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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    I think you are forgetting someone... I hated the inclusion of Puckett, who didn't belong, because it opened up so many arguments for guys like this. Belle simply didn't last long enough in my eyes to be included. 10 full seasons isn't long enough? I like him for the hall, I wonder how that 147 career OPS+ stacks up.
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    A 2005 Loaiza, crappy season disguised by RFK.
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    Jones beats the helloutta Burnitz or Patterson in RF. People set their sights way too high for RF given who was available, i.e. nobody good. i want your reasoning on why jones "beats the hell outta burnitz". Younger, better d and speed. Burnitz is bound for a .700 ops. Going forward he'll be better sure. I think what Sulley was getting at was that Jones isn't going to be much of an improvement over last year's Burnitz, which is what was being referenced with the improvement of the club.
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    I predict he pulls a Loaiza and someone stupid gives him a big deal next year.
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    I love MSU on offense, not so much so on defense. Luke Winn of SI wrote a tremendous piece about how defense has been very integral to team success in the tourney last season. MSU's defensive efficiency is pretty awful. If they become even good on D, I agree, they'll be a very tough out in the tourney. And I like guys like Shannon Brown, he was a helluva player in HS and a joy to watch and heckle all the time because he'd have fun with the crowd. MSU's defense has been pretty bad thus far, but the efficiency statistics are somewhat inflated this point by their SOS and the triple overtime game. I think the development of Gray and Trannon's presence will go a long way to helping them, in addition to Izzo hammering them over the break.
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    I think they have plenty. I would start with the reffing if I were them. Is Michigan even in a bowl game if they don't get questionable calls by the refs in the PSU game? I'm asking because I legitimately do not know. They went 7-4 with the PSU win, and they're Michigan, so they definitely would've been in a bowl. Maybe not the Alamo(of course crappiness didn't stop them from putting Nebraska in there), but definitely some bowl.
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    MSU has a brutal Big 10 schedule. They play Purdue, Penn State, Northwestern, and Minnesota once each, and open Big 10 play with @ Illinois, @ Wisconsin, Indiana, and @ OSU. IMO, MSU is the best team in the conference, but they may not win it. I'll take them in the conference tourney and to go the farthest in the NCAA's though.
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    Who knew, TOSU jumps right onto this topic? :lol: :wink: I cannot wait til we play the Irish. Tressel's gameplan has to be exploiting matchups with Ginn. He cannot let that game end without at least 15 OFFENSIVE touches for him. He'll light up that porous D. And if we lose, which we won't, I'll be back here after coming back from the Bulls game, ironically enough going to the game with a Michigan fan (it all comes back full circle) taking my lumps from the ND Cheerleaders. I remember saying something along the lines of "I hope you enjoy losing" to the PSU faithful prior to that matchup. What happened? OSU lost 17-10 and I stopped in and admitted the better team won. GO BUCKEYES! plz win by a lot
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    It's called alleteration. I think he was just talking about the word craptacular, which, I think would be onomotopeia, or however it's spelled.
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    Marcus Giles would be really nice to have. Difficult to see our strengths matching up with the Braves needs though.
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    The Reds don't have a log jam in the OF anymore. Plus, I doubt they'd want to trade him to a team in the NL Central. As much as I would love Dunn, I agree about their situation. I wonder how they'd respond to a Lee for Dunn + Freel deal, or something similar.
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    2005: .304/.349/.515/.864 2003-2005: .298/.348/.507/.855 2005: .271/.366/.459/.825 2003-2005: .280/.381/.495/.876 One is Gonzalez, one is Tejada.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    Insinuating Rogers exaggerates to sell papers is libel? If that's libel all this nonsense about post counts is too. What example is there of people respecting the opinions of people more than others because of post count?
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    Now they're talking about Bedard for Dunn as a follow up. But ONLY if Dunn signs an extension. That's some serious Bedard love from the OH folks.
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    how are we doing the keepers? I vote for keeping a certain number of points. I think we should do a set number of players. For example, I have McNabb and Owens, and they both only played about half the year. They were great when they were in there, but cumulative they are equal to Tom Brady. That strikes me as a bit unfair that I get to keep both those guys at the same cost as O_O would to keep Mr. Brady.
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    Trade Lee.
  17. Transmogrified Tiger
    You're sure to get there quicker by throwing jabs at the entire community in nearly every post. Sooner or later you'll wind up in an epic argument that'll up your totals.
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    I'm going to assume that's what you meant. Can you tell the difference between two hitters by using your eyes when the difference in them is one hit every 2 weeks?
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    There is no way. Jones is fast, he'll hit 2nd.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    I agree Prior is the better player but Tejada is not "vastly overrated". For a SS to produce 6 year averages of - .800+ OPS 118 RBI (avg) 30 HR (avg) - is incredible. An argument for age (31) and decline may be legitimate in terms of future value. But I wouldn't call Tejada overrated against his peers at SS by a long shot. Here's the thing though. We already have Cedeno, who has a pretty good shot to be league average at SS. The positional scarcity is not a big a plus for us. Furthermore, given his age and that he's average at best defensively, there's a decent likelihood that he'll have to move to 3B or LF, at which point he becomes Luis Gonzalez.
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    We'd have Bedard too. O's fans think they are getting shafted in that proposed deal. They want something like Prior + Pie/Murton for Tejada or Prior + Pie + Hill + Cedeno for Tejada and Bedard.
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    Don't the trade requests/demands of players like Manny, ARod and Miggy run contrary to the notion that players only eant money? Well, once you have the money you consider other things. In Prior's case, he doesn't have his big contract.
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    Prior will win at LEAST 2 Cy's in Baltimore. At least. Leave it to Hendry to make the rotation a strength, then make it a glaring weakness at the expense of a 30 year old shortstop on the downturn. And then people wonder why he gets criticized. Maybe its pointless to point this out, but the trade hasn't actually been agreed to yet. This wouldn't be the first time Levine and the sports media have been very wrong about something. If this trade does happen, it will probably be by far the worst deal Hendry has made. But if I remember correctly, someone said Levine was still reporting it as a 50/50 chance that any kind of trade gets made. It doesn't matter if the trade hasn't gone through. Hendry has done stuff the past couple of years that have left him open to be criticized and IMO even offering Prior up for trade isn't a good thing either. What does that tell the player if the trade fell through? All of a sudden we have disgruntled players on this team. Then again he won't be the first to be disgruntled under Hendry's tenure. I am sorry, and I am not saying that you or anyone else currently involved in thsi convo was one of these guys, but a few months ago we had a protracted discussion re the relative importance (and existence) of "chemistry". Most asserted that it does not exist or that is does not matter. Many who took this position asserted that players should just perform and and be pros and not worry about their "feelings". I disagreed, arguing that this was an unrealistic approach. Does your bolded statement imply that Prior's feelings could effect his performance and the team's overall chemistry? Does anyone else think it might? I'm not going to speak for anyone else, but like Sulley said in another thread, my concern is Prior's willingness to stay with the organization after being thrown into trade talks, not on how he's going to affect the clubhouse atmosphere.
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    When it comes to baserunners allowed, I don't think there's a significant difference between leagues.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    That's because it's only NL numbers and Howry was in Cleveland last year.
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