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It's worth a shot, aim high and see what happens.
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UK can spend basketball money with the best of them. I would like to include Thad Motta as someone that could be a good fit as well. I still think it'll be Calipari.
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I hope he's not their primary target. They can do much better than him at this stage, there would have to be a D-I middle man... EKU then Univ. X then UK.
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in his tenure at UK (97-07), Kentucky has only won fewer games than Duke, Kansas and UConn How long has it been since a Final Four? He won with a Rick Pitino team, which should've been the 3-peat (I still despise Simon for that one as well as Anderson's knee). my point was that 99% of the other team sin teh country would kill for the success of the guy you just ran out of town. I think UK fans are spoiled by their school's success. As they should be. Just because UK hasn't matched their past success doesn't mean they should lower their standards and expectations. I heard the same crap when Lavin was let go, but I can't think of too many UCLA alums, students or fans who were the least bit disappointed to see Lavin go. There's prob. 3 other schools that are in that position (UCLA, Duke, and UNC).
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Donovan > Calipari Agreed, but both would do very well. Of course, Donovan has UK ties.
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in his tenure at UK (97-07), Kentucky has only won fewer games than Duke, Kansas and UConn How long has it been since a Final Four? He won with a Rick Pitino team, which should've been the 3-peat (I still despise Simon for that one as well as Anderson's knee).
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I wouldn't mind Pitino again, I believe there's enough bitter UK fans out there still upset w/him for going to UL. With that said, I'd prefer Donovan and Calipari. As you can tell, I like snake oil salesmen (as long as they play by the rules).
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Oh well, he's a very good coach who had one good recruiting class at UK. That won't cut it. Too much turmoil, 10 loss seasons, and too few Final Fours. His time had come and passed. I would prefer Donovan or Calipari.
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INDemand reaches deal for MLB Extra Innings Package!
UK1679666180 replied to Abe Frohman's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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He has a high profile b/c of what he can do and more importantly what he will do. There's a different between a athletic baseball player and an athlete, Maybin is a baseball player. His bat speed will likely lead to power and a consistent higher avg., his power went up quite a bit his during his year of ball. His work ethic and desire to improve are also factored into it. Have you ever seen him play? His bat speed, raw power, arm and speed are also huge parts of his game.
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5th Starter Battle Down to Miller vs Guzman
UK1679666180 replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Was Wade Miller able to maintain his velocity beyond the 1st two innings? He was making minor league rehab starts last year where he would touch 87-89 and a maybe flirt with 90 once or twice and by the 3rd end up around 84-85. -
Grading a prospect only by his numbers is the 1st flaw. I highly doubt there is anyone as athletically gifted as Maybin in the minor leagues. I don't see any point of comparing Maybin to Upton, extremely gifted athletes with diff. obstacles standing in their way. Right now, that slider low and away is Maybin's weakness.
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Just trade a PTBNL to the Nationals for SS Josh Wilson who is currently 3rd on the depth chart at both SS and 2B. :shrug:
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Thursday does have the 1st 48 on A&E and on Tuesday NBC has dateline to catch a predator. That's tough right there.
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This sounds like a semantical argument to me rather than anything that could produce something of value in any discussion about baseball. For those caught up on wondering why some can only predict that Marquis will only be terrible, why don't you just ask them if there's a possibility that Marquis can pitch well enough to deserve a spot in the rotation?
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Pie has a better arm than Soriano, Jones, Murton, Floyd, Coats, and Pagan.
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I trust what I saw in him, I haven't seen anyone come thru the Midwest League with his tools and abilities. If he's overrated, I'd hate to see underrated.
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I never made it to the other side of the river. I can't remember the name of the large church that still remains in my mind. Most of our time was spent by Lake Zeller.
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Quakers, I never saw that statue in Salzburg, you make it Mozart's place of birth? Also, I would've suggested going to Zell am See/Kapron in the Summer.
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His slider is a good release point away from becoming his second plus pitch.
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Nothing wrong with that thought process.
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Someone like Carew had great control, which is the general gist of it.
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If it can be improved upon over time, then how do you account for the improvement? I think you are giving far, far too much power to the pitcher and not enough to the hitter. It's been the Cubs mentality for a long time. In other words, a hitter doesn't earn a walk, he takes a walk. There is no evidence of that what so ever. When Sosa was great he laid off the outside, off-spped junk. Both before and after he'd swing at it. Just as some things can be learned they can be forgotten. Improvement comes from age, experience, trying to improve an eye at the plate comes from learning what works and more importantly what doesn't work. Pitchers only adjust when a hitter becomes great, obviously they initially adjust to the rookie's strengths/weaknesses at the plate, but once that's established unless something happens like it did for Sosa, it stays the same. That's not giving too much credit to the pitcher, that's the exception to the rule. There are much better ways to allocate time than trying to get dramatic changes from a 25yo hitter that has been conditioned to be overly aggressive his entire career of playing ball. That can be improved, but nothing beyond standard progression that every player typically goes thru.
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Either or... It just means you're good at keeping the bat head in the zone for longer than most in a swing, good at choking up on the bat, or will swing at anything with two strikes with the two previously mentioned.
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I looked at his numbers last year, expectationwise, a team should've gone 13-17 in his starts with the remaining 2 or so starts up for grabs based on his great, good, indifferent, bad, and terrible starts.