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  1. Soul
    i've seen benson's crying on draft day being mentioned on here a few times as a possible red flag into his mindsight, attitude, maturity, etc. here's the lead from david haugh's piece in yesterday's piece on cedric benson's release. he said it's from a source familiar with the story. i thought i remembered him crying about the whole draft/combine process. something about "I'm not a piece of meat like they treated me through this process" or something like that. i just remember thinking, "oh...no......" I still can't figure out why Angelo was so hell bent on drafting Benson. He was a very good college player, of course. But his skills -- they never seemed really "plus" to me. His endurance was impressive -- not a reason to spend a top 5 pick though. And I don't think having a great college career at a top university is a reason either. To be honest I thought a guy like Ron Dayne should have been picked much lower than #11 too, despite his monster numbers at Wisconsin. I'm no draft expert though. It just frustrates me when I think I see failure coming and then it happens.
  2. Soul
    Kenny Lofton, career .300 hitter and .370 OBP guy. Yes he's old, but he hasn't really gotten any worse over the last few years. He's currently unemployed, so he'll come cheaply. When Soriano returns, get rid of the more unproductive of Lofton/Edmonds. Seems like a pretty simple solution to me. there's a reason he's unemployed. What reason would that be? He stopped wearing deodorant.
  3. Soul
    Fox did something similar a few years back. I thought it was fun back then, and while I didn't see the game today on TV, it looked like a fun little gimmick. No problem with it at all.
  4. Soul
    So when the frak is he coming back again?
  5. Soul
    I love when Ronnie starts laughing. It's so awesome.
  6. Soul
    Oh my. I stopped watching this in the first half in favor of some GTAIV. Wow, series over man. Series over.
  7. Soul
    Benson cleared waivers, and APete had emergency appendectomy surgery. Our RB position is under full assault!
  8. Soul
    Damn.
  9. Soul
    Does Bonds even want to play at this point?
  10. Soul
    Well, here we go. Time to pick it up in the absence of Soriano and keep ahead of those pesky, injury-ridden-but-still-managing-to-win-somehow Cardinals.
  11. Soul
    this never would have happened if he weren't leading off We won't win with Soriano anyway, so w23 is dancing a jig right now.
  12. Soul
    Yeah, it's obviously a joke post. Too bad none of the jokes are funny. If that's his idea of a joke, then I recommend he stay away from doing standup for his own health.
  13. Soul
    Probably b/c he was playing like crap when he went on the DL before, so it was unlikely his replacement couldn't match his .577 OPS. That doesn't really make any sense, unless you're suggesting the mental impact will play a big role. What Soriano was doing at the time of his 2 injuries is irrelevant when discussing how they'll be without him. They'll be playing with the same team they played with last time he got injured, the same team they did fine with. Are you serious? A player's performance is irrelevant as to how the team will do without him? You realize that players don't perform at the exact same level throughout the season, right? Yeah, right now I don't think anyone can say what's going to happen. It seems pretty up in the air, we're not even really sure how much playing time each of these other players is going to get in the attempt to replace Soriano's production. Seems to me it's pretty much a wildcard right now. Here's hoping some other guys can pick it up, or do well in a platoon type situation or whatever.
  14. Soul
    This is the part that will lengthen the amount of time Sori is out:
  15. Soul
    His ERA+ was 152 before tonight's start. It will now be even higher. Color me stunned as well. In a very, very good way.
  16. Soul
    1st CG all year for the Cubs?
  17. Soul
    I think those are real................... Of course they are. I don't mind if this one gets quoted a few more times.
  18. Soul
    What's the pitch count? 106, or something around there. He's over 100.
  19. Soul
    Lou wants to remember what a CG looks like.
  20. Soul
    Post Rusch or GTFO. I'd motorboat those Rusch's..believe me. Post her on that "who's hotter" site. Had Cub colors on too.
  21. Soul
    why? She's my candidate for rally chick '08.
  22. Soul
    Holy crap someone tell me they just Tivo'd that!!
  23. Soul
    And all because freaking Cox has to have his pound of flesh. I watched that replay, that was on purpose. That pitch was a deliberately aimed fastball inside. Screw this crap!
  24. Soul
    Let Edmonds and Johnson play full time. Hell maybe Jim can stay hot I don't know.
  25. Soul
    I just can't see him back in under 6 weeks. No, I'm not a medical expert. But I've had a broken hand before. I had to wear a cast for 4-5 weeks, then after it was taken off my hand & wrist looked like it went on a hunger strike. It took a few weeks to build the muscle back up before I felt any kind of normal.
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