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  1. Outshined_One
    I'd dispute that this phrase could be used to describe roughly 90% of the talking heads on ESPN.
  2. Outshined_One
    Considering he's relatively new to the position, I think it's reasonable to expect his defense won't be all that good at this stage in his career. If his defense looks questionable two to three years from now, I'll be worried.
  3. Outshined_One
    Psh, quitting not even two months after I handed him the reins. What a chump! :P I'll probably be back in action doing these come August 15th or 16, by the way. I look forward to it!
  4. Outshined_One
    So that means the Cubs didn't actually take on any money whatsoever in this series of catcher trades. They saved about .97 million from Barrett, paid approximately 70K to Bowen for his month, and then are going to pay the remaining 900K in savings they got to Kendall. Go figure. So, can the Cubs still add salary?
  5. Outshined_One
    I'm going to bed now. If I wake up in the morning and Hendry indeed traded Marshall for Kendall, I might very well fly back home just to find Hendry and beat him to a pulp.
  6. Outshined_One
    As much as flak Hendry gets, he's not dumb enough to trade Sean Marshall for Jason Kendall. Cripes, there's no one who can take Marshall's spot in the rotation right away who is available save for the usual castoffs (Walrond, O'Malley, etc). Trading Marshall for Kendall would be monumentally dumb.
  7. Outshined_One
    Yeah, it's not exactly like the Cubs have anyone ready to step up and fill in for Marshall at the moment. Gallagher's being bounced around and Mateo's still rehabbing.
  8. Outshined_One
    No.
  9. Outshined_One
    Trivia time: Jason Kendall is the highest paid person on the Pirates' payroll.
  10. Outshined_One
    Billy Beane better drive a dump truck full of money up to Wrigley Field as part of this deal. Kendall's contract...bleccccccccccccccch.
  11. Outshined_One
    *Cough* Yes? :) Kiss my grits.
  12. Outshined_One
    Classic stepover move...ahhhhhhhhhhh, so awesome.
  13. Outshined_One
    Kid's got serious heat.... Just hoping he'll start walking some guys. He's my favorite young pitcher in baseball. THAT is how you use mechanics to get everything you can out of your body! Kid's going to be absolutely nasty once he figures things out. He and Cain will make quite the 1-2 punch come 2009.
  14. Outshined_One
    At least we got Kyler Burke out of the deal. :?
  15. Outshined_One
    *Cough*
  16. Outshined_One
    If they can't be contacted, I vote we find their replacements.
  17. Outshined_One
    Gah, Micah Owings was one of the big fish that got away from the Cubs. He should have signed with us. :(
  18. Outshined_One
    Anquan Boldin (ARI - WR) Tom Brady (NE - QB) Chad Johnson (CIN - WR
  19. Outshined_One
    I'd be fine with this.
  20. Outshined_One
    no bats or starting pitchers in that group Matt Morris is heavily rumored to be on the way out. Off the top of my head, some other SPs who might be available include Kyle Lohse, Bronson Arroyo, Roy Oswalt, and Jose Contreras.
  21. Outshined_One
    Go Badgers. :D
  22. Outshined_One
    Jones and Izturis get shipped off.
  23. Outshined_One
    DING,DING, DING,... We have a winner! ...seriously? I mean...really? I think a pitching coach has a significantly greater impact on a pitching staff than any catcher would. Yeah, catchers can have some impact, but the pitching coach is there to, you know, coach. He's there to analyze his pitchers and make sure he gets the best possible production out of them while protecting them from injury. This includes going over hours of game tape with guys, making mechanical adjustments, overseeing various exercises, keeping pitch counts, and a ton of other things which come with coaching. It's his job to do those things. A catcher, on the other hand, has nowhere near the same impact. Yeah, a catcher can educate himself to do those things, but his basic job with a pitcher is to call a game and receive the ball without incident. On occasion, he might need to do stuff like switch up the signs or go out to the mound to calm his guy down. That's pretty much it. The difference between the two is rather stark, if you ask me. The impact of a pitching coach on a given pitching performance is a heck of a lot greater than a catcher.
  24. Outshined_One
    Facebook! Outshined_One is in a state of amazement...got the call, GOING TO GO NAP FOR A BIT AND THEN DROP IN THE GAME THREAD!!!!!! :lol:
  25. Outshined_One
    Haha, Soto's batting above Pagan.
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