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  1. Soul
    What do you think about Kenny Williams spending 108 million? Williams has a much better track record than Hendry, but he did not put together a good club for this year. I think White Sox fandom is pretty sour on Williams' work this year, and rightfully so. The WS win bought him a little time, but 2 non-playoff years in a row has dried up Kenny's reserve of goodwill.
  2. Soul
    Hmm, I'm not so sure about that. Prince Fielder is a good player, but he's pretty out of shape for someone who is supposed to be an athlete. I think we have the right -- no, the obligation -- to make fun of him until he loses some weight. Both for his health, and our personal satisfaction. . cuz i'm sure he frequents this board and will appreciate your hard-love intervention on his obesity. at this point, he's a better hitter than anyone on the Cubs, so I don't begrudge him the extra pounds. it hasn't hurt Cabrera, Ortiz, Mo Vaughn, Cecil Fielder.... :Hoping you read my sarcasm in that post: Of course he's a better hitter than anyone one the Cubs. I'd kill for Prince on my team anyday. And for the record, Cabrera's ZR is way down due in part to his weight gain, Ortiz is a DH, and there's little doubt that Cecil, Vaughn, Tony Gwynn, and yes, Prince would be better overall players if they were actually in shape. Wait. We *want* Fielder to lose weight for his own good, presumably so he'll be a better baseball player for longer? Did Hendry pull off a trade I wasn't aware of, or something? :wink:
  3. Soul
    The wins just aren't there. I don't see how any other evaluation can be made, outside of "he was unlucky." Well, get his unlucky butt out of here then. Tell me how other GMs win far more games with far less $$$ on the table? Over & over this happens in MLB. Yet Jimbo can't get it done, continually. Appreciation thread? I'll appreciate Hendry's efforts, but that's it. I realize he does try. But as for concrete results? He hasn't delivered.
  4. Soul
    Lou accidentally kicked an ump and got four games. Accidental or not, it's contact with an ump. Wasn't Lou just for kicking dirt on the ump? Anyway I agree. Contact is contact, doesn't matter how slight or if it was intentional. 3 games is entirely appropriate as far as I'm concerned. froemming insisted that lou made contact OK. The league will just take the ump's word I'm sure, despite the fact that Froemming is a.......well, I won't say it. Just never liked that guy.
  5. Soul
    Well good. Now we need him to get back on track. Think about it: if Z's last 2 starts would have been "typical", we'd be in first right now and the Cards would still be at arm's length. So we need El Toro now to step it up. Especially since I believe Sheets is coming back soon (thought I heard that from somewhere).
  6. Soul
    They'll have to TRADE for him now baby! W00t!
  7. Soul
    Lou accidentally kicked an ump and got four games. Accidental or not, it's contact with an ump. Wasn't Lou just for kicking dirt on the ump? Anyway I agree. Contact is contact, doesn't matter how slight or if it was intentional. 3 games is entirely appropriate as far as I'm concerned.
  8. Soul
    You liar! :wink:
  9. Soul
    Yeah this is really great. I think this actually is good for the sale. You're buying a club that has 3 star position players in Soriano, Lee, and ARam, and they also have an ace pitcher in the rotation and a decent 2nd starter in Lilly. $90 million is pretty much of low significance compared to the value of having an ace on the staff when selling a $1billion ballclub. It's a marketable team, a team that should look attractive to buyers, keep the price high. Now hopefully Z's last 2 starts are just a bump in the road and not an indication of something more.
  10. Soul
    Maybe they didn't like what the claiming team was offering/had available? Must be it.
  11. Soul
    Interesting that the home-town folk don't go for "The Riot." Seems like a totally obvious nickname to me. Hard to believe nobody called him that before.
  12. Soul
    Ok, so all that means is Hill catches pitchers when they have a good day. CERA means nothing. Yeah CERA seems to have fallen out of favor as a valid measure of a catcher's abilities. I really don't know of a good way to quantify how a catcher 'calls' a game, but then again I'm not a big stats guy (though I'm trying to improve).
  13. Soul
    and the Cubs are 17-8 when he is in the starting lineup! Specious statistics FTW! It's just so hard to watch him suck time after time at the plate. Do you not cringe when he comes up as I do? I cringe alright. A part of me dies every time he comes up to the plate. I get this strong urge to revert to the fetal position when his name is announced.
  14. Soul
    Good call jackass! Hahaha. 8-)
  15. Soul
    and the Cubs are 17-8 when he is in the starting lineup! Specious statistics FTW! It's just so hard to watch him suck time after time at the plate. Do you not cringe when he comes up as I do?
  16. Soul
    I hope he's not hurt badly. Not that I would have wanted him hurt ever, but actually he's been playing alright recently I think he's helping out quite a bit these days. I also was unable to see the game today, and some stuff came up at work, so thx for the update
  17. Soul
    Haha well done. =D> Haha, yes very apropos
  18. Soul
    Wow, it is amazing to see that. You know what they're saying in Milwaukee though: typical Brewers. They've been fading in the 2nd half for more than just this season. Crew fans have seen this before.
  19. Soul
    Uh, who is going to testify to sealed grand jury testimony? Pretty much what I'm going to say. If I'm Barry, I start going after people. Just bring a copy of Game of Shadows. Case dismissed. This is just a ploy anyway, to try and scare anyone else who might be thinking of speaking out against Barry. Nothing but some intimidation to try and silence the very real criticism that Bonds doesn't want to have to deal with anymore.
  20. Soul
    Your completely missing the grand irony here. All of those things that you mention have happened, and yet the Cardinals sit 2.5 games out of first place in mid to late August You are drastically over-simplifying my rant. The whole point of the Cardinals' pixie dust theory is that no matter what they win, even when they shouldn't. You basically just reinforced the entire point of the disdain for Cardinals luck that is seen around these parts.
  21. Soul
    The hilarity of being only 1/2 game back is almost too much. You can't make this stuff up.
  22. Soul
    Koyie is good, except he's bad.
  23. Soul
    B-But, Koyie promised he was an offensive catcher. | | | | | \/
  24. Soul
    No . Good. That's 3 scoreless in a row for the 'embattled' JM.
  25. Soul
    was that necessary? Was you calling me out necessary? More necessary than saying what you said. Get over it, thanks. Stop blessing us with the most obnoxious posts this board has seen in a long time, thanks. Yeah, I hold that title and I am unwilling to reliquish it :wink:
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