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What's he really costing the BoSox per year, given the bid price they paid in addition to the contract? $20mil/yr? He's busting out big time at those dollars. I've noticed ESPN has stopped the 24/7 Dice-K coverage now that he's not cutting it. Mwahahaha. Another ESPN best-laid-plan gone wrong. Gotta love it. And ESPN has the nerve to bust the Cubs' chops over the Soriano contract??? Give me a break -- at least Soriano has a history of top performance at the major league level.
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Hmmmm.....I'm not seeing the game on my schedule yet. What's the time/channel again? ABC 6pm?
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Not sure about Lou, but this post definitely deserves a WTH.
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What are you expecting out of Guzman's start?
Soul replied to A New Era's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Come on Gooz stop sucking kid. You're better than that, I know it. -
'Dems fightin' words thar!
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They PULLED IT! Noooo!
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It would have been a great gesture to bring him back to finish out his career here. The bad blood that existed has largely left the organization. Most of those people are now sitting on the sidelines watching baseball, while Sammy still plays.
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My guess is most people remember seeing he had a 600 OPS earlier in the year, and they figure he's just hitting the occasional HR and nothing else, and haven't seen the numbers recently. Well, the criticism was based on an article that trashes Sosa, while failing to mention his OPS figures (or simply glossing over it by saying he's gotten power off only a few games, a weak argument by any measure). The holes in Sammy's swing have always been there, but have never stopped him from hitting a colossal amount of HRs and being a tremedously productive offensive force. The only thing Josh Towers should be embarrassed about is his own lack of competence, and the fact that he will likely be watching baseball as a fan like the rest of us in a few short seasons.
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You mean the depths to which the Yankees will go when they suck? I agree.
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Wow this was an incredibly stupid post. If what Sammy is doing is looking bad, I'd love to see some Cubs outfielders do that. Agreed. Watching the Rangers this year seeing Sammy come up is always a delight. Just went to MLB.com and looked at some of Sammy's highlights including opposite field doubles as well as HRs. If that's looking terrible... He did indeed start out looking terrible. But he's been very hot for quite a while now and his overall numbers are more than acceptable. He's posting an OPS+ of 137, 7 HR/21 RBI. Jacque's pulling an OPS+ of 89, 1 HR/8 RBI. I guess some people just can't handle that Sosa can still play. They see whatever they want to see. The actual numbers say he's doing quite well given his expectations.
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The look on his face is simply priceless :lol: I seem to recall having that look on my face more than a few times as a Cub fan.
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As expected, the talk on Mike & Mike barely mentioned the Warriors. It was 100% about Dirk, how he chokes, how he can't be the man, how he's not capable of being a leader, etc. etc. I only listened for an hour or so, but I didn't even hear them mention the Warriors celebration.
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Kid's got to do what he feels is right. Now that he's lost his NCAA eligibility and wasn't drafted, he probably realizes he needs to be given a shot on a team that has few RB options. I'm thinking Green Bay might be another decent shot, if they would even offer the invite.
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Damn, man. Noc sure doesn't hold back. Not sure that's the most wise tactic against the Pistons. I think this is getting blown out of proportion. Seriously what do you expect him to say? Im sure everybody on the Bulls thinks they will win, and likewise for the Pistons. Its not like he came out saying "We are going to sweep them, they arent that good". The smart play is always the same: "We know they're a good team, we'll need to play our best basketball, our challenge is to play our game well..." yada yada yada Declaring victory just becomes bulletin board material for the other team.
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Are the Brewers going to run away with the Central
Soul replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
fixed :) I didn't watch closely, but I think the game was lost on a 3 run jack hit off the bullpen. A chink in the armor, perhaps? :-k -
Ahh, the Yankees take a page from the Pirates' playbook. Nice to know the Holy Yankees resort to injuring players when they start to stink. Way to go! :roll:
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Damn, man. Noc sure doesn't hold back. Not sure that's the most wise tactic against the Pistons.
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The Bulls chokejob in 05 against the Wizards was pretty bad. Not on the same level as this and the Cubs in 03. Wow, Richardson! He struggled with injury a bit this year, didn't he? Looks great right now. It's the 1 vs. 8 that makes this so special. When was that Denver series again? 25 years ago? Incredibly rare. And they aren't just squeaking it out.
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This is one of those rare devastating moments in sports. Probably the last one like this was.........well sorry but I have to say it..........the Cubs & Bartman in '03. Warriors are better than a typical 8 seed, but none of that matters. This is choking on a level rarely seen in pro sports.
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Wow. Can you say Colossal Choke Job?
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The latter. Dirk can't get it done, Dirk isn't a prime time player, Dirk can't be the guy, Dirk isn't a leader, and on & on. And it looks like it's all pretty much true from what I'm seeing right now.
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Wait a minute. Rome did an interview? 90% of the time his pathetic show is nothing but rehearsed script-reading wannabes trying to "have a take" when they should really be trying to "have a life."
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Same here. I think the best thing to hope for is quality starts for most of the rest of the year. He is bound to have an implode game at some point, I just folks don't go nuts on him after one such bad game. Yeah, he'll go out there one day and won't have the control or the movement and get tagged up pretty good. The key will be coming back after. Kind of like what Lilly needs to do now that he's had his first crushing.
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Are the Brewers going to run away with the Central
Soul replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
They likely won't remain constant but I think at the end of the year (unless injured) you'll see ARod among the league leaders in HRs and Beckett among the league leaders in wins, a main reason why they'll be up there is b/c of the hot start. I think Milwaukee will be at the top or near the top for most of the year b/c of this start and b/c overall they have some talent on that club. They definitely have more talent than I've seen since they joined the NL. I'm actually pretty happy about it -- I live in Wisconsin and the Crew has been down for so long, so unless it's the Cubs I try to cast a positive eye towards the Brewers when I can. -
Yeah, I'm shocked at his performance thus far, but there's always that feeling -- the 'waiting for the other shoe to drop' feeling. His career numbers tell us he will start getting hit eventually. Hopefully it's later rather than sooner.
