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  1. Outshined_One
    Someone may have more details, but I believe it surfaced after the draft that Tim had some arm troubles. He disclosed them prior to contract talks, and the result was a reduced bonus, but Tim could sleep soundly at night. Yes, I believe he actually gave money back, or countered a much higher offer with the 750K. He disclosed after he was drafted, the Padres had him take an MRI and offered him a lower contract to which he agreed. As I recall, it was a shoulder injury that curtailed his stuff a fair amount. He still turned into a decent prospect, but is nowhere near the level he was before that injury.
  2. Outshined_One
    No offense, but i doubt that many Sox fans care about support from cubs fans. They have a little more to think about then support from cubs fans. I meant Ozzie & the Sox, not the fans. Although their fans aren't exactly shining examples of class and good sportsmanship, either.
  3. Outshined_One
    I think the Cubs would have to offer much more than just that package. Sub in Jerome Williams for Rich Hill due to the park the Phillies play in, and then toss in Scott Moore & Felix Pie and you'd have a deal they might bite on.
  4. Outshined_One
    Tim McCarver still has the Cardinals to root for.
  5. Outshined_One
    Seriously, the Angels farm system is borderline unfair.
  6. Outshined_One
    Angels >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Astros >> White Sox >>>> Cardinals If the Astros win it all, I won't have to deal with a ton of excessively annoying Astros fans since I know maybe one or two of them. I know more Cardinals and White Sox fans than a Cub fan can tolerate in life and can't stand the majority of them. Go Angels!
  7. Outshined_One
    This coaching staff has killed my love for the Cubs.
  8. Outshined_One
    Swank. Does it hoard as much memory as the previous version?
  9. Outshined_One
    What do you think I'm going to be doing from 12 - 3? ;) Good man. 8) Thanks for all of your hard work Tim!
  10. Outshined_One
    The irony is, this might not be a bad idea. Just have the bench coach be the motivator with the various coaches doing their things. If you have the computer set with complete statistics (including the psychotically crazy and complex ones) and have definitions set up regarding the way it goes about its operations (top OPS guy batting 3rd, best SLG guy batting 4th, etc) and you'd be good to go. Seriously, I don't see it as being a worse option than the majority of managers out there. Hire Deep Blue or something and see where it can take you.
  11. Outshined_One
    Couldn't you have gotten things started at 12 PM CST instead of 3 PM? At least from 12-3 I'll have the Bears game to keep me occupied. :D
  12. Outshined_One
    Izzy is in for the four out save. He's been shaky lately, so this should be fun. Well, one out down. Three to go.
  13. Outshined_One
    Welp, the Astros blew it open. 6-2
  14. Outshined_One
    Did Francoeur just pull a Berkman?
  15. Outshined_One
    I'm trying to figure something out, and this applies to other sports as well... In this world, I'd say that every nation/region with baseball as one of the top sports (The US, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Venezuela, The Dominican Republic, etc) combined has a population of roughly one billion. The number of men of sound mind and body who have played baseball in their lives and are an appropriate working age probably numbers in the hundreds of millions. So why in the heck is it that we can't find 32 competent managers? How many managers in major league baseball today would we qualify as not being a complete idiot when it comes to either in-game management, bullpen management, making out lineups, and playing guys who are the best choices on a given day to play baseball? 3? 4? Should it really be this difficult? Why are there so many complete dunderheads out there managing the game?
  16. Outshined_One
    I dunno, I've watched enough of Yost to have a pretty good idea of what kind of manager he is. He would be a definite improvement over the current dunce in the Cubs' dugout, but as an in-game manager...eh. I can't say I'm a fan of the way he manages a game. He makes some weird bullpen choices and calls some plays that have me scratching my head.
  17. Outshined_One
    If LaRoche swung and missed, or if the ball was in the zone, it would have been a strike.
  18. Outshined_One
    Oswalt's dealing. He's looking pretty close to unhittable at the moment.
  19. Outshined_One
    See, that's what I would think. But the head of the umpires was asked about that particular ruling and he explained the scenario as I outlined it above.
  20. Outshined_One
    Brian McCann is a little under a month younger than me. Suddenly, I'm feeling old.
  21. Outshined_One
    Francoeur murders one foul. Geez.
  22. Outshined_One
    Details, details. Fixed. :P
  23. Outshined_One
    Mike Lamb gets a gift-wrapped pitch and proceeds to crush it. 3-2 Astros
  24. Outshined_One
    Steve Lyons is livid about that call. Justifiably so. What is it about these two teams that bring out these weird moments? Remember the bullpen phone incident from last year?
  25. Outshined_One
    From tonight's Astros/Braves game. With Andruw Jones on first and Andy LaRoche at bat with a 3-1 count, Roy Oswalt is ruled as never coming to a complete stop and is called for a balk. That much I get. Yet, Oswalt threw the pitch, which was high, and Adam LaRoche was given first base. According to the ruling, even though he had been called for the balk, the pitch still counted. Meaning that if LaRoche had put it into play, it would have been a live ball. Is this the correct ruling? Let's say that LaRoche had grounded out to the shortstop, who turned the double play. Would Jones have been out at second, even though he had been awarded seconnd?
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