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    Jacque against a lefty. Yay.
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    Show of hands, how many people groaned at Len's sunglasses at night joke?
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    Hart does not look comfortable out there.
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    That was awesome.
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    Navin would be the closer in that case. I'd naturally be the offense. :D
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    Actually, "us guys" are composed of people that: 1) love to slam young players before they ever have a chance 2) love to slam young players who don't fit a certain profile 3) give too much credit to young players when projecting their minor league numbers to the bigs 4) lots of other varieties of "us" You forgot the all-important category #5, which includes people who are massively sarcastic. When it became clear Vitters wasn't going to sign until late in the proceedings, I knew there was going to be an extraordinarily limited period of time to judge Vitters. Unless he came to Mesa and proceeded to tear the cover off the ball to an extraordinary degree, he pretty much was going to be #3 on my personal list no matter what. Next season is going to be critical for evaluating him. If he keeps in good shape and works hard in the offseason, then comes into Spring Training looking smooth in the field and at the plate, then he should start off in Peoria. From there, we'll have a full season with plenty of guys on this board getting a first-hand look at him. After next season, we'll have a better idea of what he's capable of. He has the potential to deliver in a big way, happily.
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    *Kicks down the door* I'M BACK! I finally have a regular internet connection down here. Starting tomorrow, I hereby reclaim my rightful place as minor league box score guy. :D
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    I'll take the Miami Defense.
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    You and like 30 million rednecks. Strangely, the rednecks at Wrigley Stadium that night were rather somber. Maybe because Derrek Lee helped rally the Cubs against Lidge. :D
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    Booing Jeff Gordon was one of the most fulfilling moments of my life.
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    I'm in as Ookie Was Framed.
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    I love how Joba is compared to Vitters. As if Joba getting drafted a year earlier, playing in a winter league, being a college draftee and Vitters being young for a HS draftee don't matter. Weren't there worries in that draft that Chamberlain had a potentially career-threatening injury? I remember he had something wrong with his shoulder, which was why he plummeted as far as he did.
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    He's a failure already!!!!!!!!!!!! /Getting that out of the way
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    Fixed.
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    The Matt Morris trade is one of the most inexplicable trades in recent history. If Littlefield doesn't get fired in the offseason for that trade alone, he might very well be GM for life out there.
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    it worked for them last time With the Reds jumping back to 6 back, I'm sure the Astros would be happy to join the party.
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    You clearly are not familiar with the Cubs' offense and its wonderful tendency to get shredded by a middling LHP. :D
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    I'm inclined to agree with this. It seems like the hitters have more polish and production while the pitchers have higher ceilings but are more unpolished. I think there's plenty of hitters in the system with big ceilings that lack the polish, too, though. There are plenty of polished and productive pitchers in this system, too. :P
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    I'm inclined to agree with this. It seems like the hitters have more polish and production while the pitchers have higher ceilings but are more unpolished.
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    See, my biggest problem with hangovers is nausea. I might give homage to the porcelain gods before going to bed, but it's no guarantee I'll wake up the next day feeling any better. My stomach is a finicky thing. :(
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    BB:K ratio is meaningless, as far as I'm concerned. I've debated throwing out Ks altogether as a useful indicator of future success/failure, but I haven't quite gotten to that point yet. Considering I don't pay much (if any) attention to Ks in the majors, it makes sense. The biggest problem I have with Colvin is the fact that, in just under 470 PAs this season, Colvin has walked 14 times. Roughly speaking, for every 33-34 PAs Colvin has, he takes a single walk. I have trouble wrapping my head around that number. Seriously, that's lunacy. People point out names like Jeff Francoeur and Vlad Guerrero as examples of guys to whom Colvin might compare favorably. However, in his minor league career, Francoeur drew a walk once roughly every 16 plate appearances. Guerrero, on the other hand, drew a walk once roughly every 11 plate appearances while in the minor leagues. Those comparisons don't work. Cripes, even IsoD/OBP whipping boys like Jacque Jones and Juan Pierre have notably better walk rates than Colvin. I'm worried about Colvin. Maybe he'll make it to the majors, but if his pitch recognition skills are truly this bad, he might get eaten alive.
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    Top 10, with a prospect profile that includes bashing Jim Hendry, numerous exclamation points and question marks, and maybe even a few f-bombs sprinkled around for emphasis?
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    Yep. My two big concerns are: 1) How good is his pitch recognition? 2) Can he stick at 3B? I'll point out that there's a large gap between the two. I'm hoping he either posts a reasonable IsoD or doesn't strike out so much as to cause some of the people who frequent this board to have a conniption, but that remains to be seen. I'll add that I'm not overly thrilled with this year's crop of prospects compared to previous seasons. Colvin will probably get my nod as #1 overall, but I really don't have a good feeling about him.
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    If I remember my stages of hangover correctly... 11 AM - "Oh God...make the world stop. Please make it stop. I swear, God, if you get me through this, I'll never have another drink again." 1 PM - *Hugs toilet* "Uggggggggh, that burrito tasted just as bad coming up as it did going down. It's going to be a long time before I have another drink." 3 PM - *Lies on futon like it's a deathbed, watching bad TV* "Maybe I'll be able to keep my soup and crackers down this time. I'm not going to drink for another month." 5 PM - *Goes out for a walk and some sunshine* "I'm okay...I'm okay...I'm okay...just remember not to have another drink for a week or two." 7 PM - *Receives phone call from friends who were also out last night* "Yeah, I don't know if I'll go out tonight, I got hammered pretty badly. Maybe we'll do it tomorrow, sound good?" 9 PM - *Calls friends back* "I'm bored. Are you still going out tonight?" And thus the cycle continues...
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