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  1. SouthSideRyan
    Rollins will be way overpaid on reputation, and we should be able to shake out an acceptable 2B from our system. There's no need to spend on a 2B unless we're raising payroll and go for Reyes. And even then, I wouldn't be too happy about it.
  2. SouthSideRyan
    paterno? come on. it's the athletic department (won't play fewer than 7 home games each year because they use the profits to fund the rest of the university's athletic programs) and the list of BCS conference teams who play more than one non-pushover outside of conference is pretty short. AD's have come and gone, but the scheduling has stayed consistent. At any rate, Paterno is generally blamed for keeping Pitt off the schedule (a game that fans want to see every year, but the coach/AD has refused to add) Fans want to see lots of stupid [expletive]. What's the benefit?
  3. SouthSideRyan
    Mr. Henry's Wild Ride
  4. SouthSideRyan
    Hey, I've actually been there! It sucks.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    He hasn't hit well lately but this is his 3rd straight game with an XBH and 4th in 5 games. Did he ever get into better shape since showing up in the spring so overweight? Yes. The ball would've had to knock the LF unconscious in order for ST Reggie to get a triple.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    You knock up one chick, pay for her arbortion, and force your buddy to marry her to shut her up, and all a sudden people don't trust you.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    When was that initiated? Spring training. This guy gives me ridiculous odds every year. I think '09 was the only year I've lost to him.
  8. SouthSideRyan
    WE'VE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE
  9. SouthSideRyan
    I've got Cubs + 10 versus White Sox for total wins, so EVERY GAME COUNTS
  10. SouthSideRyan
    No, but I hate Ike Davis.
  11. SouthSideRyan
    Don't say shitty around him.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    Of those 15, the guys who were in the majors at 21 are: Peralta: who was terrible over a half season, had one great season before this year. Beltran: who had a cup of coffee with similar numbers to Castro when adjusting for the sillyball era, and didn't become CARLOS BELTRAN until his age 24 season Reyes: Who was terrible in a half season following a half season at age 20 that was slightly better than Castro's. Is having his best season by far at age 28. McCann: Who was slightly worse than Castro, followed by a huge year at 22, back to his age 21 levels at 23, before settling in as an all-star at 24. Ortiz: Who was similar in a cup of coffee, improved in the next year's half season, missed time to injury, bounced around the same #s until he found the needle in Boston at age 27. Upton: Took a big leap in his age 21 season after debuting at 19. Regressed some at 22, busted out bigger this year at 23. Upton's the only one who was clearly ahead of Castro's career arc at the time, with a few of these guys having similar slash lines with a little in my-head run environment adjustment (i.e. low walks, middling power) Eyeballing those 15, how many do you think would be projected for a better career arc than Castro through their age 21 seasons (strictly hitting)? Upton, Tex, Gordon, and Helton is all I'm seeing off the top of my head.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    The Angels wouldn't trade Cron for Castro and Garza. PTBNL Wouldn't work, they have to be named within 6 months
  14. SouthSideRyan
    It was a sidenote, not a supporting point.
  15. SouthSideRyan
    Arguing that Hendry should stay vs. arguing that the Cardinals are set up better than us going forward are 2 different things. I just noticed Cots has Wainwright's options as vested for his top 5 finish in CYA in 2010, so he is there for better or worse. I don't get your argument that the Cubs are losing more valuable pieces that must be replaced via FA than the Cardinals. The Cardinals have Pujols, Berkman, and Carpenter as FAs. The Cubs have Carlos Pena, John Grabow, and Kerry Wood.
  16. SouthSideRyan
    Also important to note, if this is the new run environment going forward, a .900 OPS is really freakin good. 9 guy in the NL have a .900 or better OPS right now. All but 2 are playing Corner OF or 1B. (Kemp and Victorino being the others)
  17. SouthSideRyan
    Improved patience and improved power stroke, it's not rocket surgery
  18. SouthSideRyan
    He's 21. I'd be more surprised if he never OPSes .900 than if he does.
  19. SouthSideRyan
    They'll also have lost Pujols. Right, but they'll still have Holliday and Wainwright, along with productive cheap players like Jaime Garcia, Jay and Frese and elite prospects in Shelby Miller and that other guy whose name I can't remember offhand. We have Starlin Castro and Brett Jackson. That's pretty much it. Carlos Martinez? He's in high A ball and has 120 professional innings under his belt. Wainwright is coming back from TJS, and he's still not a guarantee to even come back.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    They'll also have lost Pujols.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    Anybody see Brendan Ryan's infield triple? http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110802&content_id=22683814&vkey=news_sea&c_id=sea
  22. SouthSideRyan
    Because the longtime GM put them in a terrible hole, and a new direction would mean becoming good?
  23. SouthSideRyan
    you just became murder suspect #1 I don't totally get it, but I think I like it.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    YESSSSSSSSSSSS
  25. SouthSideRyan
    Imagine what he said about Garwilly.
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