SouthSideRyan
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Everything posted by SouthSideRyan
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Girardi is a total redass, but the Yankees are only 3.5 games out of the WC.
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well it's being played in 2020 since they are coming back to Japan there's plenty of actually good non-MLB players who can participate http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/08/03/193447960/photo-of-the-day-2008-olympics-baseball-team-featured-jake-arrieta-stephen-strasburg-and-more I can only assume they had the 2008 Olympics talk that Lebron, Wade, and Bosh did.
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Baseball Reference except when referencing WAR because Dave Cameron is a horsefeathering doofus.
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Since I haven't seen anything about a serious illness, I just assumed heart attack. I've spent a lot of time on Illinois's off-topic board, so I can only assume Hillary Clinton ordered him to be killed.
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If LaStella won't report to the minors, we're going to have to search for a lefty bat because we won't have LaStella on the major league roster...
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Mark Prior doesn't blame Dusty, but I still do
SouthSideRyan replied to Andy's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I don't believe Dusty was hired to manage every game like it was his last. -
Well, that's your first mistake... Should've listened to Derwood.
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No. I remember being upset that the Delgado thing fell through, then there was the whole he'd only accept a trade to the Dodgers so they had all the leverage and we'd end up being screwed, then I remember being relieved when we ended up with a the kind of package that we'd expected to get before Delgadogate happened; a back end of the top 100 prospect (Villanueva) and maybe another piece (Hendricks.) You're lucky I'm too lazy to look up what you actually wrote.
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Cubs add Chapman for Torres, et al. imb wishes we paid more
SouthSideRyan replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
You forgot Josh Hancock. -
I think my favorite is a lesser known game. It was on my bday in 2003 and Z hit a three run bomb off of Wade Miller to beat them(we were down 2-0 late). Not quite as big of a comeback, but pretty improbable. Didn't we have a decent sized comeback vs the cards in 03? Came back from down 6-0 (on a JD Drew grand slam off of Felix Sanchez?) to win. This may have been the front end of a DH with the Alfonseca belly bump. ETA: The DH was the day before. Woody Williams came on in relief, and wound up losing 2 games in that series.
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Like Baker and Piniella before him... What in the world?
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Seriously, I have no idea how he beat that.
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I wouldn't be thrilled at having declared bankruptcy a couple years ago. Olympics held in the US are typically profitable. I believe Lake Placid is the exception to the rule. Mayor Daley boondoggles on the other hand...
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I like Gold Gloves and I cannot lie: the Jason Heyward thread
SouthSideRyan replied to NOLA's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Should've listened to @thekapman. 5 days off would fix this for sure. -
These last years would have been hell if Chicago had gotten them. But I'd be trilled to have all the infrastructure improvements going forward. I wouldn't be thrilled at having declared bankruptcy a couple years ago.
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Dammit, I was texted that rumor 19 minutes before that tweet. There goes my big break at being like that 16 year old kid with hot stove reports.
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Trying to affect change in one state in the country you're domiciled is different than trying to affect change in another country of 1.3B people.
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I honestly had no idea it was a derogatory term. I thought it was just short, like the way it is for "transmission". I know a guy who is dating a girl that has a penis, and he refers to her as a tranny. My bad. No you don't.
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The elephant in the room at the convention
SouthSideRyan replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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Cubs trade Vogelbach/Blackburn for Mike Montgomery/Jordan Pries
SouthSideRyan replied to davell's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I concur. STAY AWAY FOR YOUR OWN SANITY THE GREY. OMG OMG THE GREY That turned south pretty quickly -
He put up his best ORtg, DRtg, and Win Shares his senior year. He was quite clearly the linchpin to the Illinois defense his final 2 seasons, and all of this came after he was a gangly goof on offense and a foul machine on defense his first season. A player can develop without turning into an all-conference player, this shouldn't be that difficult. And, so we're clear in response to other stats being too dependent, you went with Win Shares?
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Now we're on win shares. More importantly what did your eyes say for the 5 times that you watched him. That's what's most important.
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They really ought to be a tournament team if any of Abrams, Lucas, or Tate(ha) can be a competent PG.
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And Schiano reported it to Bradley too ayeeeeeeeee I know Schiano is at OSU....doesn't Bradley coach somewhere? Puts those programs in a tough spot. UCLA
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Abrams has never been Illinois's star player. He's just a steady hand at the point. Both ORtg and DRtg are quite dependent on your teammates. Looking at them in a vacuum doesn't show you much of anything You cite Nunn(questionable) and Abrams(he didn't develop him enough?) What of Egwu, Rice, Hill, and Morgan? And yes, this is where Derwood chimes in and says well they must have won a bunch of national titles with all that improvement!! No, shut up Derwood. Illinois's biggest problem under Groce has been a lack of (healthy) talent, first from the hilariously bare cupboard Weber left, followed by some high profile misses on recruiting.
