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  1. SouthSideRyan
    My apologies. I didn't see that one. Wow. Even Illinois it isn't close. The general perception of Sammy must be worse than I thought. Bear in mind that much of Illinois is made up of Cardinals and White Sox fans.
  2. SouthSideRyan
    Prior's disease prone too!
  3. SouthSideRyan
    Can't believe all the Garland love on this thread. Ahead of Buehrle???? Zambrano Prior Buehrle Garcia Vazquez
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    Steve Garvey is history's greatest monster.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    If I'm gonna have a bad manager I'd rather have the one who rambles nonsensically than one who rambles incoherently AND is a jagoff.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    Anybody else a little annoyed that the US can't play the Dominican Republic or Venezuela any earlier than the championship?? My US lineup(using only the positions they're set to play, despite my desire to put Texieira in LF, A-Rod at SS, Jeter at 2B) SS Jeter 3B Rodriguez DH Teixeira 1B Lee RF Griffey LF Damon C Varitek 2B Utley CF Wells Additionally Todd Jones would never leave the bullpen.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    I'm not so sure I would. Guillen really isn't a great manager. His job last year was similar to the job Baker did in '03 IMO.
  8. SouthSideRyan
    Pretty much any winning record from a Big Ten team would get them in the NIT.
  9. SouthSideRyan
    So is Indiana a tournament team anymore? 13-9 with At Illinois, at Michigan, and MSU at home left on the schedule. Even stealing one of those games only puts them at 16-11 heading into the Big 10 tourney.
  10. SouthSideRyan
    This is pathetic. We should be up by about 30.
  11. SouthSideRyan
    I don't think I'd called them overrated, just another example of a team playing beyond its means and above its expectations. But their consistency and grittiness could take them to the BIG 10 tourney championship That Big 10 tournament is gonna be loads of fun. If the top 8 hould out, I could honestly see any of those 8 winning the whole thing.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    What if he can roll it really fast to 3rd?
  13. SouthSideRyan
    So nothing new can ever be done in baseball again. Ignoring the changing parks and nature of the ball, if something's done that's never been done before it must be due to cheating. Everyone loves to just put the old time stats on a pedestal as if for some reason those things could never be matched. Hank Aaron must've been on something, nobody before had a career that long and durable with that much power. Yeah, what Sosa and McGuire did was "new". A real acheivment. Sammy Sosa could never even hold Hank Aaron's jock IMHO. Why? Because he's playing in modern times? I feel like Sulley.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    I was thinking more along the lines of Ponson and Reyes both do great in ST, Marquis is traded for scraps, and Ponson busts as expected while Reyes struggles adapting to big league hitting.
  15. SouthSideRyan
    Continuing with Ruth: So much is made over Maris's HR record being broken so many times over the past few years. Obviously, steroids. The old HR record pre-Ruth was 27, and a dubious 27 at that as it was pre-modern era, and set by a guy who never hit double digitis in HRs other than that year.(obviously he was on some form of steroids) Ruth broke the 27 with 29 in 1919. He would then go on to hit more than the previous record every year except one from 1919-1933 Never done before, never been done since. Ruth wasn't just on steroids, he was on some other worldly steroids.
  16. SouthSideRyan
    So nothing new can ever be done in baseball again. Ignoring the changing parks and nature of the ball, if something's done that's never been done before it must be due to cheating. Everyone loves to just put the old time stats on a pedestal as if for some reason those things could never be matched. Hank Aaron must've been on something, nobody before had a career that long and durable with that much power.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    US Women looked horrible (curling wise) that last end. Looks wise though, outstanding.
  18. SouthSideRyan
    And all that said McGwire has a better HOF case than Sammy. McGwire has a longer peak and had much higher OBPs and SLGs. That said, it's closer than some people let on when you factor in Sammy's years as an average CF and then a couple years as an above average RF followed by some average years as a RF while McGwire never really went above average(gold glove or not) at the easiest defensive position. Sosa's baserunning also gives him some points on McGwire.
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    Shouldn't it be that any player is eligible UNTIL there is substantial proof they've used steroids? Your idea seems sort of backwards. That's the way it SHOULD be. Year - HR 1993 - 33 1994 - 25-prorated to 40 over 162 games 1995 - 36-41 over 162 1996 - 40-52 over 162 1997 - 36-41 over 162 1998 - 66-age 29 1999 - 63-age 30 2000 - 50-age 31 2001 - 64-age 32 2002 - 49-age 33-53 over 162 2003 - 40-age 34(hit in the head with pitch affecting his approach at the plate)-47 over 162 2004 - 35-age 35-45 over 162. Why that almost looks like a natural progression or something. Babe Ruth was roided out of his mind.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    What kind of numbers do you expect from Ponson? I honestly don't see any reasonable scenario in which Ponson outperforms Reyes. You say you don't want just hand over a spot to him, but it's not like there's a reasonable alternative. How are they supposed to judge if Reyes is ready to start, the 20 inning sample size he'll get in ST?
  21. SouthSideRyan
    So Ponson has a ~2.00 ERA in Spring Training and "wins" the starting job. You honestly think he has to perform well to stay in the rotation for his first ~10 starts?
  22. SouthSideRyan
    They were my National Championship pick at the beginning of the year, making me look smart right now. They haven't convinced me that much. I could see a final 4 run, but they're too 3 reliant without the D to support off nights.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    Villanova proved themselves to me. I've been telling anybody who'd listen how they weren't a legit team and that UConn would sweep in these coming weeks. Shame that but for some awful ACC refereeing that they'd take over the #1 spot.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    Two butterflies make a caterpillar, two caterpillars make a grade school science project.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    I hope he's as effective enough to hold a job as Tomko was in '03. That'd be great.
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