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  1. RockTheIvy
    Thank christ!! God he's soooo overrated!
  2. RockTheIvy
    Another Chicago Choke job...sweet... The only teams that I like that ever win from Chicago have Michael Jordan playing for them. GEEEZ. Come on, Bears!
  3. RockTheIvy
    Oooh, the old inside scoop from a newbie (at least, i dont remember ever seeing him before). Sweet. I honestly didn't consider that insider information. It's pretty well known throughout the league. Watch any video of him pitching, and it's pretty obvious that his mechanics can easily lead to injury. Good call.
  4. RockTheIvy
    I think the Brewers are still a year off. They will make the division a lot more competetive but I don't think they will make a serious push until 2007.
  5. RockTheIvy
    Juan Cruz wasn't any more promising. http://www.sincolumna.com/con_columna/cruz/images/foto_personaje.jpg This guy showed some in the studio though. http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7577/prattafun2dc.jpg
  6. RockTheIvy
    You really gotta like Prior's comments there. I hope he's on the Cubs forever.
  7. RockTheIvy
    I'll never understand why we traded Juan Cruz for this: http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7074/richardlewissized8dj.jpg Seems a little strung out, if you ask me.
  8. RockTheIvy
    Dude, the women are always telling me I remind them of an annoying Ford commercial. It all makes so much sense now.
  9. RockTheIvy
    He called the Cameron for Nady trade. Therefore, he's not due for another one for a long time.
  10. RockTheIvy
    I've even seen a Yugo that has a clutch. No not Lugo, Yugo. It's reaaaaally clutch.
  11. RockTheIvy
    Anyone have a link to the clutch debate? SonnyD is new here. You guys can post as many links as you'd like, I'd be more than happy to go through those debates, but there is no way I will change my mind on "clutch hitters". "Clutch" is all relative. Relative to when and how often it happens. A player can be a cluth hitter for a day. For example, 8th inning, 2 outs, down 1 run, men on 2nd and 3rd, hits a double to knock the go ahead run in. He was a "clutch hitter" that day. A player can be a "clutch hitter" for an entire season ( DLee's .304 avg/.431obp with RISP). But the most telling line, is what a player does THROUGHOUT his career. I'm sorry, but if a player hits .325/.425obp throughout his ENTIRE career with RISP, he is a "CLUTCH HITTER". Saying there is no such thing as clutch hitting, is like saying Ichiro isn't a good hitter. He just gets lucky when he gets his hits. To put it another way, every player, every time they go to the plate, is up there with the intention to get on base. For this example, let's just say to get a hit. Would you rather have a player hit .300 with runners on base, or .300 with the bases empty??? Another example, player 1 hits .400 with RISP and .200 without. player 2 hits .200 with RISP and .400 witout. Both hitters are batting .300 OVERALL. Which scenario would you rather have??? Player 1 is obviously a "clutch hitter". The point is, situatinal hitting is VERY important, and can actually be measured and truly means something. Clutch hitting may very well exist. But is it reason enough to trade a cheap, young and tatlented starter and a very productive second baseman?
  12. RockTheIvy
    I really like Williams. As CPatterrrTransmogrifiedTiger pointed out, he is cheap with a very good ERA. However, is it possible that teams, for whatever reason, don't value him as much as they should? Shouldn't teams look at the Cubs and go, oh man, they've got seven or eight starters, let's try to deal for one of them? One of my fears is that if we keep Williams, he'll be coming out of the bullpen, ruining his value. If the other player coming this way from Tampa is a mid level guy, I say do it.
  13. RockTheIvy
    You have a point, the front 7 does make the secondary better. However, the secondary is a very talented group. Mike Brown has performed at a very high level since he's been in the league. Neither Tillman or Vasher are "shutdown" corners, but both have exceptional playmaking abilities. Chris Harris is a rookie that is still proving himself, but I've liked what I have seen so far. Tillman,Vasher, and Brown have illustrated their talent in prior seasons, outside of this years dominating defense. The week 11 was definitely a bright spot for the Bears defense, but its not like they went out and sacked opponents QB's 8 times every game. The Bears D doesn't blitz non stop, these DB's deserve much credit in regards to their cover and playmaking skills. I'm not sure if any single DB on the Bears is considered "great", but as a unit, they're one of the best in the league. Ladies and Gentlemen, the best name on NSBB!!
  14. RockTheIvy
    While I enjoy the NKorean stuff, I long for the days of the Waffle House and the creepy shocked geriatric. Please no more of Macias's head coming out of the toilet. Hahah. Good call!
  15. RockTheIvy
    While I enjoy the NKorean stuff, I long for the days of the Waffle House and the creepy shocked geriatric.
  16. RockTheIvy
    While Thome's offense would have obviously helped a great deal, without Ramirez and Lofton, you would have had Goodwin and Lenny Harris. Which was awful and would have not gotten the Cubs into the playoffs.
  17. RockTheIvy
    I've watched Millar for 2 seasons now in Boston and from a personal standpoint I can't stand the guy, but most of that is just cause his "downhome country/redneck" act has worn thin to me. If you believe in "clubhouse chemistry" at all, he's certainly got the resume for that though and he has done an extremely good job in Boston of going out of his way to take pressure off other guys by sticking his nose out in the media when guys like Manny and Renteria are under fire. I think he could have been a big benefit to someone like Corey last year and perhaps he'll do that for the O's if Corey gets off to a bad start. As far as baseball skills go, I think he's average in RF at best and probably a bit below average. He's really declined steadily from an offensive standpoint the past 2 seasons and on one hand I would worry about that as he's getting into his mid 30's, while on the flipside I guess you could argue that he's due for a rebound. He tends to be a really streaky hitter and argues that he can't find his stroke if he doesn't play every day and that seemed to hold true for him in 2004, but he was given many opportunities to play out of his slump last year and other than a few weeks during the season he was pretty dismal. Eventually Boston simply couldn't find a spot in the lineup for him on a consistent basis and he wasn't good enough defensively at 1B. I can't argue with the fact that the guy has had success as far as OBP goes, and with the lousy options we had available at the time we signed Jones to his 3 year contract, I think I would have seriously considered picking him up for 1 year instead of the direction we went. I too spent the last 3 years watching him with the Red Sox, and I completely agree, the clubhouse stuff is nice but overrated, and he is a terrible defender. It was the OBP and potential power that I like.
  18. RockTheIvy
    Abreu is much much better offensively, it's not close. And he's has greater value relative to the Cubs needs. I disagree since we also need to look at the end result following a deal. For instance, with no decent free agents at SS or 2b, trading for Abreu leaves us with Abreu, Cedeno, and Perez. Trading for Tejada still gives us the room to obtain Jones with an end result of Tejada, Jones and Cedeno. Tejada, Jones, and Cedeno > Abreu, Cedeno, and Perez. Plus, that's a younger team with a brighter future. I get the feeling Abreu is at the end of his prime years. First off, we would still have Walker and Hairston. The idea of Cedeno, Neifi/Hairston/Walker, Abreu is much more productive than Tejada, Cedeno, Jones. Secondly, Tejada is going to be in his age 30 season this year. So, while 2 years younger than Abreu, he's not all that young either. Finally, I think Tejada has four years left on his contract, compared with Abreu's two remaining years. That would give the team more flexibility in the short term.
  19. RockTheIvy
    Except that we had a SS who could be as capable defensively as Tejada. Plus I would argue that Abreu is a better hitter than Tejada. Abreu is a career 303/.411/.512 hitter. Tejada is a .280/.338/.477. Abreu, as you can see, has a tremendous OBP advantage, something the Cubs are seriously lacking.
  20. RockTheIvy
    No I don't. In the Tejada deal, Hendry was asking for Bedard if he traded Prior. That supposedly was part of the hold up. It could be that Hendry didn't feel that Phily had or would include a pitcher comparable to Bedard back if he dealt Prior. Well then I would've hoped Hendry at least asked about Floyd, as you had also stated.
  21. RockTheIvy
    It's just that we had no one to play RF, but two guys (Ron Ce and Neifi!) who could play SS. And Tejada, offensively, has nothing on Abreu. Ugh.
  22. RockTheIvy
    This scares me. Does this mean that Hendry thinks Tejada is more valuable than Abreu? When we had a hole in RF?
  23. RockTheIvy
    At least Juan can swipe bags. That way we don't have to rely on one of Neifi!'s girly swinging bunt things to move him there.
  24. RockTheIvy
    Nothing the Cubs have done in the past few years tells me that they are that creative.
  25. RockTheIvy
    I know Defense is the Cubs fetish this offseason, but I would've liked to see Millar in RF.
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