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  1. SouthSideRyan
    I don't believe his birthdate any more than I believe Aramis Ramirez'. Why on earth wouldn't you believe Aramis's? Mexicans be lyin
  2. SouthSideRyan
    Zambrano in 2010 after he was "no more than a 5th starter:" 11 starts 70.1 IP 1.41 ERA Opponent's slash line: .183/.304/.221 (A line he outperformed at the plate going .241/.290/.345)
  3. SouthSideRyan
    Was there a Dunkin Donuts around the park previously? I seem to remember stopping there and then grabbing a hot dog somewhere. (Wrigleyville dogs I assume?)
  4. SouthSideRyan
    Not just in baseball
  5. SouthSideRyan
    Nobody's going to mention how dumb we are for being willing to pay 80% of Z's contract?
  6. SouthSideRyan
    Groan
  7. SouthSideRyan
    Does that mean shoot a contested jump shot?
  8. SouthSideRyan
    Well not so much death threats, so much as people wishing he would fail at basketball.
  9. SouthSideRyan
    What does John Goodman think of it?
  10. SouthSideRyan
    Nope, it's been 17 years.
  11. SouthSideRyan
    We really are.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    Hopefully when they contract the Hornets, they contract all their players too.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    Ghost-written by Diablo Cody
  14. SouthSideRyan
    And that would be... Let me find it. I'm good at these. Hoyer's collar has two stripes on it, and Rickstein's only has 1.
  15. SouthSideRyan
    800K
  16. SouthSideRyan
    Holy [expletive].
  17. SouthSideRyan
    You don't know what mediocre means. My understanding is an average everyday player is worth about 2 WAR. Fielder has been worth less than 2 WAR twice. I interchanged "average" and "mediocre". So are you arguing the semantics of "average" versus "mediocre"? Those sub-2 WAR seasons 2006 and 2008. You're being ridiculous.
  18. SouthSideRyan
    If Prince is confident he'll stay productive, he should take the 6/150. His next contract could take him to his 40s. If he's a soon to be 36 year old 1B, I'm not so sure the interest will be there.
  19. SouthSideRyan
    His age 24 season is every bit as close to the statistical prime of most players as his age 30 season will be. It's also 4 years ago. It wouldn't even register on a Marcel.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    We only know the first part in hindsight. And Zambrano was freshly turned 26 and coming off 4 straight seasons of 4 WAR, two of which were 5. Yes, he was having a bit of a down year in 07, but to say that at age 26 it was clear that he was on the decline is wrong. I don't want to derail this thread with Zambrano, but Zambrano was abused by Dusty at an early age and was clearly already declining. Doesn't mean he wasn't a good pitcher anymore, but he was not going to be an ace he was paid to be. FIP 2004-2007: 3.57, 3.70, 4.14, 4.58 I'm not a big fan of WAR in general, but from 2004-2007: 4.7, 4.5, 3.9, 2.8. The groundball percentage was dropping, the HR/FB percentage was rising, and the walks were rising. The smart thing would have been to trade him or take the picks given the amount of money he was commanding. Zambrano is pretty much a proven FIP anomaly. His actual ERAs those 4 years far outpaced his FIP. His WAR doesn't include his offense either.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    No we don't. So it's not a problem that we gave superstar money to Soriano and Zambrano, and gave $12 million a year to solid players like Fududome? We're just going to blame this mess all on John Stocksill and Jim Hendry signing guys on the margin like John Grabow? Yes the 2012 Cubs are in trouble because of Kosuke Fukudome.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    I'll check with my Arkansas State guys on Thursday.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    They're required to go to a non-FBS conference. They'd seem to make a lot more sense in the WCC for basketball considering BYU and Gonzaga are there(along with a couple other programs who rise and fall), but I don't know how things work with their other sports. Why is that a requirement, and what is the rationale for it? Because the NCAA says so.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    You'd [expletive] a plugged in toaster with a tin foil condom.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    Seriously? I would have EASILY signed him on that contract. Come on, Theo. Anger.
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