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  1. UK1679666180
    That HS 100 doesn't appear to be much different than before despite the Jupiter tourney last Fall. PG Crosschecker also has their JUCO series today, it mentions several Cubs DF&E's.
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    All depends on a pitcher's command of the FB at the time and the abilities of the hitter. A P's inability to have command of his FB over the season (when he has missed, he has missed over the plate) would make it diff. to call for a set-up FB inside off the plate to set-up his curve low and away. In that case, better off playing the %. If his breaking pitch or off-speed is better than his FB, limit being cute with the FB. If the initial scotuing report is off, so will the game calling. Game calling becomes a greater factor after the 1st 3 innings rather than the start as instinct and knowledge play a greater role in adjusting to the current situation of only that game rather than what has taken place previously.
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    The neighbor to the South is always watching! :) The restless natives in Big Blue Country put away their pitchforks, at least for a little while after their Win over Tennessee today. I'd swear you would think the world was coming to an end with the KY media after a loss. The fire Tubby squad has been active for quite some time, I can't really blame them though.
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    The neighbor to the South is always watching! :)
  5. UK1679666180
    If you like mock drafts like me, check this out: http://hailredskins.com/MockDraft.htm
  6. UK1679666180
    Most likely to win the Metro Atlantic. Best players are SP Bobby Blevins, SS Parrino, and they have good freshman by the name of Chris Edmondson (OF).
  7. UK1679666180
    He's on par with most 4th OF'ers who prim. position in CF, or basically the Pagans of the baseball world. Better someone like Erstad than bringing up someone like Sweeney who could some more ABs at AAA. Like most back-ups players, health of the starters and managerial decisions will factor more than the player's abilities. Unfort. (minus Dye) the White Sox have some questions in that OF beyond Erstad. Like a Neifi Perez, his value is more geared towards a late defensive replacement (assuming he's healthy) either at 1B of the OF.
  8. UK1679666180
    To not have a team of stop-gaps, you either have to have a cont. good farm system or be willing to outbid everyone on top free agents every year and be willing to lock those who come up from the system long-term (espec. pitchers).
  9. UK1679666180
    http://www.flee.com/ltd/gueststars/78_horny_ltd_wagon.jpg
  10. UK1679666180
    The early forecast has it being a high 72 in the afternoon with a cold front coming through and dropping down to 49 at night with possible showers at some point before the night.
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    Hurricane force winds and rain.
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    Guessing makes it sounds as if it's just picking possibilities out of a hat. Scouts will assign a different ceiling for a player, it's an arbitrary system based on the opinion and knowledge of the scout. Not recognizing their efforts and intelligence towards a logical conclusion (ceiling) would be similar to saying teaching methods while different are basically shots in the dark as far as effectiveness and a guess as to whether or not it will work with kids. It's very important to grade their ceiling, especially kids that haven't fully developed, the younger you go, the more important it becomes compared to where he is in the present. If you draft a HS kid, you're more concerned with how good he'll be 5 years from now moreso than how good he is now and if he has the tools and tangibles to get there. Players are mostly graded on their tools as well as the intangibles. Ceiling (projection tools) factors greatly in drafting a kid as did his signability and intangibles. I don't know why Farnsworth was drafted when he was, it went to some Georgia agriculture school so exposure could've been limited, he might not have shown anything beyond a straight FB, or his FB could've been topping at 90 and straight and been reworked once drafted. Hard to say why with so many potential reasons.
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    I with you, I prefer the collegiate rules towards taunting and end zone celebration.
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    Yeah, it was a stupid move as well and he mentioned that he shouldn't have done it.
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    There's nothing tangible tied to a ceiling. Ceiling is tied to a prospect's ability to improve from where he is now, every player has a current and future grade. The older/younger, ability to add strength/size and how raw that player is will determine how far the present and future are apart. Not many players reach their ceiling, it's not designed for that, it's designed for maximum worth on the muscle. If a player doesn't reach his ceiling, it wasn't wrong b/c you're grading him on the most optimistic term. Players are drafted, signed, and traded for based on potential, especially amatuers and minor leaguers. Pujols' ceiling when he was drafted was much lower than his current production. If players were robots with no progression/regression, it would be scout speak. Baseball is an art not a science, you can make the most accurate stats for what has already been done, but there isn't anything with more value than projection as far as what will happen.
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    I think the Bears match up better against NE than Indy. They really should've won in NE had Grossman had similar non spectacular but not terrible games like he has had in the post-season. Plus, Indy has been playing about as bad as they can right now. 1 missed turnover and 1 turnover is why it's 15 right now.
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    I'm still upset the Bears didn't beat NE the 1st time around.
  18. UK1679666180
    Uralcher mentioned something as well, that NO would've rather been winning rather doing what he did going into the end zone.
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    I didn't many double moves either from Berrian.
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    Grossman's strength is deep slants with both Clark and the WRs, which wasn't used enough, the passing game was designed poorly today, IMO.
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    Watching all these injury timeouts makes me glad how well the Bears did healthwise.
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    W/out question, I've seen '85, I didn't see 1908. :)
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    A ceiling is how well a player likely will do if he reaches his maximum ability. I don't know what you mean by objective anchors. Ceiling and toolsy are two separate issues. A toolsy player (depending on which tools you're speaking of or all 5) has a ceiling as so does a limited tools player. Depending on how many high grades he has for his diff. tools, a closer can have one high and one avg. and still have a high ceiling. Draft slot has nothing to do with it.
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    Virginia McCaskey (Halas' daughter) gets to rec. it as well.
  25. UK1679666180
    Bring in Adrian and run it!
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