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Whoohoo! Love this easy schedule against teams that suck for a damn change!!

if you're saying that b/c the throw home was lousy, there's no way to know that before sending the runner. But I'm not watching the game, so I can't really say. You couldn't see that the throw was off his back foot and was nowhere near the cutoff man, and wasn't thrown toward home.

He's the anti-Wendell

Here's where Floyd being made of glass really hurts.

Thank you ARam!

WHAT THE HELL?!? He could have scored!!!!!

Not quietly, but as long as he goes down.

I can't believe that hayseed went to college. Well, I'm sure his 'tutors' did, anyway.

I don't know how that stayed in the park today.

Man's definitely got a crystalline physique.

That's game! 3.5 back.

Is this their closer? Wow, bad bad bad.

Rockies pitcher is junk right now. 4 run lead, son, throw friggin strikes.

Another reason I want him: totally unafraid to try something new, something different, something better. the mere fact that he could be involved in the philosophy of the club, instead of just business and financial restrictions would instantly make him one of the better owners in this league. I can only think of one guy who is that involved with the team, and his team doesn't get alot of wins for as much money as he puts in ;). True, but that's likely because this other you speak of is a dinosaur 8-)

Thinking Cuban is scary is scary.

I've never been so assaulted in my life for typing 3 letters. Condescending? That's ridiculous. I meant no such insults. Others post IBL and everyone celebrates. I do it and get a nuclear bomb dropped on me. The post was a re-post of something already discussed in another thread. That's all I was saying.

Another reason I want him: totally unafraid to try something new, something different, something better.

You just missed it, it was in the Sammy update thread: http://www.northsidebaseball.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=39741&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=510 Maybe they won't lock it ;) The almighty mods can do as they wish on here, we just serve at their whims 8-)

Eh, this was posted somewhere else. IBL?

Cuban will truck no BS, that's why he's perfect for this team.

I'm not sure how one comes to that conclusion. It's not as if he did nothing in the majors. He looked really good at times. He had a 2 week slump, and they didn't allow him to work through that. Yes, this. And it's not as if they flew him to the majors. He was in his second season of AAA and hit nearly .400 for a 1.000+ OPS in around 150 PA's. That's cool. I'll take the lone-wolf opinion on this. I think it's madness to say he was just in a temporary slump. He regressed badly from what I saw, it didn't look like, say, Derek Lee when he has a funk. He looked completely lost at the plate to me many times. Overmatched. I know his AAA numbers. While impressive, I don't see how prior AAA numbers mean he's ready for the majors when he just got bitch-slapped up here. He needed help, more than just getting beat up by more major leaguers in the hopes that he'll pull out of it. He's 22, a kid, and he was getting completely owned by the big boys. I was happy to have him getting instruction from the big league hitting coach rather than being sent out to be slaughtered every day and repeat bad habits. If that's not going to happen, then the next best thing is to have him re-tool in the minors for a spell. In short, I'm completely, totally, and in all other ways on board with Lou on this one. I just don't see it the same as all of you.

Again, you are terribly, terribly wrong. Again, no, I'm not. I agree with TT here. Pie came up and, no, he didnt fail. He hit very well when he first came up, plus his patience was much better. However, he went into a 2-week-or-so slump and then we stopped playing him. He's young, yes. But he's learned all that he can learn in AAA as, if i recall correctly, he was tearing it up down there before we brought him up. He just needs to see ML pitching every day and he'll work himself out of his slump. Well, just for the record, and so people don't get the wrong idea, I'm not saying Pie's a fail-URE, just that he's not ready yet.

Again, you are terribly, terribly wrong. Again, no, I'm not.

I don't get what you're trying to say. Yes, we've known CF was in doubt all year. I believe consensus was to let Jacque play there and hope for the best. That's been a disaster as he's been worse than most thought. Point is, we don't have an option in the organization that will work and we haven't all year. The consensus was also that we leave Pie down -- we pressed him into service, and he quite predicatbly failed. He's 22, and doesn't know how to hit yet. Jones is 32, and fading fast. Barring a trade, there's not going to be a white horse to ride in and save the day in '07 for CF. We knew this, so why all the handwringing now about a decision to put Pie down for more development and play Jones? There's no savior here; other parts of the ballclub will just need to pick up the slack.

Don't worry, Woody'll save us.