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  1. SouthSideRyan
    3/39 will not get it done with Giles. Considering he's 35 years old, I think it will easily get it done. I could be wrong. Heck, the best player in baseball (Pujols) only makes 14.2 mil per year. You think Giles is worth that kind of money? But I thought Pujols gave a hometown discount ;) Seriously though, Pujols's contract bought out arbitration years and gave him long term stability, it's apples to oranges. Oh, and the best player in baseball makes about 25M a year, not 14.2
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    Good luck to the Astros. They are clearly better than the Cards. Now go sweep those White Sox!! Well, they were better this week, anyway. I think that 162 games proves out the "better team", but it doesn't win championships for you. Good luck to the 'Stros! The Stros were a better team for the postseason. You can't complain about having a team not built for the way the league is set up.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    So unless all of your arguments was that the Cubs should've hired Perlozzo as the manager in the past couple weeks, your anger is misplaced. I don't think expecting Hendry to even inquire about his availability is too much to ask. Do you want Hendry to inquire about the availability about every top of the line coach/manager/player/prospect in baseball?? And how does anyone know that it wasn't widely known that Mazzone wasn't available short of the O's?
  4. SouthSideRyan
    Swiped from BTF via the Cumberland Times in Cumberland, MD. So unless all of your arguments was that the Cubs should've hired Perlozzo as the manager in the past couple weeks, your anger is misplaced.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    Other people as dumb as Hendry: John Schuerholz Mark Shapiro Billy Beane Theo Epstein Terry Ryan Dave Dombrowski Bill Stoneman Kevin Towers Paul DePodesta Doug Melvin
  6. SouthSideRyan
    1) Combined? Yes. You have two average to below-average offenses and if they both made it you would probably see the worst total offensive output ever in the Series. 2) It would be among them. I have a hard time believing anything will top Marlins/Indians in that department, though. 3) If the Cards win this series, Astros fans officially fall into the Cubs/Indians camp of tortured fans (albeit in a lower spot since they've been around a shorter time). Lowest rated was Angels/Giants in '02 followed by Yankees/Mets in '00 and then I believe Indians/Marlins.
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    You're hilarious. ND doesn't join a conference because their financial situation is such that they don't need to and also because they have far too many rivals to expect to play them all in addition to a conference schedule. You are making fun of them for SOS? ND consistently has a top-10 toughest slate, which is more than I can say for anyone in the crappy Big Eleven. If ND has gotten favors from the refs I haven't seen it. Everyone agrees that they got jobbed by the refs in the USC game, and I don't see any past evidence of ND getting favorable calls except for one game against Navy in 1999 when they got a terrible spot that, if spotted correctly would have ended their win streak over Navy. That's the only example I have known of, of bad officiating in favor of ND. Michigan could never play USC close especially this year. They couldn't even hold Minnesota to OT at home when it was tied and the Gophers had it inside their own 30, so I doubt they could ever stop USC. Your arguments are baseless, wrong, and absurd. You mean a football conference....right? Obviously Notre Dame football is a completely different animal than the other Notre Dame sports.
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    I think I'd take ND about 9 out of 11 times vs. MSU.
  9. SouthSideRyan
    I think Burnitz is something else in the hand, but it does rhyme with bird. I would like him as a 4th OF. If Baker has 3 solid OF's I wouldn't mind him being the 4th guy and the Cubs could afford it. If the Cubs can find a cheaper 4th OF that is as productive, which I think Burnitz would be in the 4th role, I am for it. I just think Hendry is covering his OF. Now...if he is waiting to see and make Burnitz a starter, I'm with you 100%. Also, can Burnitz play first at all? He didn't play there last year I know but that was because he was a "fixture" in right. You give me Hairston (also extra inf), Patterson and Burnitz as the extra OF's and I'll be happy with that. Let me also ask what the Cubs have coming up for the OF in the next couple of years? Pie in 2007 and is there anyone else? Brandon Sing had a huge year in the OF, but I believe he's getting pretty old. I'd like to see him get a serious look as a bench player for this year.
  10. SouthSideRyan
    Aqua Man "Hi Fish." "Hi Aquaman" "Have you seen anything suspicious...under the water?" "Hi Aquaman"
  11. SouthSideRyan
    If I didn't have work I would've tried to buy and sell for a profit. Forget my friends, I have a 290 dollar ticket to pay.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    Most Sox fans love Guillen, but most Sox fans are idiots.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    Yeah the White Sox haven't done anything stunningly stupid in this series. Making the first out at home is pure fundamental baseball. The Sox have played some mind-numbingly stupid baseball this series, moreso than I recall the Cubs doing in the 1st 4 games of the NLCS.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    I know he said that USC/ND wasn't even the best game of the day let alone the year, but I don't if that's what prompted the line. May's an idiot and a douche.
  15. SouthSideRyan
    Bowa being mentioned for the A's job is very intriguing.
  16. SouthSideRyan
    I'm heading to ND for the game this weekend, I should be sporting my #44 Marc Edwards jersey if anyone sees me.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    History of winning? How is that applicable here? That's about as bad as thinking curses exist. Better manager, health of pitching, and improvement of talent are the reasons why one team has progressed and one has regressed, not history. No, 1908 (not the admin here) and the Cards winning 9 WS have nothing to do with it, since there's no one in either organization that remains from 1908 or 1982 (maybe one area scout roaming North Dakota might remain, but he likely got replaced by a computer in a cubicle in the Cards front office). I gotta say I like the Giants and Dodgers chances for the WS next year.
  18. SouthSideRyan
    Haven't read through the thread, but in case it hasn't been posted, here's a link to the highlights from yesterday. (Click yesterday, then Angels/White Sox, then Escobar strikes out the side.) The last strike out in the set is in the dirt. Eddings makes the swing and miss call with his right arm, and then after the tag is applied he pumps the fist. Not only is Eddings incompetent, he's a liar.
  19. SouthSideRyan
    Okay, tell us the guy you want for 2M then, and come back next season if that guy turns into nothing. There's something to be said for a degree of certainty. And eliminating Dempster's 3 run saves makes things look a lot worse than they are. Even the best closers don't nail down all the 1 run leads. Dempster was 14-16 in 1-run games this year. With 1 of the blown saves being a 2 inning appearance and one of the saves being a 2.2 inning appearance. Along with that he had 0 mult-run blown saves. Hoffman went 17-19 in 1 run games with 1 multi-run blown. Rivera 13-16, 1 multi run. Wagner 12-15, 0 multi run.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    Fresh Stats OPS+ Lee: 177 Pujols: 167 Jones: 133 And for Cy Young ERA+ Clemens: 221 Pettitte: 174 Willis: 153 Carpenter: 151
  21. SouthSideRyan
    Of course it's intriguing, there's a certain team missing from the matchups.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    Ummmm, not a chance.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    I'm rooting against the White Sox about as hard as anyone on this board. I'm surrounded by these idiots. These idiots are my obnoxious friends. But no, I would not want to see Go Red Sox. I'd prefer to not stoop to their level and be that bush league.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    Murton Nomar Giles Lee Ramirez Walker Barrett Patterson Zambrano Prior Wood Maddux Williams Dempster Williamson Ohman Novoa Wuertz Hill Mitre/Wellemeyer Cedeno Greenberg Blanco Hairston Sing
  25. SouthSideRyan
    Wow, that's Dusty-like. The Cubs were also 16-13 in Sept/Oct this year. And 17-13 last year. And 19-8 the year before.
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