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  1. SouthSideRyan
    Nice. Also, a little contract insight: http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090108&content_id=3736641&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc This is a good contract for the current economic state, but I wonder if Jim realizes that these backloaded contracts will kill him at some point. There's some opinion out there that backloaded contracts aren't that bad because the money isn't worth as much 3 years down the road, etc. I'm sure there are smarter posters that could explain that better. Well yeah that's basic finance, but even if there is a lesser future value, $12 million in '11 is still more than $7 million in '09 But 7/11/12 is cheaper than 10/10/10.
  2. SouthSideRyan
    So did Texas win last night?
  3. SouthSideRyan
    My friends from work decided to schedule tonight as the night to take me and another girl here out for our birthdays. I realized roughly one day after the reservation was made that it was championship game. boomer sooner.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    Florida lost like 9 games last year.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    There are a few spots on the bench that should probably be taken by guys who can actually hit though. Having a guy on your roster all season who can only pinch run or play defense for an inning is a waste of everybody's time.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    Lou's gone about 8 games with the Cubs with only 1 backup IF. I don't think he's gonna go an entire season.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    I bet Texas wins.
  8. SouthSideRyan
    MacPhail wanted to be "competitive within the division" Cuban was talking of not worrying about what the Red Sox/Yankees do because it'd be one 7 game series. My reading of it, said go out build the best team in the NL, and worry about the Red Sox/Yankees if you get to Late October.
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    Barry Bonds '04: 232 Walks Shawon Dunston career: 203 Walks
  10. SouthSideRyan
    Wait, did I miss something? Why wouldn't Baldelli play in '09?
  11. SouthSideRyan
    This is just going to give Mizzou an excuse to sign back up for the forum.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    And I think the computers are going to give up on Northwestern after the thrashing at Madison.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    neither does the NCAA Tournament Thank heavens for that. SOAB. don't you mean SOB? Maybe SAB. You can drop the of.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    I understand tough to win on the road and all, especially for a young team, but the SEC West(similar to the Big 12 north for Kansas) is just so bad, that they should really be shooting for 9-1 in those games. I guess 13-3 was probably overstating things a bit, but Arkansas is definitely set up nicely. ETA: Pomeroy hates them though.
  15. SouthSideRyan
    And Iowa was playing at home in what was a horribly ugly game. Michigan was on the road, I didn't see the game, though I'm sure it was ugly as well.
  16. SouthSideRyan
    And can we ban the transitive property in this thread?
  17. SouthSideRyan
    I never altered my projections. I had Iowa taking 10th all season long. I had Iowa winning less than 6 games all season long. The fact that I said they were better than I expected didn't mean I had them better than this. I've also had Michigan as not that good all year. But no I said Iowa sucked(along with most everyone else, including Iowa fans), so yeah, I'm crazy.
  18. SouthSideRyan
    I don't know, how many rings do they have, and where do they rank in doubles?
  19. SouthSideRyan
    Bill Buckner and Maury Wills? Are you seriously comparing Scotty Pods to these guys? They played in a completely different era and completely different ballparks. Maury Wills' career was played entirely during a dominant pitching era. Buckner was nothing like Podsednik. Period. I'm only comparing the OPS, which came under heavy fire for Pods. IT CAME UNDER FIRE BECAUSE OF THE POSITION AND ERA HE PLAYED IN.
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    129th all time in RBI!! 50th in DOUBLES!!! 245th IN RUNS SCORED 395th in Batting average. Enshrine Buckner!
  21. SouthSideRyan
    Lee would have helped them a lot more. When your pitching staff puts up ERAs of 2.20, 2.63, and 3.00 in three postseason series, my pregnant wife would be a good fit in left field. She'd have as good a first step as Pods too.
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    Bill Buckner was a bad Hal Morris once his knees gave out.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    WHY DON'T WE SIGN PODSEDNIK?
  24. SouthSideRyan
    Why'd Ken Williams let Podsednik go?
  25. SouthSideRyan
    Well, they got a ring out of it. Worked out pretty well for them in '05. Pods was also pretty damn clutch in the postseason, if you'll recall. That ring might have had something to do with their fantastic pitching. That Pods-led offense was pretty mediocre, even in the postseason. The pitching was fantastic. No argument there. But mediocre? Really? In 12 games (49 ABs), he hit .286 with a .375 OBP and a .551 SLG, had 2 HRs (1 was a walkoff in the World Series btw), 1 double, 3 triples, 6 SB, 6 RBIs, and scored 9 runs. Maybe he should've tried harder during the regular season.
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