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  1. SouthSideRyan
    I'm at my mom's tonight and she doesn't have HD. This is awful.
  2. SouthSideRyan
    Mmmmmmmmmm Cardinal tears.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    It's fun that people still think Bradley is a good baseball player. His body is shot. He's done. And he's crazy. Well this is new.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    yeah, a seven game series of 10:30 EDT start times would be awesome The world series starts at the same time no matter where the games are.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    I'm all for trading Theriot. I think he has the biggest disconnect between his actual value and his trade value out of any of our players.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    I think it's time to consider that Snead might not be that good.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    Guess we can give up any hope that Bradley will be back. I don't even have it in me anymore.
  8. SouthSideRyan
    Reggie Jackson is a [expletive] [expletive].
  9. SouthSideRyan
    Up to a 4 star on Rivals, and he's still very raw. I'm coming around.
  10. SouthSideRyan
    Egwu to decide between Purdue and Illinois any minute now.
  11. SouthSideRyan
    Greinke wouldn't have been able to handle Chicago.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    I don't care if he's shorter than Kiefer Sutherland, he was the best rebounder in the history of college basketball. That doesn't mean squat in the NBA. Actually, it does mean something. Rebounding is the skill that best translates from college ball to pro ball. Over what timeframe did the study take place that came to this conclusion? Being a great rebounder against today's competition is a lot different than being a great rebounder in the NCAA 20 years ago.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    That DeRosa throw is gabekaplerfalls hilarious
  14. SouthSideRyan
    How would strikeouts affect UZR? More strikeouts = less opportunity to make outs in the field. Outs/9 innings is the basis of UZR. Maybe? I'm not pretending to be an expert, just throwing it out there. That's not how UZR works. Otherwise, all it would serve as is a ranking of strikeout teams.
  15. SouthSideRyan
    It's like you have absolutely no concept of anyone's value. I assume you're talking about Bradley's value. Bradley without the baggage is a valuable trade chip. Bradley with the baggage has very little trade value. Unfortunately he can't get rid of the baggage. A few posters keep bringing up Bradley's value and how easy it will be to trade him (without eating a big chunk of his contract and/or taking a bad contract in return) and I am still waiting to see any evidence of that. So far the speculation has centered on the low-budget Padres and the Rays (for a bad contract DH). Why would the White Sox tender Jenks an offer if they have to dump him for Bradley? Why does EVERY SINGLE TRADE of yours end with "tweak with prospects and/or money?
  16. SouthSideRyan
    And 25th in UZR. No kidding? Ouch. I wonder what on earth could cause that large of a disconnect. That defensive metrics are for [expletive] might have something to do with it. wouldn't the high number strikeouts by Cubs pitchers account for much of that discrepancy? ie fewer balls in play doesn't affect efficiency, but does affect UZR. How would strikeouts affect UZR?
  17. SouthSideRyan
    I'd really enjoy having our 2 worst hitters hitting 1-2
  18. SouthSideRyan
    That's probably the only situation I'd consider kicking the FG. The only difference with that situation and any other situation is that the loss of momentum would go with you into halftime. I don't care about the momentum factor. One of the big advantages of going for it is if you fail to convert the other team takes over in awful territory, and you'll likely get the ball back in their territory anyway.
  19. SouthSideRyan
    Haha CB Bucknor
  20. SouthSideRyan
    That's probably the only situation I'd consider kicking the FG.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    Buck Martinez's voice is damn near unbearable.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    Big thanks to my roommate for dvr-ing Rob [expletive] Drydek so that I couldn't watch this masterpiece.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    And 25th in UZR. No kidding? Ouch. I wonder what on earth could cause that large of a disconnect. Wouldn't it be the lack of range that could cause this? Your defense can't be considered all that great if you are good at fielding the balls hit right at you, but horrible at covering anything beyond that. Defensive efficiency is the % of balls in play that you convert into outs. You think that many balls were hit right at our players?
  24. SouthSideRyan
    It's like you have absolutely no concept of anyone's value.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    I don't care if he's shorter than Kiefer Sutherland, he was the best rebounder in the history of college basketball. Paul Millsap? I assume you must mean him since he never had a year as bad as Blair's best in rebounding. Hell Blair's not even the best rebounder in this class. That would be Griffin. Blair had a much better rebounding percentage than Griffin. Blair had the highest offensive rebounding % in the history of college basketball. EDIT: Offensive rebounding percentage, not defensive. He was slightly below Griffin defensively. Weren't those just #s going back to 2005? I keep seeing this repeated about Blair and the only source I can find is the Gassway article. (The same article that listed Sean May as 5th. Yeah, Sean May)
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