Transmogrified Tiger
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How do we know that the Cubs weren't only going to commit 8 mil a year to Furcal, and upped the offer to 50 million to deal with the competition? I don't like the idea of giving Furcal 50 or 55 mil, but I won't go nuts if it happens. That said, Furcal isn't so great a must-have that we should up the offer to these proportions to outbid the Dodgers for his services? -
The Rangers do get a big name pitcher though and doesn't Young play 2b? We get Zito in the proposed deal. They could move Young back to 2B, but what does that solve? Now they have a hole at SS. EDIT: Forgot about Wood. :oops: Todd Walker is in the rumored deal as well. I would think that he'd play 2nd for the Rangers. Young would stay at short. My mind is mush in this thread. Never mind me, I'll just go back to making fun of krazy Phil Rogers.
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Forgot about Kinsler too. Still, I'd be surprised to see them make that deal.
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The Rangers do get a big name pitcher though and doesn't Young play 2b? We get Zito in the proposed deal. They could move Young back to 2B, but what does that solve? Now they have a hole at SS. EDIT: Forgot about Wood. :oops:
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That's not Linda Cohn. I think it's Pam Oliver, but definitely not Linda.
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I don't see much of Jackson, but doesn't he do strictly west coast games? Musberger is beyond terrible, especially when he finds his special player to obsess over every game. Chris Gamble was the worst. "Gamble's lining up in the slot! What could this mean?" "Gamble's covering a WR that Purdue doesn't normally throw to! Interesting turn of events." "Gamble's drinking lemon flavored Gatorade instead of his typical Grape! More bulletins as events warrant!"
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So the Rangers trade Soriano and Mench for prospects, when they don't really have a replacement for either? The A's trade Zito for Soriano, when they have the superior-in-every-way Ellis at 2B?
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That trade rumor was an unnecessary qualifier.
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Mizzou had a good comeback from 15 down to take the lead late in the game, but lost by 3 at Arkansas. Promising sign considering what Arkansas has done on a neutral court thus far.
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Teams get ripped for kicking field goals to pad leads too. 4th and Goal is a no-win situation for a team with a huge lead in a football game. A field goal is reasonable, and expected, on 4th and goal. A TD is not when the lead is that big. It is classless. Because either way, the points are meaningless. If you kick the FG, you're going for easy, gimme points. I have heard of many teams that will never kick field goals on 4th down when they're up big. Besides, the play you're talking about, Texas was up 37-13 with 10 minutes left to go in the game. That's not an overwhelming score like you're making it out to me. I would guess that most coaches would go for it on 4th and goal from the 1 yard line in that situation. I've seen much, much worse examples of running up the score, like Steve Spurrier, or Ohio $tate throwing deep on Illinois with under 3 minutes to go in this year's contest and a 38-3 lead. Mizzou hadn't scored since the first quarter, it was a rout by that point. There wasn't any doubt about Mizzou coming back, FG, TD, or no score.
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Colorado has absolutely collapsed. They only had two losses on the road to Miami and Texas after they stomped Mizzou(not to say that it's difficult to stomp Mizzou, it just happens to be their last win). Then they lost up in Ames, got humiliated in every possible fashion by Nebraska, and are getting taken behind the woodshed now by Texas. Complete meltdown.
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Teams get ripped for kicking field goals to pad leads too. 4th and Goal is a no-win situation for a team with a huge lead in a football game. What's the logic behind ripping a team for kicking a field goal? The only way I could see is if it was a long field goal, which certainly isn't the case on 4th and goal.
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I was going to as 100? I hate it when teams run up the score, but against Barnett, I could look the other way. EDIT: Not that Texas is running up the score. All they are doing is running and Colorado still can't stop them. They should not be caught off guard by the run. UT is classless. Against Mizzou, they went for it on 4th and goal near the end of the 3rd quarter up 4+ scores. bitter? Terribly. It's poor sportsmanship, their fans booed the referees mercilessly when they went to halftime of that game too because they had a bunch of penalties in the first half.
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I was going to as 100? I hate it when teams run up the score, but against Barnett, I could look the other way. EDIT: Not that Texas is running up the score. All they are doing is running and Colorado still can't stop them. They should not be caught off guard by the run. UT is classless. Against Mizzou, they went for it on 4th and goal near the end of the 3rd quarter up 4+ scores.
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http://www.baseballprospectus.com/dt/huffau01.shtml Those numbers bear out that he's decidedly subpar. BP2005 categorizes him as a "high-quality hitter with a low-quality glove". And STATS and most scouts I've seen say he's perfectly adequate. BP is, well - BP. Consider the source. I never said that BP was gospel, but it's not garbage either, and certainly not myth.
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I think there's quite a difference rehabbing your torn labrum, and rehabbing a torn labrum that is your entire livelihood. Really? What's the difference? Either it's fully healed, or it's not. If anything, I would think Wood's rehab would be better, as he's alot more motivated to do exactly what the Dr prescribes, whereas someone else (like Pedro above) may have a full time job and may not always be able to spend the time doing all of the rehab. Wood doesn't have anything to do all winter except work on his arm. There's a difference being rehabbed to the point where you can live everyday life, and being rehabbed to the point of repeatedly making the violent motion that is pitching with that labrum.
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I think there's quite a difference rehabbing your torn labrum, and rehabbing a torn labrum that is your entire livelihood.
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http://www.baseballprospectus.com/dt/huffau01.shtml Those numbers bear out that he's decidedly subpar. BP2005 categorizes him as a "high-quality hitter with a low-quality glove".
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Iowa State would've done better than this, too bad they couldn't get past Kansas.
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Could This Happen?
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Hosak8's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If Williams had enough innings to qualify(remember his best work was in September, so it's not as if he was fading), he would've been 25th in the NL in ERA, between Penny and Livan. He didn't have amazing peripherals, but for a guy who turns 24 tomorrow, he certainly is valuable. -
Trading Derrek Lee
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Mark_R's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Lee just had the definition of a career year. He's not going to put up a 1.200 OPS again, his second half was the beginning of his regression. His current value is out of proportion with what he is going to be worth. If you can capitalize on that value, you do it, don't pay lip service to conventional wisdom that says you don't trade him. -
Complete this Analogy (re: Lou Holtz)
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Derwood's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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Because then they can't get rid of Bradley.
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Lowe's contract is not bad, in fact I would say it's avg to good. Especially compared to what the market is dictating this year. he's making 5M more than Kris Benson correct? i think it's a decent contract. Wood is goinng to make 11.5M this year. Benson makes 7.5M each of the next two years with a 7.5M option for '08. Lowe will make 9, 9.5, and 10M the next 3 years.
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So Pie + relatively cheap cost of acquiring Bradley/Lowe nets us Bradley and Abreu? I'd do it.
