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  1. SouthSideRyan
    You should definitely take into account where a guy plays his home games, but too often people look at home/away splits, take the away #s and consider that a guy's true ability. Additionally, there isn't just one factor in looking at the splits. You have the hitter's park situation, but it's also a comfort level. Players shouldn't be penalized for being much better when playing in their home city. The entire discrepancy in Santo's #s can't be chalked up to Wrigley's small gaps. He couldn't have hit that many HRs in the first few rows. There's also something to be said for a hitter adapting his game to fit his home park. If Santo saw the value in getting under a pitch and letting the wind carry it out, then good for him. Again that's not to say to discount the Wrigley in the 60s factor, but I don't think it's as big of an issue as his detractors make it out to be.
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    Only specific story I can remember about Santo is him going off on Don Young for misplaying a flyball. People speculated that Santo ruined Young's confidence, and may have been actively campaigning against him behind the scenes. As I said though, pretty much just speculation.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    I've still yet to see an explanation as to why pitchers don't throw low and away sliders to Soriano every pitch of every AB of every season if that's all it takes.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    who is he talking about? Ricketts.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    Don't be silly, nobody read the awards voting thread. SAD FACE. (Didn't have Hamilton in my top 10.)
  6. SouthSideRyan
    when mcnabb's leg falls off later this season, i'm sure we'll return the favor Just post the celebration pics when the Cowboys win a playoff game or 2 like they usually do. that's been the plan for 12 years i'm startin to get blue balls plus, we're emulating truffle here, so i can only celebrate when someone else's team loses IMB did not see what I did there. no i get it, we haven't won a playoff game since i was like, 8. hence the 12 year plan thing. Be more offended and angry. Don't roll with the punches jerk. i thought you got b& after that fight with 1908, what happened? I will kick your baseball ass.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    Who's saying that? Alot of us just don't want to see the cubs slap a bandaid on a proverbial gaping chest wound and would rather to try to sew it up with possibly unsanitary instruments. RedFlash said that. I want Pie starting in CF on opening day with Edmonds on the bench. It's probably unlikely that Lou would let Pie work it out should he struggle at all or even give him the start at all, but ideally it'd be nice.
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    when mcnabb's leg falls off later this season, i'm sure we'll return the favor Just post the celebration pics when the Cowboys win a playoff game or 2 like they usually do. that's been the plan for 12 years i'm startin to get blue balls plus, we're emulating truffle here, so i can only celebrate when someone else's team loses IMB did not see what I did there. no i get it, we haven't won a playoff game since i was like, 8. hence the 12 year plan thing. Be more offended and angry. Don't roll with the punches jerk.
  9. SouthSideRyan
    when mcnabb's leg falls off later this season, i'm sure we'll return the favor Just post the celebration pics when the Cowboys win a playoff game or 2 like they usually do. that's been the plan for 12 years i'm startin to get blue balls plus, we're emulating truffle here, so i can only celebrate when someone else's team loses IMB did not see what I did there.
  10. SouthSideRyan
    when mcnabb's leg falls off later this season, i'm sure we'll return the favor Just post the celebration pics when the Cowboys win a playoff game or 2 like they usually do.
  11. SouthSideRyan
    So Matt Cassel sucks then, right? I guess I'll finally drop him from my fantasy team.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    Julio Lugo, yes that would've been the answer. He's been awful the last 2 years. At least he's not me first though. He makes sure his wife gets her hits before he worries about his own.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    Oh look a post putting actual statistics out there was ignored completely with more anecdote and arble garble.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    Pretty sure that has nothing to do with it. I'm a reluctant Obama voter. It's just a bad impression. It's not like he's doing anything insulting to Obama that would offend his fans. It's just a terrible impression that sounds nothing like him.
  15. SouthSideRyan
    I don't think anyone in favor of bringing back Edmonds is counting on him being out there for 550 ABs of 950 OPS. They are banking on 250-300 PAs of an 800 OPS with the ability to fake it in CF. That's worth an easy 3M. Saying Pie will match Jim's Cubs production?? I love Felix Pie and am pissed with how he's been handled, but this is completely insane.
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    If we spend actual money on a bullpen arm that isn't Kerry Wood I'm gonna be really pissed.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    I believe I've moved up 3 spots, supposedly due to people dying.
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    But the whole point of every game is to win the damn thing. You don't rule that the teams are equal when one team did what it took to win, and the other one lost. I view rankings as a judgement of what a team did, not what a team is capable of in the future. Otherwise there's no point to the games other than to see how talented the team is. It is no longer a competition, but instead is a showcase of who's more athletic and skilled in the game of football. That's not how it works, and it's not how it should work. When an actual game starts, the outcome of it damn sure should matter, no matter how terribly unathletic and untalented one team may be, if they win, that's that. I'm not going to wipe it off the slate because the other team outgained them by 300 yards and kept fumbling in the red zone. With the NCAA(and NFL) season being as short as it is and with the ridiculously unbalanced schedules(relative to opponents), putting such weight on what a team has done over the previous 12 games(let alone 5) just seems outrageous to me, and then when something goes against the numbers(accumulated over 5 games), to call that a fluke or an anomaly. Well that's [expletive] crazy.
  19. SouthSideRyan
    Wait....Ole Miss > Mizzou? Awesome. I mean, I know they beat St. Tebow, but still. Just awesome.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    To illustrate my point Soriano has sucked against AJ Burnett(200 OPS in 10 PAs), John Lackey (315 in 33 PAs), Rich Harden(364 in 22 PAs), Josh Johnson(385 in 13 PAs), and Pedro(415 in 44 PAs) He's also sucked against Seth McClung(244 in 13 PAs), Jose Mercedes (308 in 13 PAs), Gil Meche(170 in 19 PAs), and Travis Harper(344 in 24 PAs) He's beat up on Lance Cormier, Jorge Julio, Pete Walker, Josh Towers, and Jose Lima. He's also done great against Jake Peavy, Danny Haren, Kevin Brown, and Chris Carpenter.
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    I wish. It's really just a simple matter of Soriano being a great hitter against crappy pitchers who make mistakes, and a terrible hitter against great pitchers who don't make mistakes. You see a lot of those in the playoffs. Great pitchers who don't make mistakes: Doug Davis, Livan Hernandez, Mark Redman, Carl Pavano, John Burkett, Brad Radke, Jarrod Washburn, Ramon Ortiz, Kevin Appier, Cory Lidle, Aaron Sele, Paul Abbot, Brian Anderson, and Miguel Batista. And that's not even touching on all those unhittable relievers who are incredible pitchers who never make mistakes. Ya know, guys like a 58 year old Mike Morgan, a 72 year old Greg Swindell, an 86 year old Bobby Witt, Jose Paniagua, Jim Mecir, Jeff Tam, I mean these are HOF level guys.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    OH SHI- At least Arkansas will have Ryan Mallett next year. You mean Michigan.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    OH SHI- Just go with it. Nobody will notice.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    Throw in a Florida win and this is about as worst case scenario as this week could get for the SEC.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    It didn't matter, the ball was moving as he was on top of the defender. Whether it was because he was trying to lateral or was fumbling, he still didn't have full possession. Game of inches for sure, if he waited til he was on the ground and threw it backwards, you have madness ensue, the play gets reviewed, ND sets up a play and maybe wins. I really don't like that play call though, you've gotta go end zone there.
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