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  1. SouthSideRyan
    I think San Juan would be solid - it's the biggest metro area in the U.S. without a team and the Puerto Rican leagues have disbanded after struggling financially. MLB would fill the void perfectly. Wait, so the Puerto Rican leagues struggled financially, so you think they can somehow support a major league franchise? The Mexico City and San Juan ideas are pipe dreams until drastic changes happen there financially. And the 2 leagues, 4 divisions would definitely bring about the first sub 500 division winner.
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    He gave the Cardinals a 1% chance of the division and a 3% of the wildcard despite currently being 1 game back, haha. No bias there, eh? I'm biased against mediocre baseball teams. The Cardinals are probably the 7th best team in the NL, and IIRC have a tough schedule down the stretch. And I can't believe you'd seriously give the Rangers/A's combo a 1 in 20 shot at the West. Unless team plane crashes are more likely than I think. I realize that the Cardinals aren't a great team. However, saying that a team like the Mets are more than 5x more likely to win the wildcard is pretty crazy. As I said they were out of my ass calculations, but I'd definitely bet 50 bucks to somebody else's 10 on the Mets being the wild card vs. the Cardinals winning it.
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    That'd ensure really boring playoff races.
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    He gave the Cardinals a 1% chance of the division and a 3% of the wildcard despite currently being 1 game back, haha. No bias there, eh? I'm biased against mediocre baseball teams. The Cardinals are probably the 7th best team in the NL, and IIRC have a tough schedule down the stretch. And I can't believe you'd seriously give the Rangers/A's combo a 1 in 20 shot at the West. Unless team plane crashes are more likely than I think.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    Over on SF, Minnesota, Giants, Seahawks, SD, Indy, NE Under on Carolina, KC, Atlanta
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    I think they make it, but wouldn't be shocked if the loser of Mets/Phillies beat them out. Out of my ass calculations: NLE: Phillies: 55%, Mets: 35%, Marlins 10% NLC: Cubs 95%, Brewers 4%, Cardinals 1% NLW: Dodgers 60%, D-Backs 40% Wild Card: Brewers 60%, Mets 16%, Phillies 13%, Marlins 4%, Cubs 3%, Cardinals 3%, D-Backs .5%, Dodgers .5%
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    I don't know much of the history of the Pirates and their trades, but why wouldn't their minor leagues be pretty well stacked? They're a small market team. Ed Creech.
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    Moises Alou. i've got to think that moises is faster than dye... or at least was, I haven't watched a mets game in ever. The other day I saw a flyball get hit three steps behind dye - not a liner either, a flyball - and it got over his head. he moved so slow i thought espn had the tape on rewind Moises hasn't been in a Mets game in forever.
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    5 votes short, and I have to imagine there were 5 veterans who never bothered voting If they don't vote, their right to vote should be taken away. A voter shouldn't have to vote for somebody if they don't feel anyone's qualified. There have been vet committee elections where there wasn't really a viable candidate. Forcing them to vote for somebody isn't the solution.
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    When you were VERY young Goony? Regarding your interleague breakdown, it'd probably be the best way to do it in that situation, but I really don't like the stretch run having interleague games. Sure, most of the time those last place teams are going to be last place teams again, but you also can have situations where this years Rays team is playing the Nationals with 3 to play and tied with the Yankees. You'd at least like to have a team in the same league as them being the one to challenge them late.
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    Indoor stadium. It's at Wrigley. Yeah, they built a dome.
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    Indoor stadium.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    To clarify, all Divisional series games are on TBS, it's just the NLCS and World Series on FOX.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    Glenallen-Sosa-Rodriguez
  15. SouthSideRyan
    Konerko's struggles aren't a huge shock to me, I'm really surprised with how Swisher is hitting.
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    Jim Edmonds in the throw back game. i meant player reaction. Maybe Pie's HR back in April was better. Don't know. But Reed swinging and raising his fist right away was amazing Yeah, I know that's what I was talking about, when Edmonds tied it up in the 9th and started leaping down the first base line.
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    I'm glad Lou realizes it's something to be watched over. But yeah, it woulda been nice if he was forward thinking enough to not make it a problem for no reason.
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    I fully expect Nolan Ryan to do something about the pitching in Texas. I assumed this was a joke when I first read it, but I'm not sure there's a worse idea for a young pitcher than to be tutored by Nolan Ryan. Nolan Ryan is the President of the Rangers. He won't be tutoring but rather assuring they have arms on the big league team. If I was a Rangers fan I'd be worried about the organizational philosophy he'd instill. The philosophy for the past 10 years hasn't exactly done anything. I guess I'm not following. What is Nolan Ryan going to do? Tell the pitchers to stop being horrible?
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    Jim Edmonds in the throw back game.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    I fully expect Nolan Ryan to do something about the pitching in Texas. I assumed this was a joke when I first read it, but I'm not sure there's a worse idea for a young pitcher than to be tutored by Nolan Ryan. Nolan Ryan is the President of the Rangers. He won't be tutoring but rather assuring they have arms on the big league team. If I was a Rangers fan I'd be worried about the organizational philosophy he'd instill.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    Guess who's throwing a shutout through 6 innings? I'll give you a hint. He wasn't a better option than Livan Hernandez.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    I fully expect Nolan Ryan to do something about the pitching in Texas. I assumed this was a joke when I first read it, but I'm not sure there's a worse idea for a young pitcher than to be tutored by Nolan Ryan.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    No other fans in baseball have the weight of 100 successive failures on their back. Give 'em a bit of a break. You'll see major change in the attitudes of Cub fans when the Cubs finally do break through. It's like Pavlov's dog. You keep hitting it over the head, and eventually the poor thing cringes when you try to give it a big fat piece of steak. 2008 is the big, fat, piece of steak -- but many Cub fans are still cowering, waiting for the blow. You have the weight of 100(well 99, but 100 sounds cooler) failures on your back? Why? How old are you?
  24. SouthSideRyan
    The CF dropoff from Swisher to Griffey is a pretty huge dropoff defensively, and Swisher isn't even that good out there. That and I'll eat my hat if Koneko stays healthy and gets less than 120 ABs the rest of the way.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    Actually the Cubs couldn't offer him arbitration in that case since they'd no longer hold his rights. But the effect is the same; it would be assumed that the Cubs would have offered him arbitration.[/nitpick] Interesting. It's always said that the team then goes ahead and "offers" him arbitration, so I always thought they had to go through the formal paperwork anyway, even though it would be an automatic decline. Thanks for the clarification on that. I believe you're right on this CCP. I believe the team still does "offer" arbitration.
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