's very meangingless. what does a player on the washington nationals have to do with anything regarding who should bat 2nd in the cubs lineup? .379 vs .359 is .02. your point about hitting to the right side naturally is valid though. i'm just not ready to essentially demote a guy after a solid year, in hopes that fukudome won't suck so badly like he did in '08.

Yes, stats about performance in all situations, including when a runner is on first, can't possibly be used to predict how one can do if a runner is on first. That would be just asinine. what are you talking about? if you were actually following the discussion, you would see that the topic was theriot's ability to move runners over. when you show me data that includes his at bats with the bases empty, that's irrelevant to the discussion. If a guy hits a lot of grounders to the left side, chances are he's going to hit a lot of grounders to the left side even when there's a runner on 1st. that's not true at all. professional baseball players have the ability to hit the ball to the right side if they want to, theriot seems especially good at this. your dunn versus theriot comparisons are meaningless too so i'm not even going to address that.